It had to happen sooner or later and it did. It was only a fleeting moment, a wink of an eye, a fraction of a second but for a while today I felt that I had watched too much sport. This has been the summer of sport and there has been so much of it … Continue reading Too much sport
A bout of parsimony
I've bought myself a new car, well it's not really new but it's new to me. It's a nearly new ex-demonstrator with low mileage and in a colour that I think looks good. Well I haven't really bought it either, I'm paying for it on a PCP which I thought was angel dust but stands … Continue reading A bout of parsimony
Digging up tips
In the future we’ll dig up our rubbish tips, we’ll mine them for all of the precious metals and scarce resources that we carelessly throw away day in day out in our profligate way of living. It won’t be the resources that we now think of as precious though, not just the gold or silver … Continue reading Digging up tips
Winged saviours
I heard talk of this many times. I’d catch the odd whisper as I passed the other workers in the dark underground pathways as we made our way backwards and forwards to and from the feeding grounds. After work we would rest in small groups and we would talk about the day and catch up … Continue reading Winged saviours
Painting
What do you think of while you are painting? What are the thoughts that enter your head as you drag the brush over the skirting boards or pull the emulsion filled roller over the walls? How do you relieve the boredom of painting? It’s not so bad when you have something intricate to do such … Continue reading Painting
Customer satisfaction
Today I have been to a great event laid on by the Institute of Customer Service Institute of Customer Service It was one of their regular forums but this time the subject was measuring and using customer satisfaction. This builds on the recently announced figures by the institute on their UK Customer Satisfaction Index July … Continue reading Customer satisfaction
The role of physics in local government1
Physics, chemistry, biology and local government, that is the order in which they evolved on this earth. It is probably then same across the universe. There is definitely physics throughout time and space and certainly chemistry and it is very likely that there is biology beyond our own little sphere. If there is and there … Continue reading The role of physics in local government1
Lilliput on rails
If you don’t believe in parallel universes then you should have made a visit to the Parks Sports Centre at North Shields to see the model railway exhibition at Railex North East 2012. With forty different layouts, fourteen different demonstrations and twenty three different traders it was some event. The exhibition space took up the … Continue reading Lilliput on rails
Berwick Rangers
Today was a great day on the south bank of the Tweed. It was the most exciting thing to happen in Berwick, England’s most northerly town, since the last most exciting thing to happen there. It was the day that Glasgow Rangers, one of Scotland’s biggest football clubs and former darlings of the Scottish Premier … Continue reading Berwick Rangers
Causey Burn
The noise of the huffing and puffing of the engine made its way across the burn and through the trees to the old waggon way high up on the banks of the gorge. A short blast on the whistle told that the engine was on its way. It was struggling to pick up speed and … Continue reading Causey Burn
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 