“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.”
If you’ve never watched Top Gear when they went to Botswana this’ll mean NOTHING! A few months back, I got a little old car. Many a previous owner. Purplish blue in colour. I named him OLIVER in honour of Hammond’s car……..Oliver. Yesterday – the man in the mask was minutes away from parting me and […]
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This is one of our FAVE EVER EVER episodes of Father Ted. I’ll let you watch along ……. Eeek Eeeeeeeek It’sEoinAaaaargh! LOL :o)
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I am so disconnected from so much that it was only last night that I learned about the death of one of my favourite authors. She’s been a part of my life for many years – via her books. Marion was a Glaswegian. She has written hundreds (well, many) novels. And I’ve mentioned her many […]
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There are multiple reasons why I love Stephen Fry. He’s been featured here quite heavily over the years. Today – I’ve found yet another reason to admire him :o) I had no idea about THIS connection between us! P.S. Check out the entirety of the Jeremy Brett Sherlock programmes?
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A bunch of ne’re-do-wells got a break from working (sometimes) 20 hours a day in a dangerous environment. We all piled on a bus that took us from Londonderry to Larne. On a ferry from Larne to Stranraer. (Barf?) Back on a bus from Stranraer to Stirling – where the Lowlands meet the Highlands. A […]
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There are Very few things in my life where I’ve come F1RST. A hop and a skip out of my teens I came top in Map Reading in my Army Training. A hop and three skips later – I was orienteering in the Highlands of Scotland. Didn’t come F1RST then. Bloody Highland midges. Unofficial tip […]
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I started “earning my living” when I was 11 years old. I had a Sunday paper round in town and also began babysitting. For some weird reason – even at aged 11 – friends and neighbours trusted me to babysit their new born children! One night, whilst babysitting, I was stupid enough to watch this […]
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Blame my Father. He had a photographic memory too. And his was far better than mine! Forever ago a #desperate “person?” typed this exact line in a Live Chat. Mmmmn. And still that Q is up for debate. Really ? ? ? Whatev’s. P.S. Inspired (as always) by the Divine Dolores…the image above is me […]
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The next Greta Brookes Monograph is now officially a W.I.P. My second non-fiction book. It should be difficult but it’s not. All I’m doing is a cut&paste of many of the posts here. Adding a few screenshots and personal emails and links to yt videos. I’ll have to tart/smart up the title. Next step : […]
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This recipe is a fast favourite here. I’ve tasted Biryani in UK, Karachi, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong and Singapore. And YES – I CAN and have made it from scratch. Some peeps are just sooooooooo stoopid and lazy and evil that they think that taking the piss out of ME and MY family via […]
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Wow. I can still conjugate my French verbs? Who’d’ve thunk? Truth be told – I’ve just cheated. LOL :o) Oubliette is…a secret dungeon with access only through a trapdoor in its ceiling. Just imagine it. Get a good mental picture of what it would be like inside this Medieval Torture Chamber – Out of Sight/Out […]
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OMD…Some days I LOVE yt. The next song after Soft Cell was this. Tubeway Army. FFluffSake. One of my closest school friends persuaded her parentals to hand over the house to US lot for her birthday party. Gary Numan was played quite a lot. Along with the Mamas and the Papas. Aha…….that was a sneaky/sly […]
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Hidden History Research 