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Ladies of letters, episode 2

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:59:59 +0100

Hi to everybody...here's the second episode of Ladies of Letters... There's a brief run in before it actually starts...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00nm9s6

Great big hugs to one and all...

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They've come back!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:47:08 +0100

Hi to everybody...had an excellent night and woke to a real misty winter's morning...had breakfast and looked out of the top floor window and couldn't believe my eyes...there is a very large flock of birds flying all around and over the back as well that includes blackbirds, starlings..which we've not seen around here before...blue tits, robins, sparrows, and pigeons out the back, plus magpies...they're all flitting around in the trees, on the roofs, on the ground and in the bushes...and three! pigeons landed on our small bird table and started eating the seed...did a discreet stand by the back door and they took off...wouldn't be anything at all left for the small birds if three of them had their fill...but the birds are back en masse...never seen anything like this before...there had to be at least eight blackbirds that we could see all in one place...seen one or two together but never that many...hmmm...strange world we live in, but this was a lovely surprise...
So, that's my morning news...should have been up by 9, but got up at 10...have to get washed and dressed and wash my hair too, do the washing, make the bread, and turn the living room carpet because noticed yesterday evening that the spot where I've sat for the last ten years, my slippers are beginning to take the pile off the area so a turn around is required...
That's it...hope you all have a good day, will see some sunshine and stay warm, and send great big hugs to one and all...

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Ladies of letters

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:28:40 +0100

Hi to everybody...here's something to tickle you...Ladies of Letters with Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge...only one more day left to listen to episode 1...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00nm5wp

Great big hugs to one and all...

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Not a nice Sunday

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:05:40 +0100

Hi to everybody...had a very good night, apart from the fact that damned film from last night kept intruding into my dreams, and woke up to grey, damp weather and chilly too...got up and had breakfast and then my bubble bath, which after I got sidetracked for several minutes, ended up being a lot colder than I wanted...did the same last week...LOL...hmmm...this meant that instead of being nice and warm when I had my Sunday morning massage and coconut massage afterwards, I was cold, even with the heating on, and, as a consequence, got internal cramp during the latter...bloody hell, that hurts...had to take a windeze and a paracetomol to ease it afterwards...fortunately that worked but haven't had one of them for ages...was going to make bread today, but it really takes it out of me when that happens so will leave it until tomorrow...I can stretch the bread we have left still...
So, now I'm sorted, the rest of the day will be one of doing our own thing and relaxing...
I hope you all have a great day, will see some sunshine, and send great big hugs to one and all in the meantime...

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Tags update

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:58:59 +0100

Hi to everybody...I won't respond to the comments in my previous post because they answer my question more than adequately...And, I've realized I've been using tags since I joined BCUK in completely the wrong way!...I didn't know what they were from the start as I'd never come across them before and thought that I was supposed to put the title of my post in Tags so that I could find it quickly...DOH...now I can see why only a few words or even one will suffice...I would like to know though how we can link our own posts to the Tags used as Marian suggested...if that's possible...
And, is BCUK going to give us a chance to replace our overly long tags with appropriate ones, with an explanation of how they work for those like me, who need to be told...only take nearly four years for me to learn what a tag actually is, but still not entirely sure how they work...
Have a lovely day, and great big hugs to one and all...

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Five words per tag

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:58:01 +0100

Hi to everybody...just a quickie...is anybody finding this limit of five words per tag a pain in the butt? I am!...
Great big hugs to one and all...

