Harbal Blogs

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Fending for Myself At first, I was daunted at the thought of living on my own. For the previous sixty years of my life I had no need of the rocket science necessary to...	1,181	53	0	Feb 2019	Feb 2019	24 hrs ago
Things I can't explain It's a great feeling on Friday night, knowing I don't have to get up on Saturday at the same time as I do in the week; yet I always do get up at the s...	610	33	0	Feb 2019	Feb 2019	Apr 15
To whom it may concern If Doctor Who were on TV, all would be well and good, but if I were watching him, he wouldn’t suddenly become Doctor Whom. The word ‘whom’ is nothing...	526	15	0	Feb 2019	Feb 2019	12 hrs ago
Going out with.... I don’t know what they call it these days, but when I was at school, if a boy and girl got together it was called ‘going out with’, as in, Dave is go...	994	46	0	Feb 2019	Feb 2019	6 hrs ago
Situations vacant I am subscribed to a website called “indeed”, it’s a jobs website; I’m always on the lookout for employment closer to where I live. I get daily email...	585	31	0	Feb 2019	Feb 2019	Apr 24
Civilisation FM The preceding event aren’t important, but after 40 years of having to compromise on so many of the smaller, yet significant, preferences of daily life...	478	12	1	Feb 2019	Feb 2019	8 hrs ago
Here today, gone.... One of the drivers didn’t show up for work the other morning, it turned out his wife had died the day before; they say he found her when he got home f...	431	15	0	Feb 2019	Feb 2019	Apr 20
Under Achiever At school my teachers thought I would never amount to anything. I haven’t seen any of them since I left so they probably don’t know how accurate their...	1,794	88	0	Jan 2019	Jan 2019	2 hrs ago

I Wonder What I’m Looking For The last few years of my marriage were bad, the last couple were horrendous. Would things have turned out differently if I’d been a better partner?...	2,201	110	0	Jan 2019	Jan 2019	Apr 20
What is a Soul? It cannot be seen or measured and there are no scientific instruments that can observe it. So how do we know we have a soul? Well we’ve been told so...	2,168	105	1	Jan 2019	Jan 2019	21 hrs ago
Visiting the Doctor I used to hate going to see the doctor when I was a kid. There were two doctors; they were a married Irish couple and their surgery was a big red bri...	1,372	66	0	Jan 2019	Jan 2019	Apr 24
Fruit(less) Endeavour I hardly ever bother with fruit but when I do pick something up at the supermarket it hardly ever encourages me to do it more often. I’ve noticed tha...	1,111	36	0	Jan 2019	Jan 2019	Apr 22
Tension in the aisles Doing the weekly shopping isn’t one of my favourite things but, luckily, I can make it more bearable by combining it with my hobby of people watching....	1,095	41	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	7 hrs ago
Radio Favourites There’s a programme on BBC Radio 4 called Last Word, it looks at the famous or notable people who have died in the previous week and gives a short bio...	370	0	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 20
Startling new revelations on climate change Recently completed research could render the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change a momentous exercise in rushing headlong down a blind alley. In hi...	545	14	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	9 hrs ago
The Very Clean Teapot Some years ago my wife and I went away for the weekend; my mother stayed at the house and minded the kids while we were away. Not long after we retur...	1,118	50	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	8 hrs ago
Ethical Shopping I like avocados, I put them in salads. The trouble is; they are quite expensive and I find that about one in six of the ones I buy is black and mushy...	1,461	56	1	Sep 2018	Dec 2018	4 hrs ago
All in a day’s work I turned up at the address with the boiler I was delivering and a man who looked like he was in his late 60s answered the door. He had bright orange...	778	35	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 20
Dear Mr. Tesco Will you please stop putting sliced potato in your moussaka and replace it with more aubergine? I will gladly pay the few extra pence this will cost...	1,189	35	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 24
Misconceptions I’m far from being an expert on what impresses women, but, over the years, I’ve picked up a little knowledge of what doesn’t. Maybe I’ve even got mis...	1,264	43	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 21
Cancelled I received this email from the Secretary of my walking group this morning: Hi Ramblers Please see message below from Nigel. “Owing to seve...	818	28	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	24 hrs ago

