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If there is one thing which will turn many people off politics and politicians in the UK it is the way in which they fail to address some the fundamental issues affecting peoples' live but go for...

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No, nothing to do with my predilection for the more mature woman.... just a few jokes I found A woman enroled in nursing school is attending an anatomy class. The subject of the day is involunta...

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Even though we had heard all the April Fool stuff in the newspapers and commented on it I did manage one on SW... Sauntered into the garage where the boiler is and then came out and said, 'I have...

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I wonder if anyone these days tries to catch people out on the 1st of April. I have tried to think up some wheezes to catch out SW... but she is pretty attuned to the date and just ignores me!!! ...

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It is Mothering Sunday in the UK - or as they say in the marketing world, Mother's Day. I see the garages are full of bouquets to be bought in a rush, and lots of chocs etc everywhere, as well as...

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We have just got back after a couple of nights away in a hotel, partly paid for by vouchers, and including a wonderful dinner with six wines - starting with bubbly and finishing with brandy. Let...

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Lovely phrase from the Gwyneth Paltrow discussion of her split with Chris Martin. It has all kinds of connotations. The best thing is the opposite - unconscious coupling - when the man is drunk b...

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At last we are back home after touring around since last Wednesday, seeing friends, staying in Premier Inns, and going to a wedding in the heart of the Lake District where the tops of the mountai...

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but not too far - mainly travelling a round the north of England seeing friends and relatives - and then on to a hotel in the Lake District for a wedding at the weekend. It makes it so much easie...

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News you may have missed - A man has been found by the side of a road with his penis cut off. The 40-year-old, from the South Bank area of Teesside, was discovered on the A66 in the early hours...

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Today one of my walking groups went off to pastures new led by someone who had recced a new walk to us. First a trip on the train - 26 hardy souls came out - then we started walking on a recognis...

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It was dark - I could sense her mouth with its peppermint taste close by - there was pressure on my leg from hers - in the light there was I could see the fine strands of her hair - she quietly a...

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Well, the 'lovely' Susanna ( and no I am not fixated on her) seems to think the move to ITV from the BBC will enhance her career - and they have come up with some enhanced pictures of her 'smould...

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What joy, I found another refugee from OD yesterday - quite by chance, reading through the latest entries - and there was a familiar name - and we could catch up again. Meanwhile, in the real w...

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I think my hearing is getting worse - of course I have always had selective hearing when it came to SW..- but I am missing things on tv and radio - especially at certain frequencies. So I saw th...

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For many years I took my car to a local garage to be looked at when something needed doing - or more likely when I was concerned that to my unpracticed eye something seemed wrong. It was great to...

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This will be of absolutely no interest to many people - even less than the Oscars - but I see that the lovely Susanna Reid has a) split from her partner and b) got a lucrative contract from ITV t...

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We have been trying to catch up with the Belgian mystery/police series on BBC4 on a Saturday night, Salamander - because we were busy or away - we recorded the first three weeks - six episodes - ...

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And of course, I mean the musical kind! Just returned from the city after going to a lunchtime recital on a very big organ. Not only does it go very loud, but can be played very very softly to g...

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I have not had enough time to come on here since I have been editing a story for my other book. I had them all saved on a text edit file and that needed some cleaning up - and gave me a chance to...

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There is something rather satisfying in the news that Piers Morgan's show in CNN has been terminated because few people want to watch the obnoxious prick. He says it is because he never stopped b...

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At last I have time to write something after being away las week helping look after kids who were on half term, since their parents work at different times during the day. We were sort of back up...

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It must be half-term - we are off to stay with family and keep an eye on grandchildren while they are working - it seems that the kids are booked into lots of things for the wwek so it may not be...

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What would the advertisers, supermarkets, card makers and florists do between Christmas and Easter without Valentine's Day. As you might see from the last entry I am totally cynical (well nearly)...

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I was looking for something appropriate for Valentine's Day and failed - so here are a few of the ways in which men and women interact

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