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The boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:52:01 +0100

Hi to everybody...we have just sat and watched a film I recorded a while back called 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'...we had heard the story of a little German boy at a concentration camp who helped keep alive a little Jewish boy by feeding him through the fence and he survived and years later, they met in America, I think, by accident when they were both old...this is the story we were expecting to see...we didn't...this turned out to be a fictitious story, which had the atmosphere right for the period and the acting was fine on the part of the people in it, but then we realized suddenly it wasn't the story we had been expecting but one that could never have happened and the ending was even more implausible, and, not only that, but the film makers left out the end of the book completely, leaving you with a feeling of being cheated and it was utterly depressing as well...so, all in all, I cannot recommend this film at all and really don't understand why the BBC had anything to do with it which it did, apart from the fact that it has sold five million copies...there were huge flaws in it, not least, that the fence the little boys talked to each other between wasn't electrified and it would have been.
Irish novelist, John Boyne, wrote it as a children's book, and it seems to both of us, it is a very bad book to give to children because such an unreal picture of a concentration camp, or in this case, a death camp...if you're going to write a book about that period, it would be much better to portray the characters much more realistically, and the ending is impossible as the little German boy could never have ended up where he did.
So, a disappointing evening's entertainment, and one that I wish we hadn't bothered to watch. Ah, well...can't win 'em all, but this is one film that shouldn't be shown to children because totally unreal...
Hope you have a good night, sweet dreams and send great big hugs to one and all...

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A walk with hubby

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:40:02 +0100

Hi to everybody...here's the view on the heath today...absolutely beautiful day, and two pics of my now beardless hubby...LOL...one serious, one smiling...click to see larger image if you wish...

Great big hugs to one and all...

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A very good morning

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:23:49 +0100

Hi to everybody...had a very good night and woke to a beautiful, cold day...got up at 9.15 but only because I had a horrible cramp suddenly and couldn't stay in bed for a nuggle with hubby who had just snuggled up next to me...LOL...had breakfast and then decided to take a walk on the heath...wrapped up warm because it is really chilly today...while walking I had another brainstorm following yesterday's that I've posted in my Armchair Revolutionaries group...HLOL...came home and typed it out straight away before I forgot it...
So, the brain seems to be working again...even if way out, the ideas do have some semblance of a possible reality in my mind...
So, that's it for now, have had a coffee and half a ciggie and no cough now... Feeling pretty good all round now, especially with all the exercise we're getting on the Wii...I hope you all have a lovely weekend, are seeing some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all...

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Foul afternoon

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:18:01 +0100

Hi to everybody...absolutely foul afternoon, but had a very good session on the Wii today... We managed to get nine strikes in one game of bowls and was annoyed with myself for missing the last one, but still got a score of 265 and the other three games were 192, 212 and 236 so were on form for bowls...then we played four games of nine hole golf and got two two over par, one par, and the last one came in at 3 under par so delighted with that!...have been trying since we started to play to come in under par...LOL...
So much better than traipsing round a golf course in the pouring rain... And great fun too...
Now it's dinner time in an hour or so and then the evening is ours to do whatever we want...Hope you're having a good day, won't get too wet if you have to go out in this awful weather and send great big hugs to one and all...

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Just made it.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:45:33 +0100

Hi to everybody...had an excellent night and woke up to grey and much colder weather today...hubby brought me a cup of tea at 9 and then nuggled up with me for another hour...LOL...neither of us wanted to get out of my lovely cosy bed, but needs must so we got up had breakfast, and this morning I needed to make coleslaw, but discovered I'd run out of my supply of mayonnaise, so quick change of plan...
It was a trip to Lidl's first...were lucky enough to catch the bus which took us down the road right outside it so cut the time by ten minutes...went for mayonnaise and spent over £20 in there on a whole load of other things we will use over the next week...LOL...and I bought myself a couple of bunches of ornamental brassicas because they looked really pretty and they're now in the conservatory...and the ten bottles of mayonnaise are in the garage...LOL...well it was Helman's reduced to a £1 a jar so as I'm making coleslaw every five or so days, and use half a jar each time, it was well worth stocking up...
So, now the coleslaw is made, we've had our coffee, put away the rest of the shopping and the rest of the day is ours...also I forgot to tell you...there are birds eating the seeds and the fat balls in our garden but we never see them!...Don't know when they come down but I had to replace one fat ball completely yesterday and it's not a squirrel because they tear the green plastic netting around them to pieces...definitely birds...must come very early in the morning...probably before the cat is out...hmmm...glad they're eating them now but disappointed we can't see them anymore...
And, that's it for now, my lovely friends, I hope you have a lovely day, will see some sunshine, and send great big hugs to one and all...

