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Daft things we do

Scatterbrain is EXACTLY the right word

On message yet?

Yikes, missed these comments, sorry.

Nam, what happens January 2nd? I really would love everything to be fine! But the itchy scratchy mood has passed, phew.

Hatelies, happy new year to you too and thank you Nearly there.

Angel - good lass. The others are safe

Daft things we do

1to1, when you have a lot on your mind, routine stuff goes off the tracks.

I lost my glasses about 3 days ago. No CHANCE of finding them right now, the builders have turned my house upside down and I am living in the only 2 rooms which have not been disrupted (so far) and which are crammed with stuff I need for day-to-day existence. Luckily I have a back-up tinted pair, so what if I look very odd at night driving in sunglasses ...

Daft things we do

Viking, that's exactly the sort of thing I meant!! YAY!

Daft things we do

Nice pic Mimi

I am beginning to think she and I are the only actual numpties around

RE: 'WERE THEY THERE... FIRST?"

St Patrick drove the druids out of Ireland. Christianity passionately hated the druids, who represented the old pagan beliefs.

As to your main blog - Africa is the cradle of civilization and the first hominids developed there, so we are all from Africa.

Or those original hominids bred with colonizing aliens, according to some beliefs.

I do find it a little odd that we are the only race on Earth to have chins, which seem such an unnecessary thing to have evolved that maybe, just maybe, there was something odd in our development. Even Neanderthals didn't have chins, Cro-Magnon man suddenly did.



My personal fancy is that Earth was a prison colony and problem citizens from another world were deported here, it explains so very much about us

Daft things we do

Ah now daft is not things you done a-purpose

It's that moment when you realize you have done something so odd that you can't believe you did it and look round suspiciously for someone to blame

Daft things we do

Johnny, I'd worry except that I've been doing daft things for so long that dementia must have been part of my life for 30 years. At least it isn't progressing particularly rapidly.

Does seem to happen when I am distracted. You never did anything daft?

RE: On The Farm,

Well, when you've written the novel I'm a copy-editor (Americans tend to call copy-editors proof-readers) so you could message me.

Enjoy your practice in the meantime, this seems a solid start. CS loves being used for the benefit of others.

RE: Things To Do In 2018

Aw, noble ambitions. Just to think, at one point your ambition was just to get a girlfriend and now you have one, you are flying high.

You should keep the politics one though

RE: "HOMELESS?"

Blimey. I need to get myself some old clothes and a sign! Fresh air, exercise, get to meet lots of people ...

I wouldn't say the Brits are insular but apparently there was one beggar coining an absolute fortune, his sign said 'I need only £10 more to buy my ticket back to my own country'.

RE: Cats Are Metal

still don't get the metal? Made of tin?

RE: Method behing the madness....

Don't bite my head off, okay? But your president did campaign bigly on putting America first, the implication was that the US would pull back from being as involved in world affairs.

Thing is, been there, done that, Great Britain interfered in world affairs for long enough for Brits to start getting really resentful about it (and for the rest of the world to get really resentful about the Brits ) and now that your president has started telling everyone else what to do, you do need to expect resentment. That's not fake news. It's the way human nature is. It happens whenever any leader of any country starts telling another country what to do and how to do it.

Ask the EU.

RE: December Nature Photos

RE: Today in American History

Making war on Christmas ... how things do change. In WW1 the Allies and Germans came out of their trenches to play football in the neutral zone on Christmas day 1914. The war office was so angry, and officers cracked down so hard, it never happened again.

Now we all want peace over the festive season and are outraged when we don't get it, especially if non-Christians are behind the disruptions.

We're a funny old bunch, we humans.

RE: To All of My Bloggers Friends

You too GJ

Oranges and lemons

And to you

RE: IT'S FESTIVUS! FEST IT UP, Y'ALL!

Mic, Mic, I tested the fested on Twitter and am getting some very odd looks you wouldn't be pulling our chains now would you?

RE: Greetings

and yourself

Hugs

Wen, start when ready

Molly, hmm, was that in September? Bear-huggers should be passed around, they are lovely.

Wanyiwa, so long as the supply doesn't run out, family and kids are the best to hug

Hey, SPCTR - Merry Christmas to you, and returning your hug

Daniela, I very seriously toyed with the idea of driving up into the Sierra Nevada and building a snowman under the blue sky in the sun. It's an hour's drive. But I'm working instead. South African, Scottish and Spanish salutations to you, and we shall have to make a plan for 2018.

RE: Greetings

I usually give myself an entire Christmas stocking whether I will be spending the day with others or not - small things I buy during the year because I like them, wrap, and put aside. By the 25th I haven't a clue what they are

I've had to choose between travelling 400 miles or accepting kind invitations from virtual strangers or being on my own for the past 15 years - on your own means getting up when you want, getting dressed (or not) when you want, eating what you want and being totally self-indulgent. Rather nice, really. There are many on CS and all over who will spend the day on their own.



Spoil yourself.

RE: IT'S FESTIVUS! FEST IT UP, Y'ALL!

Better than Buffalo

Hugs

1to1, yeah there's a hugging epidemic, embrace it hahaha

Wen, you can have a good fumble for money if you like better check every pocket

Cach, for a long time I wasn't prepared to touch anyone unless I was up for the whole physical shebang but the revolution got me too. Cuddling is reserved only for special people still

Mind you while I have this hankering I probably wouldn't object to a cuddle if the hug mutated.

Hugs

Molly, where's your spontaneity? And I'm not squeezing them to death, good grief. A little gentle pressure. You and Viking have to re-set your hug parameters (loved the link to the other blog, Viking haha)

Emmy, kisses are occasionally a bit slobbery, you can't go wrong with a good hug.
Well, so far as I can remember, anyway.

Oranges and lemons

You don't have mangoes in Malaysia?? I mean er right you don't have mangoes in Malaysia and you should visit again, you haven't lived until you had a Spanish mango

And I can teach you how to cut and eat them easily, there is a definite knack (I learned in SA but the skill should transfer smoothly)

Oranges and lemons

Not starting a THIRD blog on one day but this link was interesting in that I really did instantly see one creature and several others saw another.

No-one has come forward to say they saw the others. There are quite a few in there. Could be interesting.

Oranges and lemons

Cach, ooh, I'll try that too, thanks. Anything has to be better than the smell of rubble and plaster and that looks a LOT better

Oranges and lemons

Stuck, the reason for the generosity is overflow, every tree in sight has either oranges, lemons, avos or olives that's why the donors hang them on the door and sneak away rather than knocking and trying to force the homeowner to take them ...

RE: I will 50 years old soon.

I would say 'when I grow up' but I'm now beginning to wonder if I ever will.

I'm not that worried about growing up, to be honest. I did try, I really did, but it didn't take.

RE: IT'S FESTIVUS! FEST IT UP, Y'ALL!

I'm not sure what the salutation should be but fest it up, Mic, have a good one