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Perfect gifts – edited from week-to-go to Got one! last comments There was a joke suggestion on FB re the perfect Christmas gift for writers so naturally I re-posted it on the spot but it got me thinking. Perfect g...	2,399	92	1	Dec 2018	Mar 2019	10 hrs ago
2012 - the year the world didn't end Remember when we were being told the world would end on December 21, 2012? . [/im...	621	21	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	May 3
In the alphabet soup of life, I pick aitch How weird is the alphabet? A J and K sound alike (unless you are a Scot – they say jiy, not jay) B C D G P T V sound alike – and if you are Americ...	650	27	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	Apr 22
First phrases Can we be serious a minute? Aye that'll be right But no, seriously. If you are going somewhere they speak a different language, what ar...	1,185	28	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	May 4
the end is nigh Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first send mad. This is not an entertaining link. It is deeply disturbing and could hurt your brain. You sho...	545	-	0	Dec 2018		Apr 29
You've changed Every serious relationship you were ever in, changed you. Men change for women and yes, women really do change for men. Did you keep the changes o...	1,430	58	0	Dec 2018	Mar 2019	May 4
The god of Christmas shopping A speaker invited to a school to talk about the meaning of Christmas instead went rogue and told the kids – some as young as 4 – that Santa doesn’t ex...	1,924	89	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	12 hrs ago
tenant or home-owner? does it make a difference? Some people rent all their lives, and some buy as soon as they can scrape up a deposit Some tenants would like to buy but only if they found the pe...	679	24	0	Dec 2018	Dec 2018	May 1

Like him back - N/A ??? This is the second time I've had a 'like' from someone who is still online but instead of the option of 'like him back' CS says N/A - I...	1,283	36	1	Nov 2018	Nov 2018	Apr 30
Happy thanksgiving to all our CS Americans I so like the idea of a dinner just for giving thanks - been invited to a few in Scotland by an American family living a long long way from home and i...	736	19	0	Nov 2018	Nov 2018	May 2
So tired of being afraid I don’t hide under the bed quaking, but at any one time there can be at least one thread of fear running through my head. Some come from the media and...	1,641	44	0	Nov 2018	Nov 2018	May 5
Change your name change your life And no I don't mean on CS although some of us did and there was a real difference How much does your name influence your life? When someon...	3,258	152	0	Nov 2018	Nov 2018	11 hrs ago
Don't panic, but it's Scorpio season Tuesday 23rd October ushered in Scorpio season - the sign of death and rebirth, intensity and passionate convictions, and a time when all signs, not...	1,671	73	0	Oct 2018	Oct 2018	13 hrs ago
Really REALLY honest profile comments You want honest profiles? I found some spotted on websites, pruned out the crudest, sharing twenty of those that made me blink. These were all from p...	702	17	0	Oct 2018	Feb 2019	Apr 18
Raining again Welcome to Sunny Spain they said 320 days of sunshine a year they said Meanwhile I had to put the light on in the kitchen to see to make coffee :m...	1,331	51	0	Oct 2018	Oct 2018	May 5
Odd couple I met these people, and for all I know they met on CS although that would be a fantastic coincidence and, if they read this blog, a little embarrassin...	3,436	117	0	Oct 2018	Oct 2018	May 2
Opera blog RIP Montserrat Caballé, one of the great singers from my new country. She was 85 Don't imagine many opera buffs in CS but some may remember the op...	1,557	49	0	Oct 2018	Oct 2018	May 3
hyperbole No-one gets disappointed any more - they are devastated No-one has unpleasant experiences any more - they are traumatized Everything that happens i...	1,235	51	0	Oct 2018	Oct 2018	18 hrs ago
Comparing the mangle to a glove filled with porridge Handshakes fascinate me. I think mine is ok, but then I would. Some offer just the fingers, or the vrot (rotting) banana. Some seize a hand as if ring...	1,433	67	0	Sep 2018	Oct 2018	18 hrs ago
Meanwhile here in Spain Yesterday I was in Orgiva, a small town in the Alpujarras and did have my camera. I'm not a good photographer, though. Pics - Orgiva is hot enough...	1,717	63	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	May 5
Giraffe in snow REALLY starting to worry about Eks now. Hoping all SA bloggers affected by blizzards are keeping well-wrapped up and warm This pic one of s...	721	2	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	May 2

