T'was Christmas day in the workhouse The snow was raining fast A bare-footed boy with clogs on Went slowly, whizzing past He went round a straight crooked corner To see a dead donkey die He pulled out...
Unspectacular, but still not too bad, for me in the adult quiz this week, I think. I managed FOUR out of seven. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-58068880 I was rather more successful (percentage-wise,...
We went to a food and drink festival at Princess Anne's place, Gatcombe park today. It was in an enormous field. Cost £10 to get in. Lots of stalls all around the edge of the field. Majority were...
In the mail there is an article about cutlery. We are being racist if we eat with a knife and fork. We should use our fingers. What on earth is going on!!
There was a chap being interviewed on GMB this morning who hates caravans and says they're an eyesore and get in his way when driving his £70k Jag! He came across as quite arrogant and snobby. I've...
about food shortages etc. Certainly a frozen meat and fish shortage here in Stoke, but plenty of other stuff to eat. A few empty freezers today but everything else is ok. Can stuff etc. and no...
Not too bad for me this week, I think. I scored FIVE out of seven in the adult quiz https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-58012823.amp . . . and THREE out of five in the junior one...
We went to Bristol today to have the other half of it completed. He had the magnet inserted into his skull four weeks ago. Today was fitting the sensor to it. It's a hearing aid type thing attached to...
A fairly easy week, I think. Several of the stories covered in the adult quiz have had quite a bit of prominence in the news media, which largely explains how I managed to achieve a decent score of...
I just opened a tube of Pringles - and with a display of iron-willed self control only ate about 8 of the darned things with my spritzer. The tube has now been (at my request) hidden by my diminutive...
Daughter has just rung. She has got a 10 week old kitten. She wants me to sit with it tomorrow afternoon until grandson comes home from work. She is off to pick up a puppy from somewhere hours away....