Mansplain: when a man explains something, typically to a disinterested woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing. For example, explaining the off-side rule in football, Sudoku tactics, or the workings of the internal combustion engine. This word is…
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The last blog was about the bad service I received from a car dealership with many failed phone calls asking them to send me the necessary disc to activate the satellite navigation system in the car. Needless to say that…
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“Never trust a second-hand car salesman”. That was the received wisdom ever since second-hand cars began to be traded over a 100 years ago. As far as this stereotypical salesman was concerned, he would lie, cheat and make any promise…
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A man goes into a bar, walks straight to the counter and orders a beer. He pays for the drink and settles himself down on the nearest stool. After a few sips of his beer he looks around and notices…
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As one year draws to an end, in the days between Christmas and New Year, many of us declare their intention to accomplish something worthy in the coming 12 months. Resolutions tend to be specific, targeted, measurable, self-improving, silly, serious,…
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As a result of my serious illness last year, where my prognosis was in serious doubt, I consider myself to be very lucky indeed to experience another Christmas with my family and friends. There was a time when I took…
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The collapse of Thomas Cook in September 2019 left hundreds of thousands of holiday makers stranded at their holiday destination and many thousands of employees without jobs. This is not counting the loss of investment by shareholders, small and large,…
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As adults, we observe, analyse and label our children as ‘terrible twos’, ‘pre-teens’, pre-pubescent’ ‘teenagers’, and so on. We like this labeling so much, we seem to apply it to ourselves as we hit thirty, forty, fifty and so on,…
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