Over the last 24 hours, I have received ten offers from people who want me to share in their good fortune on the Internet. These people have made millions after they discovered “the secret.” They kindly want me to share in their secret and for a very small amount of money. One good hearted soul [...]

We supporters of Newcastle United and other clubs, I suppose, think the club belongs to us and not the actual owners. That is why we refer to it as “our club.” A couple of years ago the club was sold to a wealthy businessman and he brought a couple of  cohorts with him to manage [...]

Well, I had a close call this morning. I was trying to edit my “subscribe to” box and I managed to get the wrong code in the wrong place. My whole blog disappeared except for the box. Blank, total blank. Instant panic in the ranks. My heart sank in to my boots and I was [...]

One of the big things among football supporters is to wear a replica shirt of their favourite team. None more so than at my team, Newcastle United. Our team wears black and white vertical stripes and they are known everywhere as The Magpies. These shirts on sale for about 40 pounds ($56) each. That’s for [...]

“There’s nothing-absolutely nothing-half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”  So wrote Kenneth Graham in Wind in the Willows. That could easily have been written about the boating fun available  down here among the lakes. We have Bass Boats, Pontoon Boats and of course the famous Airboat which is driven by a [...]