Month: January 2020

On the last day of our membership of the European Union, we went along in the evening to listen to talk on birdsong. I was fascinated with one bird that imitates the songs of other birds to give the impression there is much more than one bird occupying a particular territory, and  so 'better keep off'.  I asked a question ' why robins knew when I even picked up a fork and work in cooperative...

Every so often I attend the men's group, which is called Men's United, which has various branches in this area and the branch I went to today was in Frome.  I drove there in complete darkness under a moonless sky thinking that this was one of the last times I was going to drive my current Volvo car before picking up a new one on Sunday. We had a jolly crowd of about 45 men who by the way meet...

The seller is a semi-retired car dealer now working part time  for a hobby. It is most important to have a look at a seller's record on eBay. In his case, 100% of people were satisfied and gave him the highest rating. He has done nothing to dispel this. I had to send £100 deposit to secure the car and if I arrive and find there is something majorly wrong or it is not as described in the ad. I...

There was a lovely piece in today's English 'I' newspaper "fake skeleton in hat used as passenger" A driver in Arizona has been caught trying to disguise a fake skeleton as a passenger so he could use a high – occupancy vehicle lane. The 62 – year – old was pulled over when an official noticed the skeleton, which was wearing a hat and tied to the passenger seat with yellow rope. The driver was...

Today is the first International Day of Protest against 5G. There was a planned demonstration in Bristol on College Green so after some procrastination, we decided to go. Bristol is hopeless for parking so we did our usual thing and caught the 376 bus from Farrington Gurney to Bristol bus station. On the way, we popped into an art shop, almost evangelical in its approach. As you will see from...