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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...
1,147291Jun 2019Jun 2019Jun 201921 hrs ago

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...
794241May 2019May 2019May 2019Apr 25

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...
898231Apr 2019Apr 2019Apr 2019Apr 25

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...
1,145221Apr 2019Apr 2019Apr 2019Apr 25

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...
2,639992Mar 2019Mar 2019Mar 201922 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...
1,636571Mar 2019Mar 2019Mar 201918 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...
953201Feb 2019Feb 2019Mar 2019Apr 26

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?...
1,256331Feb 2019Feb 2019Feb 2019Apr 23

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,...
843291Jan 2019Jan 2019Mar 2019Apr 24

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...
1,819731Jan 2019Jan 2019Mar 20192 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,...
818271Dec 2018Dec 2018Mar 2019Apr 26

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...
2,391921Dec 2018Dec 2018Mar 20193 hrs ago

Like him back - N/A ???

This is the second time I've had a 'like' from someone who is still online but instead of the option of 'like him back' CS says N/A - I...
1,282361Nov 2018Nov 2018Nov 2018Apr 20

Microphone no longer working after skype update

Blast it skype insisted on doing another of its interminable updates recently and I've just found that I am no longer audible. Checked both my skype a...
1,446471Jul 2018Jul 2018Jul 2018Apr 28

All our advisers are busy, please hold

Just so you know, when you hear that (for the 10th time) and are getting madder and madder, imagining all the advisers chatting round the water cooler...
846171Jul 2018Jul 2018Jul 2018Apr 26

Things Mum taught me

I taught my daughter many of the same. Mums, eh? Anatomy - Don't come running to me when you break both legs Religion - you'd better pray tha...
1,732531Nov 2017Nov 2017Nov 2017Apr 25

Settling for less than perfect

and yes I know I have been snooty about others putting up multiple blogs. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em This is in part inspired by Mimi...
1,340301Jul 2017Jul 2017Jul 2017Apr 21

Conversations

Him: where you goin’, babe? Her: I want to clear my head, I’m going for a walk, won’t be long Him: a walk? It’s after midnight! Why on earth do yo...
960142Jun 2017Jun 2017Jun 20173 hrs ago

Would you, for money?

I'm not talking Robert Redford in a tux, offering a million bucks for a night, or Angelina Jolie saying she'd give you the same for a weekend away....
2,214811Apr 2017May 2017May 2017Apr 28

Enough tears, why am I crying??

Not even 3 pm here and I have been in tears on and off all day, I need a plumber to fix this leak in my tearducts. They aren't even sad or s...
2,234782Oct 2016Dec 2016Dec 201619 hrs ago

These boots were made for walking

My dog was extremely emphatic about it. She'd rather have cold feet. Rather even grit in her paws.
1,518631Oct 2016Dec 2016Dec 2016Apr 26

INCONCLUSIVE TRAVEL PLANS FOR 2017

I have been in many places, but I've never been in Cahoots. Apparently, you can't go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone. I would like to...
1,651491Jul 2016Nov 2016Nov 2016Apr 26

I know I'm right. My friends say so.

Social media has given us voices that go far, far beyond people we’ve met, beyond our homes and offices. We chatter a lot, we make friends, get quite...
1,922980Nov 2016Nov 2016Apr 26

Winter walkies

In summer I come home, put down my handbag, change my shoes, pick up the lead, and we’re off. One minute. In winter I come home, put down my hand...
1,798730Nov 2016Nov 2016Apr 28

Not mocking. Just saying. Oh, and this isn't politics (YAY)

This is a trust-me blog, I guess, because most of us shy away nervously from any religious blog so it comes down to do you trust Biff not to cram her...
1,206380Nov 2016Nov 2016Apr 24

Friends of friends

Ever had that thing when you think someone is funny and intelligent, and then you meet the people they think are funny and intelligent and oops - :u...
1,604830Nov 2016Nov 20163 hrs ago

Too soon to talk about the future? Forget the fight, find peace and common ground?

Brits have a deserved reputation for being whinging poms, and I’m beginning to think we’ll never recover from the division of Brexit. Oh, give us a r...
1,794720Nov 2016Nov 201615 hrs ago

The rise and rise of the referendum

Your vote counts. Baddum TISH. Referendums have been called on issues as diverse as peace deals, nuclear power, and whether New Zealand should cha...
758250Nov 2016Nov 201613 hrs ago

Today

I am now renting a local parking garage for the car - which is very short and only needs 2/3 of the space. So, today, I unpacked and repacked the...
724190Nov 2016Nov 2016Apr 20

One month to Christmas and the 12 days

Doing this version now before it gets lost in the Christmas rush. I tweaked it from a Facebook version and since for sure some of you will have se...
1,440410Nov 2016Nov 201612 hrs ago

How do I delete a blog?

Being very thick here. I can edit it, design it, tag it, and upload photos but not delete it? (Answering own question with thanks to...
1,033290Nov 2016Dec 2016Apr 28

On a scale of 1 to 10 how needy are you?

Found this video and it made me laugh and sigh at the same time. For those who don't watch links, the guy is demanding compliments - even to the point...
2,783720Nov 2016Nov 20169 hrs ago

Oops

His request approved, the CNN News photographer chartered a flight from the local airport, and was told a twin-engine plane would be waiting for him a...
701130Dec 2016Dec 2016Apr 25

Little things mean a lot at this time of year

Here we go, heading towards 2017 at a rate of knots - some alone for the first time, some have been single for a while, some even in the early stages...
827270Dec 2016Dec 2016Apr 20

The Ongoing Tale of the Tail

A week or so back I had a meltdown on a blog when I saw a quite long, very bald, Tail whisking out of sight behind my stove. and some ki...
868220Dec 2016Dec 2016Apr 27

The end of the tale

Ambled into my kitchen to make coffee and met the rodent. He wasn't looking at all well. The cat, ever hopeful of a midnight snack, followed me in...
1,269470Dec 2016Dec 201616 hrs ago

Music to work to?

I like to have music in the background when I'm working but I get bored with the usuals. Anyone looked at the music offered for studying? Whale song,...
1,943760May 2017May 20176 hrs ago

Surveyor reporting for duty

I had a Spanish structural survey (finally!) on the Spanish property I want to buy and loved this wording - reúne las exigencias de carácter relativo...
613250May 2017May 2017Apr 21

Bike insurance

a friend of mine's husband does a lot of biking, with a club that does a lot in the community, particularly with kids, but that's a whole other blog....
593160May 2017May 201715 hrs ago

Petri dish

Petri dishes may be used to observe the behavior of microcosms under a microscope. Microcosms are defined as encapsulating in miniature the charac...
1,334460May 2017May 20178 hrs ago

Smelling like a rose

Years ago when I was young, Best Beloved, there was a series of ads for a deodorant called Impulse. If you used it, the ad promised, handsome men woul...
1,797510May 2017May 2017Apr 28

Books for 8 to 10 year olds?

I know this is an odd place to ask but a granny friend of mine was a little horrified to find her granddaughter has to read a school book which has to...
797200Jun 2017Jun 2017Apr 24

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