“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.”
I’m stunned. A kid (?) who works with himself on the Highways and Byways of our county is in constant contact with Kaleb via t’internet. They are much of an age, both country boys and spookily similar looking… but Kaleb is ever so slightly more ForthRight :o) A little, sweet wannabe vibe?
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Just li’l old me. On my own. As in INDEPENDENT & not CO-DEPENDANT ! With my mates. Phil & Bill…fellow CELTS/SCYTHIANS yada yada.
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Been there. Done this. Walked from the Louvre to Arc de Triomphe/Champs-Élysées. And because we had such a hard time driving into Paris (because all flights had been cancelled. Something to do with an Icelandic Volcano) we were smart enough to ask for the quickest route out. Via l’Étoile aka STAR. Yay. Not yay. I […]
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My wonderful Welsh relatives say strange things. My traveller-in-crime, who has an accent as English as mine, sometimes does the mad Welsh thing. She said (and I quote verbatim) I have my appointment now. In 6 weeks. Her favourite Welsh saying is : We have no bread. You’ll have to have toast. Bless her. Welsh […]
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His name is Jim. He was a school mate and a good friend. He is very like everyone else in my school. Well – the 50% of us that said TFAYCD. TFAYCD – A Boothby Graffoe song. Of course we had the usual goodygoody kids in the class. Then there was me and K and […]
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The Home of the Typhoon/Eurofighter in the UK is just down the road from me. We are on the flight path. Freaking planes have been coming home from somewhere today. I can always tell when they have their brakes on or when they are accelerating. Accelerating means our windows and multiple chimneys all shake with […]
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Not a natural thing within a mile of this. NOT MY WORDS. I have a few men in my life over 50. Their stories of this alien invasion are funny. But Billy does it best…In My Opinion :o) What makes me laugh most about men who talk about this the FACT that they have never […]
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I’m post bombing because I’ve been banned to my “naughty room” until 8pm when the football starts. Don’t ask. My bad :o( Anyway and by the by : Many years ago my lovely friend sent me this CD. And the video below just appeared in my feed – like magic (?) God’s honest. Not BS. […]
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OMG. I missed the Tennyson bit? And he is my homie. Bad. Head Hung/Hanged in SHAME :o( From the Guardian Newspaper : We have recently pointed you at a graphic novel about the history of puzzles and at the first novel by Guardian setter Picaroon, each of which remains heavily recommended. Time for a peek at a golden-age […]
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I’ve been hearing this song all day, trying to figure out who sang it. Oh. SOS. Swing Out Sister. It comes from my Thursday gallivant about the local garden centre with a friend who went to the same school as me. At the same time but a few years younger than me. We were comparing […]
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As a child I did this many times and had my friends do it to me. Himself just mowed the lawn. Perfect swathes. But he annihilated all my buttercups :o( Do you like butter? Hold a buttercup under your chin and folklore says if there is a yellow reflection on your skin it means you do. But the real […]
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