District 9

Well, what can I say about this film? I went to see it the other night, on an Orange Wednesday, with Jonathan. So, there’s an unsettling start, with shaky news desk style images and rather plain people chatting about ‘what happened’. We then get introduced to this obnoxious character who is propelled into an important […]

Bloody Women

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?

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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