This is a photo of my bathwater the other day folks.
Yes, after a fortnight of freezing weather my boiler packed in and not only that, it packed in on the day I went back to work. Luckily my DH was at home that day, so he could stay in for the repair man – most [...]
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.. not too much actually. there’s a cat round ‘ere name of Socks who thinks he owns my house. He’s always tring to get inside – presumably to scratch all my furniture (little does he know that all my furniture is complete rubbish so he couldn’ t possibly make it any worse). Once, [...]
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Ok to be fair I haven’t heard many politicians trot that one out lately as it’s so patently not true.
Antway here’s my story: My Dad is 83 and like many men he won’t go to the doctor (as it’s for sick people). The result of this was that when his prostate started playing up he left [...]
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Here’s the first digger starting work on destroying my field. It’s presumably making an access road.
The developers made an application to take down some of the trees for the road and i think they were refused but I’m not sure.
Don’t be fooled though, if it weren’t for the fact that the wood [...]
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This is the lovely field and historic woodland that we can see from our front windows. It’s a large field that dips down beyond the trees to an area of permanent marsh. Isn’t it a lovely scene to look out on and a great place for kids to play in sight of [...]
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I heard a great episode of BBC Radio 4’s the Food Programme about the book ‘ In defence of food: the myth of nutrition and the pleasure of eating’ by Michael Pollan.
This chap basically says that our grandparents knew how to eat healthily and we have forgotten this skill. We are bombarded with nutritional information (much [...]
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A few things are annoying me today and these things make me out of step with the rest of the world it seems:
1. David Beckham is not good looking.
2. Neither is Victoria.
3. Shopping is not a leisure activity.
4. Personal number plates are idiotic.
5. There seems to have been a revival of Supertramp (on radio 2 [...]
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