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In a world where you can be anything - be kindThe heading, and the following, are Facebook philosophies picked up today - it may be just my timeline, but there's a faint trend towards optimism aft... | 946 | 23 | 0 | Apr 2018 | Apr 2018 | Apr 30 |
Happy 2019? How unpatriotic!If we were happy with what we had, why would we want change? Why would we need more? I saw an article ticking readers off for wishing people a happy n... | 697 | 23 | 0 | Dec 2018 | Jan 2019 | May 1 |
How to write good1. Avoid alliteration. Always. 2. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with 3. Avoid clichés like the plague. They’re old hat. 4. Comparison... | 554 | 23 | 0 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2018 | May 1 |
a kind of magicBig brand new rented car parked in narrow road. Add Spanish drivers, who are not always wonderful. Mix and stir, and you get a scrape across 2 door pa... | 900 | 23 | 1 | Apr 2019 | Apr 2019 | May 1 |
old dog vestibular diseaseWednesday she was fine - she's old, a little wobblier in the mornings than in years of yore, but lively, greedy, healthy. Yesterday morning very w... | 1,217 | 22 | 0 | May 2019 | May 2019 | May 3 |
When Solitaire's the only game in townMore and more people in their 30s and 40s are choosing to be alone, to have a social network but no partner and no lasting ties. Most people on their... | 1,146 | 22 | 1 | Apr 2019 | Apr 2019 | May 1 |
The Ongoing Tale of the TailA week or so back I had a meltdown on a blog when I saw a quite long, very bald, Tail whisking out of sight behind my stove. and some ki... | 869 | 22 | 0 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2016 | Apr 30 |
DIY queenFixed the loo-seat today. *quiet pride* Well, sort of fixed it. Female guests will no longer toboggan sideways when pointing Alice at the chal... | 1,065 | 22 | 0 | Aug 2015 | Aug 2015 | May 2 |
I've got salad for dinnerActually, a fruit salad. Well, mostly grapes. OK, all grapes. Fermented grapes. Wine. I've got wine for dinner. (n... | 1,491 | 22 | 0 | Oct 2015 | Oct 2015 | Apr 20 |
Essential advice for menI was struck by the truth of this. Plus I loved the film. So hopefully it will make you laugh too. I promised myself, no more blogs for a while. P... | 1,536 | 22 | 0 | Sep 2015 | Sep 2015 | May 2 |
Mad Hatter's Tea PartyThe table was a large one, but the three were all crowded together at one corner of it: 'No room! No room!' they cried out when they saw Alice coming.... | 1,097 | 22 | 0 | Jan 2016 | Jan 2016 | Apr 29 |
Makes you proud to be BritishWhen we put our minds to it, we can take stupid to an art form. BBC NORFOLK Stewart White: Who had a worldwide hit with What A Wonderful World?... | 1,311 | 22 | 0 | Apr 2016 | Apr 2016 | Apr 26 |
Oh Jeff . . .A lot of misery last night on Twitter because of David Bowie, and one of my unhappy friends tweeted a link to a film scene featuring him. I looked,... | 1,149 | 21 | 0 | Jan 2016 | Jan 2016 | Apr 29 |
out of character actionsMy ex is mild-mannered, calm, rational, and frugal to the point where when he does open his wallet the Queen winces at the light. In all the years we... | 1,249 | 21 | 0 | Jul 2015 | Jul 2015 | Apr 20 |
Eggs for dummiesAt one and the same time the most boring, yet potentially most useful, blog I have ever posted. Those who know their onions eggs can please... | 813 | 21 | 0 | Apr 2018 | May 2018 | May 1 |
Oranges and lemonsGot home the other day from shopping to find a bag of lemons hanging on the door - they turned out to be from my new neighbours from Madrid, who own a... | 900 | 21 | 0 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2017 | Apr 28 |
2012 - the year the world didn't endRemember when we were being told the world would end on December 21, 2012? . [/im... | 621 | 21 | 0 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2018 | May 3 |
Avoiding the troll blogbut for those who took my comments personally, Art, Bekard - to be 60 or 70 or 80 does not make one automatically senile and I apologise, it never occ... | 953 | 20 | 1 | Feb 2019 | Mar 2019 | Apr 26 |
Are you a Snapchatter? sooooooooo - did you know about Snapmaps?If you are using Snapchat, you know it updates constantly. You may not know it recently added a new feature which activated automatically without... | 968 | 20 | 0 | Jul 2017 | Jul 2017 | May 1 |