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Oh, am I dumb!!!

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:03:43 +0100

Hi to everybody...I've only just twigged what BCUK have done when I reread my post from them listing how many of my tags they have deleted!! They go on forever...damn it...I really hope they sort this out...now I'm pissed off too...LOL...sorry it took me a while to cotton on to what they have done!
Hmmm...what on earth were they thinking???

Thanks to all here who have objected strongly...

Great big hugs to one and all...

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Definitely spoiled

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:10:54 +0100

Hi to everybody...had an even better night last night...LOL...no interruptions until nearly 8 when, all of a sudden, I hear hammering coming from next door...and that was the end of my sleep...then outside in the front from around 8.30 came the dulcet tones of the road digger digging up the same stretch of road from opposite next door to the pavement on the opposite side for the third time! I can't imagine why they keep having to dig the same piece of road up three times, but who delves into the mysteries of British road diggers...LOL...
It's a really beautiful day again which explains the title of this post...so lovely to wake up to blue skies, soft clouds and sun...now there is that touch of Autumn in the air but the conservatory can still manage 55 degrees at 9 so no where near frosty in the morning...
One thing I forgot to tell you...for those of you who have been here with me for a long time, we used to have a lovely little cat called Whisky that belonged to a young couple down our road opposite us and we got to know him from a tiny kitten and then about two years ago now, the couple moved and for many months and even occasionally now, Whisky would visit here from his new home over a mile and a half away...well, in the last week we've found that there's another little kitten who is extremely friendly and who comes running over to us for loves whenever we pass it by...it's black and white like Whisky but this one is spotted like a dalmation...mostly white with black patches and very, very sweet...if it survives the road outside the estate which is ran straight into yesterday when following us, we've found another friend...LOL...Must find out its name and whether or not its male or female...
Today, is a special day...my hubby has shaved his beard and moustache off for only about the third time since we've been together...and I can't stop laughing...without it, he has the funniest face...a real jokers face...and is like our son who died...he's standing in the shower room now throwing out jokes nineteen to the dozen with his new face and I can't see to type with crying with laughter...he has a Nigerian voice which finishes me off every time he uses it...I'll put a pic up of him when I decide whether I can live with this new hubby... He's knocked years off himself that's for sure...but he's lost his gravitas now and it's a bit awkward when every time you look at your husband you fall about laughing...
Anyway, that's our morning so far...hope you have a lovely day, will see some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all...

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Update on Amazon

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:14:47 +0100

Hi to everybody...I've just found their customer service number on a website...virtually impossible to find on Amazon itself...and I've been told that, in their terms and conditions, you can't get free postage and packing in One Click! That's outrageous...it isn't clear at all on their website...she said it doesn't say it in words!!! What...I asked how the hell was I supposed to know that then if not written in words...anyway, the long and the short of it is, no free postage on One Click and no refund for me because I used it...Bloody Amazon knows they've got their customers over a barrel because you can't say you won't use them again as their books are the cheapest around...but, this is a big CON...so watch out for it if you ever buy books from them...Here's their customer services number...I'd advise you to write it down because you'll never find it on the website...0800 4961081
Great big hugs to one and all...

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Damned Amazon!

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:27:58 +0100

Hi to everybody...I'm bloody hopping mad...and here's a warning for anybody here who might have this happen to them...I've just purchased a book from Amazon with free postage but, I've discovered if you use the One Click, they automatically post it to you first class and charge you £2.75 and you've no way of contacting them at all to tell them that this is not right!! I could have bought it from another seller cheaper if I'd known Amazon was going to pull that fast one on me...I'm bloody angry with them...So, anybody here tempted to use the One Click facility where Postage is said to be free...DON'T...because you'll be charged first class postage...
Hope you're all have a good afternoon...and send great big hugs to one and all...

