I am the only bloke in our houseThe WifeThe daughterThe Cat Surrounded by femalesPushed and pulledTo and froI surf my way throughFeminine eddies and swells “Do Shirts live on the floor”? Asks Julie“No” I mutterScooping one upAnd chucking it in the basketOn the landing “Dad – will you make me a smoothie?”Comes a muffled plea […]
Free Survey Sir?
05 Jun 09 by
For years I’ve been offering free damp & timber surveys. Why? Well that’s because the free survey is expected and I was brought up doing these from my early twenties (I’m 49 now). Acceptance rates; the number of jobs won in relation to surveys carried out has fallen over the years though. From nearly forty […]
Land Ahoy.
21 Feb 09 by
Ah, Amazing the difference a week or three can make. Here on the good ship Brick-Tie we’re buzzing, whereas not so long ago the mood was pretty bleak. The economy is still in tatters of course and I haven’t been able to re hire any of the staff who were made redundant. But the reduction […]
20 Jan 09 by
Have you ever made anyone redundant? I mean really? No? Well I have. It’s just a job which I , as a BOSS, may have to do sometimes. As it happens It’s not something you do every day. In my case I haven’t done it for over 22 years. Well, that’s a lie now, I […]
Sanitation woes
10 Dec 08 by
Yesterday I had a day off work to spend down in Sleaford with my sister, Moira.Moira has a superb new house and is an artist with her own studio ten minutes from home. We were to visit the studio so before setting off I visited the toilet. When I say toilet I mean state of […]