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Sometimes Sometimes being here is fun, but sometimes it isn't. Sometimes it's:	1,319	47	0	Mar 2019	Mar 2019	May 19
Change I was doing the same job for the same company for nearly thirty years. When it came to an end I expected it to be something that would take a lot of...	1,290	46	0	Mar 2018	Mar 2018	May 23
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...	1,285	43	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	48 mins ago
My Easter Blog What relevance or significance does the crucifixion of Christ have to mankind? I’ve always been puzzled by this and even asked the question several t...	1,283	71	0	Apr 2019	Apr 2019	May 25
Drama, What Drama? Yesterday I deleted my blog because someone said something that offended me. Today I think I will hide my profile; possibly reinstating it tomorrow b...	1,277	39	0	Mar 2019	Mar 2019	May 25
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...	1,238	49	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	12 mins ago
They’ll get you in the end They say you can lead a horse to water but can’t make it drink. A way round that might be to take the water to the horse and just wait for it to give...	1,213	52	0	Apr 2019	Jun 2019	May 25
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...	1,198	53	0	Feb 2019	Feb 2019	18 hrs ago

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...	1,196	35	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	May 22
Nature and Being Human Some animals can do amazing things, but no matter what an animal’s speciality, there is usually something else that is almost as good at it. A cheeta...	1,176	57	0	Mar 2019	Mar 2019	May 22
The Park When I walked through the park the other day I was left wishing I hadn’t. It’s some years since I was last there and its deterioration was depressing...	1,170	34	0	May 2019	May 2019	May 24
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...	1,136	50	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	44 mins 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...	1,126	36	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	3 hrs ago
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...	1,119	36	0	Jan 2019	Jan 2019	May 25
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....	1,114	41	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	3 hrs ago
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...	1,091	35	0	Nov 2018	Nov 2018	May 13
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...	1,091	33	0	Nov 2018	Nov 2018	May 20
The curse of predictive text A friend texted me a recipe not long ago and I wasted half a day scouring the shops for an ovenproof fish. By the time I realised it was a mistake I...	1,088	31	0	Jul 2018	Jul 2018	49 mins ago
Percy Turner There’s a little butcher’s shop down a narrow street in the South Yorkshire village of Jump. You could drive past that little shop and never even not...	1,062	32	0	Jun 2019	Jun 2019	6 hrs ago
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...	1,048	39	0	Nov 2018	Nov 2018	May 18
This Weekend I thought I might do something out of the ordinary again this weekend; I also thought it last weekend. There is very little chance of my doing anythi...	1,033	50	0	Apr 2019	Apr 2019	May 19

The Morning After She may have lost that loving feeling but when Paul Shane saw the re-run of this he must have got that sinking feeling, big time.	1,022	28	0	Apr 2018	Apr 2018	May 23
It's hard to know what to worry about the most The main choices seem to be: 1 The imminent showdown between God and Satan will bring forth a medley of unnatural disasters, the like of which we...	1,008	19	0	Jun 2018	Jun 2018	17 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...	1,005	46	0	Feb 2019	Feb 2019	May 19
A sad tale, indeed. The sun was shining on the sea, Shining wi...	999	17	0	May 2018	May 2018	May 18
Not just an ordinary saint In my teens, I wore a St. Christopher pendant round my neck. Not because I had any kind of affinity with St. Christopher, or even any idea of who he...	981	24	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	May 25
If God created the banana..... I guess Satan must have designed the coconut....	972	15	0	Jun 2018	Jun 2018	16 hrs ago
I love to go a wandering. Thinking I needed to get out more, last summer I joined a walking group. My first time out with them was on a Wednesday evening, the walk was a strol...	970	30	0	May 2018	May 2018	May 20
The blog that wasn't about biscuits but looked like it was. You never know who's going to pop round for a cuppa....	938	31	0	Jun 2018	Jun 2018	May 18
People often ask me.... As I was saying; people often ask me, “why aren’t you rich and famous?” I just tell them it’s because not enough people want me to be rich and famous...	899	22	0	Apr 2019	May 2019	May 25
Why our president is the most interesting president in the whole history of presidents Democrats. lib...	891	32	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	May 24

I recently fell all the way upstairs I remember tripping over the first step and then a few bumps and thumps, and the next thing I knew, I was laid out at the top of the stairs, wondering...	858	27	0	Aug 2018	Sep 2018	May 24
But what if you’re wrong! “If I am wrong”, say the preachers of Hell fire, “I will never know, but if you are wrong”, they have more than once said, addressing me, “you most ce...	856	14	0	Jun 2019	Jul 2019	May 25
The long descent On windy days I often think back to an event that took place long, long ago when I was but a boy and health and safety was still in short trousers. T...	855	26	0	Jun 2019	Jun 2019	May 17
I could have been somebody but for my attachment to surplus pizza I had a pizza tonight, I ate it all but for one slice. At the moment, that slice is on a plate on the worktop (counter, in American), waiting to be p...	846	35	0	Jun 2018	Jul 2018	May 24
Politics & Religion There is a noticeable similarity between the religiously motivated posts here and a lot of the political ones. Both lots could be described as havin...	828	19	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	May 24
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...	824	28	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	May 15
The Toad Amidst the fallen and scattered stones of a ruined castle close to where I live, it is said, dwells an ancient toad. For five hundred years and more...	796	38	0	Mar 2019	Apr 2019	May 25
Dealing with Trolls (unauthorized version) In the unlikely event that anyone would like to reply to Lee's rant, this is the place to do it. Outburst No.1 Yes it seems like a simple thing to...	788	23	0	Apr 2018	Apr 2018	May 19
The Crossroads Late one night, some years ago, I was walking home when I reached a crossroads where, from out of nowhere, appeared a shadowy figure. Although I was...	784	13	0	Jun 2019	Jun 2019	May 25

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