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40-something single dad of four, bloody happy with life.
Time to start work on one of the Christmas presents for my gf - refurbishing this old Singer sewing machine and table.
80 years of grime and scrapers of varnish to remove.
80 years of grime and scrapers of varnish to remove.
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Time to start work on one of the Christmas presents for my gf - refurbishing this old Singer sewing machine and table.
80 years of grime and scrapers of varnish to remove.
80 years of grime and scrapers of varnish to remove.
Day two of surviving #Whamageddon - I have high hopes for this year.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Day two of surviving #Whamageddon - I have high hopes for this year.
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I don't know what's more depressing - my bank balance, or my screen time notifications.
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I don't know what's more depressing - my bank balance, or my screen time notifications.
How early is too early for Viennetta?
November 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
How early is too early for Viennetta?
I want to buy an ice cream truck and change it so that in winter I can drive around selling coffee, tea, hot chocolote, and hot pastries.
November 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I want to buy an ice cream truck and change it so that in winter I can drive around selling coffee, tea, hot chocolote, and hot pastries.
Get a good night's sleep? In this economy?!
I'm too poor for that.
I'm too poor for that.
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Get a good night's sleep? In this economy?!
I'm too poor for that.
I'm too poor for that.
This hot water bottle for my feet might be the best thing I’ve EVER bought.
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This hot water bottle for my feet might be the best thing I’ve EVER bought.
Tonight I fixed a bug that I'd been stuck with for over a week, so to celebrate I'm drinking my rum out of a glass, like a proper grown up.
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Tonight I fixed a bug that I'd been stuck with for over a week, so to celebrate I'm drinking my rum out of a glass, like a proper grown up.
I'm a solid 10, but only in Binary.
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I'm a solid 10, but only in Binary.
Is it too late to fix my Spotify Wrapped so I don't look like a lunatic with the consistency of sloppy gravy?
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Is it too late to fix my Spotify Wrapped so I don't look like a lunatic with the consistency of sloppy gravy?
There is not a single movie that wouldn't be improved by adding Muppets to it.
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
There is not a single movie that wouldn't be improved by adding Muppets to it.
Realised I could hook up my Mac to my telly, so did what any grown man would do:
Played Football Manager on the big screen.
(I’m 45 years old…)
Played Football Manager on the big screen.
(I’m 45 years old…)
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Realised I could hook up my Mac to my telly, so did what any grown man would do:
Played Football Manager on the big screen.
(I’m 45 years old…)
Played Football Manager on the big screen.
(I’m 45 years old…)
Just saw a post about Americans being upset that wandering the streets with glasses of wine and chatting with friends is illegal there, and I think I may now have my weekend plan sorted in good old Britain.
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Just saw a post about Americans being upset that wandering the streets with glasses of wine and chatting with friends is illegal there, and I think I may now have my weekend plan sorted in good old Britain.
Name two words that rhyme but should never go together.
I’ll start: Fun run.
I’ll start: Fun run.
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Name two words that rhyme but should never go together.
I’ll start: Fun run.
I’ll start: Fun run.
I believe every man who doesn’t have a beard would look better with a beard.
November 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I believe every man who doesn’t have a beard would look better with a beard.
How many rodeos is the right number of rodeos for me to know what I'm doing?
Because I'm way past my first rodeo and still haven't got a clue.
Because I'm way past my first rodeo and still haven't got a clue.
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
How many rodeos is the right number of rodeos for me to know what I'm doing?
Because I'm way past my first rodeo and still haven't got a clue.
Because I'm way past my first rodeo and still haven't got a clue.
I want a show of Nick and Joe travelling the country in an old school mini.
Don’t even care what they’re doing on the trip.
#TheTraitors
Don’t even care what they’re doing on the trip.
#TheTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I want a show of Nick and Joe travelling the country in an old school mini.
Don’t even care what they’re doing on the trip.
#TheTraitors
Don’t even care what they’re doing on the trip.
#TheTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Imagine living in the age when the invention of sliced bread was the best thing EVER.
Simpler times. Good times.
Simpler times. Good times.
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Imagine living in the age when the invention of sliced bread was the best thing EVER.
Simpler times. Good times.
Simpler times. Good times.
Just received a welcome email from my own company that I didn't know was being sent out today, and I can't stop smiling about it!
@whingewhingewine.co.uk is bloody good at this.
(And if you haven't signed up to www.42thingstodo.net yet, what are you waiting for?!)
@whingewhingewine.co.uk is bloody good at this.
(And if you haven't signed up to www.42thingstodo.net yet, what are you waiting for?!)
November 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Just received a welcome email from my own company that I didn't know was being sent out today, and I can't stop smiling about it!
@whingewhingewine.co.uk is bloody good at this.
(And if you haven't signed up to www.42thingstodo.net yet, what are you waiting for?!)
@whingewhingewine.co.uk is bloody good at this.
(And if you haven't signed up to www.42thingstodo.net yet, what are you waiting for?!)
It’s not everyday you launch the business and application that you’ve had in your head for a decade.
Time for wine, I think.
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(If you find bugs I’d love it if you message me to say where and what!)
Time for wine, I think.
www.42thingstodo.net
(If you find bugs I’d love it if you message me to say where and what!)
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November 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It’s not everyday you launch the business and application that you’ve had in your head for a decade.
Time for wine, I think.
www.42thingstodo.net
(If you find bugs I’d love it if you message me to say where and what!)
Time for wine, I think.
www.42thingstodo.net
(If you find bugs I’d love it if you message me to say where and what!)
Just discovered the phrase Schroedinger's Douchebag, and I need to add this to my vocabulary.
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Just discovered the phrase Schroedinger's Douchebag, and I need to add this to my vocabulary.
Pretty sure soon I'll do my grocery shopping and not be able to eat anything until I've downloaded an app for it.
"What a nice orange! Better register on the Orinj app and give them all my data so I can enjoy it fully and receive orange-related news, alerts and updates for the rest of my life."
"What a nice orange! Better register on the Orinj app and give them all my data so I can enjoy it fully and receive orange-related news, alerts and updates for the rest of my life."
October 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Pretty sure soon I'll do my grocery shopping and not be able to eat anything until I've downloaded an app for it.
"What a nice orange! Better register on the Orinj app and give them all my data so I can enjoy it fully and receive orange-related news, alerts and updates for the rest of my life."
"What a nice orange! Better register on the Orinj app and give them all my data so I can enjoy it fully and receive orange-related news, alerts and updates for the rest of my life."
Kids today have grown up without DVD director commentary, and boy does that show.
October 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Kids today have grown up without DVD director commentary, and boy does that show.