Blog | Order by Most Viewed | Order by Most Commented | Order by Most Liked | Created | Commented | Viewed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
REVENGEThey say revenge is a dish best eaten cold. I don't mind if it is hot or cold, but I want it. The person bringing my car from Scotland with me pay... | 2,640 | 95 | 0 | Sep 2017 | Sep 2017 | 3 hrs ago |
making the first moveSo I know this shy guy, 40 or so, a fellow writer, who has been fantasizing about meeting a woman who will pick him up and make him happy. Now a w... | 762 | 32 | 0 | Oct 2017 | Oct 2017 | Apr 26 |
Biff moving out of the van*****breaking news ******** *****read all about it! ****** My offer has been accepted, the deposit has been... | 1,472 | 45 | 0 | Oct 2017 | Oct 2017 | Apr 26 |
Halloween in Spain?Quick question. Halloween stuff appearing in shops. In sa treat-or-treat very much to friends houses only. In Scotland guising was well escorted but e... | 1,400 | 44 | 0 | Oct 2017 | Nov 2017 | Apr 25 |
I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaackand I missed you sooo much! Two months today since I packed my computer and although I got it back a week ago it took until today to get connected to... | 1,436 | 46 | 0 | Oct 2017 | Oct 2017 | 14 hrs ago |
Old wallsThese walls are built of stone, packed with clay, plastered, painted - and with time, the cracks show. Paint flakes off, plaster crumbles, cracks beco... | 1,127 | 25 | 0 | Oct 2017 | Oct 2017 | Apr 25 |
Another penny in the jar (a research question)The theory - if you put a penny in a jar every time you make love in the first year of your marriage, and after the first year you take a penny out ev... | 1,571 | 59 | 0 | Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 | Apr 27 |
Got my dozenand in the order that I got them - good morning goie more sawubona tumela bonjour guten morgen g'day bore da madainn mhath buenos dias... | 1,435 | 56 | 0 | Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 | Apr 26 |
Theory: Women should be clear, men should notScenario - They are watching TV at his house. Woman rubs her shoulders, mmm, I’m cold. Man nods, yup, it is quite cold, and carries on watching TV. Ev... | 1,444 | 60 | 0 | Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 | Apr 27 |
WaitingI've got approx an hour to wait and nothing to read. An hour is too short for some things and too long for others. Ways of filling time? (Othe... | 661 | 29 | 0 | Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 | Apr 22 |
Sometimes a person, a name, personifies a whole time of your lifeSometimes, you don’t even realize until you hear their name years and years later and it is a TARDIS moment, you suddenly see people you’d forgotten,... | 601 | 8 | 0 | Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 | Apr 20 |
Spoilers don't actually spoil anything - look into the future -I still believe I would have enjoyed Terminator 2 more if I hadn’t - hang on - SPOILER ALERT look away now if you are one of the... | 653 | 33 | 0 | Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 | Apr 27 |
It's official. Australians are the best men to meet.This is a dinkum Australian love poem, and if it don't bring a lump to your throat, and have you rushing to the Strine men listed here on CS, you're o... | 1,298 | 49 | 0 | Aug 2018 | Sep 2018 | Apr 25 |
The quartermaster's storeThe bloggers included all commented on my last blog which seemed as good a way as any of selecting victims Add a verse, make it worse :la... | 1,545 | 50 | 0 | Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 | Apr 25 |
Looking for help with Outlook.comMy Outlook mailbox recently gave itself an upgrade and seems to have lost my email address in the process. Now when I try to sign in it comes up with... | 818 | - | 0 | Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 | 16 hrs ago |
What - in words of one syllable - the heck is cryptocurrency?I've spent most of my working life in finance and yet I can't get my head around bitcoin / digital currencies / cryptocurrency. It's, like, electronic... | 1,439 | 43 | 0 | Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 | Apr 26 |
JeremiahListen, if you get a friend request from a guy called Jeremiah, it's okay to accept. He's a bullfrog, and a good friend of mine.... | 1,426 | 25 | 0 | Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 | Apr 25 |
InteractingTurns out that communicating with others literally affects our health more than diet, exercise, even our addictions. Seeing my interaction in Spa... | 1,512 | 36 | 0 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 | Apr 20 |
