The ‘umbrella, shopping trolley and walking stick’ juggling act… with all the discounts…

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DS reminds us that not having your primary grocery store’s loyalty card attached to your online account will cost you… 

 

While Cyber Monday is designed to encourage Christmas shopping, LPG thought this might be the optimum day to repeat this message about one aspect of any online shopping that might be missed all year round…  

 


 

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Not being able to switch it off…

28 Nov 2025

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Washing-up double standards…

27 Nov 2025

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A little winter positivity, perhaps…

22 Nov 2025

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Do you fit into the UK TV-watching demographic perfectly?

21 Nov 2025

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Banning a return to the nest… a good or bad thing?

20 Nov 2025

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Picking up the caring ‘slack’…

19 Nov 2025

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Did you want to be a teacher when you were young?

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Diabetes and blood, what is under the patch?

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Perhaps something to make a few more smiles worthwhile…

13 Nov 2025

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A bit of early morning pepper picking with Peter Piper Perhaps…

9 Nov 2025

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Making your mark and keeping it safe…

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I think we all need a retirement routine…

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When sharing means missing out on a little of what you fancy?

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A couple of well-known clichés which are missed from the lists…

3 Nov 2025

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Versed thoughts (chapter 66): Memories of You

2 Nov 2025

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Can your pet’s taste buds get bored?

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The Magic of YouTube in everyday life… Keeping the grandchildren occupied…

31 Oct 2025

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Living in a one-handed world for a while…

29 Oct 2025

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Working with wool and one hand…

29 Oct 2025

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That last part of the dark journey home…

26 Oct 2025

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How heavy is the weight on your shoulders?

24 Oct 2025

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One present you can keep on giving…

23 Oct 2025

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Is Logo just another word for symbol?

22 Oct 2025

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Are you an agony aunt or uncle who needs a rest…?

21 Oct 2025

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Are you your family’s ‘Just like Mum’…?

20 Oct 2025

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Don’t write off a day that starts badly…

19 Oct 2025

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The ‘old v young ‘advertising war…

18 Oct 2025

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Versed thoughts (chapter 85): Lucky You

17 Oct 2025

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Never give up on your cat!

16 Oct 2025

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Flour, water and a few other ingredients

15 Oct 2025

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Versed thoughts (chapter 72): Willing, Able and Black

14 Oct 2025

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If you can’t think positive, think exercise…

13 Oct 2025

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Passing on a fortune

12 Oct 2025

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Try a new musical trick… don’t be the proverbial old dog…

11 Oct 2025

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My brain’s logic flow, and its self-preservation perhaps…

10 Oct 2025

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Something for the more depressed readers, perhaps…

9 Oct 2025

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What my home means to me…

8 Oct 2025

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Indulging in an occasional ‘wallow’ while you still can…

7 Oct 2025

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Things were bad, but they could have been worse… thank you Tesco…

6 Oct 2025

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Something I keep forgetting – do you keep forgetting too?

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It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it!

4 Oct 2025

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Dampen not the enthusiasm of others and keep yours dry, too…

3 Oct 2025

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Never too hot to think Christmas…

2 Oct 2025

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Where’s yours… Under a stone, behind a plant pot, or with your neighbour?

1 Oct 2025

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The Clarity that a bit of back-garden morning-focus can bring…

30 Sep 2025

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Questioning some aspects of questionable behaviour…

29 Sep 2025

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Making a point of not walking in the wake of negativity

28 Sep 2025

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Tips to check when taking the test.

27 Sep 2025

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Magnifying the electronic word and your eye health perhaps…

26 Sep 2025

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FoMO laid bare in an ‘end of year’ dream?

25 Sep 2025

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When in Rome… Ouch!

24 Sep 2025

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It’s my brain and the flow of my optics…

23 Sep 2025

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Visual and auditory chaos every now and then…

22 Sep 2025

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Back to the old routine…

21 Sep 2025

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Having a go: - Turkmenistan, using the words of Homer Simpson…’ Dough!’

20 Sep 2025

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Learning from the little ones…

19 Sep 2025

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Telephone and parking ambiguity…

18 Sep 2025

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Travelling at least as light as possible…

17 Sep 2025

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Infidelity reflected in a dry patch on my grass…

16 Sep 2025

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How is your balancing act going…?

15 Sep 2025

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Personal descriptions; the giving and getting …

13 Sep 2025

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Versed thoughts (chapter 78): Wholesome Living

12 Sep 2025

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A warming reason to check again…

11 Sep 2025

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Global sharing on a smaller scale?

10 Sep 2025

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Telephones, problems big and small and three digits; who will you call?

9 Sep 2025

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The virtue that is getting squashed out of the picture…

8 Sep 2025

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An alarm, not to be too worried about this time…

7 Sep 2025

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Adding achievement to your television watching schedule perhaps…

6 Sep 2025

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Phrases both laterally and literally; the one about God, Abram and a trio of animals…

5 Sep 2025

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By the hair of my chinny chin chin…

4 Sep 2025

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Food help and no questions asked…

3 Sep 2025

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A bit about how the springs were sprung…

2 Sep 2025

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Finishing with your credibility intact…

1 Sep 2025

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Having a go: - Malaysia, it’s back to the drawing board for this one, I think, sorry…

31 Aug 2025

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An alarm, not to be too worried about this time…

30 Aug 2025

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Gifts that work from the outside in with a special twist.

29 Aug 2025

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Introducing yourself for posterity…

28 Aug 2025

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Let’s not think so big that we forget that Small can be beautiful too…

27 Aug 2025

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Hitting the sack a little more successfully…

26 Aug 2025

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The mathematics of family fallings-in and fallings-out…

25 Aug 2025

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The highs, lows and different ways of using the third step up…

24 Aug 2025

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Ladies, here is something for all those gentlemen in waiting, perhaps…

23 Aug 2025

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Remembering the buses back in the day – chapter 4: The potential choker…

22 Aug 2025

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Ahhhh, family politics…

21 Aug 2025

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I want to talk about a Corvid-related subject today. No, not Covid!

20 Aug 2025

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Just how many Oscars went up in smoke?

19 Aug 2025

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The thing at the top of my list of natural wonder…

18 Aug 2025

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Hitting the ground with winter-warm feet…

17 Aug 2025

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Making each pensioners’ financial odds a little more even perhaps…

16 Aug 2025

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Grandparents, have we really missed the boat again?

15 Aug 2025

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Focussing on the ageing facial canvas…

14 Aug 2025

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My 80/80 rule…

13 Aug 2025

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Round and round and round…

12 Aug 2025

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Connective quality and quantity…

11 Aug 2025

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The 15 seconds which cost me £50.00

10 Aug 2025

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Doing your idiosyncratically odd thing…

9 Aug 2025

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Making those 8 days count…

8 Aug 2025

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Versed thoughts (chapter 83): Talking to myself

7 Aug 2025

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Perhaps we can UV see and clean a bit better…

6 Aug 2025

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Everything under where?

5 Aug 2025

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If you can’t think positive, think exercise…

4 Aug 2025

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Getting by with a bit of help from your friends…

3 Aug 2025

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Have you done it twice more than once?

2 Aug 2025

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Versed thoughts (chapter 80): The Clown of Happy Gully

1 Aug 2025

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The silly question: - Wesley Halls, where famous name-dropping was the order of the day…

31 Jul 2025

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Are you putting in more than you are getting out?

30 Jul 2025

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The effect on me when the world cries…

29 Jul 2025

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Washing-up double standards…

27 Jul 2025

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How to get the other 3rd of the population sharing…?

26 Jul 2025

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The weaker sex with the stronger support and vice versa; how to even the odds?

25 Jul 2025

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The importance of having an ‘achievement-salary’ to draw on…

24 Jul 2025

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Just how banded is your toothache?

23 Jul 2025

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Know the significance of the chip…

22 Jul 2025

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22 Jul 2025

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Versed thoughts (chapter 81): Betrayed

21 Jul 2025

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Brushing up on what is going on in your mouth…

20 Jul 2025

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The loan stranger rides again – but not for too long...

19 Jul 2025

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Perhaps something to make a few more smiles worthwhile…

18 Jul 2025

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MY hero… starting poorly but slowly getting better

17 Jul 2025

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My video conferencing question explained...

16 Jul 2025

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My own personal Sunday rule foils me.

15 Jul 2025

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Levelling the playing field by bearing all?

14 Jul 2025

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A refresher course, in more ways than one…

13 Jul 2025

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I think we all need a retirement routine…

12 Jul 2025

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Compounded procrastination with the best of intentions…

11 Jul 2025

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At 75, I have succumbed to a new addiction…

10 Jul 2025

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Knowing where you’ve been and where you’re going with each day…

9 Jul 2025

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Taking note of what your fingers might be up to…

8 Jul 2025

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Letting someone else take a look at just how much you can see…

7 Jul 2025

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The opportunist young relative and what gets chucked in the basket…

6 Jul 2025

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The virtue that is getting squashed out of the picture…

5 Jul 2025

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A bit of early morning pepper picking with Peter Piper Perhaps…

4 Jul 2025

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Having a go: Burundi, apart from three little mistakes: two genuine and one deliberate…

3 Jul 2025

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My senior sample: How did you get your first mobile phone…

2 Jul 2025

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Should it take half an hour to get to the front of a bank queue?

1 Jul 2025

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Stopping the days from merging…

1 Jul 2025

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Another approach to friend-finding the safe way

30 Jun 2025

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Making your mark and keeping it safe…

29 Jun 2025

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Indulging in an occasional ‘wallow’ while you still can…

28 Jun 2025

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My memories of the Savoy (rooms, not hotel) …

27 Jun 2025

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Multi, back, his, your… which word is the odd one out?

26 Jun 2025

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Having a go: not quite what I promised, but I hope this Somali dish is acceptable...

25 Jun 2025

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Red, white, and fluffy?

24 Jun 2025

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The story of the lock, the key, and the loo…

23 Jun 2025

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One of those questions which questions the question…

22 Jun 2025

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Yoga, perhaps the final course of a filling video lunch…

21 Jun 2025

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Pleading Poverty

19 Jun 2025

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Food help and no questions asked…

18 Jun 2025

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When someone else’s spinning plates all fall down?

16 Jun 2025

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The silly question: - The Diamond Club proves that our generation was as naughty as any other…

15 Jun 2025

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The SAD loss of the right to a bit of fresh air…

14 Jun 2025

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Versed thoughts: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

13 Jun 2025

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The difference between caring and being there…

12 Jun 2025

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A ‘Vagus’ Rule of Thumb perhaps…

10 Jun 2025

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Neighbours and Christmas cards…

9 Jun 2025

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The changing age of early morning interruptions…

8 Jun 2025

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Things were bad, but they could have been worse… thank you Tesco…

7 Jun 2025

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The ‘old v young ‘advertising war…

6 Jun 2025

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When sharing means missing out on a little of what you fancy?

5 Jun 2025

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Does your cat have his or her own bed?

4 Jun 2025

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Infidelity reflected in a dry patch on my grass…

3 Jun 2025

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Every Picture tells a story: - The camera that sees what I see and what I miss…

2 Jun 2025

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Were you a baby with parents who wet your head?

1 Jun 2025

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Doing a lot, and seeing too much when you do…

31 May 2025

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Personal descriptions; the giving and getting …

30 May 2025

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By the hair of my chinny chin chin…

29 May 2025

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Thinking too much about the past and future…

28 May 2025

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The Need for Role Reversal

27 May 2025

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The good, the bad and sorting it all out with your friends…

26 May 2025

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Flour, water and a few other ingredients

25 May 2025

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London shopping, and making contact with the red…

24 May 2025

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Picking up the caring ‘slack’…

23 May 2025

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Something a little out there musically perhaps…

22 May 2025

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Thinking about thinking…

21 May 2025

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Stress; pinpointing the cause…

20 May 2025

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Recognising the signs…

19 May 2025

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When your ‘hands on’ hands suddenly become ‘hands off’…

18 May 2025

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Gentlemen, thread, camels, eyes and needles…

17 May 2025

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A memory in every layer of the box : the retirement ritual…

16 May 2025

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Focussing on being rich…

15 May 2025

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One door shuts and another opens, while I hope for the best…

14 May 2025

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Putting the cuffs on correctly…

13 May 2025

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Questioning some aspects of questionable behaviour…

12 May 2025

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Communing with the green…

11 May 2025

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The winter ‘wake up - get up’ dilemma…

9 May 2025

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The ‘umbrella, shopping trolley and walking stick’ juggling act… with all the discounts…

8 May 2025

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The hands-free, time management, multitasking ear… I mean era…

7 May 2025

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Versed thoughts (chapter 79): Rest from Stress

6 May 2025

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The difference between when Boys and Girls Go out to play (work!)

5 May 2025

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Improve one aspect of what you see when you are busy doing things…

5 May 2025

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New ways of keeping the home fires burning…

3 May 2025

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Having a go: I give you Marshallese Air Fried Fish instead of the Grilled version…

2 May 2025

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Don’t go breaking them; do your bit to reform them instead…

1 May 2025

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It’s not what you say; it’s how you say it; perhaps…

30 Apr 2025

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If wishes were horses and you had three…

29 Apr 2025

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English men and women of a certain age and their castles…

28 Apr 2025

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Are you a builder or a boomer? How many members of Generations X, Y, Z, and Alpha do you know?

