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Brexit or Can I Have My Money Back

Last Thursday seventy-two percent of the UK’s population turned up to vote and just over half of them voted to leave the European Union. Days later, a petition supported by more than three million signatures called for the government to annul the decision. In other words, they want their money back. In 1971 Gerry RaffertyContinue reading “Brexit or Can I Have My Money Back”

Two Things You Never Knew About the Milk Wars

A recent plea by farmers to get a fair price for milk has highlighted two things: what is fair and what is fair dinkum?

Why Not Become Leader of the Bespoke Pack

Bicycle–that thing you rode as a kid and left in your parent’s garage, or wheeled into the pawn shop on the very day after you passed the driving test, never to be seen again. The machine you said was in the past along with the skate board and Razor scooter. Until… Until you reach aContinue reading “Why Not Become Leader of the Bespoke Pack”

Dude, Where’s My Drone?

Drones, they’re everywhere. Camera shops that once sold tripods and lens, now sell drones. Computer stores found helicopters sell better than touch screens. Toy shops long suspected toys are not just for kids and a quadcopter with a gimbal mount is living proof. It’s when you get into the serious side of buying one thatContinue reading “Dude, Where’s My Drone?”

Where Is My Parcel and Why Is It Lost

Got up and walked to the next room to wake the computer because machines need routine just like everything else on the planet. It’s usually to check emails I get from real estate agents telling me about properties I don’t want to buy or that guy promising to reveal the secrets of playing piano evenContinue reading “Where Is My Parcel and Why Is It Lost”

The Pretender

I guess he was a little undersized for Elvis. Although he was around the same age as the King was when he was in his prime, I doubt he could match the cultural icon’s lifestyle. Elvis once said in an interview that he could tuck away eight deluxe cheeseburgers, two bacon-lettuce-and-tomato sandwiches, and three milkshakes—it’sContinue reading “The Pretender”