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A very nice change

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:29:16 +0100

Hi to everybody...woke up after a very good night with only a brief coughing spell at 7 then back to sleep until 9 and got up to glorious sunshine and clear blue sky...definitely shopping day today so had breakfast and we were on the 10.17 bus that was only about 4 mins late so we just caught it as we were walking round for the 10.30 bus...so no wait and in and out of the town and back home by 12 and we didn't forget anything!!!....HLOL...a first!!
Now, we're just enjoying seeing sunshine back again and the rest of the day is ours to do with what we like...playing on the Wii this afternoon is a definite, but the rest of the day is just doing our own thing...
Hope you all have a great day and are seeing some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all...

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xmas cake update

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:45:12 +0100

Hi to everybody...forget to say in my first post today that last week I took the xmas cake I wrapped up to mature...must be at least eight months ago now...out of the garage...it has been sitting in the kitchen since then because I was nervous about opening it...well, last night before the Chinese meal arrived, we unpacked it, with me fearful it might walk out of the kitchen by itself...the first thing to hit us as the tin foil and greaseproof paper came off was an incredible smell...it was gorgeous...rich and fruity...and the cake looks perfect...decided to poke some holes in it and poured a generous tipple of cognac in it and have wrapped it up again so that it can absorb that until xmas... Was prepared to throw it away but definitely don't need to do that now...
If I eat all that huge cake, my weight loss through all the exercises we've been doing will go right out of the window...LOL...Ray's not keen on xmas cake, but might try and persuade him to share this one with me as I took the trouble and considerable expense to cook it...
That's it...my news is up to date now and it's trying hard to sunshine now as well... Great big hugs to one and all...

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Noisy machines today

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:52:48 +0100

Hi to everybody....had a very good night last night, only one brief interruption and got up at 9.15...dreary today, but still not cold, and very noisy...the cable laying machine is trundling down the road cutting the little trough for the wiring and laying it in and covering it up again...very complicated...have had breakfast but still not dressed...must go and wash my hair now...LOL...
hmmm...nothing on for today, apart from our daily exercise and fun on the Wii...
So, my lovely friends, a rather tedious post today but hope you all have a very good day, will see some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all...

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Monday afternoon and evening

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:56:31 +0100

Hi to everybody...had a very good game of bowls and golf this afternoon and decided it was time for a treat so ordered in a Chinese...yummy...the fibre-optic network wiring is going in now so, with a bit of luck, it should be finished in a day or two...my cough has improved a great deal since the rain at the weekend and it has rained again this evening to settle the dust blown up by digging the thin lines for the cables...really dusty business this has been...got some good things to watch on TV tonight so have had a really good day so far... I've also found a very good new Vista game...Shanghai Solitaire which has replaced my Blobs which I still go through every now and then...
So, my lovely friends, I hope you've all had a good Monday, and will have a relaxed evening...sending you all great big hugs in the meantime...

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Back to lovely again

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:40:12 +0100

Hi to everybody...had a very good night again...a bit of a coughing session at 6.30 but went back to sleep after it...thought I'd show you why my chest has been so bad this last week...our windows were cleaned five days before the fibre-optic network began to be laid...the rain yesterday showed up all the dust that had settled on the windows and what we breathed in every time we went outside!