27 Apr 2025

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That thing stuck right in the middle of your face…

26 Apr 2025

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The secret weapon that is a little tune

25 Apr 2025

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How is your balancing act going…?

24 Apr 2025

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Drumroll, all you Brits… everybody up?

23 Apr 2025

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Celebrating all Nations, even when big is small…

22 Apr 2025

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My senior sample: How did you get your first mobile phone…

21 Apr 2025

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Try a new musical trick… don’t be the proverbial old dog…

20 Apr 2025

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Having a go: - Zimbabwe, going green for the spring was interesting…

18 Apr 2025

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Juggling that flipping age coin…

17 Apr 2025

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The Magic of YouTube in everyday life… Keeping the grandchildren occupied…

16 Apr 2025

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15 Apr 2025

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The splice, the split and the ex…

14 Apr 2025

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13 Apr 2025

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12 Apr 2025

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11 Apr 2025

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10 Apr 2025

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9 Apr 2025

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A solution for nearly every problem –just look at the video…

8 Apr 2025

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Downstairs… upstairs…

7 Apr 2025

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6 Apr 2025

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4 Apr 2025

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3 Apr 2025

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The changing length of the distance…

2 Apr 2025

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A reason not to knock the NHS.. (part 2)

1 Apr 2025

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31 Mar 2025

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Perhaps a day for present shuffling when ladies get to our age.

30 Mar 2025

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29 Mar 2025

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28 Mar 2025

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One smell that your visitors can often detect more readily than you…

26 Mar 2025

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25 Mar 2025

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Having a go: - Greece, I actually think that I did not do too badly this month…

24 Mar 2025

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23 Mar 2025

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Versed thoughts (chapter 73): Water, water

22 Mar 2025

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Poetic rhythm, rhyme and verse?

21 Mar 2025

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Versed thoughts (chapter 71): Get the picture in black and white…

20 Mar 2025

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Taking a different sort of bath…

19 Mar 2025

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Check your gift vouchers in more ways than one…

18 Mar 2025

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17 Mar 2025

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16 Mar 2025

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15 Mar 2025

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14 Mar 2025

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13 Mar 2025

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12 Mar 2025

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11 Mar 2025

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Versed thoughts (chapter 78): Wholesome Living

10 Mar 2025

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9 Mar 2025

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7 Mar 2025

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Fresh and frozen: nutrition and cost…

6 Mar 2025

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3 Mar 2025

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2 Mar 2025

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1 Mar 2025

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28 Feb 2025

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24 Feb 2025

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When what defines you changes…

23 Feb 2025

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 51): Upside down four-wheeled freedom…

22 Feb 2025

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21 Feb 2025

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19 Feb 2025

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18 Feb 2025

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17 Feb 2025

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Does the fact that ‘we are what we eat’ worry you too?

16 Feb 2025

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15 Feb 2025

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Versed thoughts (chapter 77): Love is the Key, Love is the way

14 Feb 2025

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13 Feb 2025

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12 Feb 2025

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11 Feb 2025

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10 Feb 2025

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9 Feb 2025

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8 Feb 2025

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7 Feb 2025

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5 Feb 2025

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4 Feb 2025

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Mislaid – not lost, I hope…

3 Feb 2025

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Versed thoughts (chapter 76): Whatever

1 Feb 2025

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31 Jan 2025

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Getting away from it all while taking some of it with you…

30 Jan 2025

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29 Jan 2025

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26 Jan 2025

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24 Jan 2025

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23 Jan 2025

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22 Jan 2025

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21 Jan 2025

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20 Jan 2025

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19 Jan 2025

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18 Jan 2025

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17 Jan 2025

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14 Jan 2025

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13 Jan 2025

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11 Jan 2025

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10 Jan 2025

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9 Jan 2025

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8 Jan 2025

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2 Jan 2025

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31 Dec 2024

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28 Dec 2024

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27 Dec 2024

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23 Dec 2024

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21 Dec 2024

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It’s not always instant dementia, it could be a UTI…

22 Nov 2024

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Watching together…

21 Nov 2024

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Taking another look at these rules might be a good idea…

20 Nov 2024

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‘Bromance befriending’, perhaps one way forward for us retired men…

19 Nov 2024

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18 Nov 2024

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Are you putting in more than you are getting out?

17 Nov 2024

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16 Nov 2024

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Analysing our ‘steppage’

15 Nov 2024

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Is yours as good as it can be?

14 Nov 2024

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Those little rhymed stories we tell the kids…

13 Nov 2024

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Versed thoughts (chapter 57): A Bowl of Chicken soup…

12 Nov 2024

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Hopes for a war-free world and memories of a cruel reality…

11 Nov 2024

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Cold but not all bad?

10 Nov 2024

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Round and round and round…

9 Nov 2024

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When what defines you changes…

8 Nov 2024

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 52): a curious website/advert pairing?

7 Nov 2024

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6 Nov 2024

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Fingers, buttons and online cookie jars …

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I am fat, but we have all got to eat, and there lies my problem…

4 Nov 2024

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Focussing in on the middle layer…

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This needs saying again… Moving in together – one financial implication

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Reasons to be stressed (a bit) …

1 Nov 2024

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Before you press the ‘Pay Now’ button…

31 Oct 2024

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The difference between when Boys and Girls Go out to play (work!)

30 Oct 2024

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Versed thoughts (chapter 53): Cat talk

29 Oct 2024

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Getting away from it all while taking some of it with you…

28 Oct 2024

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The difference between being a maternal or paternal grandparent.

27 Oct 2024

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An adult online ‘.Gov’ fairy story...

26 Oct 2024

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Don’t go breaking them; do your bit to reform them instead…

25 Oct 2024

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The importance of having an ‘achievement-salary’ to draw on…

24 Oct 2024

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Communing with the green…

23 Oct 2024

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Are your knees beginning to niggle a bit? Perhaps ‘bottoms up’ could be an answer?

22 Oct 2024

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Being kinder to wiggly things…

21 Oct 2024

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What dreams and teeth have in common…

20 Oct 2024

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20 Oct 2024

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Morning reality? Start with the best bits before working down to the rest…

19 Oct 2024

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Versed thoughts (chapter 74): Joy Amidst the Sorrow…

18 Oct 2024

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Friends, family, and money, what would you have done?

17 Oct 2024

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16 Oct 2024

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15 Oct 2024

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14 Oct 2024

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13 Oct 2024

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12 Oct 2024

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11 Oct 2024

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Hating having to wait; is this a phobia?

10 Oct 2024

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9 Oct 2024

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Where are the instructions?

8 Oct 2024

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A potential carer’s allowance loophole …

7 Oct 2024

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Old dogs, new tricks, and a bit of bribery… What about the cats?

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Those school days, were they all bad?

5 Oct 2024

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An argument designed to make you smile…

4 Oct 2024

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A reason to be a bit more economical with our personal truth...

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Thinking about thinking…

2 Oct 2024

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The ultimate coffee morning…

1 Oct 2024

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Taking the hint aspect away from a potentially lonely birthday…

30 Sep 2024

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28 Sep 2024

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Make sure yours is harder to snatch if you have one…

27 Sep 2024

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Could it be that as we get older we forget how to cry properly?

26 Sep 2024

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Making breakfast worth getting up for…

25 Sep 2024

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Another approach to friend-finding the safe way

24 Sep 2024

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Keep the adverts, the 20, 20, 20 rule and what’s left of your 20/20 vision.

23 Sep 2024

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A warming reason to check again…

22 Sep 2024

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Appreciating what you have while you have it…

21 Sep 2024

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Check your gift vouchers in more ways than one…

20 Sep 2024

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Looking at life through fluorescent-coloured squares?

19 Sep 2024

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Looking at respect from different perspectives…

18 Sep 2024

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Having a go: - Chile, you have taught me all about the good and bad aspects of marinating.

17 Sep 2024

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Every picture tells a story (50): Public provision of short-term, anonymous street art …

16 Sep 2024

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Banning a return to the nest… a good or bad thing?

15 Sep 2024

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14 Sep 2024

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Are we starting with winter weather but focussing on the summer?

13 Sep 2024

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Yoga, perhaps the final course of a filling video lunch…

12 Sep 2024

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When the other choice gets taken away…

11 Sep 2024

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Shooting the screen when it matters…

10 Sep 2024

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The importance of sharing your legacy of wisdom…

9 Sep 2024

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Reading out aloud to myself…

8 Sep 2024

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‘Bromance befriending’, perhaps one way forward for us retired men…

7 Sep 2024

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Journeys, goals and attitudes; an essential mix…

6 Sep 2024

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The changing sight and sound of time…

5 Sep 2024

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Now and then, you need not have the time…

4 Sep 2024

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The 7 to 70 reality check…

3 Sep 2024

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Focussing on the hidden corners, square meter by square metre…

2 Sep 2024

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For some, phones were made just for talking to people with…

1 Sep 2024

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Speaking of my intrinsic things…

31 Aug 2024

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Setting it up and forgetting it … NO!

30 Aug 2024

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If wishes were horses and you had three…

29 Aug 2024

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Everything needs a bit of a spring clean

28 Aug 2024

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Having a go: - Moldavia, you have shown me watermelon in a new way…

27 Aug 2024

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Taking a canine look at the ageing process…

26 Aug 2024

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The secret weapon that is a little tune

25 Aug 2024

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The ‘first thing in the morning’ three-question strategy explained…

24 Aug 2024

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The cost and pain of teeth and those old top lip pucker lines…

23 Aug 2024

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22 Aug 2024

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Your visual effect of you, on you…

21 Aug 2024

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Retirement, something to look forward to or to be worried about?

20 Aug 2024

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Giving the phrase ‘Please take one’ a whole new meaning…

19 Aug 2024

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Reaching the electronically virtual high places…

18 Aug 2024

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Restarting this particular conversation carefully…

17 Aug 2024

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Taking a different sort of bath…

16 Aug 2024

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No spare time on yoar ur hands? Kids, be careful what you wish for…

15 Aug 2024

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What is your overused oral utterance of choice?

14 Aug 2024

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Drumroll, all you Brits… everybody up?

13 Aug 2024

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The Need for Role Reversal

12 Aug 2024

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Should it take half an hour to get to the front of a bank queue?

11 Aug 2024

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The daily dash: a thing of the past…

10 Aug 2024

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Round and round and round…

9 Aug 2024

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Focussing on both visiting and bedbound hands…

9 Aug 2024

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How to stay happy in retirement?

8 Aug 2024

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Beware the website which missies the details…(part 2)

7 Aug 2024

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Like beauty, a good plate of food, is definitely in the eye, mouth and nose of the beholder…

6 Aug 2024

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Versed thoughts (chapter 67): Bitter Sweet and In Between.

5 Aug 2024

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A whole new world in your local park.

2 Aug 2024

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A couple of well-known clichés which are missed from the lists…

1 Aug 2024

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Are you your family’s ‘Just like Mum’…?

31 Jul 2024

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Fixing fading friendships …

30 Jul 2024

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Real and Pretend War

29 Jul 2024

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Far enough away for independence but close enough to help?

28 Jul 2024

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From finger–fatigue to thumb-tiredness?

28 Jul 2024

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What are we waiting for?

27 Jul 2024

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The Olympics, my version of being there…

26 Jul 2024

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Internet walls with their transparent ears and eyes.

25 Jul 2024

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A few points about parking on the UK street where your friends live

24 Jul 2024

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Having a go: Egypt, I spun all the plates, but they landed in a heap. It tasted OK though…

23 Jul 2024

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Talking and listening to that mobile phone…

22 Jul 2024

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Don’t forget to lock your electronic front door…

21 Jul 2024

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Thirty years of busy Sundays…

20 Jul 2024

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Diabetes and blood, what is under the patch?

19 Jul 2024

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Going off on a tangent: - a lateral insurance thought…

18 Jul 2024

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We are rarely ever the only ones…

17 Jul 2024

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Are Google, Alexa, Siri, and their friends helping us reach our brains’ saturation points?

16 Jul 2024

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Juggling that flipping age coin…

15 Jul 2024

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From the street to the internet before you even think about it…

14 Jul 2024

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Text messaged Chinese-whispers…

13 Jul 2024

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Reintroducing yourself to the rest of the world…

12 Jul 2024

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Do you know what they are doing when they are on the phone with you?

11 Jul 2024

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When the other choice gets taken away…

10 Jul 2024

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One in a million, one in 45 million, what are the chances?

9 Jul 2024

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English men and women of a certain age and their castles…

8 Jul 2024

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Tips to check when taking the test.

7 Jul 2024

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Celebrating all Nations, even when big is small…

6 Jul 2024

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Saturday nights, Sunday mornings and change…

5 Jul 2024

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A case of the sighted blind leading the blind perhaps…

4 Jul 2024

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Telephones, problems big and small and three digits; who will you call?

3 Jul 2024

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Watch your back and find an extra inch of positivity, perhaps?

3 Jul 2024

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Telephone and parking ambiguity…

30 Jun 2024

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Appreciating what you have while you have it…

29 Jun 2024

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Doing things jointly when you can…

28 Jun 2024

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Check your renewal letters and haggle!

