Monthly Archives: April 2008

Fortnightly rubbish collections

I had to take a load of household rubbish to the tip today. I was clearly not the only one. Every now and then, the regime of fortnightly rubbish collection proves to be too  big a stretch for us. I am not sure why. Perhaps we just spend more money than a lot of people. …

26 April 2008 – 15:20 | By kyber | Posted in blog | Tagged | View Comments

Arghh!!!! Damned cough

Off work with a bad cough and asthma complications again. Really getting to me now.

21 April 2008 – 21:05 | By kyber | Posted in blog | Tagged | View Comments

The Curry Evening at my Brother's

A while ago my brother invited me to pencil in my wife and I to join him at a curry-evening dinner party he planned to host where he would again demonstrate his pretty-good culinary talents. As I had not heard anything to confirm, I dropped him an email earlier in the week to check if …

19 April 2008 – 14:25 | By kyber | Posted in blog | Tagged | View Comments

The 39 Steps

Went to the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry to see an award-winning comedic version of the 39 Steps played by just 4 actors. Direct from the West End and prior to Broadway comes Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller, The 39 Steps, brilliantly and hilariously recreated as the smash hit Olivier Award Winning Best New Comedy. This …

18 April 2008 – 14:02 | By kyber | Posted in blog | Tagged , | View Comments

Bojangles swing band in Whitchurch

Bojangles are a recently formed swing band group in the Midlands. They performed in Whitchurch in April 2008 in support of a fund-raising event for an overseas school-trip to an under-privileged region. [If someone can send me the proper details, I shall include them here.]   We know on the band members, the pianist, very …

12 April 2008 – 15:15 | By kyber | Posted in blog | Tagged , | View Comments

Two new sewing machines

My better half finally decided to get back into sewing properly after a break of a year or so and has started by buying two new sewing machines (yes, two) – and one of them does not even use thread!!

4 April 2008 – 15:25 | By kyber | Posted in blog | Tagged | View Comments

Dancing on tread mills

Four guys on six tread mills and a well choreographed dance to music

1 April 2008 – 23:38 | By kyber | Posted in blog | View Comments