I have two funerals coming up- one on either side of the weekend. Our Friend Keith- who kept the Eastbourne Meeting going when Covid and other things nearly destroyed it- and our son-in-law's mother- who I hardly knew. Keith was older than me, Bev somewhat younger ( Read more... )

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And this is the last of these AI picture posts

Yes, I know, never say "never again"- but I feel I've done all I want or need to do in the medium.....

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Getting to be time to put up the Christmas tree, says Ailz ( Read more... )

Comical proles in patronising mid-century British comedy sketches are called Bert. If you want to be cool you spell in with a "U".  But was Burt Reynolds ever cool? I think that's up for debate ( Read more... )

I watched a chap being eeyorish about the state of the world ( Read more... )

I thought I'd dig around in the archive and find some pics to remind me that I've lived in colder places than the one I live in now

These were all taken in Oldham about 20 years ago.

The first one shows a street scene I can't place exactly.


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I was at the hospital yesterday- not on my own account but to provide moral support for a friend who suffers from white coat anxiety ( Read more... )