27 Jun 2024

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An LPG milestone day and year…

26 Jun 2024

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Having a go: - Mozambique, my attempt was ‘well done’ but perhaps for all the wrong reasons…

25 Jun 2024

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24 Jun 2024

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Beware the website which misses the details…(part 1)

23 Jun 2024

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22 Jun 2024

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For the early morning ceiling-watchers…

21 Jun 2024

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Poetic rhythm, rhyme and verse?

20 Jun 2024

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 54): One horsepower and its fall out…

19 Jun 2024

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19 Jun 2024

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Making sure that my voice gets sufficient exercise perhaps…

18 Jun 2024

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17 Jun 2024

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16 Jun 2024

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Are three prongs better than two?

15 Jun 2024

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14 Jun 2024

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13 Jun 2024

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12 Jun 2024

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Putting the cuffs on correctly…

11 Jun 2024

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What if your cat does not come back?

10 Jun 2024

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Getting by with a bit of help from your friends…

9 Jun 2024

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‘K1, P1’ but whatever else, get your ‘yrn’ and get started…

8 Jun 2024

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7 Jun 2024

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6 Jun 2024

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Being kinder to wiggly things…

5 Jun 2024

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4 Jun 2024

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Can your pet’s taste buds get bored?

3 Jun 2024

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2 Jun 2024

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If you have to talk to yourself – say something positive!

1 Jun 2024

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Being at the bottom end of the top third, age-wise? …

31 May 2024

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Hopes for a war-free world and memories of a cruel reality…

30 May 2024

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29 May 2024

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Having a go: - Azerbaijan, my carrots disappeared. I am not sure what went wrong…

28 May 2024

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27 May 2024

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26 May 2024

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25 May 2024

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24 May 2024

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How long will it be before we forget what they look like?

23 May 2024

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Setting the real ‘you’ free…

22 May 2024

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21 May 2024

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Stopping the days from merging…

20 May 2024

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The present buying minefield…

19 May 2024

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News of a consultation…

19 May 2024

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Weird mind-broadeners even if your legs can’t do all that walking…

18 May 2024

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Global sharing on a smaller scale?

17 May 2024

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A family held together by 75 years and a building…

16 May 2024

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Was it the nice man in the queue behind me that day?

15 May 2024

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The circumference, radius, diameter and pressure of MPH

14 May 2024

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Number crunching Dyscalculia?

13 May 2024

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Just like doing a haircut but with leaves…

12 May 2024

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Something new for you to try: Bonsai full of eastern promise (Perhaps)

11 May 2024

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Remembering the dirt, you can’t see…

10 May 2024

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Senior Saturday sleepovers perhaps…

9 May 2024

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Focussing on those blinking peepers…

8 May 2024

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That knee-jerk reaction that kicks in on my way out of the kitchen…Pt 2

7 May 2024

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Watching together…

6 May 2024

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Our gift of personal persecution…

5 May 2024

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A life lesson for the younger oldies…

4 May 2024

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It’s not always instant dementia, it could be a UTI…

3 May 2024

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If only superpowers were wishes that could be granted to us pensioners…

2 May 2024

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Just grab your coat and hat and…

1 May 2024

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Theft, and delayed but calculated honesty?

30 Apr 2024

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When you don’t quite take all your medicine…

29 Apr 2024

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An often forgotten life-principle we need to pass on?

27 Apr 2024

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Working with wool and one hand…

26 Apr 2024

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Have we missed so much even though we were there nearly all the time?

25 Apr 2024

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Blinding us with science and numbers…

24 Apr 2024

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Sometimes we need to jump right in and prepare to get wet…

23 Apr 2024

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Less fashionable intrinsic fashion?

22 Apr 2024

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Keeping a note of your ‘driving dates’…

21 Apr 2024

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Perhaps seeing yourself without the help of a mirror?

20 Apr 2024

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Acknowledging those trips above and beyond…

19 Apr 2024

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Having a go: - Zambia; cooking it did wonders for my right arm, but authentic eating takes practice…

18 Apr 2024

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Focussing on both visiting and bedbound hands…

17 Apr 2024

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16 Apr 2024

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15 Apr 2024

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14 Apr 2024

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A message for the neglectful plant waterers…

13 Apr 2024

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11 Apr 2024

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10 Apr 2024

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Do you fit your name, or should you try another one for size?

9 Apr 2024

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8 Apr 2024

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7 Apr 2024

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6 Apr 2024

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Resolving to live by your personal rule…

5 Apr 2024

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Would you pass the anti-fib challenge?

4 Apr 2024

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 52): a curious website/advert pairing?

3 Apr 2024

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2 Apr 2024

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My drive, the birds and a bit too much luck!

1 Apr 2024

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Do you suffer from sedatephobia?

31 Mar 2024

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Are Google, Alexa, Siri, and their friends helping us reach our brains’ saturation points?

30 Mar 2024

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29 Mar 2024

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How do you think the young see the old?

28 Mar 2024

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Having a go: - Bangladesh: taste… pass; sauce-consistency… fail (but I tried)

27 Mar 2024

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The freedom of the Freedom Pass put into perspective…

26 Mar 2024

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Kids, Oldies; are my thoughts that much out of date?

25 Mar 2024

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Every small achievement counts too…

24 Mar 2024

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The Spare Room blues…

23 Mar 2024

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Mislaid – not lost, I hope…

22 Mar 2024

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Drivers, when was the last time you used your freedom pass?

21 Mar 2024

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The ‘Pre’ and the ‘Pro’ of ‘crustination’ …

20 Mar 2024

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Wellderly is the order of the day today…

19 Mar 2024

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The freedom of the hands that can often trap the mouth

18 Mar 2024

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Inemuri; perhaps the Japanese version of 40 or more winks…

17 Mar 2024

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Hording can be a problem both real and digital…

16 Mar 2024

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You don't have to be musical to need rhythm…

15 Mar 2024

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14 Mar 2024

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13 Mar 2024

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12 Mar 2024

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11 Mar 2024

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10 Mar 2024

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9 Mar 2024

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8 Mar 2024

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7 Mar 2024

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6 Mar 2024

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5 Mar 2024

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Making a will, a few more points…

4 Mar 2024

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Extinction, how can we really help?

3 Mar 2024

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People and time are often the answer…

2 Mar 2024

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Did you know that sleeping in a red light area can be good for you?

1 Mar 2024

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Do you define your name, or does it define you?

29 Feb 2024

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Beautiful to smell and see, but a challenge to arrange…

28 Feb 2024

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Ladies, brush up on your ideas, or you might have to wait another four years…

27 Feb 2024

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Will your next vote be identified?

26 Feb 2024

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Most of us just can’t help it…

25 Feb 2024

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Versed thoughts (chapter 69): Start and Finish.

24 Feb 2024

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Our gift of personal persecution…

23 Feb 2024

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22 Feb 2024

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We are rarely ever the only ones…

21 Feb 2024

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Where are the instructions?

20 Feb 2024

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Slowly losing that lockdown connection…

19 Feb 2024

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Learning from the little ones…

18 Feb 2024

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What my mail and my laundry have in common…

17 Feb 2024

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16 Feb 2024

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15 Feb 2024

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Care can become control before we even realise it…

14 Feb 2024

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12 Feb 2024

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The science behind your smile; true or false?

11 Feb 2024

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How do you define happiness?

10 Feb 2024

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A severe time to stop and breathe…

9 Feb 2024

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8 Feb 2024

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7 Feb 2024

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6 Feb 2024

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5 Feb 2024

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4 Feb 2024

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3 Feb 2024

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2 Feb 2024

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1 Feb 2024

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31 Jan 2024

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30 Jan 2024

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The power of getting the bits to fit…

29 Jan 2024

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Hitting the ground with winter-warm feet…

28 Jan 2024

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Where you work, what you do, and who is watching…

27 Jan 2024

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Keeping a note of your ‘driving dates’…

26 Jan 2024

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The changing length of the distance…

25 Jan 2024

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Never mind walking a mile in my shoes, ten yards can be quite enough…

24 Jan 2024

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Can you tell the difference? …

23 Jan 2024

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22 Jan 2024

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Keeping the cold out…

21 Jan 2024

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The shake that might stop the knees from shaking and a little more?

20 Jan 2024

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A little bit of the new can bring back a bit of the old…

19 Jan 2024

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18 Jan 2024

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17 Jan 2024

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Back to the old routine…

16 Jan 2024

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15 Jan 2024

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When you retire what happens to your time?

14 Jan 2024

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13 Jan 2024

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12 Jan 2024

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12 Jan 2024

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11 Jan 2024

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10 Jan 2024

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9 Jan 2024

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8 Jan 2024

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7 Jan 2024

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5 Jan 2024

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2 Jan 2024

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1 Jan 2024

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31 Dec 2023

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30 Dec 2023

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29 Dec 2023

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28 Dec 2023

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27 Dec 2023

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26 Dec 2023

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25 Dec 2023

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24 Dec 2023

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23 Dec 2023

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22 Dec 2023

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21 Dec 2023

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20 Dec 2023

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19 Dec 2023

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That last part of the dark journey home…

18 Dec 2023

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16 Dec 2023

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14 Dec 2023

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11 Dec 2023

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Customer satisfaction is a thing of the past, but job satisfaction could well be too…

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A message for the neglectful plant waterers…

9 Dec 2023

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8 Dec 2023

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Another balancing act for the Christmas Scales…

7 Dec 2023

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Cheap, quick, healthy; what’s not to like?

6 Dec 2023

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The smell, the taste, the memories…

5 Dec 2023

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Presents for the man who you might think has everything…

4 Dec 2023

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3 Dec 2023

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2 Dec 2023

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The ‘Pre’ and the ‘Pro’ of ‘crustination’ …

1 Dec 2023

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Making breakfast worth getting up for…

30 Nov 2023

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Back to the matter of insomnia...

29 Nov 2023

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Having a go: - Albania, I think I mastered Tavë kosi once I got the roux bit right…

28 Nov 2023

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Check before you let him go…

27 Nov 2023

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A second puddle theory…

26 Nov 2023

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The joy of shopping from a male perspective…

25 Nov 2023

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The fine line between self-importance and individuality…

24 Nov 2023

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What we have to teach the young.

23 Nov 2023

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My drive, the birds and a bit too much luck!

22 Nov 2023

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A small good morning thought or two…

21 Nov 2023

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Owed to all us kids who are happy to be stuck somewhere in the middle…

20 Nov 2023

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Under-shoe footwear revisited…

19 Nov 2023

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18 Nov 2023

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Scams, the giving and getting factor…

17 Nov 2023

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16 Nov 2023

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One perspective on the value of time…

15 Nov 2023

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14 Nov 2023

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Making our world a kinder place…

13 Nov 2023

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Remembering Remembrance Day with a bit of a twist

11 Nov 2023

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Is war just a vicious circle…

10 Nov 2023

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The circumference, radius, diameter and pressure of MPH

9 Nov 2023

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Thinking about charges, both electrical and financial…

8 Nov 2023

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If you have one, please use it all the time.

7 Nov 2023

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So much more than the job description…

6 Nov 2023

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If you have one, what is included in your mobile phone activity repertoire?

5 Nov 2023

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How will we take the news?

3 Nov 2023

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Keeping it real.

2 Nov 2023

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Releasing some of the stress as well as the artist inside you perhaps…

1 Nov 2023

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31 Oct 2023

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Giving the phrase ‘Please take one’ a whole new meaning…

30 Oct 2023

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29 Oct 2023

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28 Oct 2023

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The ‘just in case’ that locked me out!

27 Oct 2023

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The changing age of early morning interruptions…

26 Oct 2023

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Most of us just can’t help it…

25 Oct 2023

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24 Oct 2023

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Sometimes we need to jump right in and prepare to get wet…

23 Oct 2023

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How to stay happy in retirement?

22 Oct 2023

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How do you think the young see the old?

21 Oct 2023

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Have you been asked for a loan, don’t just say no.

20 Oct 2023

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Don’t fall behind… keep on top of things while you can…

19 Oct 2023

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With pen in hand and a little time on them…

18 Oct 2023

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Perhaps now it’s payback time…

17 Oct 2023

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16 Oct 2023

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15 Oct 2023

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The relativity of poverty.

14 Oct 2023

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Talking and listening to that mobile phone…

13 Oct 2023

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12 Oct 2023

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11 Oct 2023

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10 Oct 2023

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One atom or two, there can be smoke without fire...

9 Oct 2023

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Making use of the complaints process…

8 Oct 2023

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Every picture tells a story (50): Public provision of short-term, anonymous street art …

7 Oct 2023

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Pleading Poverty

6 Oct 2023

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Making a will, a few more points…

6 Oct 2023

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Here are a few thoughts to stop you from putting your online foot in it

5 Oct 2023

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When you retire what happens to your time?

4 Oct 2023

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Will execution; to accept the challenge or not.

3 Oct 2023

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Whatever really happened to customer satisfaction…

2 Oct 2023

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When it comes to not managing to fulfil lifelong ambitions, please never use this excuse…

1 Oct 2023

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Gum, good or bad?

30 Sep 2023

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Perhaps seeing yourself without the help of a mirror?