Apart from that, it's a beautiful day...much cooler but a really lovely Autumn day...had breakfast and went round to Lidl's for our meats for the winter and discovered they'd been in for the weekend as well so missed the ostrich steaks until they get more in...never mind...got everything else...and bought two double amaryllis for £5 so some colour for the winter in the conservatory...LOL...don't usually buy them but they do make a big splash of colour and my orchid is sending up a new shoot so that should be ready for xmas too...
Now, we're home, have had coffee and were wondering whether to do the rest of the shopping today in Poole, but that will be very tiring to do two big shops...we'll see...unfortunately, today is a one off apparently...the rest of the week is going to be very unsettled...hate going shopping in the rain, but don't think we're desperate for anything on the list...
So that's it for now...hope you all have a lovely day, will see some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all...

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Rain at last and now sun again

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:33:23 +0100

Hi to everybody...had a very good night and woke to pouring rain when hubby bought me a cup of tea at 9.10...we were going to get up but he made the fatal mistake of climbing into bed with me and we didn't move until 10... Had breakfast and then it was his turn for a Sunday morning massage after I'd have my long soak in a gorgeous bubble bath...so we're both well relaxed...it's bread making today so will have to be this afternoon...the rain has stopped now and the sun is breaking through and the roads and garden are drying out already...did have a lot of rain last night...quite windy too now...not going anywhere today with bread making and the weather being more unsettled...did need rain though to settle all the dust of last week's road digging...hope now my cough will begin to disappear completely...have kept my smoking way down all week...two a day for three days and three yesterday...won't go above six if I can help it again...don't think my lungs like more than six... It's not cold either I forgot to add earlier...only a couple or so degrees down on yesterday...amazing for November...
So, my lovely friends, that's it for now...hope you all have a very restful weekend, will see some sunshine, or be pleased to have some much needed rain, and send great big hugs to you all in the meantime...

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Not everybody know this...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:40:21 +0100

Hi to everybody...another quote to send you off to bed...

'Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become.'
Jean Rostand

Hope you have a restful night, sweet dreams and send great big hugs to one and all...

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An energetic day...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:09:20 +0100

Hi to everybody...this has been a very energetic day...LOL...after lunch, we decided to take a walk on the heath and spent forty minutes on it before coming home and then we played bowls and golf and then moved on to three training sessions... Have just finished so our bodies have had a good work out today... Not aching at all so must be getting fit...
Here's a photo of the ever expanding mystery stones now lined up all in a row...
Would love to know where they came from...
Now, we're going to be lazy for the rest of the day...LOL...hope you're all have a good weekend so far, a lovely day here still and around 60 degrees still outside...hit 82 degrees in the conservatory this afternoon...really being spoiled now... Hope you're seeing some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all...

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Not really November :)

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:03:52 +0100

Hi to everybody...had a much better night, and at 8.45 hubby brought me a cup of tea because my cough started up again, but it's a lot better now...and then he nuggled up with me until 10...went outside when we got up and removed the dead heads on my chrysanthemums in my garden flower beds after breakfast and it's really, really warm...the sun is shining but there are a few clouds to suggest it might change soon...but still a lovely morning and not at all like November...LOL...
After breakfast, we just pottered for a while then we had a cup of coffee and I decided to do my Wii fitness work out...you can only do it once a day and yesterday I did after playing golf and bowls for an hour and a bit so quite tired and got Wii age 54...today, not tired, I got Wii age 38 on the fitness scale!! Well pleased with that...HLOL...getting younger by the day... Hubby's doing it now...
Not going anywhere today...so just a nice relaxed and lazy weekend...hope you all have a lovely one too, will see some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all for now.

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A bit of irony

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:55:11 +0100

Hi to everybody...another quote from Jean Rostand...

Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conquerer. Kill everyone, and you are a god.
Jean Rostand

Great big hugs to one and all...

