Sydney's Trumpet That which Sydney had to wear for a while to give him time to get better is called a trumpet in this country. Our dogs have...
A song The following is a quote One evening in October, when I was one third sober, and carrying home a load with manly pride. My poor feet...
Life is a right? I have a number of words attached to my walls, along with photos of dogs, cats, etc. Most of them I can understand, more or...
Plato was wrong. My mind has been working recently. On its own, you understand. At such times I don't seem to have any control over it....
Of Average Intelligence. I saw a programme on BBC1 last night (ie the premier british channel) on average intelligence. There were a lot of...
Living in a different world. I have just been to see my son - that is my eldest son - the one with the computer degree. I have just been to see...
Printer maintenance I have (had) a Hewlett Packard A3 printer which worked reasonably well until around six months ago. It insisted upon...
Jobs applied for. I was just wondering whether anyone else had applied for a job. Not necessarily one they didn't get. I applied for a job...
Seductive? Seduced? I once mentioned to my daughter that, in spite of all that is shown on television, I had never been propositioned in my...
Multiple Choice. Following on from my new thread a few moments ago, there are many exams which are multiple choice. If there are 10...
Hard or Complicated. There are things that are hard. In some games (well, on occasional game) you are given the various things that can be...
hard days work I have just noticed (my goodness I am quick) that I can talk about a hard days work. It is a few years since I had one of...
Small things I am told that in the United States the word 'small' is going out of use. A man, apparently, went into a shop in the U.S.A. and...
Spelling in the U.S.A. Can anyone tell me why the United States spells things differently and has slightly different names for things. For...
nForce2 I have heard a bit recently about nForce2. One for a motherboard, one for the nVidian card and one about how it is designed for the AMD...
The Boat Race Oxford won by an incredible one foot. After four and a half miles and they were the lighter crewe. It was the most exciting...
A foreign game. There is a game which I believe is good. It has done well in the country in which it was released, which is not English...
Lilli I thought that someone might like to know that this film is showing at this very moment on TCM. This is the one, remember, when Leslie...
Frank Crummitt Frank Crummitt was an American who, probably 50 years ago, sang songs like An Insurance Man. Does anyone remember him? If so...
Patch 2 I am waiting for Patch No.2? Is anyone else just waiting? I'm sure I must be doing something wrong because other people can make...
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