I hate to cancel. I know we made plans to get together tonight but that was two hours ago… I was younger then, and full of hope.
Informative read on boat electrics. Read if you don’t know the difference between galvanising and electrolysis!
If you’ve owned a boat for any length of time, you probably know that insurance companies hire independent marine surveyors to conduct insurance surveys on the boats that they insure. One of the most common …
Word of the week: Oysgezoomt! – from longreads: A friend who teaches at another university tells me that a new Yiddish word has been invented: oysgezoomt, “over-exposed to Zoom,” as in “Ich bin azoy oysgezoomt!” …
Writers and Parkinson’s Law. Got time?
Meet John. John is a parliamentary sketch writer. A rather brilliant one, but that’s subjective (if not true!). Look at how he summarise Parkinson’s Law. Rather good turn of phrase, isn’t it? What one thing …
Listen to Crace, the Westminster political sketch writer, reflect on the UK Gov’s corona response.
I’m a regular reader of John’s sketches, and I hope to meet him at Hay one year or another. His tales of late make me cry, whether of laughing, frustration or sadness I’m not sure. …
What do you call the doctor that graduated at the bottom of his class? – A: Doctor.
Cheeky marina swim!
Some summer days are too glorious to stay on the boat. The water the past few weeks have been amazingly clear and a few of us took advantage of the situation. Canary Wharf in the …