I am back at school. That is to say the kitchen turns into a wee classroom on Friday afternoons so I can help our Puppychild out with her maths. She's a bright kid, and yesterday we happily converted fractions to … Continue reading →
There is a brilliant little scam being proposed in the UK. Andy Haldane, who apparently is a big knob in the Bank of England proposes that we do away with cash. On the face of it, that's not a bad … Continue reading →
There was a wee article in one of the papers recently. Young Europeans ‘may lead shorter lives than their grandparents’ Being a grandparent, it naturally caught my eye. So let's look at the "facts" as laid down by our good … Continue reading →
I had to go up to Dublin this morning. Fortunately I only had to go to the southern suburbs so I wasn't dreading it too much. Even better, it was to an area that I used to know extremely well … Continue reading →
