“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
OK. Not original. It belongs to Clarkson. I MIGHT Have Done a Thing! First thing in the morning, the shop is mostly empty and the same silly sods always get their groceries before the rush starts. So we are now (after 20 odd years) all on nodding acquaintance. Rural Joke. There were five shoppers this […]
When I took youngest to the hospital t’other day, I did a Time & Motion study before we set off. A certain town is exactly half way between us and Lincoln and I had a bit of shopping to do. So rather than take him there, take him home, get back in the car and […]
My Nan (Anne) had one of these in her outhouse all through my childhood. Her older brother inherited the best family furniture, Nan got a mangle. No wonder they never made any pretence of liking each other. He wrote a two books about his life and mentioned her just once as his sister, unnamed. She […]
Our biggest mistake was discussing this new home of ours in front of the men. Picture This : The Welsh Coast. An old farmhouse in need of TLC with lots of land. Rescued Chickens. Dogs. Cats. Donkeys. Sheep. Goats. Cows. Horses. Hedgehogs. etc. Organic fruit and veggies. Herbs. Flowers. She’d do the animals. I’d do […]
My own personal DB is ex-RAF and ex-South Wales Police. He knows more about flying machines than…urm…move on, GB. He’s an EXPERT on both World Wars and Jack the Ripper and Hitler and Warfare and Motorbikes and Cars and how to tell a great story that’ll leave y’all crying with mirth. He’s called Brian. And […]
Although the scene was very different from the one below, me & she did the same kind of nonsense to a Royal Arab Prince in Abu Dhabi. Well. His Highness should NEVER have asked the board-meeting where they wanted to go and what they wanted to eat. I chose Italian and she chose a palace. […]
I had no idea. We’ve only watched the first 3 chapters of 8. Apparently : A STAR IS BORN. He’s 21 years old. Went to London once with the school and never got off the coach. He’s travelled as far as Banbury and that was enough. And he now has a squillion admirers on tok-tik-aGram. […]