Would you eat fried blood? It was a question asked this morning when we were served up black puddings. If you’re not sure what black pudding is, it’s a blood sausage eaten here over in Great Britain and Ireland. Some people love it, some people hate it. Me personally, I love it. …
If you have a mailing list, this matters
Do you have a mailing list? Do you email it regularly? If so, today’s email’s going to be of interest to you. Recently I’ve spent a lot of time thinking, and working, on how we email people. Both from a hardware and software perspective, as well as a copywriting perspective. You need …
$17,500 for a teddy!
I’m watching American Pickers and just saw that the original Mickey Mouse toys are worth $17,500! Even though I never had one, it’s the kinda thing which makes you wish that you had saved your old toys. I used to have the complete Skeletor hideout from He-Man. Today that would be worth …
A pinprick to the nuts
Occasionally, something will happen that gives you a shock. That happened to me today. It was like a pinprick to the nuts. I was watching Tiny Pops (a T.V. station) with Max this morning and there was an advert for the 25 year anniversary of Euro Disney. WTF!? I not only remember …
Let me fix your leaky tap
It sounds like the beginning of a bad seventies porno. In actual fact, I’m about to put my vast knowledge of plumbing to the test as I do the first fix plumbing on our new kitchen and bathrooms. Yes… a man of many skills. I know! Admittedly, Andy is going to be …
Thanks Nick :)
Yesterday I was talking about how heating an old building can be tough when the weather gets cold, and I was wondering how it works in countries where it drops to temperatures of -20 or lower. Well… Nick got back to me, thank you very much Nick. Here’s what he said: “I …