Week ending -11 January 2008

• Richard Fair
• 11 Jan 08, 10:52 AM

The working week started off with the sound of the Beetham Tower moaning in the early morning wind and will end with Jamie Oliver doing pretty much the same thing with chickens. Let’s hope it doesn’t get too windy – which leads us into:

Quote of the week
Local butcher John Mettrick, speaking on BBC Radio Manchester, said, “My farm is on the edge of the Pennines and with the winds we’ve had this week they (the chickens) would have ended up in Sheffield.”

Website of the week
Perhaps I’m being a little previous by including 40three. There are only a couple of posts on there, but if Geoff’s previous form is anything to go by, 43, then we can expect a high standard of writing and interest. Welcome back Geoff.

Also a quick nod to Day Of Moustaches who’s blatantly lifted a great idea from Every Day I Lie A Little. Basically the idea is to swap short stories for useful objects. Every Day’s top three wanted item is washing up liquid, while Moustaches will settle for a massive wide screen TV.

This could kick-start a whole new trend in bartering.

The next blog post will appear after a delivery of doughnuts.