Byrne's World

Why I'm full of emotions over an empty driveway

Monday, March 08, 2010

I ONCE had a car. It seems a long time ago now but I still remember the time with some affection.

It was only a small car, but it was my own and while I never gave it a name, as some people I know do, we had established a certain bond whereby I spent a small fortune...

Eyes don't have it any more - but it could be worse

Monday, March 01, 2010

GOING to the optician's proved to be a lot more fun than I had expected — and I had not expected much fun. I had never been before but going to...

Saga of the bug that never was ends with eye test

Monday, February 22, 2010

IT was the big, black, bug-like thing that finally convinced me to go and see the optician. I had just sprayed myself in the face with a gentleman's...

Looking like Cruella De Vil is good for my health

Monday, February 15, 2010

AS I sat there, waiting for my prescription to be made out, the nice lady opposite piped up: "Looking for inspiration?" I was in a way for I had been...

Jack is proof you can't teach an old dog new tricks

Monday, February 08, 2010

LIKE most people, I have noticed that as you get older so the dogs appear to get younger. There was a time when my dog Jack and I would wander around...

The day I very nearly lost something in translation

Monday, February 01, 2010

THE last thing I heard before I bashed my head on the kitchen cupboard door and my world disappeared in a blaze of pain, bright stars and flashing...

My temperamental TV's making me feel seasick

Monday, January 25, 2010

IT seems the time has arrived when I will have to buy a new television. There is little wrong with our current telly other than every so often,...

Is time running out on my relationship with clock?

Monday, January 18, 2010

I WOKE up cuddling the alarm clock/radio the other morning. I have no idea why but I couldn't really deny it because when I woke up I shouted: "Oi,...

Schools didn’t close for snow in my day...

Monday, January 11, 2010

IT is difficult to get away from the weather just now and if you are under 15 that’s probably the way it should be. There is nothing better than...

Dawn helps light the way to a bright new beginning

Monday, January 04, 2010

IT will only underline what an old-fashioned and un-reconstructed man I am when I say that I was really surprised when the chimney sweep arrived. For...