Mr. Trump. All you hard core Trump supporters, you think he is good for America, fair enough. But do you like him as a human being. Do you think he's a nice pe...	2,554	91	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 24
Things I Don’t Do Anymore I used to fix my own cars until they started making them so you have to be a computer expert to figure out what’s wrong with them; or at least that’s...	651	17	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	8 hrs ago
The best things in life are free Some years ago, when I was working as a building labourer, I was parked up in the pickup on the outskirts of the village where we were working, eating...	1,418	43	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	4 hrs ago
A Secular Hymn Ever feel left out in Church? Here's a little something to take along with you on your next visit. All things bright and beautiful, All creatur...	1,080	33	0	Nov 2018	Nov 2018	Apr 19
Hurrah, it's Black Friday It's Black Friday and I'm so excited. I've been looking online and I'm absolutely buzzing. The offers on some electrical goods are amazing. Laptops...	1,084	35	0	Nov 2018	Nov 2018	Apr 20
Thoughts of Barnsley from Abroad On their journey to Italy, after secretly marrying in September 1846, Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett travelled through South Yorkshire and rest...	489	8	0	Nov 2018	Nov 2018	Apr 19
The Wishing Tree The house I grew up in backed onto the local park and, as kids, my chums and I were intimately familiar with all its nooks and crannies. I’m talking...	1,042	39	0	Nov 2018	Nov 2018	Apr 20
A Restless Night I think it may have been because I was frustrated at nothing interesting happening on the site last night that I ended up in one of my funny moods. T...	1,389	37	0	Oct 2018	Oct 2018	Apr 20
A Summary of Your Case I was reading through Track’s thread about marijuana legalization, in the forum. There were a few comments about the relative effects of pot and alco...	1,699	46	0	Sep 2018	Oct 2018	2 hrs ago
This place gets more like Youtube everyday Far too many videos...	2,147	77	0	Sep 2018	Oct 2018	Apr 22

Free Speech To aume, makes an a out of you and me, but I'm not really allowed to say that on cs. If I wanted to write something about nature and refer to the...	726	31	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 20
Anyone ever heard of Freddie Pargetter? He got arrested at a friend of the family's stag party for the possession of drugs. In an added twist, it was the friend of t...	722	25	0	Aug 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 21
My Progression When I first joined CS it was because of the forum. Then I started getting interested in the blogs. Now I’ve started dabbling in the poetry section,...	1,707	91	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	3 hrs ago
Taking the wind out of my own sails When I’m feeling self satisfied or smug about some achievement, the greatness of which is no doubt considerably more impressive in my mind than in any...	1,117	36	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 20
Attention Seeking I seem to have come down with a bout of it. I think I'd better go to bed before it gets out of hand....	696	15	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 17
My Spider Diary You always come across the occasional spider in any building and I get my fair share of them. I don’t dislike spiders, even though I have a mild aver...	704	25	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 20
How does this reflect on me? I’ve been looking for a wall mirror for my bathroom ever since I moved into this flat two years ago but haven’t been able to find a reasonably priced...	1,227	49	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	5 hrs ago
Why our president is the most interesting president in the whole history of presidents Democrats. lib...	882	32	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 20
Creationism or Evolution? The debate seems set to continue with no resolution in sight. Or at least that was the case until very recently. Now it seems there's a new theory i...	675	6	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 17
Nice Witches On Woman’s Hour this morning (BBC Radio 4, 10:00am), the presenter was interviewing two witches. For most people the word “witch” has negative connot...	1,324	37	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	15 hrs ago
Appeal This is Al...	639	8	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	20 hrs ago

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