When my wife and I are on a day out or on holiday she spends countless hours in the little knick-knack shops looking for suitable presents or little souvenirs to take home. While she diligently searches I have discovered the perfect way to pass the time. I read all the home-spun philosophy that appears on [...]
Have you ever thought how sad it is when a man dispenses with the idea of having a wife and sticks with a dog instead. Recent research (by us) has thrown up these really good reasons why! 1. The later you are the more excited your dogs are to see you. 2. Dogs don’t notice [...]
This is a piece that has been floating around the Internet for a while and was purportedly written by the great John Cleese. That fact has never actually been confirmed but it is funny enough to be his work. We thought we’d like to share it with all those who haven’t yet seen it but [...]
Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting. Well, for example, the other day, Margaret my wife and I went into town to do some shopping. When we came out, there was a traffic warden writing out a parking ticket. We went up to him and I said, ‘Come [...]
Amazingly, the word that probably has more meanings than any other in the dictionary has only two letters and that word is ‘UP’. It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP? At a meeting, why [...]
Perhaps we have too much time on our hands but it occurred to us the other day that there are very many questions in life that have not only never been answered, they have never actually been asked, despite being an obvious conundrum in their own right. Here are just a few…. Why is Tarzan [...]
An introduction agency called ‘The Husband Store’ – designed to help women looking for a husband – was recently opened in London. Instructions were posted at the entrance explaining to women how it operates. These were the rules: You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of the products [...]
The first day of April has always been the day when everyone tries to fool everyone else, but if you think that sort of thing only takes place on a personal and local basis we have been investigating some of the pranks that have been perpetrated by both the media and people who should know [...]
An YouTube video posted from Sweden of a rabbit rounding up a flock of sheep has gone viral. The maker of the video, who writes a blog on farming, heard about the bunny’s unusual talent and went to the farm in the village of Ornskoldsvik to capture it on film. Champis the grey rabbit apparently [...]
We are pretty sure the Highway code is just as appropriate in Newcastle as anywhere else but some recent experiences show that ‘Geordie’ drivers seem to have invented their own rules. Here are just a few examples. 1. Either forget about indicators altogether or simply leave them flashing all the time. For more dramatic effect, [...]
‘Spotted’ pages on Facebook are cropping up all over. In our local area we found six spotted pages. But...
It is always a pleasant task to write about a local success story, particularly a business success story. Jim...
OLYMPIC swimmer Chris Cook will be visiting Redcar & Cleveland this week to see how some of our local...
In the heart of Redcar’s new Palace Hub on the seafront, is an exclusive showroom called “Northern Lights.” The...
Budding sports journalist and Prior Pursglove College student Scott Hill has taken a big step in reaching his career...
Young people are being given the chance to quiz Cleveland’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Barry Coppinger, during an online...
