Tag Archives: Friends

Tech crunched?

Posted on August 26, 2025 by royiii

My IT world is all set to undergo a bit of a seismic shake-up, and as is usually the case with these kind of things, it all stemmed from the culmination of a number of events. For work, my employer-provided … Continue reading →

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Sunday mix-up

Posted on July 29, 2025 by royiii

How have you been coping with the heatwave? For me, the answer has been badly, with those record temperatures having some real side effects on the old lifestyle … Last Sunday was a case in point. The afternoon had been … Continue reading →

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Wigan by Wigan Northwest?

Posted on June 23, 2025 by royiii

The answer to the strap line above is a resounding yes! About two Friday’s ago I found myself at this place: Euston Station (as per the pic above) was my starting point, and the plan was for a weekend break … Continue reading →

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Spectacles spectacular?

Posted on May 27, 2025 by royiii

A couple of weeks back, something occurred that was totally and utterly avoidable, and ended up introducing a disproportionate level of inconvenience and annoyance to my life. In my defence it was the first time I had ever done it … Continue reading →

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Bouncing back …part II?

Posted on April 28, 2025 by royiii

Sorry folks, but the forthcoming ramblings concern a subject I haven’t blogged about since my post of 28th April 2023 Sign of squash decline? … yes, it’s all about the game of squash! In an attempt to appease those non-squash … Continue reading →

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Going, went … back!

Posted on March 24, 2025 by royiii

I was very much behind the curve on this one, and it was only through my friend Sue that I first heard the news ….the HMV store in the Bentals Centre, Kingston was back! Sue turned out to be absolutely … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day – held at bay?

Posted on February 24, 2025 by royiii

You guys were spared this last year, but my mid-February rant is back! Those of you who remember my posts such as ‘Valentine’s Day whine …decline’ of 24/02/2023 and ‘Valentines – losing its shine’ of 17/02/2022 will know that I … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Groundhog Day … almost!

Posted on January 20, 2025 by royiii

For those of you who remember my post ‘2024 – promise more?’ of 22/01/2024 will be getting a serious sense of Deja vu! Yep, it’s yet another belated New Year’s post, and what’s more, my most recent New Year’s shenanigans … Continue reading →

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Catching up to Christmas!

Posted on December 23, 2024 by royiii

That’s something which I’ve been finding harder and harder to do in recent years (see my post Merry Christmas Whirlwind of 24/12/2023). So far, for Christmas 2024, it is proving to be no exception – in fact, you could say … Continue reading →

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Resolve Dissolve!

Posted on November 25, 2024 by royiii

The strap line above pretty well sums-up the total free-fall of my will-power over the last few months – where this leaves my New Year’s resolutions is becoming disturbingly clear – my failure to obtain them looks increasingly likely. Roughly … Continue reading →

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