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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...
1,480561Sep 2018Sep 2018Dec 2018May 24

Grave New World

With quickly advancing robotics technology and artificial intelligence coming on in leaps and bounds, it seems likely that in the foreseeable future m...
1,368501Feb 2019Feb 2019Feb 20199 hrs ago

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...
2,1971051Jan 2019Jan 2019Jan 2019May 25

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...
482121Feb 2019Feb 2019Feb 2019May 10

Going straight

As I stand here outside the prison gates, breathing in the air of freedom and feeling grateful for my early release, I am reflecting on my crime and t...
1,547421May 2019May 2019May 2019May 24

The Genesis of a broken window

I remember once being sent along with the joiner* to replace a broken window pane at the local church hall. The churchwarden, a rather stern man, was...
654121Jun 2019Jun 2019Jun 201917 hrs ago

I don’t believe

I don’t believe in ghosts or spirits of the dead. I don’t believe in the potency of curses made by witches and ancient Egyptians, and I don’t believe...
2,014411Jun 2019Jun 2019Jul 2019May 24

What an intelligent woman

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721100Jun 2019Jun 201916 hrs ago

Regarding rules

I recently posted a blog in which I violated blogging rule 13. I didn't realise I was breaking a rule when I posted the blog, but when it was brough...
74790Jun 2019Jun 2019May 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...
855260Jun 2019Jun 2019May 17

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...
784130Jun 2019Jun 201917 hrs ago

My Visitor

An entity has appeared in my room twice now; on the second occasion I managed to capture its image. I don't know what it is but I sense it means me n...
1,327380May 2019May 20196 hrs ago

What makes something funny?

We know when something is funny, but, if asked to explain exactly why it is funny, we would be hard pressed to put the reason into words. Not everyon...
1,514530May 2019May 2019May 25

My opinion on opinions

One purpose of the blogs is to express your opinion. Quite a few just post videos or cut and paste articles; which is not so much expressing an opini...
2,140860Jun 2019Jun 201922 hrs 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...
1,046320Jun 2019Jun 2019May 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...
856140Jun 2019Jul 201913 hrs ago

A whole new ball game

For the female exhibitionist there are various ways to indulge the impulse; showing varying amounts of cleavage being one popular and easy option. Bu...
1,340370Jun 2019Jun 2019May 25

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...
1,005460Feb 2019Feb 2019May 19

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...
531150Feb 2019Feb 2019May 12

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...
1,198530Feb 2019Feb 20197 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...
616330Feb 2019Feb 2019May 18

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?...
2,2351100Jan 2019Jan 2019May 22

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...
1,818880Jan 2019Jan 2019May 19

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...
440150Feb 2019Feb 2019May 17

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...
593310Feb 2019Feb 2019May 21

Funny Turn

The man at the check out next to mine at the supermarket last Saturday had a funny turn recently; I know that because I heard his wife telling someon...
1,331530Feb 2019Feb 2019May 17

When I’m 64

I will be 64 next month; it’s time I started thinking about bungalows and beige overcoats. There is planning to be done if my transition into geriatr...
2,5681230Feb 2019Apr 201927 mins ago

Room with a view

The view from my window is uninteresting; in fact, after three years of looking at the scene with absolutely nothing happening It had become almost un...
1,449880Mar 2019Mar 2019May 22

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...
1,277390Mar 2019Mar 201917 hrs ago

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...
1,176570Mar 2019Mar 2019May 22

Something odd at No.1 Main Street

The building firm I used to be with did a lot of work for a country estate. There is a village attached to the estate and its old stone buildings are...
40810Mar 2019Mar 2019May 17

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...
796380Mar 2019Apr 2019May 25

The tip of the iceberg

A recent event got me wondering what must be going on behind the scenes here. I am now imagining a frenzy of private messages hurtling back and forth...
1,330630Mar 2019Mar 2019May 24

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410-0Mar 2019Mar 2019May 19

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515140Mar 2019Mar 2019May 19

Very important announcement

Due to unprecedented demand, the NO COMMENT blog will be opened for comments at precisely 18:45 GMT for two minutes only. This will be a strictly...
449220Mar 2019Mar 2019May 20

Breaking News

Reports are coming in that archeologists have found the remains of Gandalf the wizard, but, before the story could be verified, men in black suits and...
636170Mar 2019Mar 2019May 23

Sometimes

Sometimes being here is fun, but sometimes it isn't. Sometimes it's:
1,319470Mar 2019Mar 2019May 19

How times change

My daughter called round today for a couple of hours. We spent half of that time discussing cleaning products. If anyone had predicted that scenario...
475240Mar 2019Mar 20191 hrs ago

Philosophy

I became interested in philosophy a few years ago and made a casual acquaintance with some of the characters who have played a part in its progression...
1,434490Mar 2019Apr 2019May 24

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