Tag Archives: 2012-posts

Well, 2012 failed to see the end of the world as the Mayans were wrongly said to have believed would happen. Oh well, I will just have to carry on regardless, blogging away merrily whilst patiently waiting for Armageddon. Mind … Continue reading →

“Remember, remember the Fifth of November, The Gunpowder Treason and Plot, I know of no reason Why the gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot.” Where else could I start in reviewing eBay for November? I reckon there are a few … Continue reading →

At Last!!! After what seems like an age the masterspy has triumphed once more on eBay! Yessssssss!!! I feel like a thirsty man in a desert with a glass of cold beer in front of him (think of the end … Continue reading →

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit … Continue reading →

Another month has passed by and the masterspy’s life has taken yet another stunning turn. This may surprise you all. It sure as hell surprised the masterspy. I will be a grandfather for the second time in March next year … Continue reading →

Well, it has quieted down with a vengeance this month and no mistake. Is it silly season, holiday season, the Olympics, or the weather? Who knows, but come on, sellers, I have had to resort to paying a vastly inflated … Continue reading →

Flaming June? “O my Love’s like a red, red rose, that’s newly sprung in June.” ~ Robert Burns (1759 – 1796) “There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.” ~ Billy Connolly (born 1942) So here we have two … Continue reading →

Two Months of Biggies Running…. I am Positively Reeling (and not Just from eBay either). Where Have You Been, masterspy?………. Mrs Masterspy and I have just returned from a week in a cottage in Normandy timed to coincide with the … Continue reading →

  “Oh, to be in England now that April’s there……” Of course the poet Robert Browning couldn’t possibly have been talking about the all time record rainfall April we have just had, could he readers? No indeedy. Mind you, half … Continue reading →

In Honour of the Mad March Hare We Start with eBay’s Mad Items of the Month. Last month readers I kitted out the good ladies in some spiffing new eBay togs. It would be stupid to waste said kwolity togs, … Continue reading →