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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...	770	30	0	Jan 2019	Jan 2019	Apr 16
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...	1,109	40	0	Jan 2019	Jan 2019	Apr 15
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...	1,074	31	0	Jan 2019	Jan 2019	Apr 15
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...	691	23	0	Dec 2018	Jan 2019	Apr 15
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 (...	660	28	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 15
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...	551	23	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	23 hrs ago
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	24 hrs ago
Shortest day ... Struggling to squeeze in breakfast, elevenses, lunch, afternoon tea, supper and a small cup of hot cocoa before bed. #ShortestDay...	730	19	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 15

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
In the alphabet soup of life, I pick aitch How weird is the alphabet? A J and K sound alike (unless you are a Scot – they say jiy, not jay) B C D G P T V sound alike – and if you are Americ...	647	27	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 16
First phrases Can we be serious a minute? Aye that'll be right But no, seriously. If you are going somewhere they speak a different language, what ar...	1,181	28	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 15
The god of Christmas shopping A speaker invited to a school to talk about the meaning of Christmas instead went rogue and told the kids – some as young as 4 – that Santa doesn’t ex...	1,896	89	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 16
the end is nigh Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first send mad. This is not an entertaining link. It is deeply disturbing and could hurt your brain. You sho...	541	-	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 15
tenant or home-owner? does it make a difference? Some people rent all their lives, and some buy as soon as they can scrape up a deposit Some tenants would like to buy but only if they found the pe...	675	24	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 15
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...	1,281	36	1	Nov 2018	Nov 2018	2 hrs ago
Happy thanksgiving to all our CS Americans I 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...	732	19	0	Nov 2018	Nov 2018	Apr 15
Change your name change your life And 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...	3,240	152	0	Nov 2018	Nov 2018	Apr 15
So tired of being afraid I 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...	1,626	44	0	Nov 2018	Nov 2018	Apr 16
Don't panic, but it's Scorpio season Tuesday 23rd October ushered in Scorpio season - the sign of death and rebirth, intensity and passionate convictions, and a time when all signs, not...	1,663	73	0	Oct 2018	Oct 2018	Apr 16
Raining again Welcome 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...	1,315	51	0	Oct 2018	Oct 2018	19 hrs ago
Odd couple I 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...	3,415	117	0	Oct 2018	Oct 2018	Apr 17

Opera blog RIP 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...	1,543	49	0	Oct 2018	Oct 2018	Apr 17
hyperbole No-one gets disappointed any more - they are devastated No-one has unpleasant experiences any more - they are traumatized Everything that happens i...	1,221	51	0	Oct 2018	Oct 2018	9 hrs ago
Comparing the mangle to a glove filled with porridge Handshakes 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...	1,421	67	0	Sep 2018	Oct 2018	Apr 17
Meanwhile here in Spain Yesterday 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...	1,710	63	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	6 hrs ago
Giraffe in snow REALLY 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...	718	2	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 15
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...	1,293	49	0	Aug 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 15
"They say such nice things about people at funerals that 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...	1,928	70	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	19 hrs ago
Interacting Turns out that communicating with others literally affects our health more than diet, exercise, even our addictions. Seeing my interaction in Spa...	1,511	36	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 16
Jeremiah Listen, 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....	1,420	25	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	Apr 15
Sometimes a person, a name, personifies a whole time of your life Sometimes, 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,...	600	8	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	Apr 16

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...	1,435	43	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	Apr 15
Anyone else awake? Lying in bed with the van door open drinking coffee and roaming the smartphone for anyone else awake. Nearly 9 am in Spain. I seem to have the world...	5,221	203	0	Sep 2017	Aug 2018	21 hrs ago
For the writers on CS - Evie nails it If you don't care to follow links, the text is below but the pics and gifs on her original blog are hilarious	758	15	0	May 2018	Aug 2018	Apr 2
Looking for help with Outlook.com My 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...	812	-	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	Apr 15
The quartermaster's store The 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...	1,540	50	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	Apr 17
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...	650	33	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	22 hrs ago
Waiting I'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...	659	29	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	Apr 16
Theory: Women should be clear, men should not Scenario - 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...	1,435	60	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	17 hrs ago
Got my dozen and in the order that I got them - good morning goie more sawubona tumela bonjour guten morgen g'day bore da madainn mhath buenos dias...	1,423	56	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	Apr 16
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...	1,562	59	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	24 hrs ago
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...	1,436	47	1	Jul 2018	Jul 2018	Apr 17

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