Sofa so good.

 

We have two sofas in the sitting room; one each (ignore the mess). Lady M's is on the left, and mine on the right.

Underneath all those 'throws' and cushions, they are both plain off white (matching), and are extremely comfortable. They are the sort of sofas that entice one into an afternoon siesta on a hot Summer's day.

But there was a problem. Lady M's sofa recently sprung a spring. She summoned me as the house handyman, and demanded that I fetch my Heath Robinson book of 'How to fix just about anything'; and mend it.

I gave it a cursory glance, performed some basic surgery so that I could inspect the interior, then with the help of an old wire hanger, I did my best to make it perfect again.

Sadly, although it did strengthen it, it didn't really solve the problem, and I threw-in the towel.

We discussed the alternatives. Buy two new sofas, take her sofa apart and re-build it, or simply allow her to sink further down towards the floor.

Then Lady M shouted 'EUREKA', and showed me an object that she had found on the net.

It was a 'Sofa Rejuvenator Board'; a folding 'board' that lies underneath the cosy cushions, and makes your sagging sofa well again. I was given the task of asking Mr Amazon if he would supply one, and he did so, at the bargain price of just twenty quid.

Well, the 'Saggy Sofa Saver' has now arrived, been installed and tested, and I can assure you that it works.

Verdict: 10/10, her sofa is back to its old self again.

I had no idea that such wonderful things existed. It's amazing what you can find on the net!

More Trumpism

Just in case you haven't seen this, here is America's President, Donald Trump, making fun of a mentally ill British man, who was recently killed by a Tiger at The Yorkshire Wildlife Park.

Well Donald; if you found that funny.... we didn't!

 

Toast and.....

 

I have mentioned many times that breakfast for me is always tricky. I often know what I shall be having the night before, but often I come downstairs at 5 am, not knowing at all what I wish to eat. Part of the problem is that I eat my breakfast alone!

Luckily, recently, Kimbo had bought me some Duck Eggs, so there was no need to scratch my head for the following morning. Delicious.

If I'm unsure about my desires, I just open the fridge door, and have a good look around. Recently I noticed a jar of Anchovies just waiting to be devoured. Not everyone's Cup of Tea.

And this very morning I remembered a pot of Houmous that I'd just bought. Houmous is a real favourite on toast. I split life into two eras; there is pre-Houmous, and post-Houmous. How did we survive in the pre-Houmous days? I'm not sure, but I think it first arrived in the UK in the late 60's.

I usually make my own, but I was being lazy. Delicious.

On Friday mornings there is no head-scratching. Kimbo always joins me for an early breakfast, and we treat ourselves to a FULL-ENGLISH. German Sausage, Scottish Haggis, Dutch Bacon, and an English Egg. Perfect.

Has he gone totally bonkers?

 

All political leaders have a duty to look after the welfare of their own countries first and foremost, but not at the expense of blatant hypocrisy.

We all know that Russia is the aggressor in the Ukraine conflict, and Trump has always previously accepted this. So why, now that the USA is short of Diesel Oil, does he suddenly do a U-Turn and begin to side with Putin? 

In order to please US Diesel users, he is literally bankrolling the slaughter of innocent Ukrainians.

There is plenty of Diesel around, even Canada has lots. So why would Trump contribute to Putin's war fund, and buy from Russia. His actions are morally bankrupt.

Why would he also suggest that Zelenskyy should resign? One minute he insults him, the next he is friendly, and now he thinks he should go. He even had the cheek to suggest that Zelenskyy 'could have finished the war years ago'.

This isn't a children's playground where you side with the strongest. In 'grown-up' life, morals count more than simply backing whoever is of the most useful. What ever happened to 'Right and Wrong'. Where are 'Decency and Honesty'?

We all expect our own governments to look after our own economies before that of others, and Trump's US economy is 'expanding at a moderate pace'. So why is he now helping Russia? Has he some ulterior motive in mind?

