“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.”
Struth! My lot are a bunch of bloody comedians. Laugh a minute here this morning. We can’t do a crossword together ever since that “Fateful” day, a few years back, when the clue was … What flightless bird shares the same name as the New Zealand Rugby Team? And the answer shouted out – quick […]
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The last was a bit dour. MY Bad :o( P.S. I once announced that I was going to join Swampy and gang on the Newbury Bypass. We lived not so far away at the time. All I got was… I FORBID YOU! Pout.
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To everyone else it looks like I’m having a lazy day today. This is the last of this channel’s videos that I’ve watched over the past few days. The first 2 or 3 I cut short of the last half hour’s ramble but I’ve since learned that I was wrong to do this. To my […]
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Take Note Peeps. NASA has just “officially” changed all our zodiac signs (?) OK. I’d investigate further but…….yawn! I was born/I AM/I will DIE a Sagittarius – you stoopid Nasty Arse Silly Anyhoos Scientists? KMA!
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Dynamo We used to watch him a lot. He ALWAYS credited his granddad for teaching him the skills after Stephen’s childhood of bullying and illness and pain. Wow. And I don’t care HOW he did his “tricks.” I just love his triumph over pain. And if you watch him at Christ the Redeemer, it’ll blow […]
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There is a “rumour” that Lady Godiva was born at Bucknall. About 5/6 miles away from my home. According to Wiki….this is “spurious.” Bucknall If you’ve read King, Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnett (her novel about Macbeth) Lady Godiva plays a role therein. Anyhoo. Tennyson (MY Local POET) and Godiva. Q of the day today : […]
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See image above ? That’ll be : BASIC TRUST WISDOM & POWER LOVE & HEALING FFS!
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Yes. I know it’s not Friday yet. But, gimme a break? Dad’s Army. Frazer meets an American with this….. I love Private Frazer – the archetypal dour Scot :o) Scots, wha hae wi’ Wallace bled, Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, Welcome to your gory bed, Or to Victorie! Now’s the day, and now’s the […]
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Was a major character in my novel. I spent many years researching her. She was the second wife of Henri Quatre, mother of Louis XIII (husband of Anne of Austria), Gaston d’Orleans (husband of Marie de Montpensier), Elisabeth (wife of Felipe IV of Spain), Chrestienne (wife of Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy) and Henriette […]
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OK. I understand now why Maria Tatar came to me a few days ago. I’ve download a sample of the image above book. When I can earn a living from living – I will buy said book. Maria Tatar cites Bruno Bettleheim —- Uses of Enchantment. A book that I bought many years ago and […]
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Bloody Smart Arse kids! What’s for tea, Mum? Pulled pork and Colcannon. Oh. Yes. I remember Cold Cannon. Gritted teeth vibe? Colcannon (IRISH: cál ceannann, meaning “white-headed cabbage”) Mine is mash potato. Sweetheart cabbage. LOTS of pepper and a pinch of salt. A splash of cream and a blob of Salted Irish Butter. P.S. I usually make […]
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I’ve no idea where this video channel came from but I think I might’ve fallen in love :o) There was a lovely soothing voice in the background talking about an Egyptian Prince, a French wife, The Savoy Hotel. 1923. Rewind. Start again! In a former life, I was fortunate enough to stay in some of […]
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