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about 4 years ago i was travelling from my house in bulgaria back to my apartment in the south of turkey,
which is a two day journey by coach , and for the first leg of the journey a fellow traveller an elderly dutch man sat in the adjoining seats ,and as the refreshments were served we struck up a conversation ,,
just the normal chit chat like where are you travelling to and the like ,
when we reached the turkish border control we had to leave the coach to have our passports stamped or purchase a visa for those that had not done so prior to travelling ,
which it turned out that the dutch guy had not done , and the turkish border control officers are not the friendliest people you will ever meet ,,my passport was stamped no problem then the dutch guy handed his over ,only to have it thrown back at him with a grunt of no ,,
and he just turned to me with a smile and said oh i seem to have a problem , i said do you have a visa ,,no was his reply ,,ok i said and took him over to the visa office to buy a visa which only took a few minutes , i will see you at the coach i told him as i was going to have a smoke ,,back at the coach we reached the final police check for passports and the officer looked at his passport shook his head and said no ,,still smiling the dutch guy looked at me and asked what was wrong ,i looked at the passport and he had not got the visa stamped at the border control ,so with a smile he walked back to get the stamp and all was well ,,when we stopped in a small town for a short break we were chatting and i said you do not get fazed by situations do you ,and he smiled as he told me that he had been on the road for 12 years with his suit case and just enjoying life and seeing new places,,
we arrived in istanbul at 7 pm and we said our goodbyes as i had another coach to catch to the south of turkey, and the smiley dutch man walked across the concourse to book into the hotel there,,,,
i often think about that dutch man and think what an amazing man he is ,,,,the world is his oyster and he is living it .....

i was talking with a friend that was on holiday here for two weeks ,,and now that most countries require a pcr certificate to enter ,, he explained that it would now cost him an extra 500 pounds to go back as he and his family needed to be tested before being allowed to cross the borders as they are driving ,,,
and the pcr test rules are that it has to have been done within 72 hours of travelling ..
so if you decide to go on a holiday that lasts for more than 4 days then you will need a test to go and then a test to return and for a family of 5 that works out at an extra 1000 pounds on top of your holidays costs ,,,
so i can not see many families taking holidays outside of their own countries in the very near future ,,,

in many ways.... Much calls for adaptability in life styles. Many are often technological or social, and many commercial.
On this last issue, my manual cork screw opening of a bottle of wine for a dinner beverage, got me thinking. Ever a risky event.
Many will remember real lead foil cork covers, as well as real (Portuguese) tree bark corks. Still present in costlier wines, but sadly, even here are evolving toward less expensive and fossil fuel alternatives. Even to boxes, and to screw off caps. What next?
We all hear that the horse dress and saddle industry died with the motor car, and that soon other work became available. With a corresponding general improvement in life for all.
But I'm not so sure. On both points. However.....
Gotta use my gold plated, 5 speed, bimanual, doubles as a fly swatter, rechargeable electric back scratcher, for a spell. Buzzzzzzzz. Ahhhhhhhhh! Now there's the rub.
Oh no, snow storm on the way with power outages. Whatever is one to do? Wait, there are rumours of machines called generators.

for the humans it is a happy new year tomorrow being jan 1st,,
but for thoroughbred horses in the northern hemisphere it is happy birthday no matter which day they were born ,
and for the southern hemisphere august 1st is their birthday ,
and as for myself i do not celebrate birthdays , i just celebrate each day that i awaken ,,
may 2021 be a better year for every one .....

Well, it's here. Go out and be merry.
Don't eat too much. Cholesterol is no longer an issue... watch your sugar intake.

...likely a more important event each year in the far North and South. What with cabin fever, SADS, and the rest of it, not to mention the cold, it's arrival seems to lift many a spirit. More sun.
Of course, at least for us few living in the heaven that is the developed world, comparatively speaking, life is softer, than that of ancestors, only some few generations ago.
When Bravo and I take our walks, I'm keen to come upon centuries old homesteads, all in rubble states, mostly over grown, and we often enter what's left for an historical inspection. It's common to find items to aid daily life, if one sniffs about some, and a dog's nose/curiosity never hurt in these regards. Old storage container items, utensils, rarely a piece of material with scribbles on it, things long replaced with more convenient 'necessities'---all make for feeling of gratitude, when I think of those shorter and much harder hard lives.
I've been poor, and I've been rich---rich is better. Or?

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Piper at the Gates of dawn./ Pink Floyd
.. sunrise, sunburn,sunset./ Bryan.
Listen,learn & read ON./ deep Purple.
....part 2.} as above....
..so below... ....g o l d./ Interference.
..R E D./ Swift..... . Agent orange./ R E M.
...$pirit in the sky./ Greenbaum.
...... yellow./ Coldplay.
.blue lines.. / massive attack.
Stormbringer / deep Purple...White horse / Laid back
... synthesis:} Temple of the King./ Rainbow.
....P A R T . 3... Coming Attractions
964..) ball point physics 101...
964..) mathematics is truth
1928.) The mathematical probabilities of Gematria & Strong's Concordance.
.......337..s n u g. // Guns.
.......627..by the book.) Scripture
..964..) Deuteronomy. ) Love & Light.

I have just finished watching 'the vow' about sex cult in the states masquerading as a type of self help group.In it women are portrayed as entitled princesses and men as protectors who basically resent the women.it seems that by categorizing both sexes as such,both sexes feel shame,anyone any thoughts on this concept or the series in general?

I was in Junior High attending a school dance and hanging out with friends. We were noticing parents dropping their children when I spotted a really pretty girl and what appeared to be her grandparents waving goodbye. They said "have a good time" and told her what time they would return to pick her up.
Since I didn't know the girl, I asked my friend if he knew her. His answer was yes, she's in his homeroom class and her parents were really strict. Wondering, I asked "Is that why the grandparents dropped her off?" My friend said those ARE her parents. He also knew the girl was self conscious about it. She was very embarrassed when they came to the first patent teacher meeting and all the other kids had younger parents.

I had a friend in the same position. He was an only child who came along late in the marriage. His father was already retired when he was in Junior High.

Somewhere along the way, I heard the phrase Fuddy Duddy Daddy that described a really old father to a young son. That saying stuck with me.

A coworker who is 20 years younger than me once called me 'Gramps' and I replied "Are you talking to me?" It's funny, as he relies on me to do some computerized design drawings... because he can't. The sad part is his father passed away last week. He was in a nursing home with advanced stage Alzheimer's and contacted COVID-19. Either way, his fathers days were numbered.

Over the years, I've been asked why I didn't have children of my own...
Simple answer... I didn't want to be a Fuddy Duddy Daddy!

Tobe safe and warm on a
cold and wet night
All we really need is soup.


But I am having a lovly glass of red wine.

I hope everone is keeping safe, but at times this very hard to do,,

yet I think this is a time for us Humans
to reflect and give thought to our world,.

This covid-19 is not only about me or you living on the other side of the world
but now we know all of that.

Will we learn from what has been happening this year.?

Stay safe everyone and Walk good.