And let us not forget that just TWO MONTHS AGO Trump was threatening to penalise all countries who imported oil from Russia. What happened during the interim???

Boris has suggested that we send gunboats to intercept the Russian tankers, but I think that MIGHT being going a tad too far, and would cause even more trouble from both Russia and the USA. 

Is it now just Europe that sticks by high moral standards?

We have always known that Putin was an evil bast*rd, but Trump now seems to be joining him.

DB

Footballers are not known for their elegance. They are more likely to be seen driving their Ferraris wearing a pale grey tracksuit ensemble, rather than anything that has come from Savile Row.

But ex-Footballer David Beckham seems to have broken the mould.

His suit is well cut, the collars on his crisp white shirt are cut at the right angle, his protruding shirt cuffs are at the correct half-inch exposure, his tie is tied (I think) in the standard 'Four-in-Hand' knot, and his elegant shoes are well buffed. It would have been difficult for an ex-Footballer to have been better dressed.

The only thing that lets him down are his heavily tattooed hands.

Beckham's wife, Victoria, is a self taught 'Fashion Designer' with a successful label of her own. No doubt she gives advice to David, and it pays!

Well done Dave!

 

Holborn & St Pancras by-election.

 

It's all over. The long anticipated by-election to replace Sir Lacklustre Starmer MP has been and gone, the ballot papers have all been counted, and everything ended-up as expected.

The Drug-friendly, Jew-hating, Leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanski, failed in his bid to become an MP, being beaten by Left-wing Somalian refugee Ms Sagal Abdi-Wali. That's her with the gleaming white teeth, taking a 'selfie'. It was all a very jolly occasion!

There was a dire choice of candidates at Holborn. Amongst the 'also rans' was the darling of the Marxist-Leninist brigade, 'Gorgeous George'  Galloway. He will now, no doubt, be rushing off to his second-home in Portugal; tail between his legs. 

I really do think that it's about time that both 'Gorgeous George', and Zack Polanski consider stepping down from their loony left parties, and take-up knitting, or crochet. Their crazy policies have no place in a modern democratic country. They should be trying to make life better for us Brits, not dragging us down into the gutter.

Mr Polanski is a vegan teetotal. Maybe he should start eating meat, and drink some wine; he might find that people would take him more seriously. No-one likes a pretend saint.

I have no idea about Ms Abdi-Wali's politics, but I've heard that she is definitely on the 'Corbyn' side of The Labour Party, and that she has the 'thumbs-up' from Lord Sadiq Khan; London's Mayor, which is NOT GOOD. The People's Republic of Holborn now has an interesting and colourful new MP; and thank goodness it is neither George or Zack..  

I've heard her speak, and she does sound very lucid. I wish her well.

What goes up, must come....

 

HOORAY, our scaffolding has now come down.

Scaffolders are always keen to erect their ugly structures, but very reluctant to remove them.

When I phoned our man to inform him that the work was finished, he gasped in amazement. I think he was expecting it to be in situ for a month at least. Just one week was unheard of!

I don't know if it's the same everywhere, but here certain bits of the scaffolding actually touch the walls, making it impossible to paint about 8 small circles of the old paintwork. Without any prompting, our nice man informed me that they would paint over the un-painted bits as they dismantle. And they did.

I really don't like seeing scaffolding everywhere (we have more going up two houses away), and it's good to be able to see our new bright paintwork in all its pristine condition. Suave Harve did a great job.

Whilst the scaffolding was in place I took the opportunity to re-paint the flat bit of roof above the Bay Window with Bitumen, and also to re-touch the lead covered roof-ette over the Portico. So now, not only is everything painted, but all is waterproofed for the next few years.

We were trembling in our boots about having to pay some tradesman 'Loads of Money' to do the job, but in fact by doing all the work ourselves we didn't suffer too much. Just under a £grand for the whole caboodle. My wine merchant will be very happy!