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Better night :)

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:14:04 +0100

Hi to everybody...turned of the light at 12.30 and got up every two hours from then on until 9.40 but slept soundly in between so still not right but, at least, I did get a lot of sleep... Feeling very refreshed...hubby brought me a cup of tea at 5.30 because I had a coughing fit but once that was over, I went back to sleep again...went outside to check my bulbs in the garden that are growing now that the Indian summer has duped them into believing it's Spring and that brought on a coughing fit so looks like it is something to do with all the dust and grit in the air from the fibre-optic set up...last day I think then it should be all finished...they've worked incredibly hard!...digging into hardcore is extremely difficult and they had to go very deep into it to get the metal boxes for all the connectors embedded and covered...hmmm...
Now, I'm still not dressed...feeling lazy again...grey today but very, very mild...was 60 degrees in the conservatory at 5.30 this morning! Will have our exercise on the Wii this afternoon and, apart from that, neither of us are doing anything pertaining to work today...except I've got to make some more coleslaw as we ran out yesterday...LOL...very hard work indeed...actually grating carrots does make my wrist ache...HLOL...
That's it for now...hope you all have a lovely day, are seeing some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all in the meantime...

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Interesting quote

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:43:38 +0100

Hi to everybody...a direct quote but take it that it applies to women as much as it does to men...

'A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.'
Jean Rostand

Have a lovely day and send great big hugs to one and all...

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Buggy I think

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:19:54 +0100

Hi to everybody...can't say I had a good night...read for half an hour, turned off the light at 12.30 was up five times by 1.30 and more until 2.15...gave up then and came downstairs, made myself a cup of tea with three bics and a paracetomol and came back to bed...decided as my brain was most definitely wide awake to read until I felt tired...at 3.15, I turned the light off again...also when I made the tea, I put the heating on because I was very cold...finally dropped off around 4.20 because checked the clock at 4.15 and then woke up a 7.30 so sleep wasn't something I had much off last night, but again, I don't feel at all tired...or ill really...blocked up head, still got my cough but easing off now and can't stop going to the loo as soon as I lie down to sleep...hmmm...weird bug if it is one...LOL...anyway, hubby made me a tea at 8 and I went back to sleep until 9.50 so did get some in fits and starts...have had breakfast and still in my dressing gown...dull today as well so no incentive to go out...will have a lazy day...
So, my lovely friends, nothing really else to tell you except I hope you all have a good day, will see some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all in the meantime...

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A thought to go to bed on...:)

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:09:06 +0100

Hi to everybody...time for bed and here's a parting thought...a quote from Jean Rostand... (October 30, 1894, Paris - September 4, 1977) was a French biologist and philosopher.

'Science has made us GODS even before we are worthy of being men.' ~Jean Rostand.

Night night, sleep tight and sweet dreams...sending great big hugs to one and all...

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An Indian Summer

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:55:27 +0100

Hi to everybody...had a terrible night...up seven times in all but must have slept deeply in between running to the perishing loo because not tired now...think I reacted to nicogel namely affected my kidney...I bought this gel that you put a small blob of it on the palm of your hand and it gives you a cigarette's worth of nicotine...have acquired a really, really annoying cough...not a tight chest, just a really irritating choking one that once you start coughing it's really hard to stop and then you get wheezy...had this for a week now...not sure whether it caused by all the dust in the air due to the fibre-optics people digging up the roads and gardens in our area all this week, but what ever is causing it, it's not nice at all...don't feel ill with it, just wheezy at times...even had to use my ventolin, which I use very rarely...have had to cut my smoking down to one yesterday...LOL...plus one gel blob...hmmm...
Got up at 9.50 to try to catch up on some lost sleep without success...LOL...had a whole load of thoughts going through my head about the hypocrisy of the West and the reduction in our personal freedom, which has nothing whatsoever to do with anti-terrorism, but just a slow and steady removal of our freedom...not thoughts that induce sleep...HLOL...discovered, when we got up, that it was a true Indian Summer's day...64 degrees in the porch and lovely and warm outside when we had breakfast and went shopping at Lidl's...the back door is now wide open and the house is as warm as toast...
So, apart from coughing and not sleeping well last night, all is well here... Hope you're having a good day, are seeing some sunshine and send great big hugs to one and all...

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