That is where I have been for the past few weeks but I am now back at home and feeling fine. A few weeks ago Mr O found me unconscious on the living room floor. I was whisked off to hospital and was...
I was shocked to learn that many vulnerable children are being forced into the commercial sex industry as a means of survival along the coasts of Kenya. It’s a form of modern slavery and it has to...
On a British Airways flight from Heathrow, a well attired middle-aged woman found herself sitting next to a man wearing a kippa ("yarmulke" in Yiddish). She called the attendant over to complain about...
Thursday. Horizon to horizon cloud this morning. Not looking good. We had some heavy rain yesterday afternoon. The car needed a wash. :o} I don't think I'll be doing much outside today. Have a happy...
A couple of friends are off to Rome for the weekend - they asked if there was anything on my 'unmissable list' there. Without hesitation I said "You must go to the Capuchin Monks Crypt - it's the...
Anyone recall this WW2 film? Was on Channel 5 earlier. I'd never seen it before, thought it was great. Featured a young Martin Shaw. Based on Operation Anthropoid in 1942 and filmed in Czechoslovakia....
Have just finished reading this, thoroughly enjoyed it, perfect holiday reading. Now I'm inspired to read some more scholarly tomes on the subject and plant lots of nectar bearing flowers in my...
Exchange between coastguard and boat in emergency: "Mayday, mayday. Can you hear us? Can you hear us? We are sinking. We are sinking." "Hello. Zis is ze German coastguard." "We are sinking. We are...
Thursday. It's raining and has been most of the night. A cat with no brain came into the garden a couple of hours ago and tripped the lights, Snowy was on the case and almost had it. Luckily for the...
A funeral procession pulled into a cemetery. Several carloads of family members followed a black truck towing a fishing boat with a coffin in it. A passer-by remarked, “That man must have been a...
I don't own a canal worthy mode of transportation or a hedgehog rummaging in my yard: therefore, this will not be a terribly interesting piece of cotton. Anyway, carry on as you were, so to speak:)...
As a butcher is shooing a dog from his shop, he sees a £10 note and a piece of paper in his mouth, reading: "10 lamb chops, please." Amazed, he takes the money, puts a bag of chops in the dog's...
Do you need to put dishwasher salt in the actual dishwasher? I have been told that there is enough salt in the dishwasher tablets and using it in the actual machine would overdo it. Any comments,...
Bert feared his wife Peg wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her, he called the family Doctor to discuss the problem. The...
Teacher says to little Tommy 'Why weren't you at school yesterday?'
Tommy says 'My grandfather got burnt'
Teacher says 'Badly?'
Little Tommy says 'Yes, they don't mess about at the crematorium.'...
After my experience with a Royal Python 3 weeks ago, I read this on the BBC News website with mounting alarm ::: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-33803305 "The street cleaner...