29 Sep 2023

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Spotting those little ‘loneliness alarm calls’ …

28 Sep 2023

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27 Sep 2023

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People and time are often the answer…

26 Sep 2023

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How to dream perfectly…

25 Sep 2023

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Letting your ears do the reading…

24 Sep 2023

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Wax on, wax off; fall training that some of us forgot we knew…

23 Sep 2023

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Just in case you can’t pick yourself up and dust yourself off…

22 Sep 2023

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Reintroducing yourself to the rest of the world…

22 Sep 2023

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The art of gentle but necessary persuasion…

21 Sep 2023

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Having a go: - Armenia, I hope that I played the waiting game successfully

20 Sep 2023

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The need for advanced choice planning after retirement …

19 Sep 2023

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Let me introduce you to my puddle theory…

17 Sep 2023

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Little loops of cleanliness?

16 Sep 2023

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A life lesson for the younger oldies…

15 Sep 2023

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Are you defiant enough to celebrate today …

13 Sep 2023

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The positives that can come out of negatives…

12 Sep 2023

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War, Crime, the old, and the young…

11 Sep 2023

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NO win, No Fee? They win and you lose! – (part 2)

10 Sep 2023

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Is yours an ICE cold mobile phone?

9 Sep 2023

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Thoughts on bedroom night flights…

8 Sep 2023

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The Spare Room blues…

7 Sep 2023

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NO win, No Fee? They win and you lose! – (part 1)

6 Sep 2023

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Versed thoughts (chapter 65): Beat the clock.

5 Sep 2023

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5 Sep 2023

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4 Sep 2023

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3 Sep 2023

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Don’t wait for their invitation, it’s OK to gate-crash this party…

2 Sep 2023

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1 Sep 2023

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Worry about the beginning and let the end take care of itself…

31 Aug 2023

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The blurry line between friend and acquaintance

30 Aug 2023

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ULEZ; a costly business even if you are a pensioner who doesn’t drive…

29 Aug 2023

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Versed thoughts (chapter 64): Monday Siesta.

28 Aug 2023

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Can you tell the difference? …

27 Aug 2023

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Whispering, talking, training as seen from my front room window…

26 Aug 2023

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The art of sorting things both literal and virtual…

25 Aug 2023

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What my mail and my laundry have in common…

24 Aug 2023

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If you throw in some maths, you don’t have to travel to clock up the miles.

23 Aug 2023

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22 Aug 2023

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21 Aug 2023

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20 Aug 2023

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Versed thoughts (chapter 63): My new Microwave

19 Aug 2023

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Something new for you to try: Bonsai full of eastern promise (Perhaps)

18 Aug 2023

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17 Aug 2023

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16 Aug 2023

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15 Aug 2023

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14 Aug 2023

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13 Aug 2023

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12 Aug 2023

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11 Aug 2023

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10 Aug 2023

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9 Aug 2023

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8 Aug 2023

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Proof that you can be happy when (and where) you are blue?

7 Aug 2023

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6 Aug 2023

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Versed thoughts (chapter 62): I am hurting too…

5 Aug 2023

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The fine line between self-importance and individuality…

4 Aug 2023

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Living in harmony with your bed?

3 Aug 2023

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The ultimate coffee morning…

2 Aug 2023

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Having a go: Switzerland, mine could have been browner, but it tasted good…

1 Aug 2023

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Spread the oxytocin; risk a daily hug or two if you can…

31 Jul 2023

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Never dismiss the ‘can I borrow a cup of sugar’ approach even if you didn’t do the moving in……

30 Jul 2023

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Forwards with eagerness and backwards with at least some fondness…

29 Jul 2023

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A small good morning thought or two…

28 Jul 2023

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Taking your pots of green for a little walk, or at least having one or two…

27 Jul 2023

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Hating having to wait; is this a phobia?

26 Jul 2023

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You don't have to be musical to need rhythm…

25 Jul 2023

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Versed thoughts (chapter 61): No Flowers

23 Jul 2023

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22 Jul 2023

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21 Jul 2023

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Scams, the giving and getting factor…

20 Jul 2023

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How do you define happiness?

19 Jul 2023

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18 Jul 2023

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A stamp sticking reprieve…

17 Jul 2023

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A bit of notice for all grandmas (real or honorary)…

16 Jul 2023

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The pros and cons of visual self-improvement

15 Jul 2023

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14 Jul 2023

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13 Jul 2023

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The joy of shopping from a male perspective…

12 Jul 2023

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Joining the family dots…

11 Jul 2023

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The science behind your smile; true or false?

10 Jul 2023

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Don’t let trendy fashion leave you too far behind…

9 Jul 2023

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Just like doing a haircut but with leaves…

8 Jul 2023

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Where you work, what you do, and who is watching…

7 Jul 2023

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How will we take the news?

6 Jul 2023

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Doing our best to preserve Lewisham’s culture…

5 Jul 2023

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Focussing on the front of your drawers, boxes, and cupboards.

4 Jul 2023

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The difference between being a maternal or paternal grandparent.

3 Jul 2023

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Do you fit your name, or should you try another one for size?

2 Jul 2023

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Having a go: Canada, this was a triumph on two counts…

1 Jul 2023

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30 Jun 2023

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An argument designed to make you smile…

29 Jun 2023

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Just in case shopping…

28 Jun 2023

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One perspective on the value of time…

27 Jun 2023

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Year seven beckons…

26 Jun 2023

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The freedom of the hands that can often trap the mouth

25 Jun 2023

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The freedom of the Freedom Pass put into perspective…

24 Jun 2023

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Stirring a few more playful memories…

23 Jun 2023

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Nightly liquid interruptions…

22 Jun 2023

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A trip back in time to satisfy the ears and highlight a little Lewisham history…

21 Jun 2023

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Extinction, how can we really help?

20 Jun 2023

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Slowing down and catching up…

19 Jun 2023

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Fresh and frozen: nutrition and cost…

18 Jun 2023

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Hording can be a problem both real and digital…

17 Jun 2023

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Why everyone will need broadband by 2025…

16 Jun 2023

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When the last one moves out...

15 Jun 2023

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A somewhat playful top-ten perhaps…

14 Jun 2023

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Setting the real ‘you’ free…

13 Jun 2023

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Having a go: Philippines; sorry, my Chicken Adobo was well done and I really mean well done!

12 Jun 2023

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Do you know what they are doing when they are on the phone with you?

11 Jun 2023

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Nip negativity in the bud…

10 Jun 2023

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Those school days, were they all bad?

9 Jun 2023

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An alternative hospital visit…

8 Jun 2023

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If you see one of these, do you know what QR looking at?

7 Jun 2023

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Neighbours; go dine with each other…

6 Jun 2023

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The art of gentle but necessary persuasion…

5 Jun 2023

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Every small achievement counts too…

4 Jun 2023

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Two wheeled registrations…

3 Jun 2023

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The new two-wheeled London Street pandemic

2 Jun 2023

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Growing further away from your kids…

1 Jun 2023

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Keep smiling, it’s really good for you!

31 May 2023

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The 7 to 70 reality check…

30 May 2023

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Thoughts on bedroom night flights…

29 May 2023

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Hamburger history…

28 May 2023

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A hand-washing refresher course…

27 May 2023

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Having a go: Georgia, the taste was overflowing and so was everything else!

26 May 2023

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Another key fact; involving a jam jar perhaps…

25 May 2023

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The changing sight and sound of time…

24 May 2023

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Taking ‘taking care of the pennies’ to a whole new level…

23 May 2023

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Do you define your name, or does it define you?

22 May 2023

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How to define your successful, meaningful, and unique life…

22 May 2023

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The evolution of the daily trip to school…

21 May 2023

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Being more confident when surrounded…

20 May 2023

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How are your metatarsals doing?

18 May 2023

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Finding balance on the ‘introvert / extrovert’ seesaw…

17 May 2023

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We can’t take anything with us but there are things we can leave behind…

16 May 2023

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Acknowledging something we’d rather forget…

14 May 2023

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The literal pressure of DIY…

13 May 2023

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Have you been asked for a loan, don’t just say no.

12 May 2023

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Prattling on to the right people….

11 May 2023

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Again, we face the ‘man v the machine because of money’ issue…

10 May 2023

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9 May 2023

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8 May 2023

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The relativity of poverty.

7 May 2023

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It is definitely more than just a hat.

6 May 2023

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Another go at shape-improvement…

5 May 2023

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4 May 2023

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3 May 2023

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The ‘just in case’ that locked me out!

2 May 2023

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1 May 2023

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30 Apr 2023

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Bending the rules a bit to make your wishes come true…

29 Apr 2023

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Doing things jointly when you can…

28 Apr 2023

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‘Then and Now’ comparisons…

27 Apr 2023

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Shopping online means getting up on time…

26 Apr 2023

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Paying more than you need to get in touch with those abroad?

25 Apr 2023

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If you can’t hide it, at least disguise it…

24 Apr 2023

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Making use of the complaints process…

23 Apr 2023

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Snacks, meals, health and convenience…

22 Apr 2023

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Looking at respect from different perspectives…

21 Apr 2023

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Are you the only person you do not disturb when you are asleep?

20 Apr 2023

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Inemuri; perhaps the Japanese version of 40 or more winks…

19 Apr 2023

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Having a go: Zimbabwe, my version of your cakes suffered from a Fahrenheit v Centigrade issue…

18 Apr 2023

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Under-shoe footwear revisited…

17 Apr 2023

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16 Apr 2023

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The value of the bottle…

14 Apr 2023

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Cheap, quick, healthy; what’s not to like?

13 Apr 2023

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Slowly losing that lockdown connection…

12 Apr 2023

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Getting them in on bonfire night…

11 Apr 2023

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Rekindling, offering and securing sibling support…

10 Apr 2023

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Grandma’s, are you part of the ‘ask first’ brigade?

9 Apr 2023

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You don’t have to be young to volunteer…

8 Apr 2023

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Versed thoughts (chapter 55): Sweet Words of Comfort and Hope…

7 Apr 2023

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Residential low-cost sightseeing…

6 Apr 2023

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Going off on a tangent: - a lateral insurance thought…

5 Apr 2023

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Wax on, wax off; fall training that some of us forgot we knew…

4 Apr 2023

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3 Apr 2023

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2 Apr 2023

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1 Apr 2023

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31 Mar 2023

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Customer satisfaction is a thing of the past, but job satisfaction could well be too…

30 Mar 2023

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Check before you let him go…

29 Mar 2023

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How long will it be before we forget what they look like?

28 Mar 2023

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Family feud limitation.

27 Mar 2023

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Something to do to pass the time if you still drive…

26 Mar 2023

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Making our world a kinder place…

25 Mar 2023

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Just one sentence at the end of the day…

24 Mar 2023

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24 Mar 2023

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23 Mar 2023

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22 Mar 2023

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21 Mar 2023

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20 Mar 2023

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19 Mar 2023

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Having a go and letting you know: Sorry Namibia, mine came out greener than yours…

18 Mar 2023

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Sleeping is seriously hard work!

17 Mar 2023

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Never mind walking a mile in my shoes, ten yards can be quite enough…

16 Mar 2023

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All finance, big and small…

15 Mar 2023

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The story of your life, or perhaps just a bit of it…

14 Mar 2023

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A stamp sticking reprieve…

13 Mar 2023

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A question of sleep, yet again…

12 Mar 2023

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Do you need to do a lot of nose blowing?

11 Mar 2023

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Will execution; to accept the challenge or not.

10 Mar 2023

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The chat that stems from experience (where needed) …

9 Mar 2023

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Versed thoughts (chapter 57): A Bowl of Chicken soup…

8 Mar 2023

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7 Mar 2023

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6 Mar 2023

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5 Mar 2023

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Codicil or start again? A lot can happen in a couple of years.

4 Mar 2023

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3 Mar 2023

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2 Mar 2023

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1 Mar 2023

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How to stop nodding off…

28 Feb 2023

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Just in case you can’t pick yourself up and dust yourself off…

27 Feb 2023

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Versed thoughts (chapter 56): Hurray for London

26 Feb 2023

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Come on you lot, just give it a rest…

25 Feb 2023

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The pros and cons of visual self-improvement

24 Feb 2023

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Are you due a little credit?

23 Feb 2023

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Giving up giving up, or just giving…

22 Feb 2023

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Egg, milk and flour power…

21 Feb 2023

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Do you suffer from sedatephobia?

20 Feb 2023

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Presents for the man who you might think has everything…

19 Feb 2023

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Again, we face the ‘man v the machine because of money’ issue…

18 Feb 2023

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Giving those knees a helping hand.

17 Feb 2023

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One of the few points in time where everyone was a bit more equal…

16 Feb 2023

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The price of keeping your daily mail to a minimum…

15 Feb 2023

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Thinking of significant others in so many different ways…

14 Feb 2023

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Bending the rules a bit to make your wishes come true…

13 Feb 2023

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Worry about the beginning and let the end take care of itself…

12 Feb 2023

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Having a go: Japan, what my version of sushi and the three bears have in common …

11 Feb 2023

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What shopping and back-packing have in common…

10 Feb 2023

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Buying anything is even more of a gamble these days…

9 Feb 2023

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Old dogs, new tricks, and a bit of bribery… What about the cats?

8 Feb 2023

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Making next week’s special day count…

7 Feb 2023

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Friends, family, and money, what would you have done?

6 Feb 2023

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Theft, and delayed but calculated honesty?

