Stories

	I'm Famous! 01/03/2009 Thirty years ago this month I was dragged kickin' 'n' screamin' to the Sunderland Boilermakers Club, a venu then famous for it's rock 'n' roll events. On this particular occasion it was American Rock-..... read more>
	This ISN'T Spinal Tap this is reality! 20/03/2008 This article actuall started life as a comment to someone elses blog. If you have an interest in guitars and music then go and look up 'IG BLOG (life-music-guitars)' which can be found over at http://..... read more>
	BBC NEWS - Read it here first! 03/09/2007 Last week I wrote about this subject which now appears as a BBC News aricle. I also wrote about Gott in Himmel and was 'followed' by the BBC again. So if, like the BBC, you want to read about somethin..... read more>
	Don't be so trusting! 22/08/2007 ring ring, ring ring... Me: "Hello?" "Oh hello, is that Mr errr Ka... err Karjayow?" "Sorry?" "Could I speak to Mr Kajeeow please?" "May I ask what it is in connection with?" "Yes, my name is David an..... read more>
	Chucklevision 07/02/2007 Picture: Paul and Barry, the Chuckle Brothers and obviously Mac fans! Living In A Parallels Universe Yesterday my refurbished Apple MacBook arrived to replace my ageing and creaking IBM Thinkpad T23 t..... read more>
	Weasel Wear and Woops 20/01/2007 Today I made the final visit of the week to my son Kris and his girlfriend K's house to attend to their pets. K & K have been holidaying in Spain for a week and in their absence muggins here agreed to..... read more>
	Gott in Himmel that was a close Herr Cut! 23/11/2006 Being the sort of person that I am I tend not to do things in a conventional way. So I suppose it will come as little or no surprise to those who know me that I learned all of the German language that..... read more>
	Silence is NOT golden - I know from experience! 21/11/2006 We’ve all wished for a bit of peace and quiet from time to time. Traffic noise, people on mobile phones, shouting kids, next doors late night homecoming/party/fight/shag, Sunday lawn mowers/hedge trim..... read more>
	Let One Off For Guy! 07/11/2006 On Sunday evening Rosy and I took a trip down into the sea-front to watch the fireworks display and then head up Ocean Road for an Indian curry to warm up and round off the evening. We had a look arou..... read more>
	For Halloween: Things that go bump.... 31/10/2006 ...and the day I almost died, well, sort of! Let's go back twenty years ago or so... It was a cold, grey, wet and windy autumn day on Alston moor and I felt as shitty as the shit I was standing in, I ..... read more>
	The new cardigan? 13/08/2006 When my dad was about the age that I am now the only time you saw him in denim was when he was doing ‘dirty’ work, gardening, DIY, fixing the car, that sort of thing. He’d wear an old shirt and pair o..... read more>
	The Bleeding Edge Evangelist and an Untypical Mac Abuser 22/07/2006 In The Begining From time to time you may purchase a piece of technology that has been out for a short while but they still haven’t quite got it right such as missing functionality that you would have..... read more>
	A Rack and the Gulls War 20/07/2006 My only reason for writing about the first of the following two subjects is so that I could put together the above ‘pun’ title...for which I make no apology. I should point out that they are your eyes..... read more>
	And now for something completely.. the same! 14/07/2006 Can I have the itches back please? Well I am getting well and truly into cycling and I don’t mean in the two wheeled peddle pushing way! I am stuck in a cycle of having teeth pulled and something else..... read more>
	Just A Quickie 07/07/2006 New Camera Just got a new camera and you can see some of the results HERE or take a look at 5 Megawotsits! on the main menu. New Friend Got an email from my mate John regarding another Cajiao on-line...... read more>
	Welcome to the jungle! 07/07/2006 Missing: 7 Dwarves Now the first time Rosy came over here from Germany I brought her ‘doon the toon’ for a typical Geordie Saturday night out. Typical it certainly was as on that occasion Rosy met Sno..... read more>
	Sunday Ride - Highlights and Lowlights 18/06/2006 Not today but last Sunday, back in the days when I had more teeth than I have now, I performed an experiment. The results of my experiment were in some cases disappointing but in others quite amusing...... read more>
	“You do not have to”...Ha! 09/06/2006 Today sees the start of the World Cup in Germany. This presents me with three problems: 1) I hate football but it is going to be the only thing on TV and in the news 2) My wife is German (and works wi..... read more>
	A new word for the dictionary 30/05/2006 I don’t know why it is but whenever I am ‘accosted’ by a salesman in that well-known “stamping down on prices” PC store (let’s call it ‘Percy World’), my heckles rise. They are always pleasant, courte..... read more>
	Not only legs run in the family 23/05/2006 Some time ago I pulled together a load of old photographs from my family with the intention of documenting them for the future. Amongst them was the above picture of Maude and Eliza Dryden who are rel..... read more>
	It's gym life but not as we know it 22/05/2006 OK, I admit it, I have a problem. It all started at the back-end of last year when Rosy and I had a go at packing in smoking. At the beginning of this year I quit completely and have not had a cigaret..... read more>
	Just Scraping By Again 20/05/2006 Well folks it is that time of year again where I just can’t help myself and to be perfectly honest I don’t even try to resist. As I grow older the physical effects of my addiction are becoming more di..... read more>
	Reasons to be cheerful part 4/4 19/05/2006 The Mac comes with a music production application called GarageBand as part of the iLife suite and for what it is it is quite good. Since getting the Mac I have had a bit of a fiddle on with it and I’..... read more>
	And a lost wheel as well 18/05/2006 Never Mind My Wheel, Where Is My Hair! We all lose things from time to time. I’ve lost a button and a wheel and I miss them both very much. There is more (or should I say less), now that I look I see ..... read more>