Books for 8 to 10 year olds?I know this is an odd place to ask but a granny friend of mine was a little horrified to find her granddaughter has to read a school book which has to... | 797 | 20 | 0 | Jun 2017 | Jun 2017 | Apr 24 |
Whadda we want?I worked it out this morning as I lay in bed, loving the fact I didn't have to get up (working full-time SUCKS), and day-dreaming. Whadda we want?... | 1,670 | 20 | 0 | Sep 2015 | Sep 2015 | Apr 20 |
Do as you would be done byIf you want honesty, give honesty If you want respect, give respect If you want kindness, be kind If you want true friends, be a true frie... | 848 | 19 | 0 | Sep 2015 | Sep 2015 | Apr 26 |
Do you read a lot?If you do enjoy reading - Kindle or dead tree - you may be interested in beta-reading? Beta readers read a book before it is sent for publishing:... | 907 | 19 | 0 | Oct 2015 | Oct 2015 | Apr 26 |
Another old joke.In our heads, we're all still in our thirties ... This woman changes dentists, and notices that the fairly unusual name of the new dentist is the... | 1,032 | 19 | 0 | Jul 2015 | Jul 2015 | Apr 25 |
Body languageDidja know - and seeing this is an international site, you probably should - Nodding means yes to most of us - but in some parts of Greece,Yugosl... | 669 | 19 | 0 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2017 | 21 hrs ago |
TodayI am now renting a local parking garage for the car - which is very short and only needs 2/3 of the space. So, today, I unpacked and repacked the... | 724 | 19 | 0 | Nov 2016 | Nov 2016 | Apr 20 |
"Ask For Angela"This is an initiative in the UK for women who feel unsafe on a date in a public place like a pub or nightclub - they can go to anyone working there an... | 722 | 19 | 0 | Jan 2018 | Jan 2018 | Apr 22 |
Shortest day ...Struggling to squeeze in breakfast, elevenses, lunch, afternoon tea, supper and a small cup of hot cocoa before bed. #ShortestDay... | 733 | 19 | 0 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2018 | May 2 |
Happy thanksgiving to all our CS AmericansI 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 |
April Fool!April Fools day has become extraordinary for one unexpected reason - it is now the only day of the year that people query news items on the interne... | 892 | 18 | 0 | Apr 2019 | Apr 2019 | May 3 |
Monday needs some cheerful signs.Posting these, then over and out. Night all. A sign in a shoe repair store in Vancouver read: We will heel you We will save your sole We will e... | 1,973 | 18 | 0 | Aug 2015 | Aug 2015 | Apr 30 |
Another whiskery jokeTo my darling husband, Before you return home from your overseas trip I just wanted to let you know about the small accident I had with the pick-up... | 1,509 | 18 | 0 | Aug 2015 | Aug 2015 | 13 hrs ago |
Flight bookedand that's me away to Alicante, Spain, at the end of September. Sun, sea, sand, well actually none of that, my sister lives inland. But if there i... | 944 | 18 | 0 | Aug 2015 | Aug 2015 | May 2 |
Just to remind usof what we are supposed to be wearing and doing by now in 2015. And ooh, look, the original Biff, he's come back to the future. | 2,805 | 17 | 0 | Jul 2015 | Jul 2015 | Apr 25 |
profile perfectThis ever happen to anyone else, you spot a profile and think ooh. Then you read the profile carefully. OOH. Not only ticks your boxes, but when you l... | 1,499 | 17 | 0 | Sep 2015 | Sep 2015 | May 1 |
Getting older is oddI was talking to a kid the other day and relating pretty well, I thought. I'm down with the yoof. This was a pretty young kid, and I asked how old he... | 958 | 17 | 0 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2015 | Apr 28 |
Selling yourself (edited down to the boasts)(Edited comment - the blog got 129 comments but some were just playing and some never did get the point. I promised to cut it down to the boasting pos... | 2,336 | 17 | 0 | May 2016 | May 2016 | Apr 30 |
(Bloggers are writers sidelong blog)(For comments that can't be added to the story blog, just in case one is needed) Blown AWAY guys can't wait to see what happens n... | 813 | 17 | 0 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2018 | Apr 22 |
All our advisers are busy, please holdJust 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 |
Reviews ... and why we read them ...There's the puff review - this is the best product / hotel / restaurant / book I ever came across while using this fake email address, FIVE STARS... | 795 | - | 0 | May 2019 | May 2019 | May 2 |
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