by Jack Barrow | Jan 29, 2021 | Current Affairs, Politics, Technology, Thoughts and Observations
“Your Internet is getting disconnected…” That’s all I heard before I put the phone down on the recording of the rather improbably well-spoken girl with the posh English voice. This will be the fourth nuisance call I’ve had this morning. Four and counting. The first...
by Jack Barrow | Jun 9, 2020 | General Blog, Thoughts and Observations
Some years ago I was stopped on an apparently open road by a policeman standing in front of an unattended ambulance. My curiosity, and perhaps my slight irritation about why I couldn’t continue with my journey, was soon answered. A trolley appeared from around a bend...
by Jack Barrow | Apr 3, 2020 | General Blog, Thoughts and Observations
People are saying how much has changed in just a few weeks. Suddenly people are at home, with their children full time, getting food has become more like foraging, socialisation has stopped and the government is acting completely out of character. So much has changed....
by Jack Barrow | Mar 22, 2020 | General Blog, Non Fiction, Thoughts and Observations
People used to tell me that I should get out more. For the past few years I’ve been working from home as the sort of writing that is my day job means I don’t I don’t need to be in an office. If a client needs me to, I can log into their servers and work from my tiny...
by Jack Barrow | Nov 5, 2019 | General Silliness, Thoughts and Observations
It’s been said that the population is divided into two halves and neither is aware of the existence of the other. It’s to do with how people use toilet paper and apparently there are two distinct methods. I’ll not explain any further, but leave it to your imagination....
by Jack Barrow | May 17, 2019 | Thoughts and Observations
They’ve built a new block of flats near where I live, you might know them as apartments. As blocks of flats go it’s much like any other, it has plenty of parking, it’s within walking distance to some shops and an Indian restaurant. These are all the sort of...