"They say such nice things about people at funerals that it makes me sad I'm going to miss mine by just a few days" (Garrison Keillor) Ok, a lot will depend how or when you kick the bucket. Be drunk...	1,942	70	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	9 hrs ago
Interacting Turns out that communicating with others literally affects our health more than diet, exercise, even our addictions. Seeing my interaction in Spa...	1,514	36	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	3 hrs ago
Jeremiah Listen, if you get a friend request from a guy called Jeremiah, it's okay to accept. He's a bullfrog, and a good friend of mine....	1,433	25	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	May 4
What - in words of one syllable - the heck is cryptocurrency? I've spent most of my working life in finance and yet I can't get my head around bitcoin / digital currencies / cryptocurrency. It's, like, electronic...	1,443	43	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	May 3
Looking for help with Outlook.com My Outlook mailbox recently gave itself an upgrade and seems to have lost my email address in the process. Now when I try to sign in it comes up with...	819	-	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	May 3
The quartermaster's store The bloggers included all commented on my last blog which seemed as good a way as any of selecting victims Add a verse, make it worse :la...	1,545	50	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	Apr 25
It's official. Australians are the best men to meet. This is a dinkum Australian love poem, and if it don't bring a lump to your throat, and have you rushing to the Strine men listed here on CS, you're o...	1,301	49	0	Aug 2018	Sep 2018	12 hrs ago
Spoilers don't actually spoil anything - look into the future - I still believe I would have enjoyed Terminator 2 more if I hadn’t - hang on - SPOILER ALERT look away now if you are one of the...	653	33	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	Apr 27
Sometimes a person, a name, personifies a whole time of your life Sometimes, you don’t even realize until you hear their name years and years later and it is a TARDIS moment, you suddenly see people you’d forgotten,...	601	8	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	Apr 20
Waiting I've got approx an hour to wait and nothing to read. An hour is too short for some things and too long for others. Ways of filling time? (Othe...	662	29	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	May 5

Theory: Women should be clear, men should not Scenario - They are watching TV at his house. Woman rubs her shoulders, mmm, I’m cold. Man nods, yup, it is quite cold, and carries on watching TV. Ev...	1,445	60	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	May 2
Got my dozen and in the order that I got them - good morning goie more sawubona tumela bonjour guten morgen g'day bore da madainn mhath buenos dias...	1,436	56	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	3 hrs ago
Another penny in the jar (a research question) The theory - if you put a penny in a jar every time you make love in the first year of your marriage, and after the first year you take a penny out ev...	1,571	59	0	Aug 2018	Aug 2018	Apr 27
Microphone no longer working after skype update Blast it skype insisted on doing another of its interminable updates recently and I've just found that I am no longer audible. Checked both my skype a...	1,451	47	1	Jul 2018	Jul 2018	May 5
All our advisers are busy, please hold Just so you know, when you hear that (for the 10th time) and are getting madder and madder, imagining all the advisers chatting round the water cooler...	847	17	1	Jul 2018	Jul 2018	Apr 29
Que sera, sera What will be, will be. Alles sal regkom. Things will work out. Go where the wind takes you. On the other hand - my personal mantra is ‘if not now,...	1,286	34	0	Jul 2018	Jul 2018	May 5
Imagination running riot? I now take paying guests and I've had one here for a couple of weeks now and I might be turning into one of those slightly batty types who think every...	2,408	95	0	Jul 2018	Jul 2018	May 2
Beetle-based blog Big black beetles in Spain, long-legged, seem harmless, fascinate the cat. He tips them over and watches with interest as they struggle to get back on...	1,241	39	0	Jul 2018	Jul 2018	Apr 30
The Male Robot Companion (MaRC) - a review The way to sell to a man is to mark the product as exclusive and double the price. The way to sell to a woman is to say she can have two for the p...	726	23	0	Jun 2018	Jun 2018	9 hrs ago

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