A new category – Root Theory/Root Memory/Roots Observations
Decided to add a new category for the bundle of posts half written that I haven’t published yet. This section covers: My Theories (on life, the universe, and anything else). My Memories (We are the sum...
View ArticleI’ve done something amazing
I’ve given blood 10 times. I’m not exactly a record breaking donor. I started giving blood when I was around 18 when the National Blood Service used to collect blood in the canteen. When I started the...
View ArticleJ’apprends Franais!
Mercredi soir, j’attendais Canterbury Christchurch University pour apprends franais. Depuis douze ans depuis j’apprends franais a l’cole. A l’cole j’tudie le “A/S”, peut tre un ‘demi baccalaurat’. Pour...
View ArticleRunning – not always good for your health
One of the good things about starting the business studies/French course at the local university is that it’s only 5 miles from home. It’s easy to get someone to drop me off there so that I can run...
View Article“Smart” new training centre (I just couldn’t resist the pun!) and other things
Wednesday night was hospitality night for me. First, I went to Ashford to see my friend Annie Browne’s opening of her new training centre. Apple juice, nibbles, some words from the mayor and meeting...
View ArticleMr Roots and his lovely old boots (or 14 years of heaven courtesy of Mr Brasher)
I love my boots. I know, they’re not a lot to look at but they are the most comfortable boots I’ve ever owned. I almost fear the day I need to replace them. What are they? a 1994 Vintage “Brasher...
View ArticleSteve the podcast star?
Does podcast start with a capital P? It’s not something I’ve though of before, the whole podcast thing passing by me until today – when I stared in one!* Podcast’s are like radio shows that you listen...
View ArticleA very lucky week for Steve!
Do you remember the saying that things always come in threes? Well, I really should buy a lottery ticket. Instead the numbers I would have picked had I bought a ticket for Saturday will be 7,11,32,...
View ArticleRoot Nicknames
We all have nicknames. Some we know of, some we don’t. Some we find fun, some we don’t. A friend just emailed me on a Rotary topic using “Rootlebaumeisterstuck”. I have no idea how that came to be made...
View Articleblogging without using a keyboard (using windows built in speech recognition)
I’ve been looking at buying dragon naturally speaking from an IT supplier for typing on to the computer. It is software I heard of many years ago that converts speech into type as you speak. I had an...
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