Jobsworth!

The 1911 census is particularly revealing about how my ancestors viewed themselves. My great grandfather listed his occupation as 'master builder'.....and my great grandmother as 'jack of all trades'. Why do I think that it was my great grandfather who entered both of these statements on the form?!

A fate worse than death!

My daughter has a fascination with my sock drawer and she enjoys emptying it across the bedroom with gay abandon.

This troubles me as I need all of my socks to be paired correctly according to colour....brand new socks are black, older socks are varying shades of dark grey. I can't face going out of the house with socks that don't match.

Houston....we have a problem.

Confused...again!

If I send a parcel by ship it's called a cargo, but if I send it by car it's a shipment. I'm confused.