Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Hextol

Reputation takes a hit from bump on drive

MY motoring career took a turn for the worse on Bank Holiday Monday.

Last updated 14 May 2012
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Tick tactics used with the morning coffee

I WAS peering round the kitchen the other morning in my usual myopic manner when I spotted two grapes on the floor.

Last updated 7 May 2012
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Farming horrors left us feeling sheepish

“WHAT ever did farmers do before quad bikes were invented?” mused Mrs Hextol the other day.

Last updated 30 April 2012
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Turning up the heat for a chips reprieve

I AM devastated to report that the deep fat fryer at Hextol Towers has had its chips.

Last updated 23 April 2012
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Lending a hand is harder than it looks

THERE are people who think that my entire working life consists of writing this column.

Last updated 16 April 2012
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A roof day for bird with lofty ambitions

IT is with a heavy heart that I must confess I may have contributed to the spectacular decline in the number of midden pickers in the land.

Last updated 9 April 2012
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British Summer Time lives up to its name

WHAT on earth has happened to the weather?

Last updated 2 April 2012
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Old schoolmates are all ears for memories

I’M getting a bit fed up of growing old, although it must be said, it is preferable to the alternative.

Last updated 26 March 2012
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No more need I endure the sound of silence

A STROLL down Fore Street has taken on a whole new life for me over this past couple of weeks.

Last updated 19 March 2012
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Having three wishes would be a real gas

IF you were granted three wishes, what would you go for?

Last updated 12 March 2012
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History repeats itself with referee dispute

THE furore surrounding the performance of the referee at the abandoned Tynedale Rugby Club Veterans v North Shields cup tie is nothing new.

Last updated 5 March 2012
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Comic heroes have been lost in time

OVER the past week or so, I have been conducting a lively debate with various people about the comics of my youth.

Last updated 27 February 2012
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Posh nosh has a taste of the Emperor’s Clothes

I KNOW I go on about food more than I should for a fat lad, but what am I missing about modern cookery?

Last updated 20 February 2012
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No crumbs of comfort in brown bread

I WAS profoundly distressed the other day when I opened my Hovis medium white sliced loaf – and found that it was brown.

Last updated 13 February 2012
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Stars of the show fail to make an appearance

IT’S been a good few years since Mrs Hextol and I spent time parked in the dark, in a remote spot, with the car windows steamed up.

Last updated 6 February 2012
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Coffee brewed from powder is still my cup of tea

WHY is it so difficult to buy coffee powder these days?

Last updated 30 January 2012
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Skating on thin ice despite good intentions

THERE’S nothing better than a crisp frosty morning for sloughing off slumber and setting the blood coursing.

Last updated 23 January 2012
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Retail therapy isn’t worth car parking mayhem

I MADE the mistake of going to the sales at the Metrocentre shortly after Christmas.

Last updated 16 January 2012
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Thank goodness Christmas comes but once a year!

WELL, that’s another festive period over, and I can come back to work for a rest.

Last updated 9 January 2012
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Delving into the old curiosity cupboard

Mrs Hextol frequently sends me upstairs to hunt out some missing document, photograph or precious artefact, even though she knows the chances of me actually finding what she is looking for are as slim as a super-model.

Last updated 3 January 2012
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