5 Feb 2023

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Whatever really happened to customer satisfaction…

4 Feb 2023

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3 Feb 2023

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The results of a drink and a chat are often so worth sharing…

2 Feb 2023

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A day to get away from it all…

1 Feb 2023

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Preparing to breathe out…

31 Jan 2023

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A trip back in time to satisfy the ears and highlight a little Lewisham history…

30 Jan 2023

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Again, technology takes over from talk…

29 Jan 2023

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Get well soon, (both in mind and in body) …

28 Jan 2023

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27 Jan 2023

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27 Jan 2023

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Having a go and letting you know: Australia; I think I got away with this one …

26 Jan 2023

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25 Jan 2023

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24 Jan 2023

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22 Jan 2023

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Versed thoughts (chapter 54): Still unlocking Covid in the most fundamental of ways…

21 Jan 2023

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20 Jan 2023

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19 Jan 2023

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18 Jan 2023

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17 Jan 2023

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16 Jan 2023

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15 Jan 2023

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14 Jan 2023

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13 Jan 2023

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12 Jan 2023

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11 Jan 2023

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10 Jan 2023

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9 Jan 2023

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8 Jan 2023

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7 Jan 2023

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6 Jan 2023

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6 Jan 2023

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6 Jan 2023

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5 Jan 2023

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4 Jan 2023

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3 Jan 2023

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2 Jan 2023

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1 Jan 2023

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31 Dec 2022

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30 Dec 2022

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29 Dec 2022

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28 Dec 2022

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27 Dec 2022

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26 Dec 2022

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An LPG Christmas wish…

25 Dec 2022

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24 Dec 2022

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23 Dec 2022

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22 Dec 2022

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21 Dec 2022

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20 Dec 2022

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19 Dec 2022

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18 Dec 2022

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17 Dec 2022

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Versed thoughts (chapter 51): ABC Christmas Holidays

15 Dec 2022

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Was it the nice man in the queue behind me that day?

15 Dec 2022

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Spotting those little ‘loneliness alarm calls’ …

14 Dec 2022

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A few last-minute Christmas present ideas…

13 Dec 2022

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Are three prongs better than two?

12 Dec 2022

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Sharing what warmth we have …

11 Dec 2022

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Acknowledging something we’d rather forget…

10 Dec 2022

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The value of the bottle…

9 Dec 2022

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Get your taller visitors to reach up if you can’t do it yourself…

8 Dec 2022

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One of the few points in time where everyone was a bit more equal…

7 Dec 2022

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Getting all dressed up then and now…

6 Dec 2022

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Getting all dressed up then and now…

6 Dec 2022

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Silver, gold, blue, green, red, which is your top of choice?

5 Dec 2022

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Just in case shopping…

4 Dec 2022

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Beautiful to smell and see, but a challenge to arrange…

3 Dec 2022

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Beautiful to smell and see, but a challenge to arrange…

3 Dec 2022

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26 v 105!

2 Dec 2022

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Serious breakfast for one (two, or even three) every now and then…

1 Dec 2022

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Schedule some regular time to reschedule where necessary …

30 Nov 2022

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Have we missed so much even though we were there nearly all the time?

29 Nov 2022

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Versed thoughts (chapter 50): Life’s Awesome Journey

28 Nov 2022

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The results of a drink and a chat are often so worth sharing…

27 Nov 2022

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Getting out of the rut that lockdown still has some of us trapped in…

26 Nov 2022

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Listening, an art form in itself…

25 Nov 2022

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Is yours an ICE cold mobile phone?

25 Nov 2022

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Driving through an online 70+ puddle…

24 Nov 2022

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One atom or two, there can be smoke without fire...

23 Nov 2022

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What’s in a name?

21 Nov 2022

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Are you one of the 30% with a room that helps you step back in time…?

20 Nov 2022

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Just how far in do you have to be to win?

19 Nov 2022

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Whispering, talking, training as seen from my front room window…

18 Nov 2022

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The new two-wheeled London Street pandemic

17 Nov 2022

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A question of sleep, yet again…

16 Nov 2022

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When you don’t quite take all your medicine…

15 Nov 2022

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Paying more than you need to get in touch with those abroad?

14 Nov 2022

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The price of keeping your daily mail to a minimum…

13 Nov 2022

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Hug a musician today, or perhaps yourself if you are a songwriter…

12 Nov 2022

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Versed thoughts: Remembering the time

11 Nov 2022

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Having a go : Poland, there was Dill pickle soup thanks to Alexa’s dill explanations…

10 Nov 2022

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Make sure that every day has a little focal point…

9 Nov 2022

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Refuse collection: are we right to pay more and expect less?

8 Nov 2022

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Do you sometimes wish your knuckles were white again?

7 Nov 2022

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We can’t take anything with us but there are things we can leave behind…

6 Nov 2022

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Getting them in on bonfire night…

5 Nov 2022

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A reason to ring your own front doorbell…

4 Nov 2022

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A day to question supremacy?

3 Nov 2022

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Inhaling and exhaling your way out of stress…

2 Nov 2022

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Doing our best to preserve Lewisham’s culture…

1 Nov 2022

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What are you scared of?

31 Oct 2022

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Did you get it yet? Please check!

30 Oct 2022

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Versed thoughts (chapter 50): Black is Beautiful, Black is Cool…

29 Oct 2022

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The story of your life, or perhaps just a bit of it…

28 Oct 2022

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Another solution to ID protection; shredded separation…

27 Oct 2022

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The ‘69th year mini life-crisis’

26 Oct 2022

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The value of paint on paper…

25 Oct 2022

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Two wheeled registrations…

24 Oct 2022

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The perfect place to retire?

23 Oct 2022

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The cash out v the checkout …

22 Oct 2022

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War, Crime, the old, and the young…

21 Oct 2022

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Why not wash those words right out of the paper?

20 Oct 2022

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How to dream perfectly…

19 Oct 2022

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Talk: the spirit-lifting tool we sometimes forget to use…

18 Oct 2022

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Nightly liquid interruptions…

17 Oct 2022

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The relationship between credit cards and potential financial buoyancy…

16 Oct 2022

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The speed of light, the speed of sound, the speed of speed!

15 Oct 2022

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The ‘6, 6, 10 o’clock stay in touch’ plan…

14 Oct 2022

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The lenses or the laser; get your peepers checked?

13 Oct 2022

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 49) – My little army of vacuum cleaners…

12 Oct 2022

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Retired and available?

11 Oct 2022

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Repeat prescriptions and requests not denied…

10 Oct 2022

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Being seen to exist where you live…

9 Oct 2022

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Shopping online means getting up on time…

8 Oct 2022

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The ‘69th year mini life-crisis’

7 Oct 2022

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Releasing your inner poet…

6 Oct 2022

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Codicil or start again? A lot can happen in a couple of years.

5 Oct 2022

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Growing further away from your kids…

4 Oct 2022

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Security issues; this one’s really not your problem…

3 Oct 2022

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The three phases of childhood; gradually disappearing faster than you think…

2 Oct 2022

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The benefits of checking…

1 Oct 2022

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Having a go and letting you know: China, I never knew boiled rice could be so creamy…

30 Sep 2022

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Pay your heart a little online attention…

29 Sep 2022

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When the last one moves out...

28 Sep 2022

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A day to start a bit of working out again perhaps…

27 Sep 2022

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I advocate ‘mixing street-cred with street-sensibility’ lessons for our 11-year-olds…

26 Sep 2022

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Practise if you can…

25 Sep 2022

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A foggy-focused eye-opening message perhaps…

24 Sep 2022

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When is it too late to be famous?

23 Sep 2022

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Having a go and letting you know: Mali, it tasted quite good but as to its authenticity…?

22 Sep 2022

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A couple of things to be acknowledge today…

21 Sep 2022

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Not knowing where you are going?

20 Sep 2022

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 48): Things to get rid of and memories to keep…

19 Sep 2022

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Why not ‘Swap out’ while you still can…

18 Sep 2022

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Are you Happy, or are you Happy?

17 Sep 2022

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Introducing my grandchildren to spotty dog, Looby Loo and, of course, the Little Weed…

16 Sep 2022

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Remember that council tax rebate?

15 Sep 2022

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An alternative to converting your front room into your bedroom.

14 Sep 2022

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Putting a positive spin on a negative person…

13 Sep 2022

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Start thinking more positively today…

12 Sep 2022

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What to do when Alexa sees red!

11 Sep 2022

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 42): If it came to it, would you know what to do?

10 Sep 2022

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Go slow but be in the know…

9 Sep 2022

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Putting pen to paper and understanding what you wrote…

8 Sep 2022

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The 2 a.m. talker…

7 Sep 2022

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Find a friend and keep track of each other’s achievement’s end-dates…

6 Sep 2022

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The day I became a rally driver...

5 Sep 2022

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Versed thoughts (chapter 48): Spring and Autumn

4 Sep 2022

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Ladies, let’s discuss men’s visual, extended crowning glory…

3 Sep 2022

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Every day is not the same, start a diary and see for yourself…

2 Sep 2022

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Kids then and now…

1 Sep 2022

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Don’t let the youngsters put you off!

31 Aug 2022

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Minimising the risk that anyone disappears

30 Aug 2022

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My biggest worry…

29 Aug 2022

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Financial tyre inflation…

28 Aug 2022

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History what history?

27 Aug 2022

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Has your dog got a tail to tell?

26 Aug 2022

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Perhaps today is the day to start the process…

25 Aug 2022

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How accurate are your powers of recognition?

24 Aug 2022

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What the eye can see, can become a serious challenge to the rest of the body…

23 Aug 2022

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At sixes and sevens with the fives and sixes all summer long…

22 Aug 2022

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The advantages of having to be prepared for all weathers…

21 Aug 2022

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A different sort of public transport strike…

20 Aug 2022

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Every picture (chapter 47); it’s not unusual but it’s not something you see every day…

19 Aug 2022

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Pandemic break over, let’s get back to work…

18 Aug 2022

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 46) – Capturing the moment…

17 Aug 2022

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Two weeks of hospital thoughts and memories…

16 Aug 2022

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Chill… put your feet up… ease off… loosen up… relax…

15 Aug 2022

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Chill… put your feet up… ease off… loosen up… relax…

15 Aug 2022

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Having a go; Liechtenstein, I’m not sure it was right, but it tasted good…

14 Aug 2022

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As we go in and out, let us pay a little homage …

13 Aug 2022

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Helpful heat-survival hints…

12 Aug 2022

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The knock on effect of colour…

11 Aug 2022

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Looking back on Covid 19

10 Aug 2022

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My left foot (and arm) …

9 Aug 2022

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Always just that one step behind.

8 Aug 2022

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Versed thoughts (chapter 45): MY SISTER

7 Aug 2022

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What Jamaica’s Independence and my independence have in common…

6 Aug 2022

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Serious breakfast for one (two, or even three) every now and then…

5 Aug 2022

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E-proving you sent the message….

4 Aug 2022

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Postage stamps to be classed out of existence…

3 Aug 2022

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How many address books do you really have?

2 Aug 2022

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Celebrating those that never happened… and those that did.

1 Aug 2022

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Do you need to do a lot of nose blowing?

31 Jul 2022

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Lost and found friendship …

30 Jul 2022

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Helping the environment while fencing off my edges…

29 Jul 2022

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Do you, as a rule keep your mouth shut?

28 Jul 2022

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Sleeping is seriously hard work!

27 Jul 2022

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Is getting back to pre-pandemic fitness still too close to the bottom of your ‘to do’ list?

26 Jul 2022

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The benefits of checking…

25 Jul 2022

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‘Then and Now’ comparisons…

24 Jul 2022

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You are never too old, or hot, to learn a new language …

23 Jul 2022

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Phone, wait and keep asking questions.

22 Jul 2022

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Online grocery-shop sharing….

21 Jul 2022

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Perhaps a rock of a hobby...

20 Jul 2022

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When it all appears to have gone a bit wrong…

19 Jul 2022

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A little bit of the new can bring back a bit of the old…

18 Jul 2022

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Hamburger history…

17 Jul 2022

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How to stop nodding off…

16 Jul 2022

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Building a garden arsenal worthy of the canine and feline foe…

15 Jul 2022

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Versed thoughts (chapter 49); Hourglasses, figures and time…

14 Jul 2022

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Another good reason to video

13 Jul 2022

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Are you exercising enough? Think about it…

12 Jul 2022

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Versed thoughts (chapter 44): STRANGERS PASSING

11 Jul 2022

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Council Tax rebates… contrary to the official advice, there is one thing you can do…

10 Jul 2022

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One consequence of putting parenthood off…

9 Jul 2022

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Working out what’s being said…

8 Jul 2022

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when you are not the patient…

7 Jul 2022

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Advised self-isolation for our contactless payment cards…

6 Jul 2022

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A bit of exercise, mathematics, mileage and charity…

5 Jul 2022

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Having a go and letting you know; USA, I have to say that your national dish is all about the stack…

4 Jul 2022

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Is online seeing really believing?

3 Jul 2022

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In just about as deep as we can get…

2 Jul 2022

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Being more confident when surrounded…

1 Jul 2022

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Remember that council tax rebate?

30 Jun 2022

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Don’t continue to be part of the wrong statistic…

29 Jun 2022

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‘Cleaning up’ both literally and financially perhaps?

