GrumbleTower

I was visiting my mum in Scotland recently and found myself bored after she went to bed. I decided to watch Taskmaster on the Channel 4 app. I love Taskmaster. I don’t often get the chance to sit down and binge it and so when I do, I don’t want my experience being interrupted by adverts. Channel 4 has the perfect solution to this, or so I thought. You see, Channel 4 offers a subscription service. They say you can “Stream 1500 shows ad free*”, they follow that with “Save time and watch more!” Note the asterisk though. The note associated with it states that “For contractual reasons, some programmes contain ads or promotional trails for other programmes.” That last part is the kicker and for me, the deal-breaker. If I am paying for a service, I do not want to be advertised to. To be more accurate, I want NOT to be advertised to. I am paying for the service, not the adverts. You are taking my money and you are taking someone else’s money for the same thing. Nope! You see, I am autist...

Hello and welcome to my little corner of the web. Let’s start off with a content warning: this site will most definitely contain strong language in the fullness of time. If that’s something which offends you then I suggest you go elsewhere and find something a bit more wholesome to occupy your time. So, what will this site be used to convey? Christ knows, but probably a fair amount of bitching and whining about the things which get on my nerves. I suspect there will also be recommendations for things I find recommendable - I tend to like sharing things which interest me and things I approve of with others. Now, let me tell you a bit about myself. My name is David. I am autistic (late diagnosed). I live in Blackpool and have done for the last 8 years. I still love Blackpool and am a massive advocate for the town and the businesses herein. You’ll probably find me talking a lot about the things I get up to when I’m out and about here. I was born in Scotland and lived there until I relocat...