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The impulse buy

So I saw this bulky black leather sofa cheapcheapCHEAP at a charity shop a few months back and bought it because I need furniture and it was just the...
1,360430Apr 2018Apr 2018May 11

Sold my van . . . farewell adventure. :(

Blog buddies may remember last August I packed up my whole life, bought a 2003 converted Citroen Relay, and drove from Scotland to Spain with a dog, a...
1,361390Mar 2018Mar 2018May 11

Captain Kirk isn't dead

Bill Shatner is a little annoyed to have had his death announced on a Facebook link. This social media thing is getting out of hand. However his s...
1,016260Mar 2018Apr 2018May 11

say something different

I 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...
1,665350Dec 2015Dec 2015May 10

Spring at last

The spring equinox was on the 20th, our clocks sprang forward today and the sun is shining. Spring has sprung, the grass is riz, I wonder where the bi...
1,906510Mar 2016Mar 2016May 10

Not mocking. Just saying. Oh, and this isn't politics (YAY)

This is a trust-me blog, I guess, because most of us shy away nervously from any religious blog so it comes down to do you trust Biff not to cram her...
1,213380Nov 2016Nov 2016May 10

Smelling like a rose

Years ago when I was young, Best Beloved, there was a series of ads for a deodorant called Impulse. If you used it, the ad promised, handsome men woul...
1,808510May 2017May 2017May 10

CS soap opera

Catching up on CS after a couple of days is like a soap opera - what have I missed? Marriages births deaths boasts cries for exciting advice? You'...
2,099300Oct 2015Mar 2019May 10

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...
1,754570Jun 2016Jun 2016May 10

The rock and the hard place - a modern microstory about business

The company I worked for, after beating off many attempts at hostile takeovers in the past, was shocked when several of our opposition, including our...
556140Feb 2019Feb 2019May 10

Mind AWOL

We all, I think, I hope, have that moment of walking into a room, then wondering what we went there for. Or stopping halfway up the stairs and thinkin...
778300Jan 2019Jan 2019May 10

Become famous - upset people. It's so today.

There’s a post on FB doing the rounds – the average Brit pensioner gets £79 a week, the average asylum seeker gets £350 a week, a free car,...
847291Jan 2019Mar 2019May 10

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...
698230Dec 2018Jan 2019May 10

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...
1,188280Dec 2018Dec 2018May 10

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...
546-0Dec 2018May 10

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...
681240Dec 2018Dec 2018May 10

The end of the tale

Ambled into my kitchen to make coffee and met the rodent. He wasn't looking at all well. The cat, ever hopeful of a midnight snack, followed me in...
1,275470Dec 2016Dec 2016May 10

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....
1,436250Aug 2018Aug 2018May 10

One packing problem sorted

How 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...
1,715580Aug 2017Aug 2017May 10

English speakers:

Medical studies have made an important breakthrough after some international research. Orientals eat very little fat, and suffer fewer heart-attac...
2,162390Oct 2015Oct 2015May 10

Mad Hatter's Tea Party

The 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....
1,098220Jan 2016Jan 2016May 10

Extra cash for Christmas?

Looking to earn a bit extra for an expensive time of year? Don't get caught the way one woman was. She bought an iPad on eBay, good price, was very pl...
1,037100Nov 2015Nov 2015May 10

Can't believe I missed Kiss A Ginger Day

Actually 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...
1,748620Jan 2018Jan 2018May 10

Leap year, baby!

In 27 days you can go down on one knee to the man of your choice and beg him to make you the happiest woman in the world. So who you gonna pick? Wh...
2,246900Feb 2016Feb 2016May 10

You've slept with HOW many people?

Hundreds. HUNDREDS. Oh, I know you wouldn’t dream of having sex with a stranger without a condom. But what happens when they aren’t a stranger, an...
2,007340Nov 2015Mar 2019May 10

Older, wiser, seasoned, mature, mellowed. No comme

I made this list for myself a couple of years ago, and most of it is a non-brainer. DO NOT FEAR. Fear is so desperately crippling, and the media o...
649-0Aug 2016May 9

out of character actions

My 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...
1,250210Jul 2015Jul 2015May 9

Want to live to a ripe old age?

become a US president! George HW Bush 93 and counting Ronald Reagon was over 93 Gerald Ford was over 93 Jimmy Carter is over 93
783340Nov 2017Nov 2017May 9

Settling for less than perfect

and yes I know I have been snooty about others putting up multiple blogs. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em This is in part inspired by Mimi...
1,343301Jul 2017Jul 2017May 9

Today, and tomorrow, and tomorrow

A computer big enough to cover a city block in the 60s and 70s was less powerful than a modern laptop, and the phone is rapidly reaching full computer...
1,953300May 2016May 2016May 9

Huh.

I think I might be offended. Got the following text from a friend I have dated in the past. I have a date! With a woman! A real woman!...
1,593530Nov 2015Nov 2015May 9

Easy fail-safe recipes

Just talking to a buddy who says he doesn't cook any more. Now, I'm not a great cook (and say so in my profile because I am So Honest) but even I have...
2,301430Aug 2015Aug 2015May 9

Does romance have to have a price tag?

I've seen blogs and comments on romance - candlelit dinners, spontaneous gifts, trips away. They always sound expensive. I looked at recent blogs...
1,513490Nov 2015Nov 2015May 9

Life plan

It’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...
1,723590May 2016May 2016May 9

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...
665290Aug 2018Aug 2018May 9

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?...
1,672200Sep 2015Sep 2015May 9

I miss Alec :sigh:

Strictly speaking, I miss being in a LDR. All those texts and messages and chatting on skype and cramming an entire relationship into an hour or two a...
1,822400Oct 2015Oct 2015May 9

making the first move

So I know this shy guy, 40 or so, a fellow writer, who has been fantasizing about meeting a woman who will pick him up and make him happy. Now a w...
763320Oct 2017Oct 2017May 9

Lastminute.don't!

Ok this is a cautionary tale because I reckon pretty much all of us have either used lastminute.com or thought about it. Right? Great deals. Well,...
1,819380Apr 2016Apr 2016May 9

A useful blog, just for women.

This is possibly one of those blogs where the women who need to know already do, and the women who don't know no longer need to. One moment, pleas...
873160Nov 2015Nov 2015May 9

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