Wise Herb's Random Jottings

It has been such a long time since I put anything here.. so much has gone on in my life, so many changes.
One major change is that I have taken up private tutoring, something that I would never have dreamed of in my past life. I currently tutor some primary aged chilren, heading into their SAT year in September and a little concerned about their maths....

My mate ended up trapped at his new job for 24 hours the other day there - told me working in a chocolate factory is downright dangerous
A whole shelf load of chocolate bars buried him up to the neck - I asked him why didn't he shout for help.
His response "I did - but everytime I shouted The Milky Bars Are On Me - the rest of the workforce just cheered!!!!"...

The Grim Reaper came for me last night , and I beat him off with a vacuum cleaner. Talk about Dyson with death.
A mate of mine recently admitted to being addicted to brake fluid. When I quizzed him on it he reckoned he could stop any time....
My daughter asked me for a pet spider for her birthday, so I went to our local pet shop and they were $70!!! Blow this , I thought , I can get one cheaper off the web....

A day I celebrate, not for St Patrick but because it is my Dad's birthday. Today he would have been 82 years old and we would have gone out for a meal to celebrate the occasion, marked with a pint of Guinness.
Dad taught me to enjoy whiskey, I taught him the taste of Guinness was better than a pint of bitter. Of course we had to start off in Dublin for a long weekend, and then the following year we enjoyed a tn day jaunt from Cork to Galway and everywhere...