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Don't let the old man in. Not today. And if he pushes in anyway, don't let him make himself at home! How old would you be, if you didn't know the day you were born? Some people...	2,463	75	0	Jun 2019	Jul 2019	Apr 20
Taken for granted A friend of mine has been having a right whinge about her daughter-in-law using her as an on-tap babysitter without so much as a by-your-leave. Her DI...	1,144	29	1	Jun 2019	Jun 2019	Apr 21
Talking to ourselves Me: I can’t have told you, I had some really good news about (insert topic here) DD: yes you did Me: Oh. You didn’t say anything. DD: I didn’t re...	671	17	0	Jun 2019	Jun 2019	Apr 19
if you were born a boy or a girl, what are you now ... There's some weird stuff happening in UK schools and the Daily Mail has got very overexcited about it. I know it's a long blog. You can skip to the la...	1,582	34	0	May 2019	Jun 2019	Apr 20
Reviews ... and why we read them ... There's the puff review - this is the best product / hotel / restaurant / book I ever came across while using this fake email address, FIVE STARS...	792	-	0	May 2019	May 2019	Apr 19
Another brick in the wall Imagine .... going to school in a class with a maximum of 20 pupils, no streaming, and the same teacher for 5 years. There are teacher a...	793	24	1	May 2019	May 2019	Apr 16
old dog vestibular disease Wednesday she was fine - she's old, a little wobblier in the mornings than in years of yore, but lively, greedy, healthy. Yesterday morning very w...	1,209	22	0	May 2019	May 2019	Apr 19
There goes the neighbourhood so how many of yeah wanna be all right abought everything with your opinion *** Video evidence at hand and you are just too blind or ignorant to see...	1,012	31	0	May 2019	May 2019	Apr 19

Thanks ... I saw this today and blinked and read it again and hello? Although this isn't a blog likely to generate the kind of chat I like, I thought maybe you t...	940	12	0	May 2019	Jun 2019	Apr 19
Wot's thet? Big 7 Travel has ranked the 50 sexiest accents in the world - I feel I could make some safe money taking bets if you lot weren't able to look up the a...	2,310	79	0	May 2019	May 2019	Apr 20
a kind of magic Big brand new rented car parked in narrow road. Add Spanish drivers, who are not always wonderful. Mix and stir, and you get a scrape across 2 door pa...	895	23	1	Apr 2019	Apr 2019	3 hrs ago
When world leaders, past, present, or wannabe, take on a challenge The challenge is to turn the colour yellow to red. Wonder if anyone will recognize any of my attempts at caricature (I shall be adding one per com...	794	15	0	Apr 2019	Apr 2019	Apr 20
Beauty - or, those who cannot do, teach. So this morning I tried a little, a very little, shea butter on my hair. It no longer looks like an exploded haystack but is a sleek and shining curta...	1,632	52	0	Apr 2019	Jun 2019	Apr 21
When Solitaire's the only game in town More and more people in their 30s and 40s are choosing to be alone, to have a social network but no partner and no lasting ties. Most people on their...	1,143	22	1	Apr 2019	Apr 2019	Apr 19
April Fool! April Fools day has become extraordinary for one unexpected reason - it is now the only day of the year that people query news items on the interne...	890	18	0	Apr 2019	Apr 2019	Apr 19
Why hug? That's fairly recent, the whole hugging thing, when I was younger (and mammoths roamed the earth, I know, I know) you offered your hand and the strang...	1,875	85	0	Mar 2019	Apr 2019	Apr 20
Some guy called Obama I looked wistfully back at March 2016 and guess what, there were 3 - only THREE - political blogs on this international singles website. One abo...	2,633	99	2	Mar 2019	Mar 2019	23 hrs ago
In the future .. In the future children will be raised believing it is their duty to seek a happy life, with just one proviso*. They will be taught from the beginning...	1,630	57	1	Mar 2019	Mar 2019	Apr 19
Voy a mi bola Move along please folks unless you can help me with some Spanish colloquialisms because I suspect my leg is being gently pulled ... not going to say w...	907	25	0	Mar 2019	Mar 2019	Apr 19
How many dogs does it take to change a lightbulb? Border Collie – just one, and then I’ll replace any wiring that isn’t up to code German Shepherd – I’ll change it as soon as I’ve escorted everyone...	513	2	0	Mar 2019	Apr 2019	Apr 19
Changing my description, sigh I've described myself as "a few extra pounds" from the start but I could always have stood to lose a stone (that's 14 pounds, or 6 kgs, for the rest o...	1,712	65	0	Mar 2019	Aug 2019	13 hrs ago

