Watching 'Murder Of The Day' on the news. Get this....a 17 year old boy, waiting at the kerb for his mom to pick him up, when a 30-ish man wielding a very large Kukri walks up and stabs him to death.... thankfully just out of screenshot (or I suspect ...

Those Northern Ireland benefits keep rolling in

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... have there. He was reading parts of the report done last week in London by one of the big food marketing boards. By quarter three and four this year they are expecting some food shortages to be even worse and the prices to go even higher. Pork has gone up by 58% in the last few months.

Bemoto is mine and they seem very good so far. My renewal was down £150 this year.

That said car insurance has gone through the roof. The renewal on that is up by £150.

Doesn't it come round quickly?

I've had my renewal, which is 10% higher than last year's premium.

Who is everyone using?

... there will be staged redundancies in Aug/Oct/Dec. So depending which block I get the tap for, I could still be offshore till the end of this year. Fair bit longer than we all expected.

Got my last quarter power bill. 18% up on cost for same period last year. Lots of suggestions included on the bill on how to bring my usage down to save money. Looked at the actual usage compare to last year. 10% less consumption. So effectively a 28% increase ...

Bit late with the post, but had my first MX outing of the year at Fast Traxx, near Coventry. Lovely track, it was a private hire set up on this occasion. Took some snaps and rode my bike what's not to like lol..... Well Monday morning my Quads were stiff, ...

I had a fantastic weekend! Between a great couple of mornings with my boy, mountain biking with a colleague, 4 year olds birthday party and a breakthrough in this evenings swimming lesson... it's been amazing. With all that said, my mind wanders to thinking of Jack and hoping ...

Took it out for the first little potter of the year. it's still very slippery, had the backend out a couple of times. Popped into the local triumph dealer, looks like I've got a couple of outstanding recalls. Parts on order, will take it over when ...

... new carb or fuel lines etc... I've got an Stihl 084 AV chainsaw that I brought from a neighbouring farmer when I first moved here. It must be 30+ years old & (aside from looking like an antique) is as good and strong as anything you could buy today. On an aside the county council workmen use ...

Tried to spend the day collecting firewood. Prices are getting ridiculous, paid $1100 for 6 cubic metres delivered (mixed hardwood) last year and 2 cube of it was still too wet to burn. So while it’s summer I decided to start collecting free wood people post on FB marketplace. Usually trees ...

First day at MX this year. New camera and lens, it was like being a noob again.

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I've got my half year appraisal tomorrow. There's nothing for me to say. Just give me some work and leave me to it.

Meatballs and pasta cooking by Byron I started this year getting each kid to assist me in cooking dinner. Bit of resistance to start but tonight (Byrons 3rd night) he almost unaided cooked the dinner. By the end of the year they should all be able ...

Meatballs and pasta cooking by Byron

I started this year getting each kid to assist me in cooking dinner. Bit of resistance to start but tonight (Byrons 3rd night) he almost unaided cooked the dinner. By the end of the year they should all be able to cook a number of meals independently.

Mahomes is the best QB in the game right now. He's improving each year as well. He's a very talented athlete.

Prepping all the kids stationary and equipment for back to school tomorrow. Jess son (youngest) starts high school this year so we now have 4 high school kids in the household! Byron starts photography this year and I managed to get an amazing deal on a barely used Nikon 3400 for him, ...

Been shopping and got some new textiles rather than new leathers.

Roll on better weather and a good biking year

I’d love to know who sat down and worked out how much change all this would entail. I suspect no one did. If the referendum was run again next year i am pretty sure it would have a very different result. The way the figures read today, it’s hard to envisage the Uk having any car manufacturers ...