Was looking forward to my weekly fix of Casualty. What a load of utter tosh - drugs, gang warfare etc. etc. Absolutely nothing to do with the main hospital business of restoring the health of...
A middling FOUR out of seven on the grown-ups quiz for me this week: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59068165 There are several nice and easy questions in the junior quiz this week. (Well, it is...
do you have to apply for it, or does it come automatically. I am now officially retired and have been since late December 2020, i didn't get this last year, so am i eligible this year 2021. I am...
Absolute disaster. I always preorder the food and say what size of tables I need. I said I needed 5 tables of 6 and 1 of 4. I discovered we had 4 of 6, and 3 of 4. That took some sorting out. When we...
Just done one as I didn't feel good. Violent shivering fit. Went on for ages, sore throats and just not right. I was panicking as I have a lunch club organised for about 40 people from U3A. Luckily...
I suddenly remembered something my late mother did:0 years ago. I had taken her to a supermarket for some shopping. As we approached the till she started screaming at the top of her voice. shouting...
A middling FOUR out of seven for me in the adult quiz this week. (It was one of those weeks when I kept thinking "Blast, I knew that really" when I got an answer wrong):...
We have spent ages researching where to spend NYE. Six of us always go away for a couple of nights and have a great party night. We found it very difficult this year but eventually found somewhere in...
Just watched a couple. What is wrong with our justice system. These criminals get paltry sentences. Three weeks imprisonment for assaulting police officers. Suspended sentences, let off, what is going...
Just had a look and so far have found some pasta, chipolata sausages, sprouts, carrots, onions and a few tomatoes, one leek and one courgette. Now to exercise my imagination. Have already thought of...
It was our first U3A skittles since Feb 2020. It felt weird. We couldn't remember how to play at first. Very strange to see all the old members, knew the faces but couldn't put names to them. Felt...
OH'S birthday. Friends coming round 1.00 p.m. We have flu jabs at 2.16 And 2.17. He is going to watch rugby straight after. We are going to a localish Gurkha restaurant for a meal in the evening...
Just caught 10 mins of comedy series DINNERLADIES, and was in hysterics at the character Bren’s mother, played by Julie Walters. Omg she was absolutely brilliant - but I guess you either loved her or...