28 Jun 2022

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Are you the only person you do not disturb when you are asleep?

27 Jun 2022

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Year four comes to an end, but year five starts here.

26 Jun 2022

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Fighting forgetfulness…

25 Jun 2022

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Fighting forgetfulness…

25 Jun 2022

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26 v 105!

24 Jun 2022

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The literal pressure of DIY…

23 Jun 2022

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Inhaling and exhaling your way out of stress…

22 Jun 2022

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National Selfie Day and you, one year on…

21 Jun 2022

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Exercise, tea and a bit of a chat cannot be a bad thing…

20 Jun 2022

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Versed thoughts (chapter 47): Happy Father’s Day to my father…

19 Jun 2022

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Are you Nomophobic?

18 Jun 2022

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Having a go and letting you know; Iceland, starting off and ending up with a white liquid…

17 Jun 2022

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Four questions to start the day…

16 Jun 2022

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Questions, questions…

15 Jun 2022

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A foggy-focused eye-opening message perhaps…

14 Jun 2022

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Are you one of the 30% with a room that helps you step back in time…?

13 Jun 2022

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I say thank you to the driving force behind my driving…

12 Jun 2022

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Remembering one 1980’s Lewisham job…

11 Jun 2022

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Beware the double swipe…

10 Jun 2022

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Letting the sun work its magic…

9 Jun 2022

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Get in touch with them on their big day…

8 Jun 2022

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Keeping your finger on the pulse of life…

7 Jun 2022

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Cool or not, here’s a bit of face framing advice…

6 Jun 2022

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Perhaps celebrating the thump of stilettoes and trainers today?

5 Jun 2022

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One difference between computers and humans is that computers do notice the spaces…

4 Jun 2022

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A milestone that I will never reach…

3 Jun 2022

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We are used to bank holiday Mondays and the odd Friday but Bank Holiday Thursday?

2 Jun 2022

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Have you ever heard of this condition?

1 Jun 2022

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The chat that stems from experience (where needed) …

31 May 2022

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A bit of Icelandic 60+ Good News…

30 May 2022

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We are getting better, but we are not cured yet!

29 May 2022

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True art appreciation?

28 May 2022

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Another consequence of migration and ULEZ…

27 May 2022

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A harsh lesson of life, there is no bigger half…

26 May 2022

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Kicking the addiction to that ‘just one more time’ habit …

25 May 2022

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Getting past FOGO and the front door…

24 May 2022

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Matthew, John and an early-morning bout of insomnia got me thinking…

23 May 2022

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A couple of things worth remembering.

22 May 2022

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From electronic virtual assistant to my personal friend?

21 May 2022

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Celebrate National Virtual Assistant’s day by volunteering…

20 May 2022

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When it is safe to get back into the water, I will be there…

19 May 2022

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The knock-on effect of colour…

18 May 2022

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Having a go and letting you know; Norway, I have to apologise for the holiness of my, Lefse.

17 May 2022

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An early morning light bulb moment…

16 May 2022

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A children’s story that we oldies might be able to appreciate…

15 May 2022

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The things you do can be your best friends too…

14 May 2022

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Numbers; more than mathematical tools?

13 May 2022

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Every day is not the same, start a diary and see for yourself…

12 May 2022

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 42): If it came to it, would you know what to do?

11 May 2022

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Council Tax rebates… contrary to the official advice, there is one thing you can do…

10 May 2022

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Ikigai; a Japanese recipe for happiness …

9 May 2022

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Versed thoughts: The things that we Mothers do for love…

8 May 2022

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A day to start a bit of working out again perhaps…

7 May 2022

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Ladies be free! Gentlemen put the ‘BIG’ complement aside just for one day…

6 May 2022

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A rule of thumb (finger pressure and teabag) …

5 May 2022

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If you have a smartphone get to know the big 4… (or 5 or 6…)

4 May 2022

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Proof that you can be happy when (and where) you are blue?

3 May 2022

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A catch up with the TV licensing laws…

2 May 2022

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Today is Sunday the 1st so Friday the 13th is coming…

1 May 2022

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One of those lists worth thinking about…

30 Apr 2022

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You don’t have to do it well – but please just have a little go!

29 Apr 2022

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Changing what is going on behind you…

29 Apr 2022

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One aspect of ‘Lewisham lost’…

28 Apr 2022

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A month of ‘Once upon a times’…

27 Apr 2022

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A very personal top ten…

26 Apr 2022

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Celebrating audio communication…

25 Apr 2022

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Starting the day at home (wherever I am)…

24 Apr 2022

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‘Do you speak English’ or ‘Hablas español’ perhaps?

23 Apr 2022

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The power of ‘bus-touch’.

22 Apr 2022

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 45) - There is always a way out, you just must look for it…

21 Apr 2022

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The new and old technology pairing…

20 Apr 2022

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The Volume of the night…

19 Apr 2022

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Looking in the online mirror…

18 Apr 2022

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Having a go ; Syria I forgot one little ingredient and it put me back a whole day…

17 Apr 2022

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The rising cost of a bit of free advice…

16 Apr 2022

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The two-card payment check out technique…

15 Apr 2022

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The world’s New year celebrations are a lot more frequent than you might think…

14 Apr 2022

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Ladies, let’s talk about the stage of your age disclosure…

13 Apr 2022

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From A, to b, to z; in 2,563 different possible directions…

12 Apr 2022

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In honour of post boxes…

11 Apr 2022

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Little loops of cleanliness?

10 Apr 2022

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 44): One rule for us and another for them.

9 Apr 2022

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Lifesaving flowers…

8 Apr 2022

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 43) …and I have three of them!

7 Apr 2022

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Is ‘try before you buy’ really becoming a thing of the past?

6 Apr 2022

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The importance of First Contact whether big or small…

5 Apr 2022

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A day to check the length of your nose…

4 Apr 2022

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Celebrating all things rainbow…

3 Apr 2022

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Exercising our muscles backwards…

2 Apr 2022

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April gullibility….

1 Apr 2022

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Advanced warning for all those who have been fooled in the past…

31 Mar 2022

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Monthly is now the new weekly and I’m having trouble coping…

30 Mar 2022

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Luggage disappearing from right under you…

28 Mar 2022

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Kids – from a maternal viewpoint.

27 Mar 2022

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For those who would prefer not to e-visit…

26 Mar 2022

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Days with time to educate your memory…

25 Mar 2022

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Shut the front door?

24 Mar 2022

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Remembering the buses - back in the day – chapter 3

23 Mar 2022

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Celebrating water today…

22 Mar 2022

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Versed thoughts (chapter 43): SAVING THE WORLD

21 Mar 2022

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Do you do it often enough, I bet you have a good one to tell…

20 Mar 2022

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H2O, check the facts before getting annoyed about the bill…

19 Mar 2022

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Opinion-offering alternatives…

18 Mar 2022

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Having a go and letting you know, Ireland, and such a simple recipe. But did I get it right?

17 Mar 2022

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The antidote day after a yesterday of negativity?

16 Mar 2022

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Let’s give the whole idea of ‘thinking’ a rest today…

15 Mar 2022

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All things Arachnoid…

14 Mar 2022

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Play it again LPG: Have you, will you?

13 Mar 2022

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Did 2020, teach men something else about career…

12 Mar 2022

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Nowhere to hide from Horatio…

11 Mar 2022

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Deny everything!

10 Mar 2022

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Tell the kids not to share these on a Saturday night out…

9 Mar 2022

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My thoughts on how hunting down the perfect position has changed…

8 Mar 2022

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My first day at work…

7 Mar 2022

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A change of pace and that double warm fuzzy feeling…

6 Mar 2022

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Personality; a multifaceted celebration of what makes you you…

5 Mar 2022

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Lost, late, stolen, damaged, hidden; it’s all in the delivery

4 Mar 2022

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Appreciating the written word again… starting today.

3 Mar 2022

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Pope Gregory XIII, the moon, the vernal equinox, lots of maths and a serious headache = Easter?

2 Mar 2022

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Pancake preparation without diabetic aggravation…

1 Mar 2022

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A quick pic before you pop it in?

28 Feb 2022

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I hate backseat drivers, but a backseat online-shopper is not a bad thing…

27 Feb 2022

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The changing train travel commute…

26 Feb 2022

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Getting off the bus and taking a closer look…

25 Feb 2022

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What makes you feel really warm in the winter?

24 Feb 2022

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Our views can only have a chance of counting if we offer them…

23 Feb 2022

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You are never too old to move the motivational goalposts…

22 Feb 2022

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Who are you going to call and how long are you going to wait?

21 Feb 2022

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Decisions, decisions part 1…

20 Feb 2022

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E-gift cards - it’s all about the barcode…

19 Feb 2022

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Getting right down to your legs…

18 Feb 2022

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The good, the bad and the promising!

17 Feb 2022

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Who’s your doctor; just pick a partner?

16 Feb 2022

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Having a go; Serbia, I have learnt one lesson, grinding is different to liquidising!

15 Feb 2022

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Versed thoughts (chapter 46): FAVOUR(ITE)

14 Feb 2022

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Something worth a personal calculation perhaps…

13 Feb 2022

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Another sting in the ‘white goods’ insurance tail…

12 Feb 2022

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Telling you about my secret without telling you…

11 Feb 2022

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Don’t let pins and needles get on your nerves…

10 Feb 2022

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Not Private? This time it’s usually not you; its them…

9 Feb 2022

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Minimising that misty eyed moment and sticking to it….

8 Feb 2022

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Remembering your job with one month’s notice…

7 Feb 2022

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Pay your heart a little online attention…

6 Feb 2022

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Should I, shouldn’t I and the middle ground…

6 Feb 2022

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A present unwrapping hint perhaps…

5 Feb 2022

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The loneliest time of the year if you let it be…

4 Feb 2022

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Something to do with your hands when winter gets you down perhaps?

3 Feb 2022

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Winter water habits…

2 Feb 2022

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新年快乐 all you tigers (and everyone else) …

1 Feb 2022

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OK, the oxen among us can breathe out now, but tigers beware…

31 Jan 2022

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The Plevin effect…

30 Jan 2022

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A resolution that will do you good if you start it at any time of the year

29 Jan 2022

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Your new year starts here and now wherever you live…

28 Jan 2022

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If you still can, do some of it for yourself…

27 Jan 2022

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Spouses, love and science…

26 Jan 2022

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Having a go and letting you know; India, its obvious my cooking just couldn’t take the pressure.

25 Jan 2022

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Don’t leave the conversation in the laundry…

24 Jan 2022

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What is ‘mightier than the sword’, the pen or the keyboard?

23 Jan 2022

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Counting the cost of Christmas…

22 Jan 2022

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The lenses or the laser; get your peepers checked?

21 Jan 2022

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Promote the importance of agreeing to disagree…

20 Jan 2022

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Making my mind up in 2022.

19 Jan 2022

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Four questions to start the day…

18 Jan 2022

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Be inspired and take your Monday out of the Blues…

17 Jan 2022

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Don’t be swayed… Keep Your Resolve!

16 Jan 2022

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For all the boosted for whom Christmas did not taste quite right this year…

15 Jan 2022

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A day not just for scholars…

14 Jan 2022

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A little belated Covid Christmas crisis present…

13 Jan 2022

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Competition can be a bit of a science too…

12 Jan 2022

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Remembering who said what…

11 Jan 2022

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Up to two years of possible dental pain to come…

10 Jan 2022

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Neighbours, complain or block your ears…

9 Jan 2022

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Perfection v good enough…

8 Jan 2022

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A plea or two for older legs…

7 Jan 2022

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 39): Something Alfred and I have in common…

6 Jan 2022

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Now might just be the right time…

5 Jan 2022

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Does it always have to be about the money…

4 Jan 2022

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That pesky little button often found just above the 7…

3 Jan 2022

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The resolution that you won’t give up as easily if you have a personal trainer in the family…

2 Jan 2022

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Don’t abstain again this New Year, have a go at a little one…

1 Jan 2022

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A memory from the end of last century at the end of another year…

31 Dec 2021

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Finishing off 2021 before you get started on 2022.

30 Dec 2021

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2022; where are we up to now?

29 Dec 2021

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135 years of seriously clean plates….

28 Dec 2021

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Why not plan to fire up a resolution?

27 Dec 2021

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Boxing Day; perhaps a day for a bit of unboxing homework…

26 Dec 2021

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the LPG Christmas message...

24 Dec 2021

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What Christmas presents and origami might have in common…

24 Dec 2021

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 41): Christmas, not again!

23 Dec 2021

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Think like Cinderella, don’t cross the date line; computers don’t celebrate Christmas…

22 Dec 2021

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 39) - Shorter nights and warmer days…

21 Dec 2021

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 40): A springy thought in the middle of winter…

20 Dec 2021

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Filling the Christmas present idea void, perhaps…

19 Dec 2021

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Cold calls and scam calls; take control from the caller…

18 Dec 2021

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The day I committed a crime in the name of friendship…

17 Dec 2021

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The unwrapped hopes of many a gift-giver…

16 Dec 2021

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A couple of words so good that it might be worth saying them twice.

15 Dec 2021

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Thoughts of waking up early in the morning while I could not sleep…

14 Dec 2021

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Ladies, let’s discuss men’s visual, extended crowning glory…

13 Dec 2021

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IMEI, what does that mean?

