Amazing how the mind works to bring us people we need to meet. On my social media site someone offered a self-drive petrol mower for £85. My current mower I have had for about six years now and I've abused it so much that it is finally complaining, spluttering, going at variable speeds and I suspect that if I take it back to my wonderful repair agents in Kilmersdon they will shake their heads...
The lunch date that never happened We were looking forward to meeting with the friend in Coleford at a community facility called The Hub where a group of good people produce lunch every Wednesday Thursday and Friday. You don't have to book up, you just turn up the meals are supposed to be very reasonably priced and I'm sure cooked with love. We arrived at the place at the agreed time of 12:15 to...
I pride myself on organising my life quite well and anything to do with travel it goes like clockwork but on this occasion everything that could go wrong did go wrong, I was looking forward to my Frome Christian men's group's curry evening. I set off on a moonlit evening to travel the ten miles or so. My dislike or driving at night increases because I find the halogen lights used by cars...
I so much did NOT look forward to this call Today I had to call Sky to remove an element from my package and also to order a new sky Q box because the Sky Plus box is now redundant. I hesitated for two weeks before calling because my antipathy to Sky as a system is so great I really had to fight to overcome it. Basically the website has been dumbed down so much that outside certain lowest common...
The price of prescriptions for eye glasses Today was one of those days when I was relatively free from appointments but the day fills up as it always does. I went for an eye test to my local optician in Radstock. They are always very kind and helpful and the consulted found that I needed an alteration in my prescription I have got used to varifocals so I hope it was not going to be too expensive...
Today's soliloquy* is based on reading Lord Chesterfield's letters to his son in which he endeavours to give advice about various matters including relationships and friendships. This father is diligent and conscientious to deliver the best possible advice to his son and after reading it I'm going to give my version on how I would advise my younger self to increase the circle and meaningfulness...
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Inspired by Samuel Pepys’ Diary 1633-1703
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