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Missing linkYou know that little thing in your head which stops you saying things you shouldn’t? Yeah, I don’t have one of those. We all have choices in t... | 1,789 | 56 | 0 | Sep 2016 | Sep 2016 | 5 hrs ago |
Reasons not to get marriedHere's a couple, not young (knocking 60) in a really good relationship. One was very happily married, then widowed, and believes marriage is important... | 1,789 | 54 | 0 | Sep 2015 | Mar 2019 | Apr 28 |
How good has CS been to you?We've all had our little grumbles in the past, scammers, miserable buggers raining on blog parades, but how good has CS really been for you? We've... | 1,747 | 57 | 0 | Jun 2016 | Jun 2016 | Apr 27 |
Abnormal.Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, and sitting for ages in gridlocked rush hour traffic in a car that you... | 1,745 | 55 | 0 | May 2018 | May 2018 | Apr 27 |
Can't believe I missed Kiss A Ginger DayActually I don't know if they celebrate it here, there aren't many gingers in the south of Spain, I may be the only one in my small town. But if they... | 1,738 | 62 | 0 | Jan 2018 | Jan 2018 | 13 hrs ago |
This way to airport weigh-inPago Pago airport has apparently stopped pre-booking seats and started weighing passengers they think are overweight. Way to start your holiday? He... | 1,737 | 67 | 0 | Oct 2016 | Oct 2016 | Apr 25 |
Things Mum taught meI taught my daughter many of the same. Mums, eh? Anatomy - Don't come running to me when you break both legs Religion - you'd better pray tha... | 1,732 | 53 | 1 | Nov 2017 | Nov 2017 | Apr 25 |
Changing my description, sighI've described myself as "a few extra pounds" from the start but I could always have stood to lose a stone (that's 14 pounds, or 6 kgs, for the rest o... | 1,722 | 65 | 0 | Mar 2019 | Aug 2019 | 24 hrs ago |
Defining friendshipWhat would I call those people on CS I would enjoy having a drink with if the chance came up, would go out of my way to meet, have talked to a great d... | 1,721 | 63 | 0 | Jan 2016 | Jan 2016 | Apr 27 |
Just call me FredHello it’s me and I know, you don’t usually see me this time of day. Usually? Ever. I’m awake an hour earlier than usual because my good buddy / L... | 1,720 | 35 | 0 | Apr 2016 | Apr 2016 | Apr 26 |
Meanwhile here in SpainYesterday 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... | 1,716 | 63 | 0 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 | Apr 25 |
Life planIt’s taken a few years – okay, lots - but I finally know what I want. Sell more books. That opens up more options and funds everything else. Earni... | 1,715 | 59 | 0 | May 2016 | May 2016 | 9 hrs ago |
One packing problem sortedHow long does bubbly last, anyway? I found six, count them, six, bottles (so far) waiting to be packed. I don't even remember who gave me the first fe... | 1,709 | 58 | 0 | Aug 2017 | Aug 2017 | Apr 27 |
Retirement - 30? 70?They keep moving the goalposts. At this rate I will be 102 when I can finally totter off to a well-earned rest. If I promise cross-my-heart I will... | 1,708 | 54 | 0 | Feb 2017 | Feb 2017 | Apr 28 |
No pressureIn UK and now in Spain, I can buy my groceries at an automated teller, with one human employee monitoring about 12 machines I can draw cash at an ATM... | 1,705 | 51 | 0 | Nov 2017 | Nov 2017 | Apr 26 |
Ever overheard yourself being described?I was at a family gathering this weekend and looking at books in the lounge when I heard my cousin telling her sister-in-law about one of the guests.... | 1,698 | 36 | 0 | Jul 2015 | Jul 2015 | Apr 20 |
talk about offputting ...There are always blogs about what should we be doing, saying, or NOT doing / saying, in our relentless hunt for lurve, but I can't remember if anyone... | 1,696 | 27 | 0 | Oct 2015 | Oct 2015 | Apr 24 |
Advice given - lay them right, you can walk over them for 30 yearsNow, is that true? I think I must have been laying them wrong. Or perhaps I didn’t get the best quality in the first place. I do find after a few year... | 1,693 | 75 | 0 | Apr 2017 | Apr 2017 | Apr 27 |
Leap year, baby! part 2I was going to help all the ladies with a proposal in form but am really annoyed to find that neither my Debretts nor my Enquire Within offers any tem... | 1,687 | 39 | 0 | Feb 2016 | Feb 2016 | Apr 27 |
Anyone play the stock market?Saturday is never a good day to blog so I am hoping rather than expecting responses. I've just gone into a buying partnership in a small way with love... | 1,678 | 34 | 0 | Sep 2015 | Sep 2015 | Apr 28 |