12 Dec 2021

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IMEI, what does that mean?

12 Dec 2021

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Focussing on the relief of finding things…

11 Dec 2021

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Peace, science and other things reflected through destruction…

10 Dec 2021

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Having a go and letting you know; I need to master the ‘Finish’ crimp technique…

9 Dec 2021

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A telephone glitch which works perfectly…

8 Dec 2021

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Something to help when your dog is home-alone?

7 Dec 2021

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Quantifying the lost and (hopefully) found…

6 Dec 2021

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Old and battered, but still going …

5 Dec 2021

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Have you ever heard of this condition?

4 Dec 2021

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Something worth thinking about when you have a moment…

3 Dec 2021

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The white goods insurance phone call ‘hype’ that is not quite a ‘scam’.

2 Dec 2021

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Living on the ULEZ cusp…

1 Dec 2021

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Above, below, or on par?

28 Nov 2021

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From little acorns… something helpful to add rather than take away…

28 Nov 2021

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My new misplacement philosophy…

27 Nov 2021

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The things you do can be your best friends too…

26 Nov 2021

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What’s for dinner tonight, Takeaway, Home Delivery, Ready Meal?

25 Nov 2021

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Staying young, happy and sane after work…

24 Nov 2021

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Just a quick reminder…

23 Nov 2021

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Perhaps a suggestion for a heartfelt Christmas present?

22 Nov 2021

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Seeing the dial go round and round….

21 Nov 2021

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Having a go and letting you know; Latvia; pink and beautiful, even when I make it.

20 Nov 2021

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All those Saturday afternoons of spending, planning and dreaming

19 Nov 2021

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Not enough places to spend a penny

18 Nov 2021

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Are you a Hoarder or an Anthropomorphist?

17 Nov 2021

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When the ‘0s’ and ’5s’ seemed to stop us in our tracks…

16 Nov 2021

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Just a quick reminder

15 Nov 2021

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Something worth an annual review….

14 Nov 2021

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You are number ‘what’ in the queue?

13 Nov 2021

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Neighbours; go dine with each other…

12 Nov 2021

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Something to add to our thinking at 11 o’clock…

11 Nov 2021

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Letting the entrepreneur inside you escape for a bit?

10 Nov 2021

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Time flies and serious steps are taken when you are having fun…

9 Nov 2021

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The rise and possible fall of the big little energetic issue?

8 Nov 2021

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Avoiding a bit of a Christmas rip-off?

7 Nov 2021

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On balance, I think I will stick to being me…

6 Nov 2021

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Pet lockdown night, a new name for today’s celebrations…

5 Nov 2021

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Looking after the grandchildren (lesson one); dealing with the strop!

4 Nov 2021

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We all know about Halloween, but how about Hallowtide?

3 Nov 2021

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Arthritis and the cold, wet, grey days…

2 Nov 2021

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The problems that saying ‘yes’ to a friend’s request can cause…

1 Nov 2021

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A bit about why we do what we do today…

31 Oct 2021

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It’s payback time, what will you do with your extra hour?

30 Oct 2021

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Two of the three ‘Rs’ on an ‘Ex’ day…

29 Oct 2021

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The boost; what the NHS are saying…

28 Oct 2021

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Having a go and letting you know; Turkmenistan, and its ‘Do not disturb’ cooking style…

27 Oct 2021

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Keep learning…

26 Oct 2021

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Is today your ‘Goodbye Freedom day’?

25 Oct 2021

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Versed thoughts (chapter 42): FOR SALE

24 Oct 2021

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The day Google got me!

23 Oct 2021

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NO one is better or worse then you; we are just different.

22 Oct 2021

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My thoughts on what to do with unfulfilled ambition…

21 Oct 2021

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 14): Don’t smile, you’re on camera.

20 Oct 2021

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Little bits of pension, lost and found perhaps?

19 Oct 2021

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The three-question to do list check…

18 Oct 2021

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Cooking; the spectator sport…

17 Oct 2021

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Cooking; the spectator sport…

17 Oct 2021

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Age, generations and levelling the playing field just a little…

16 Oct 2021

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Keeping them clean on a global scale…

15 Oct 2021

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A more subdued entrance and exit this time…

14 Oct 2021

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My thoughts on what to do with unfulfilled ambition…

13 Oct 2021

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Celebrating for the sake of silliness…

13 Oct 2021

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Cats and dogs and 7% …

12 Oct 2021

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It has taken me 49 years to catch up but I have succeeded @ last!

11 Oct 2021

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Preparing for the morning, after the night before…

10 Oct 2021

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Just another ordinary day…

9 Oct 2021

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Introduction to a memory; My third Nan…

8 Oct 2021

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The secret of ’unfazability’ perhaps…

7 Oct 2021

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Arguably irrelevant?

6 Oct 2021

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Mice you need and mice you don’t…

5 Oct 2021

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Footprints…

4 Oct 2021

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The other cost of cost-effective lighting…

3 Oct 2021

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why…ahhh…ahhh…CHOO!

2 Oct 2021

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When it is safe to get back into the water, I will be there…

1 Oct 2021

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Acknowledging a day of interpretation…

30 Sep 2021

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Another old wives’ tale reborn…

29 Sep 2021

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Neighbours far and near…

28 Sep 2021

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Getting out there again or FOGO as they are calling it…

27 Sep 2021

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Talking the foreign talk, or perhaps getting started today…

26 Sep 2021

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When does a clutter or collection becomes a hoard…

25 Sep 2021

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Some you win, some you lose, but you nearly always pay…

24 Sep 2021

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Versed thoughts (chapter 41): START AND FINISH

23 Sep 2021

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Having a go and letting you know; Bulgaria, it tasted really good; sorry about the visuals…

22 Sep 2021

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An eye story with possible exercises…

21 Sep 2021

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Don’t get too detached from your floaters…

20 Sep 2021

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Appreciating your leaving and returning…

19 Sep 2021

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Sometimes it’s all about the wrist action…

18 Sep 2021

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Do you get ‘September Syndrome’?

17 Sep 2021

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In preparation for a day to say ‘thank you’…

16 Sep 2021

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What I think Covid-19 and school detentions have in common…

15 Sep 2021

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One way of reducing after-dinner left-overs…

14 Sep 2021

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Negative thoughts turning Positive?

13 Sep 2021

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Nothing but a number in some ways, but in other ways, a lot more!

12 Sep 2021

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Twenty years on…

11 Sep 2021

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The cost of a journey that someone took for me…

10 Sep 2021

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My version of the logic behind the ping…

9 Sep 2021

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A day to ‘Live long and prosper.’

8 Sep 2021

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The continuing battle against Age Intolerance…

7 Sep 2021

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The ‘do it’, ‘don’t do it’, ‘do it’ work ethic…

6 Sep 2021

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The evolution of the front door delivery…

5 Sep 2021

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How complicated is the knee…

4 Sep 2021

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Rabbit or Rarebit, now there’s a question…

3 Sep 2021

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Making time to be kind to yourself…

2 Sep 2021

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Street food for the body and the mind…

1 Sep 2021

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From electronic virtual assistant to my personal friend?

31 Aug 2021

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Scams, fines and form-filling…

30 Aug 2021

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Sundays, twenty-seven years on…

29 Aug 2021

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Versed thoughts (chapter 40): Now the law says you don’t have to….

28 Aug 2021

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Questions, questions…

27 Aug 2021

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We know where it hurts, but do we know anything about why?

26 Aug 2021

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Having a go and letting you know; Uruguay, I offer my ‘off balance’ Chivito sandwich …

25 Aug 2021

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Concentrate on the goal, but don’t ignore the importance of the journey…

24 Aug 2021

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Not so many of us identify with Greta Garbo in this way…

23 Aug 2021

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A comment on the new and confusing…

22 Aug 2021

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The Power of our younger pensioners.

21 Aug 2021

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Keeping up to date with the little orange dots …

19 Aug 2021

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when you need a Mr. Fixer…

18 Aug 2021

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Misguided guidance?

17 Aug 2021

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Funny bones and national days…

16 Aug 2021

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Saturday nights, Sunday mornings and change…

15 Aug 2021

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When the morning starts out all wrong…

14 Aug 2021

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Getting back into the swing of things; even we pensioners have one…

13 Aug 2021

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Quantity, quality and success.

12 Aug 2021

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The bank of Grandma and Granddad…

11 Aug 2021

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If there must be a baptism of water, at least let there be rice…

10 Aug 2021

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Another potential case of government ‘give and take’…

9 Aug 2021

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Versed thoughts (chapter 31): Light as a feather.

8 Aug 2021

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If you are ill, press buttons 111 for an entertaining experience… perhaps?

7 Aug 2021

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Split patriotic allegiance, but Jamaica just comes first today…

6 Aug 2021

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A day to combat any whisper of halitosis.

5 Aug 2021

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In out, in out, shake it all about?

4 Aug 2021

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The cost of the ‘transponding’ key to freedom…

3 Aug 2021

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The sound and colour of relative silence…

2 Aug 2021

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Our throw-away world…

1 Aug 2021

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I am sure it is all over now, but I wonder how it went?

30 Jul 2021

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Again the internet teaches that size does matter…

29 Jul 2021

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Having a go and letting you know; Peru, how did I do?

28 Jul 2021

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Walking tall, well as tall as you still can…

27 Jul 2021

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Truman, turnips and today…

26 Jul 2021

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A nod-off moment, a wink or perhaps 40?

25 Jul 2021

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The other things that can be hidden away in your perfect neat tidy fitted kitchen…

24 Jul 2021

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A conscience jogging ‘Pop chart’!

23 Jul 2021

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Versed thoughts (chapter 37): Callander Road.

22 Jul 2021

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One exit-preparation option…

21 Jul 2021

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What I think problems and secrets have in common?

20 Jul 2021

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A different sort of sandwich…

19 Jul 2021

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Take a side-on look in the mirror every now and then.

18 Jul 2021

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Celebrating the living art canvas…

17 Jul 2021

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Honouring a long-lost pet…

16 Jul 2021

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Fifteen months down and how many to go?

15 Jul 2021

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Impersonating a cold-turkey might be the answer to some joint pain relief…

14 Jul 2021

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Hot or not while you are sleeping.

13 Jul 2021

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If you can, leave the panting to the panthers…

12 Jul 2021

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Rethinking my little living room look…

11 Jul 2021

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Keeping your virtual house in order if you have one...

10 Jul 2021

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Niggly thoughts and what you can do about them…

9 Jul 2021

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Beware; those multitasking sound effects

8 Jul 2021

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No matter how large or small the misdemeanour, it’s time to forgive…

7 Jul 2021

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Saver the sounds, the sights and the day…

6 Jul 2021

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Drivers, you might just need to extend your brace to loosen your nuts?

5 Jul 2021

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Remembering the Reddifusion TV star…

4 Jul 2021

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To hold on or accept the promise of a call-back; that is the question…

3 Jul 2021

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Add your name to the weight of public opinion…

2 Jul 2021

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Improving my relationship with me…

1 Jul 2021

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Life’s handbags…

30 Jun 2021

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Our memories of grandparents and our grandchildren’s memories of us…

29 Jun 2021

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Having a go and letting you know; Seychelles, how could I get something so simple so wrong?

28 Jun 2021

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Where do you rate on the official rich/poor scale?

27 Jun 2021

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Time to get out of the morning lockdown rut…

26 Jun 2021

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Depression and a possible bit of online self-help…

25 Jun 2021

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Conclusions and how to stop jumping…

24 Jun 2021

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What is the bet that you are still part of the OOPS Club?

23 Jun 2021

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Versed thoughts (chapter 36): First things

22 Jun 2021

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Go on. Celebrate yourself today…

21 Jun 2021

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 38): Washing your clothes ‘al fresco’?

20 Jun 2021

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If nothing else lockdown has taught us how to be ‘snug’…

19 Jun 2021

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Perhaps worth having, even if you think you’re going nowhere…

18 Jun 2021

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To stay in or opt-out; that is the question.

17 Jun 2021

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Letting your thoughts escape…

16 Jun 2021

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A Video that everyone should watch…

15 Jun 2021

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Back-tilt?

14 Jun 2021

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The ‘outside / inside’ - ‘old / young’ balance…

13 Jun 2021

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Happiness or contentment, which is more important to you?

12 Jun 2021

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Becoming more attractive to your goals…

11 Jun 2021

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This one will take you back…

10 Jun 2021

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Don’t get too detached from your floaters…

9 Jun 2021

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Re-evaluating when it comes to your BFF…

7 Jun 2021

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A Video that everyone should watch…

6 Jun 2021

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Nostalgia; memory mind-stretchers…

6 Jun 2021

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What a deep intake or two of breath might just be able to do for you…

5 Jun 2021

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Getting things stuck in our ears…

4 Jun 2021

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Nostalgia-memory mind-stretchers…

3 Jun 2021

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You’ve most probably heard of them, but have you really heard them?

2 Jun 2021

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A day to promote niceness…

1 Jun 2021

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No news continues to be good news; especially for my pet…

31 May 2021

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When there is more to numbers than maths…

30 May 2021

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One of those things we don’t really talk about…

29 May 2021

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Is purple the new green?

28 May 2021

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100 years of speculation but, am I telling the truth?

