Recent Posts Tagged With 'audi tt'

• Electric Cars

  Posted on Thursday April 16th, 2009 at 04:22 in politics, environment, Rant, Driving, hybrid car, electric car, noddy, tesla, gordon brown, audi tt, tesla roadster, audi q5

  So, Grumpy Gordon Brown wants us all to buy and drive electric cars?Indeed, he is willing to incentivise us up to £5,000 to make his dream of “Electric Cities” come true - read about it here. I don’t think so. You would have to pay...

• Back Seat Drivers

  Posted on Tuesday October 7th, 2008 at 02:46 in speeding, cartoon, directions, audi tt, the joker, close call, satnav, navigating, goodwood, middleman, co-pilot, emergency stop

  C is not the best of passengers when I am driving. She is a tad nervous. Of course, she has n reason to be so as I am a faultless driver, perfectly in control of my mean machine - the sleek black Audi TT. My forward awareness and peripheral vision ar...

• The Belts Are Being Tightened!

  Posted on Sunday September 14th, 2008 at 04:46 in recession, fancy dress, audi tt, fat kids, goodwood revival, credit crunch, middleman, greggs, wilmslow, pizza express, failing economy, hoopers

  Yesterday saw some stark evidence of the further impact of the credit crunch and failing economy on the Middle Man household. We were out shopping in Wilmslow, heart of the Cheshire stockbroker belt and home to many a Manchester United player and man...

• The Godfather Part 4

  Posted on Thursday August 7th, 2008 at 09:54 in Crockett, abba, sisters, glossop, godfather, candle, baptism, catholic church, audi tt, role model, mother-in-law, damien

  Last Sunday I was honoured and proud to become Godfather to Harry, my nephew, and firstborn (and only so far) of any of C’s three sisters and first grandchild for my mother-in-law). C was Godmother too. This was my fourth Godchild alongside my...

• I Can’t Afford It!

  Posted on Thursday May 29th, 2008 at 04:38 in Rant, recycling, Driving, self-sufficiency, nuclear power, commuting, house prices, recession, audi tt, grumpy, public transport, dali lama

  I am depressed. I woke up this morning to the news that the UK housing market is in free-fall. Apparently our houses have lost 2.5% of their value in just the last month alone, being the seventh month in succession that house prices have fallen. So, ...

• Close Call!

  Posted on Tuesday March 4th, 2008 at 04:28 in accident, road rage, audi tt, close call, m6, near death experience, guardian angel, white van man

  Close Call! For once I am glad to be at my desk, in my little bunker, in darkest Walsall. This morning the sun is shining and reflecting off the yellow hard hats of the street workers midst the myriad roadworks, and, it is beautiful. For I have just ...

• Alfred Hitchcock - The Birds

  Posted on Friday February 29th, 2008 at 08:41 in virgin, audi tt, alfred hitchcock, vermin, starlings, the birds, crewe railway station, guano, hillman imp, kat deeley

    Alfred Hitchcock – The Birds It was like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s - The Birds………  Parking at Crewe Railway Station has always been a bit fraught. To start with you can never be sure how long it is going to take y...