"They say such nice things about people at funeralsthat it makes me sad I'm going to miss mine by just a few days" (Garrison Keillor) Ok, a lot will depend how or when you kick the bucket. Be drunk... | 1,938 | 70 | 0 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 | Apr 26 |
Giraffe in snowREALLY starting to worry about Eks now. Hoping all SA bloggers affected by blizzards are keeping well-wrapped up and warm This pic one of s... | 720 | 2 | 0 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 | Apr 26 |
Meanwhile here in SpainYesterday I was in Orgiva, a small town in the Alpujarras and did have my camera. I'm not a good photographer, though. Pics - Orgiva is hot enough... | 1,716 | 63 | 0 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 | Apr 25 |
Comparing the mangle to a glove filled with porridgeHandshakes fascinate me. I think mine is ok, but then I would. Some offer just the fingers, or the vrot (rotting) banana. Some seize a hand as if ring... | 1,427 | 67 | 0 | Sep 2018 | Oct 2018 | Apr 25 |
hyperboleNo-one gets disappointed any more - they are devastated No-one has unpleasant experiences any more - they are traumatized Everything that happens i... | 1,232 | 51 | 0 | Oct 2018 | Oct 2018 | Apr 28 |
Opera blogRIP Montserrat Caballé, one of the great singers from my new country. She was 85 Don't imagine many opera buffs in CS but some may remember the op... | 1,551 | 49 | 0 | Oct 2018 | Oct 2018 | Apr 29 |
Odd coupleI met these people, and for all I know they met on CS although that would be a fantastic coincidence and, if they read this blog, a little embarrassin... | 3,431 | 117 | 0 | Oct 2018 | Oct 2018 | Apr 28 |
Raining againWelcome to Sunny Spain they said 320 days of sunshine a year they said Meanwhile I had to put the light on in the kitchen to see to make coffee :m... | 1,325 | 51 | 0 | Oct 2018 | Oct 2018 | Apr 26 |
Really REALLY honest profile commentsYou want honest profiles? I found some spotted on websites, pruned out the crudest, sharing twenty of those that made me blink. These were all from p... | 702 | 17 | 0 | Oct 2018 | Feb 2019 | Apr 18 |
Don't panic, but it's Scorpio seasonTuesday 23rd October ushered in Scorpio season - the sign of death and rebirth, intensity and passionate convictions, and a time when all signs, not... | 1,669 | 73 | 0 | Oct 2018 | Oct 2018 | 14 hrs ago |
Change your name change your lifeAnd no I don't mean on CS although some of us did and there was a real difference How much does your name influence your life? When someon... | 3,253 | 152 | 0 | Nov 2018 | Nov 2018 | Apr 28 |
So tired of being afraidI don’t hide under the bed quaking, but at any one time there can be at least one thread of fear running through my head. Some come from the media and... | 1,637 | 44 | 0 | Nov 2018 | Nov 2018 | Apr 27 |
Happy thanksgiving to all our CS AmericansI so like the idea of a dinner just for giving thanks - been invited to a few in Scotland by an American family living a long long way from home and i... | 734 | 19 | 0 | Nov 2018 | Nov 2018 | Apr 23 |
Mind AWOLWe 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... | 774 | 30 | 0 | Jan 2019 | Jan 2019 | Apr 27 |
All the things NOT in your profileYou 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... | 1,816 | 81 | 0 | Jan 2019 | Feb 2019 | Apr 28 |
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... | 1,859 | 99 | 0 | Feb 2019 | Feb 2019 | Apr 28 |
The uhoh moment when you realize you're on different wavelengthsIt 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... | 1,113 | 40 | 0 | Jan 2019 | Jan 2019 | Apr 26 |
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... | 694 | 23 | 0 | Dec 2018 | Jan 2019 | Apr 23 |
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 |
TheybiesSlugs and snails and puppy dog tails - Sugar and spice and all things nice - On one hand, I've never believed girls... | 811 | 24 | 0 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2018 | Apr 26 |
Shortest day ...Struggling to squeeze in breakfast, elevenses, lunch, afternoon tea, supper and a small cup of hot cocoa before bed. #ShortestDay... | 732 | 19 | 0 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2018 | Apr 24 |
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 |
How to write good1. 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 |
I can't sleep .starting to panic a little bit about it. Which of course makes it worse. Any suggestions other than pills, I really don't like taking pills? M... | 2,672 | 97 | 0 | Jun 2017 | Jun 2017 | 12 hrs ago |
This is a list of blogs created by Elegsabiff, ordered by Most Liked. Click here for Elegsabiff's Full Blog