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In which the three of us enact an Edwardian Novel
One of my favourite books is “The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists” by Robert Tressel. It is about the sufferings of a group of house painters in a fictionalized version of Eastbourne at the start…
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On Elections
Two points for anyone who wants my vote. a) Do not send me election material as paper things through my door. This is unnecessary and damaging to the environment. I file them in…
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Loveliest of trees…
I had a handyman here today repairing the steps outside. I have had a go at this twice before myself, and there must be some skills which don’t lend themselves to my normal…
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A blanket from the past
While I was cleaning out J’s flat last year, I found this blanket. It had accidentally got stuck into the garage here when we moved in last June and I only just found…
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Easter – Part 2
After our meal we had an egg painting competition. I painted mine to look like a chocolate Easter egg in a presentation box (not my finest effort but ok). R decided to commemorate…
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The shape of things to come
Easter Sunday tomorrow. J and I went to the Easter vigil at St James this evening. J in fact told me that he wasn’t coming, so I duly left without him. About 1…
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Gave blood today
I gave blood today for the first time in 40 odd years. Things have come on a bit since 1986 as far as computerization is concerned – and the snacks are better in…
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April Fool – well nearly
Last year I had a spectacular success with my April Fool on R. It was all documented on my old blog – but basically I had him completely going on the fact that…
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