I am sorry, suitemichelle, I didn't go to town today - I have a bit of a cold, so my wife went on her own (for which I am truly grateful). I...
I cannot let it go "we change tires (tyres) more than we change shoes" - whose surprised? Americans have a reputation, which Brits are trying...
What Where, Why, When and How.
My brother was a chemist and, strangely enough, I believe him. Mind you, he didn't really look after himself. Died at 46.
The most rewarding poems are the ones that appeared to be nothing more than rubbish at first reading, until constant reading reveals the real meaning.
Suitemichelle: I found a poem, of which the following is the first verse, by Emily Dickinson:- Because I could not stop for Death - He kindly...
It is very hard indeed to think of nothing. I try to do it just before I go to sleep and I usually succeed - because I can't think of anything...
My wife has got a mobile now. I understand that the expression is 'mobile' and not mobile 'phone. She has to hold it at least twelve inches...
I have just remember a song saying that a sewing machine is a girls best friend. I am sure that was true - once. Rather like LeRoy Anderson's...
Hype, especially for Games. I get fed up with the hype which everybody uses (no, not just the Americans) for new games. They promise you all...
I worked in London for a while - right near the M25 - the motorway (freeway) that surrounds London. The traffic then was pretty bad but I...
I understand that one assorted mess of what was to have been the mulberry harbours is still there - at the Normandy beaches. No doubt it is just...
It is certainly laced with salt and other things (I don't know what they are). My brother used to say that he could make a piece of paper taste...
I wanted to go into a particular office in the centre of London that always intrigued me. It is an office in what was the Shell-Mex building,...
I also forgot that if you can't recognise a tune then you can listen to the bagpipes. Mind you, a lot of people like them, I understand.
But you can eat porridge in Scotland. Be careful, though. I understand that they have salt with their porridge. I prefer Golden Syrup. And...
Hello Doug. Where are you from? U.S.A.? If so, then which bit?
So many brands have let me down that I no longer have brand loyalty. Bulletin Boards are not a great deal of use because one person can slate...
Barbara Streisand had tinnitus I understand. I very it to a very small extent so that most of the time I can forget it is there, which is the...
Most English people that I know eat this way, but I expect that those in the towns eat more junk food, or 'fast' food.
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