In Britain, they bet on everything.  You can slap a fiver on the bar at a pub and bet on the colour of the scarf of the next person through the door and someone in there will walk away with a fist full of cash soon thereafter.  The betting parlours were running a line on [...]

Okay, I thought that spelled this way it was only used to denote Mexican twins but aparently janitorial services here use the extra ‘k’ in the spelling.  Hmmm…janitorial…hang on, there….

Fuck ‘em. Ordered a burger with blue cheese and bacon but no mayo at 12:35.  Stooge behind the bar writes down burger, blue and bacon no mayo.  1:50 pm rolls around and she brings out a plate and asks who had a burger blue cheese bacon no mayo?  I get it and proceed to scrape [...]

I got a great online deal for the Hotel Ibis so I decided to take it even though I prefer the non-chain hotels.  I thought we could go with a bit of standardised housing geared toward the business traveler whilst doing a lot of on foot tourism during the day and the rooms above pubs [...]

The weather has been absolutely gorgeous except for the times when it has been completely shit.  Above, there was a nice day in the village, so I shot the house (above) on my way to catch the bus to work. Then, I noticed that the neighbourhood kids must have been bored the night before, having [...]

Indian food distribution is a good business, and moving house for people is also a lucrative trade.  But, which should I choose…

I succeeded with a project at work I had been toiling over all week and opted to take the afternoon off (I’ll never use all the holiday time I’m alloted anyway).  Friday seems a perfect time to hit some pubs and make some mileage on paths not yet taken, and I am not one to [...]

The Cambridge News reported that Greene King plans to close four pubs that no longer fit into its business plan.  I’ve been to two of these, The Zebra and the Penny Ferry, and liked what I saw.  I decided to try to get to the other two this week after work and made it to [...]

The recession can’t be all THAT bad if this is a viable business: Yep, that’s http://www.newmarkethathire.co.uk/ for all your hat rental needs in the Suffolk-Cambridgeshire corridor.

That’s right, you heard me.  Been to the pet store: