Sadly the time has come to part ways with my beloved sports car. I’ve reached that stage of life whereby I have to appear all grown up and sensible. My 2-seater, 150bhp, 2.0l straight 6, limited edition, BMW Z3 just doesn’t fit that description, no matter how much I would like it to. We’ve had …
Last Summer I treated myself to a new Dell laptop (Inspiron 1525). Fully loaded with a 1.66GHz Core 2 Duo and 3GB of RAM – a reasonable beast by any grade. I’m not a gamer so I didn’t beef up the graphics but it came with a decent enough setup so I was pretty sure …
…since I had a good rant about insurance companies. Well, it’s a new year and there are two advertisements that are really getting on my nerves at the moment. The first is a radio advert by AXA who claim to be your “local” insurance company. Drop in and get your amazingly cheap policy with no …
60 years ago (1948 to be exact) a large body of people of the Jewish faith decided to claim their own patch of land and subsequently invaded the lands of others to enlarge their patch. When others fought back the Israeli’s sought the support of another super power (the good old Jew S of A) …
A bit late I guess but hopefully you all had a good celebration of the annual cusp that is New Year’s. Started the year with a brisk walk/climb through the Comeragh Mountains in Co. Waterford on New Year’s Day – start as I aim to finish and all that. This year presents many challenges for …