Author Archives: Tony

About Tony

I am married, with two boys. The eldest graduated from Uni in July 2011, with a BSc. The youngest has Autism and lives at home. We have lived in Bramham over 15 years and absolutely love the place. We live about 2 miles from Bramham Park, home of the Bramham Horse Trials, and more recently the Leeds Festival. I work for Leeds City Council, in an business support capacity, and have done for 25 years. Prior to that I was a qualified cook at the Leeds General Infirmary. I am on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and often comment on the UK version of the Huffington Post. This blog tends to be personal rants and raves, on whatever tales my fancy.

Just a quick update


     First thing to say, is “I have a new phone!!”  It’s not that I needed a new phone, but my contract had come to the end of the two year minimum, and my provider gives the chance of an … Continue reading

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Snow !!! Working from home


     The weather was a bit bad first thing this morning. I got up at about 5:15 as I was taking S**** to work at 6:45. At that time, there was very little snow about. Just some sleet that wasn’t … Continue reading

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Happy what day ??


     It’s time for a bit of a rant. Now I know I may get a bit of a backlash from this (depending on who reads it) but I don’t care. Well I do care, but it is just my … Continue reading

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So now what ….


     Well it’s been over a month since my last post, and I really think I need to put ‘fingers to keyboard’ if you’ll excuse the paraphrase. I suppose my last posting was more of a rant than anything else, … Continue reading

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Are we “Rip Off Britain” ??


     For sometime now, I have wanted a propelling pencil. I wanted one of the so called ‘old fashioned’ type, that you have to twist to move the lead out. I have a number of the more modern ‘clutch’ type, … Continue reading

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New theme applied


     I have been toying with the idea of changing my blog theme for some time. But getting around to it, has been another story. Getting right and more important, readable takes a little bit of effort. This one is … Continue reading

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Decisions decisions


So what should I do ? Should I write up a blog post or should I just carry on with my story ? Well seeing as this post is is now on the blog, you can guess what I decided. … Continue reading

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Welcome to another year


     Well 2013 arrived, and the expected, and dreaded firework trauma did not happen. We had given R***  1mg of his PRN medication at around 23:15, as a precaution. But we had none of the usual ‘incidents’ that we have … Continue reading

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Goodbye to a long year


     By the time you read this, 2012 will nearly be over. It’s a year that has had it’s ups and downs and I’m probably glad to see the back of it. Some the downsides have been quite traumatic: finding … Continue reading

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It gets closer …..


    I don’t need to tell anyone, but it just over a week to go. Then we can get back to some form of normality, whatever that may be. Just a couple of presents to get, (last minute hints from … Continue reading

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