Me mate Grant rang and hesitantly asked if he could stay at our place for the night. Now Grant isn’t real good on the using modern equipment like telephones so receiving a phone call from him is a real treat. Grant, a retired mechanic from Wellington, had his own business and retired to a country town four hours south of … Continue reading →
The phone call came late in the evening. I usually leave calls after eight at night. The phone played that stupid noise I had assigned the ring tone. Who the hell is this bloody phone bloody scam? I thought I’ll just turn the bloody thing off. I can’t find the phone, must be under my side table. I twisted to … Continue reading →
Through my life my close friend and ally in the sometimes serious and sometimes mischief passage of our joint existence has featured in a number of incidents that somehow become known as the Gazza Curse, I will leave the reader to determine whether this is one of them. Anyway, its Gazzas story so I will let him tell it in his own words. – The Chinwagger.
Continue reading →My son and I own a small flooring store, part of a bigger franchising network. He runs the store and I get to do all the jobs that are not selling flooring. There appear to be a lot of these jobs. Including removing the waste, disposing of equipment and fixing broken things, this tale is about fixing broken things. We … Continue reading →
