It will not come as a surprise to anyone who knows me to learn that I was a bit of a rebel at school. In fact, I got expelled. I was caught one evening in the Japanese Garden after I had persuaded Terry, the boy who delivered the meat, to come there and teach me …
Continue reading “Life is far too important to take seriously.”
My son used to say that I had the concentration span of a goldfish – I think this might be a bit unfair to goldfish. Particularly at the moment. I have noticed things getting far worse during Covid. The plots of television ads are about the most challenging things I can manage. There was one …
We’ve all been there – yes, you have – the disapproving look you give when your best friend’s had too much to drink. Just like you’ve never done that! I’m only human, you take the moral high ground but they are smug.It’s all about perspective. I’m only human You take the Moral High Ground They …
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This is a different sort of post – hopefully it will make you smile but also maybe think a bit about the sort of medical things that I, for one, try not to think about!The whole procedure was fairly unpleasant but worth doing whatever the result. As they say Knowledge is power. 20/10/20At the moment …
Live and let Live has always been my motto. Obviously if someone told me they were going to rob a bank I would probably try to dissuade them, I might even ring the police if I thought they were serious. Although I suppose it would depend on how I was feeling about banks at the …
Nobody plans on becoming obsolete, but suddenly we are. One minute we are at the cutting edge of life – right up there with the ‘in crowd’ then suddenly we are old farts. Sometimes I feel that I should be put in a glass box and trotted round to schools as a piece of living …
Continue reading “The four stages of man are infancy, childhood, adolescence, and obsolescence.”
It’s not necessary for us oldies to understand everything that goes on in the modern world, but one doesn’t want to live life in a state of total confusion. We have little Tuk Tuks for tourists round our way which seem to me to be more useful and more fun that Tik Tok, but then …
Continue reading “The More I Think the More Confused I Get.”
What with the heatwave, grandchildren and the autumn harvest my few remaining brain cells have gone into meltdown and are hiding in the dark recesses of my brain. Like the Elephant’s Child I was born with satiable curtiosities. Kind people might refer to this as taking an intelligent interest in things, but unfortunately owing to …
I think I’d really prefer to stay asleep. Living in a rural part of England our main topics of conversation as we idly pick straw from our hair are usually about chickens or fly-tipping. Subjects we find fascinating. But I have always led a rich fantasy life. As a child I was constantly rescuing people …
In the days of Jane Austen courtship was a gentler and more elegant affair (albeit possibly more commercial – pity the poor girl who was destined to remain a spinster or become a governess). After Mr Darcy proposes to Eliza Bennett and has been turned down he writes her a letter which he hands her …
Has Anyone Seen My Glasses?