Avoiding the troll blog but for those who took my comments personally, Art, Bekard - to be 60 or 70 or 80 does not make one automatically senile and I apologise, it never occ...	951	20	1	Feb 2019	Mar 2019	Apr 17
Quantum weird other-worldly music - the theremin I'd never heard of these before, not by name, and was bug-eyed watching one played in a classical concert. It isn't touched but played by the energy o...	555	10	0	Feb 2019	Feb 2019	Apr 18
Perfect match - but which one? Let's call him A (for Adventure ) he's around 50, a good technician, will never have a problem finding a job, right now he's up for technical m...	1,936	101	0	Feb 2019	Feb 2019	Apr 22
English is so weird Limericks by sound, and by spelling - There once was an old man from York who took a fat pig for a walk, when asked "why this was, he said...	1,006	15	0	Feb 2019	May 2020	Apr 20
The rock and the hard place - a modern microstory about business The company I worked for, after beating off many attempts at hostile takeovers in the past, was shocked when several of our opposition, including our...	554	14	0	Feb 2019	Feb 2019	Apr 17
Replacing priests with OMG Catholic priests have been taking a lot of flak in our lifetimes. Never married, no children, how DARE they tell us what to think or how to react, eh?...	1,256	33	1	Feb 2019	Feb 2019	6 hrs ago
Anyone having good weather? My daughter is walking her dog in 6 inches of snow. My friend there in Natal is resisting being washed out of her house by torrential rain. I know the...	1,853	99	0	Feb 2019	Feb 2019	Apr 21
All the things NOT in your profile You are not your age, nor the size of clothes you wear, You are not a weight, or the color of your hair. You are not your name, or the dimples in yo...	1,811	81	0	Jan 2019	Feb 2019	Apr 20
Mind AWOL We all, I think, I hope, have that moment of walking into a room, then wondering what we went there for. Or stopping halfway up the stairs and thinkin...	773	30	0	Jan 2019	Jan 2019	Apr 20
Become famous - upset people. It's so today. There’s a post on FB doing the rounds – the average Brit pensioner gets £79 a week, the average asylum seeker gets £350 a week, a free car,...	842	29	1	Jan 2019	Mar 2019	Apr 20

The uhoh moment when you realize you're on different wavelengths It may only be me but there's always that urge to leap for the door when someone I've known for ages, or just met, suddenly comes out with one of the...	1,110	40	0	Jan 2019	Jan 2019	Apr 18
Young kids nowadays can identify any number of corporate logos cannot identify leaves from trees in their own garden Of course their future progress will depend m...	1,815	73	1	Jan 2019	Mar 2019	16 hrs ago
Hi, Big Brother, didja see what I just did ... My bank in Spain will shortly have the technology to produce the details of a payment – not just that I bought at a supermarket, but the copy of the s...	1,076	31	0	Jan 2019	Jan 2019	Apr 20
Happy 2019? How unpatriotic! If we were happy with what we had, why would we want change? Why would we need more? I saw an article ticking readers off for wishing people a happy n...	693	23	0	Dec 2018	Jan 2019	19 hrs ago
Perceptions, people. Don’t even think of responding until you have read the bottom line. It was created by someone with Asperger Syndrome and is, in its own way,...	815	27	1	Dec 2018	Mar 2019	Apr 17
How to write good 1. Avoid alliteration. Always. 2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with 3. Avoid clichés like the plague. They’re old hat. 4. Comparison...	553	23	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 22
How many of your gifts / decorations were made in China? On Dec 23rd one of my Chinese pupils did his internet class on the move in a Beijing supermarket with Jingle Bells playing audibly in the background (...	661	28	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 20
Shortest day ... Struggling to squeeze in breakfast, elevenses, lunch, afternoon tea, supper and a small cup of hot cocoa before bed. #ShortestDay...	731	19	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 20
Theybies Slugs and snails and puppy dog tails - Sugar and spice and all things nice - On one hand, I've never believed girls...	810	24	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 17
Perfect gifts – edited from week-to-go to Got one! last comments There was a joke suggestion on FB re the perfect Christmas gift for writers so naturally I re-posted it on the spot but it got me thinking. Perfect g...	2,377	92	1	Dec 2018	Mar 2019	Apr 21
2012 - the year the world didn't end Remember when we were being told the world would end on December 21, 2012? . [/im...	619	21	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 15

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