Colonel Irrelevant

Archive for January, 2008

07 Jan

Travel Confusion

The rules on hand baggage allowances changed for UK airports today. The doom and gloom merchants, and those looking to maintain their margins on hold baggage, predicted customer confusion and chaos at airports. Tahnkfully,most travellers are pretty sensible and capable of following the guidance offered. Which is probably a higher proportion than those in broadcasting [...]

05 Jan

How much bigger is your house …

… after you remove the Christmas decorations? It’s amazing – we have space on the floor, on surfaces, in the kitchen, everywhere and all because we decorate the house for Christmas. It’s almost as if the house is big enough after all!

03 Jan

Throwback!

I saw a kid dressed in full retro skinhead gear today – except for the haircut. Ox-blood Doc Martens, short jeans, red braces – the whole lot. WOnderful to see, especially as he was out shopping with his Mum.

03 Jan

Happy New Year

At least I hope it’s better than the end of the last one. Mrs Colonel ill, kids ill, me ill, 5 hours at the docs one day, back Christmas morning, 1 point from 12 for the Rams. The only bright spot has been the Chargers getting to the play-offs and starting to deliver some good [...]

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