Welcome
Howard’s site
Many of the things about Howard Fisher you were always afraid to ask – from my picture archive now going back to a Swiss holiday in 1970 up to more recent holidays and a few interesting snippets from in between.
You’ll find comments and grumbles (OK, mostly grumbles) on everyday life in the blog, favourite recipes gathered over the years, holiday snapshots and an archive of pictures dating back over 60 years.
Plus some personal items – pictures given to me on my 40th and updated on my 60th and a history of where I’ve lived.
Whilst this new site is under construction,
you can see all the old content here
Blog
Myers Briggs revisited 10 years on
Just reading the Observer story on a new book about the Myers Briggs tests, so revisited my result. Seems just as relevant now to when we did the tests.
Using a UK mobile in USA
I thought I’d document my recent experience of getting a local SIM for my mobile phone for use in the USA whilst on holiday. Best Buy – a US clone of Curry’s – offer a range of SIM only options. The SIMs ranged from 1$ up to about 10$ with no obvious difference. I went …
NHS prescriptions jobsworthery.
I really don’t understand the thinking behind the NHS in practice stopping doctors prescribing more than one month’s pills in one go. Now I don’t pay for prescriptions, I’ve no financial incentive in wanting this changed, but this week my local pharmacist did make me wonder. I have a regular prescription for statins which not …