That was 2017 - done and dusted. Most hectic year EVER.I started 2017 employed and living in Scotland but knowing that the Scottish offices of my company were closing and we were being made redundant in Ap... | 1,673 | 69 | 0 | Jan 2018 | Jan 2018 | Apr 28 |
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 |
Don't panic, but it's Scorpio seasonTuesday 23rd October ushered in Scorpio season - the sign of death and rebirth, intensity and passionate convictions, and a time when all signs, not... | 1,668 | 73 | 0 | Oct 2018 | Oct 2018 | Apr 25 |
I always wonderno that isn't true I never wondered it in my life before. But I do now. Harun Yahya (aka Adnan Oktar) says "I always wondered why birds stay in the... | 1,667 | 49 | 0 | Jan 2016 | Jan 2016 | 7 hrs ago |
Normal peopleDo normal people exist? First you have to define normal. Take yourself. Are you normal? YAY! Find someone like yourself. YAY! If they re... | 1,664 | 16 | 0 | Sep 2015 | Mar 2019 | Apr 27 |
putting smoking in its placethis is a blog for the smokers on CS - the social, the regular, the trying-to-quit, and even those who call themselves non-smokers but turn up for mee... | 1,663 | 41 | 0 | Jun 2018 | Jun 2018 | Apr 27 |
say something differentI find myself saying the same things again and again and sometimes I blame the blogs because they seem to be on the same general subjects again and ag... | 1,662 | 35 | 0 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2015 | Apr 28 |
Attached the wrong file :doh:A friend asked to see a pic of a bloke I was seeing. I had a good pic embedded in a very steamy love letter. I saved a copy, deleted the steamy text -... | 1,656 | 5 | 0 | Sep 2015 | Sep 2015 | Apr 20 |
if you had to choose -this came up as a topic in class, and intrigued me. If you had to choose between not being able to speak again OR not being able to stop y... | 1,651 | 66 | 0 | May 2018 | May 2018 | Apr 27 |
INCONCLUSIVE TRAVEL PLANS FOR 2017I have been in many places, but I've never been in Cahoots. Apparently, you can't go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone. I would like to... | 1,651 | 49 | 1 | Nov 2016 | Nov 2016 | Apr 26 |
I remember - actually no I don'tThere's a joke doing the rounds on Facebook, which says 'If my memory gets any worse I'll be able to plan my own surprise party' I'd probably then... | 1,648 | 42 | 0 | Jan 2016 | Jan 2016 | 22 hrs ago |
This is me hard at workI took a cup out of the dishwasher and thought ew, that's not very clean. Then I realized I hadn't actually done a load yet and disaster, I'm out of c... | 1,645 | 28 | 0 | Apr 2016 | Apr 2016 | 12 hrs ago |
Deja vu - oh, you're going to be important in my lifeI know this has been blogged about before but - that odd moment when you look at a profile pic and there's a *ping* in your head. Half the time of... | 1,642 | 58 | 0 | Jan 2017 | Jan 2017 | Apr 26 |
Beauty - or, those who cannot do, teach.So this morning I tried a little, a very little, shea butter on my hair. It no longer looks like an exploded haystack but is a sleek and shining curta... | 1,641 | 52 | 0 | Apr 2019 | Jun 2019 | 3 hrs ago |
Smartphones and blog comments - problem?I may have missed blogs on this change and apologies if so but it really is a little irritating. Used to be you could only see the first 30 commen... | 1,640 | 53 | 0 | Jun 2017 | Jun 2017 | Apr 26 |
So tired of being afraidI 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... | 1,637 | 44 | 0 | Nov 2018 | Nov 2018 | Apr 27 |
In the future ..In the future children will be raised believing it is their duty to seek a happy life, with just one proviso*. They will be taught from the beginning... | 1,636 | 57 | 1 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 | 8 hrs ago |
would you, could you, change?So, worked with a guy 20 years ago who looks like Sean Connery, stayed on friendly terms ever since, phone calls, occasional emails, even visits, I li... | 1,636 | 60 | 0 | Aug 2015 | Aug 2015 | 5 hrs ago |
Happiness is a soap bubblewe all have bubbles of happiness floating through our lives, perfect, beautiful, and lasting seconds. In the happiest lives there are lots of them but... | 1,619 | 51 | 0 | Jun 2017 | Jun 2017 | Apr 28 |
Is there a new way to market stuff?Oh I know my timing sucks, the weekend and all, I should have asked when you all had your business brains on. Still, those who haven't disconnected th... | 1,612 | 56 | 0 | Aug 2016 | Aug 2016 | 6 hrs ago |
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