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Abnormal.

Crest, that doesn't sound much of an ad for normal

I'd also heard the formula 40 hours a week for 40 years to retire on 40% of your income, that sounded a bit more upbeat than the Graham Greene one

But maybe being abnormal isn't the worst option

Abnormal.

I thought I was but proving it is going to be tricky. Some of the time is as good as we can hope for, colour me impressed!

RE: Wanted - Dimwit incapable of learning anything.

Actually at FIRST I thought it was a blog about moving dead people around and yup, they can be incredibly heavy. Then I re-read it.

I just read it again, you didn't say females, so it was an understandable mistake

RE: Wanted - Dimwit incapable of learning anything.

Whaaaaaaaaat? I thought it was a blog about blokes!

Well don't I feel silly now.

RE: Wanted - Dimwit incapable of learning anything.

Do you want a testimonial?

PRESENTING ...

Bachelor number ONE - house-trained, good at DIY and mechanical stuff, occasionally a little gruff but very popular with dogs and cats - I could go on? A nicely balanced list of, shall we say, 10 pros, 3 cons?

The fee will be very manageable, too. The full rave (complete with imported praise singer) is quite expensive, but a balanced credible list is a positive BARGAIN

RE: Wanted - Dimwit incapable of learning anything.

RE: Wanted - Dimwit incapable of learning anything.

Imp, now that I think about it, that's possibly what a shrink is - a left-baggage office

Real baggage has the advantage, if they don't come back and don't pay, you get to open the case and sell the contents.

Emotional baggage, ew, already peeked unwillingly into enough trunks and boxes for several lifetimes - and the resale value, except possibly for a romantic novelist, is zero

RE: Wanted - Dimwit incapable of learning anything.

You just dropped off several dozen 'will-do-nicely' lists

RE: Wanted - Dimwit incapable of learning anything.

That's possibly an excuse to have a break

I WAS going to say if the person ticks all your other boxes the advantage of the transport is that it can go missing between the airport and the mountain. But I'm not entirely sure whether we're talking baggage or, you know, baggage.

Better she goes to babysit than the kiddies get sent to yours for the whole summer, no?

RE: Wanted - Dimwit incapable of learning anything.

Z, doesn't that depend what else she brings? For the right person, you could arrange transport

RE: Wanted - Dimwit incapable of learning anything.

Imp - we talking emotional or literal here, now? I wonder if I could store emotional baggage for people too, the best part is they'd never come back for it

RE: SUMMER'S NEARLY HERE, Don't Sunburn To A Crisp, or

I have one of the little ones, with the brim you can tilt every which way, although they don't spring to life quite so crisply after being crushed a few times. Like a handkerchief on the head, weightwise, and bliss ...

RE: Involuntary Dismounts

One of my favourite photo jokes is a horse in closeup, peering down at the camera - caption 'I'm sorry, did I forget to tell you I was going to stop?'

One of my favourite sayings - life is best seen from the back of a horse. (can't remember who said it, but oh YES)

I love horses, have been riding longer than I can remember, did my BHSAI at 17, and at one point when I was married and living on a smallholding we had seven horses - bliss. Apart from hacking, my favourite horse activity was polocrosse, I have a vlog on my profile which has a great soundtrack.

No way I could afford to keep a horse in Scotland and I haven't ridden for years, maybe one day I will again.

No human relationship can match that intuitive link with a horse, you've made me very nostalgic now

Spring has been significant for the last few years

Molly, this may astonish you but I share info on FB all the time. Honestly. Hard to believe, eh? I'm such a reticent shy type.

But then I'm mainly talking to family and the friends now scattered all over the world and they do want to know important stuff, like where I store my winter tyres.

Spring has been significant for the last few years

Keepers, I am already nervously sourcing ways of dealing with extremely hot weather as my first Spanish summer is coming up and I left Durban many many years ago

Aircon? the cheap portable ones are noisy, can't be doing with that
overhead fan? bought one for bedroom, just have to get it fitted and hope
evaporating units? I'm told repeatedly they don't work
Misting fan may be the answer, looking into those

Right now a very pleasant 22 degrees in the shade, according to the street thermometer on the corner (I was just out walking the dog) Nice!

RE: SUMMER'S NEARLY HERE, Don't Sunburn To A Crisp, or

Mic - I have one

Seriously. Ordered it for a holiday, it didn't arrive in time, but it is strutting its stuff here in Spain, mainly when I am going out on my own because certain people make rude comments about my hats

I love it nearly as much as my tatty black and it is of course much more versatile in a hot climate

RE: Wanted - Dimwit incapable of learning anything.

Right, out of even apple time

Over and out, good luck with the dimwit search

Spring has been significant for the last few years

like my winter tyres

Spring has been significant for the last few years

GG, you're not having the best spring this year, by next spring this will be a dark and distant memory!

Which is what Scotland is rapidly becoming to me. I was very happy there but weirdly don't miss it all Well - not yet!

Won't be posting pics until it is perfect (so, never!)

Spring has been significant for the last few years

Z, think of it as a living diary. Post useful comments like 'dear me it is nearly my anniversary again' and hope they play along and remind you

Spring has been significant for the last few years

Mimi, so that's your new spring pattern, planning time together

RE: Wanted - Dimwit incapable of learning anything.

So - to judge from your heading, you want someone baggage-free?

I think people age because of the amount of baggage they drag around. Throw off your chains! Forget it all! skip like a child again!

Well, in theory. I try to keep my baggage on wheels instead of dragging it

That may not make sense. I have half an eye on my classroom screen, tardy pupil could leap up at any moment holding out an apologetic apple

Spring has been significant for the last few years

Viking, you were ahead of your time

RE: SUMMER'S NEARLY HERE, Don't Sunburn To A Crisp, or

Wow, I eat all those things anyway, lucky break. I wear SPF15 and love hats and so far so good, don't burn quickly or frizzle up and disappear. (Always a fear for the ginger, who as all know is half-vampire and shouldn't venture into daylight)

Funny thing though I survived 40 years in Africa, moved to Scotland and got a touch of skin cancer

Now in Spain in a house without windows, sorted. Ok it has windows but none face the sun directly.

RE: Did you ever get that feeling?

My voices egg me on to do things

RE: Books and Reading

Molly, true, and some books I loved were fed to me at school and I might not have persisted if not for the teacher being very firm about it

You mentioned James Joyce, there's a lad I have never been able to read for long

And To Kill A Mockingbird should have been on my list. that was one I did at school but have re-read at least twice since, can anyone tell us what her second book, released not long ago, was like? I was too scared (and actually too hectic at the time) to read it

RE: Books and Reading

Molly, the knack is in making the reader hang around despite wanting to bang their silly heads together

And Imp, yup, Harlequin and Silhouette very similar, I think they all (or used to) release a new book every week and the demand was endless, hence the relatively huge prices they paid authors. Really not sure what the current situation is because I can't remember when I last saw a stand with their books holding pride of place next to the till in bookshops - did I stop noticing? Did they stop doing it? So few people read nowadays.

RE: Oodles

There are potato noodles????

Hi C!!

Eggs for dummies

Aha, another good tip thanks Imp!

RE: OH TELL ME WHY

'Why' was one of my first words, bet it was one of yours too. Life and people are constantly bewildering and have been since we were first toddling and driving our parents mad with why, why, why, why, why -