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Pompeii Pizza
I LIKE it. Build me one. NOW, James. In my garden…please :o) How hard can it be?
Read MoreJe Suis Totally Bewildered!!!
A man with a computer and a camera in a house in the middle of the UK is making more sense to me than anyone or any thing else that I’ve listened to on my TV, laptop, in the local town, through my family etc. And he’s still talking about his Aunt Fanny. Nice One […]
Read MoreBack With the 9 via Tartarus
Greek Mythology. Titans versus the gods. A bronze anvil is thrown from on high into the depths of Tartarus. Hesiod tells us that a bronze anvil thrown from the celestial sphere would take 9 days to reach earth and another 9 to reach Tartarus. It wasn’t just a place though, Tartarus was also considered to be a divinity in his own right, […]
Read MoreYOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY
I will always and forever be grateful to my Mum and Dad for letting my brothers and I make our own choice of life path. Despite years of suggestions – Mum kept throwing being a NURSE at me. Dad stayed silent. In the end – aged 17 – when I Went My Own Way – […]
Read MoreCold. Wet & Miserable!
And so is the weather! Three days of rain and it’s been proper snowing in Lincoln :o( BUT… …My day has been saved. Woohoooooo! After almost a year with no tv and no DVD player in the kitchen – we now have a TV with in-built DVD. Gotta love the younger generation and their technologicamagical […]
Read MoreRAUS. RAUS.
At Roussillon Barracks we had lovely neighbours who’d rescued a fricking gorgeous German Shepherd dog from the German Army because he was deemed too old to do GSD dog things for the German Army. Anyhoo. Every morning we’d hear the command RAUS. RAUS. The doggie performed his duties better to German language orders! Another TRUE […]
Read MoreNorthern Soul vs Abba/Punk
An old school mate of mine contacted my brother and asked about me. OMyGiddyAunt! He (brother) passed on the message. She’ll remember when we used to sneak into the music room and play my Northern Soul albums! I remember. I remember NOT being a fan of Northern Soul music. And maybe…sometimes…arguing my case with him! […]
Read MoreShisha/Hookah
If you spend any amount of time in the Middle East (like moi) you learn how to smoke SHISHA. Or Hookah. Or if you are a Brit – The Hubbly Bubbly. I am SO VERY DISAPPOINTED with yt and their Shisha videos. This is an ancient tradition and a part of life. To refuse is […]
Read MoreSophisticated vs Peasant
Me and She are OK in the UK. OK in France. OK in the Middle East but Italy was MY downfall :o( I drink very dry white wine or Scandinavian beer. Or an Irish (ice-cold) Guinness. She’s a G&T girl. Gin = Disgusting. Tonic Water = Double Disgusting You can get G&T anywhere in the […]
Read MoreDo Anything You Wanna Do
I’m so in love with and enthralled by the Liars, Cheats & Thieves :o) They now watch what I watch…..but haven’t got a fkin clue why they do it. Apart from TRASHING me and myself and I ? Aaaaaw. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! These Three Musketeers are middle-aged 13 year olds Who love life and fun. The song […]
Read MoreCurry Symbology
I love these boys for many reasons. Geordies. Hairy. Bikers. Cooks. Funny. COOKS! Men. COOKS. Men who cook! And no. NOT my curry today. Tempus Fugit. I didn’t even have time to open and read their cookbooks in my kitchen, never mind about the worry of buying lemongrass and galangal in Lincolnshire!!!!!!!! I cheated. Shoot […]
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