27 May 2021

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Having a go and letting you know; Guyana, sorry about the heat…

26 May 2021

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Independently mixed-up celebrations?

25 May 2021

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Thinking of brothers of all ages…

24 May 2021

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My Little Survey…

23 May 2021

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Finding someone to sort it all out when the time comes…

22 May 2021

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Pain? Perhaps you can think yourself better…

21 May 2021

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Suddenly I am a trend-setter in my old age...

20 May 2021

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Junk letters, scam letters and telling the difference…

19 May 2021

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Versed thoughts (chapter 35): Life is short in Spring…

18 May 2021

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Checking what lockdown has done to your memory…

17 May 2021

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Acknowledging kids of all ages

16 May 2021

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Philosophical thinking; other people’s opinions…

15 May 2021

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Please don’t let stress, confusion or embarrassment get in the way… Get Help.

14 May 2021

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Getting the pop-ups to pop down!

13 May 2021

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East verses West, who is looking anyway…

12 May 2021

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Perhaps some of the most important and often forgotten diary entries…

11 May 2021

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Do you decide with your head or your gut?

10 May 2021

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Knowing what you are doing verses bits of paper…

9 May 2021

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The need to boost your booster…

8 May 2021

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Popping down to the bank; becomes even more of a thing of the past…

7 May 2021

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Degrees of achievement…

6 May 2021

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The nail-paint drying eternity…

5 May 2021

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…and another thing about facemasks…

4 May 2021

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Help, it’s Mayday?

3 May 2021

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This one’s for the carers…

2 May 2021

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Can I introduce you to the ‘Enrich your life’ list…?

1 May 2021

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A friend when I really needed one…

30 Apr 2021

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Let the music take control, just a little bit…

29 Apr 2021

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We do it to ourselves and it seems that we just can’t stop!

28 Apr 2021

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Collaboration or competition; the ultimate motivators…

27 Apr 2021

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Are we nearly there yet?

26 Apr 2021

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A good day to get on the blower…

25 Apr 2021

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How does yours smell?

24 Apr 2021

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Dentures, soap, water, bleach, vinegar and more…

23 Apr 2021

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Versed thoughts (chapter 33): Dew

22 Apr 2021

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Today is the day to ask yourself, ‘Are you a mug… person?’

21 Apr 2021

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Fear of my front door…

20 Apr 2021

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Fear of my front door…

20 Apr 2021

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Will real window-shopping still exist post pandemic?

19 Apr 2021

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How many languages can you read?

18 Apr 2021

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A masked-walk in the park...

17 Apr 2021

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Focussing in on patience…

16 Apr 2021

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Has lockdown improved your knowledge of what is in your house?

15 Apr 2021

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Now is the time to answer this question with a resounding ‘Yes.’…

14 Apr 2021

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Go on Gentlemen.

13 Apr 2021

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Remembering ‘The Flying Brickyard’…

12 Apr 2021

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Celebrating with Butlin’s… I sometimes wish I was back there!

11 Apr 2021

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Brothers and sisters, repair the rifts…

10 Apr 2021

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Blunt signs and explanations…

9 Apr 2021

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Our days need structure… now is the time to put it back.

8 Apr 2021

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A reminder about covid-19, food and us…

7 Apr 2021

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The potential cost of nodding off in front of the telly…

6 Apr 2021

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The ultimate intrinsic question…

5 Apr 2021

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Happy Lock-down Easter… again?

4 Apr 2021

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Having a go and letting you know; Senegal, I think my version looks good…

3 Apr 2021

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Patience then and now…

2 Apr 2021

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The ultimate April fools’ year needs to stop here…

1 Apr 2021

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Remembering how to tête à tête…

31 Mar 2021

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 32): Twilight without the zone…

30 Mar 2021

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It’s the thought that counts, but do something with it…

29 Mar 2021

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Learning to like myself a little better…

28 Mar 2021

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Don’t forget Benjamin Franklin, William Willett and British Summer Time tonight…

27 Mar 2021

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Reasons for us oldies not to shy away from the camera…

26 Mar 2021

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Getting going again…

25 Mar 2021

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Insurance renewal – don’t just pay… Haggle!

24 Mar 2021

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A reason to stagger your jabs…

23 Mar 2021

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 16) – Shopping this time last year

22 Mar 2021

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All the questions and answers but one less form to fill in...

21 Mar 2021

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Happy Happiness day!

20 Mar 2021

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Having a go and letting you know; Tunisia, I nearly cracked this one…

19 Mar 2021

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A day to acknowledge the egg on your face...

18 Mar 2021

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A fact that might help if circumstances have to change…

17 Mar 2021

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 17) – this time last year…

16 Mar 2021

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The ‘negative voice in my head’ challenge…

15 Mar 2021

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Things you learn at a grand ‘mother’s meeting’.

14 Mar 2021

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Focussing on your imagination and creativity…

13 Mar 2021

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Don’t give up giving up, you’re definitely half way there!

12 Mar 2021

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High-rise cups of tea…

11 Mar 2021

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When you can no longer ‘bend down and touch your toes’…

10 Mar 2021

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Avoiding the risk of regret…

9 Mar 2021

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You’re never too old to be young…

8 Mar 2021

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Time to take stock and give your ‘To do’ list a little rest…

7 Mar 2021

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Re-evaluating luck…

6 Mar 2021

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A day to get on your knees?

5 Mar 2021

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Versed thoughts (chapter 30): Walking there and back.

4 Mar 2021

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Gentleman, please take a serious lockdown look in the mirror.

3 Mar 2021

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Soap sanitizer and skin…

2 Mar 2021

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Making a will… I need to walk as well as talk, do you?

1 Mar 2021

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Cars are still getting faster but our brains have reached their speed limit!

28 Feb 2021

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Please don’t let Trypanophobia stop you from having the Jab…

27 Feb 2021

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Christmas gifts; the other element of surprise…

26 Feb 2021

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It’s a question of time …

25 Feb 2021

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Stop thinking for 5 minutes…

24 Feb 2021

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I love my children but, oh for freedom. Please bring on the Jab.

23 Feb 2021

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Versed thoughts (chapter 27): Turnips.

22 Feb 2021

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Avoiding a bit of a Christmas rip-off?

21 Feb 2021

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Why I have become a news-broadcast channel ‘turner-over’ …

20 Feb 2021

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Pensioners, how financially well off are we really?

19 Feb 2021

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Embrace the celebrations…

18 Feb 2021

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A day when ashes and random kindness meet.

17 Feb 2021

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Having a go and letting you know; may I present my Lithuanian surprise?

16 Feb 2021

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A two course pancake celebration perhaps?

15 Feb 2021

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Versed thoughts (chapter 25): Exchanging Hearts

14 Feb 2021

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Looking back on a very bad year…

13 Feb 2021

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The start of a year of strength – but do we Oxen measure up.

12 Feb 2021

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Some you win and some you lose, but celebrate by soldiering on anyway…

11 Feb 2021

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Even a quite Chinese New Year is about more than the zodiac animal being celebrated…

10 Feb 2021

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Letting standards slip a bit… after all, what’s the hurry?

9 Feb 2021

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Versed thoughts (chapter 29): Keep in Touch

8 Feb 2021

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Internet adverts, time, money and balance

7 Feb 2021

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Should you be Body popping at your age?

6 Feb 2021

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Attacking arthritis from within and without…

5 Feb 2021

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The significance of ‘the 3 Fs’.

4 Feb 2021

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Helping to cure your GP’s virtual blindness…

3 Feb 2021

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Candles up, decorations down and don’t forget the groundhog...

2 Feb 2021

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Ladies and gentleman please check your bits!

1 Feb 2021

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Keeping the cost of keeping in touch affordable.

31 Jan 2021

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Geography, History and (harsh) reality…

30 Jan 2021

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Celebrate the day without losing any of the pieces.

29 Jan 2021

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Numbering your drawers before you get started…

28 Jan 2021

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 26) – Mirrors don’t always tell the whole truth…

27 Jan 2021

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Listen, what is your house trying to tell you?

26 Jan 2021

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Focussing on those ‘I told you so’ moments.

25 Jan 2021

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Versed thoughts (chapter 28): Counting the Waves

24 Jan 2021

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Televisions; it’s not all about watching them.

23 Jan 2021

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Versed thoughts (chapter 21): Demolition

22 Jan 2021

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Quick, painless and good for you; today is the day!

21 Jan 2021

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The ultimate solution to everything but can it keep a secret?

20 Jan 2021

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2020; focussing on the positives.

19 Jan 2021

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The unwrapped hopes of many a gift-giver…

18 Jan 2021

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A message for ‘World Religion day’

17 Jan 2021

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In times of crises…

16 Jan 2021

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Will fireworks become a thing of the past?

15 Jan 2021

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Your pension… have you missed anything?

14 Jan 2021

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One way of fighting fire with fire…

13 Jan 2021

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Twiddle, press or dial; it all takes so much longer now…

12 Jan 2021

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The entertaining element of competition…

11 Jan 2021

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If you have to get lost in them, focus on the positive ones!

10 Jan 2021

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Your heart, a little maths, and the number 220.

9 Jan 2021

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‘D’ day is on its way (again)…

8 Jan 2021

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Make sure your kids remember that they are your kids…

7 Jan 2021

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The importance of a regular ‘Stand up break’ for the RFYOPs among us…

6 Jan 2021

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Hot or not while you are sleeping.

5 Jan 2021

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Happy divorce day?

4 Jan 2021

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Having a go ; Myanmar, thank you for a spicy celebration where quantity is the watchword…

3 Jan 2021

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Perhaps a new way to greet 2021…

2 Jan 2021

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One year on… (chapter 1)… I hope your glass is a little fuller

1 Jan 2021

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2020; a vintage year…

31 Dec 2020

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In preparation for a national day with a subtitle…

30 Dec 2020

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Elton John sang it, and saying it is still hard whatever the reason…

29 Dec 2020

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Forty years of Top Forty’s…

28 Dec 2020

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Who is really in control?

27 Dec 2020

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 12) - The morning after the night before…

26 Dec 2020

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A short message for Christmas….

25 Dec 2020

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You might be spending Christmas alone this year… but you will not be ‘alone’!

24 Dec 2020

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Medication that stats show we prefer not to take…

23 Dec 2020

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A PC Christmas poem

22 Dec 2020

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Versed thoughts (chapter 22): Newgrange

21 Dec 2020

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Skip the vouchers this year…

20 Dec 2020

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Introduction to a memory… MY UNCLE NORMAN

19 Dec 2020

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There’s none so queer as folk; especially at Christmas…

18 Dec 2020

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Let’s talk about one of our personal top-tens today …

17 Dec 2020

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Here’s looking at Christmas 2020, but forward to Christmas 2021…

16 Dec 2020

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2020, the Covid-19 year, the year that never really happened

15 Dec 2020

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Hearing, phones, aids, quality and quantity.

14 Dec 2020

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A new look at our places of interest…

13 Dec 2020

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The importance of making up the numbers…

12 Dec 2020

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Their checking up on us can be a good thing.

11 Dec 2020

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A reason to clean your ears before your video call…

10 Dec 2020

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Pain? Perhaps you can think yourself better…

9 Dec 2020

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Are we shoppers ‘just making do’ again…

8 Dec 2020

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Let the music take control, just a little bit…

7 Dec 2020

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Getting your computer to be kinder to your eyes…

5 Dec 2020

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Both fashionably and financially priced out of the present giving market?

4 Dec 2020

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Maintain the closer relationships that lock-down forged…

3 Dec 2020

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An awareness day or two worth noting…

2 Dec 2020

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Violence; for whose glory?

1 Dec 2020

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Your back, the space and making sure it will fit…

30 Nov 2020

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Will lock down be our only Christmas visitor this year?

29 Nov 2020

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Ivy, getting to the route of the problem…

28 Nov 2020

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If you need to share a secret, tell it to a man.

27 Nov 2020

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‘Live and let live’… do we, should we, can we…

26 Nov 2020

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The minefield that is buying a new mobile phone….

25 Nov 2020

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A present that there will be space for…

24 Nov 2020

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Be suspicious of official letters too…

23 Nov 2020

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The ‘Good Person; Bad Person’ life balance assessment… Part 2

22 Nov 2020

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A pre-Christmas winter spring-clean…

21 Nov 2020

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Versed thoughts (chapter 23): Observations

20 Nov 2020

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Why think big today? …

19 Nov 2020

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From the bottom of the garden to a dedicated room…

18 Nov 2020

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Finding a public toilet in Lewisham borough…

17 Nov 2020

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Having a go and letting you know; Moroccans, it’s not all about the pot. Is it?

16 Nov 2020

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Tragedies of now and then…

15 Nov 2020

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Socks, stockings; what’s really inside?

14 Nov 2020

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Knees playing up, perhaps something to try…

13 Nov 2020

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From the three R’s to the three T’s and more; lessons in learning…

12 Nov 2020

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Two minutes and a red flower…

11 Nov 2020

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Borrowed browsing… the pros and cons of keeping your history to yourself…

10 Nov 2020

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Playing the scammer at his own game…

9 Nov 2020

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The ‘Good Person; Bad Person’ life balance assessment…

8 Nov 2020

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Alternatives to the kitchen chopping challenge.

7 Nov 2020

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Stopcock; where is yours?

6 Nov 2020

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Keep them in tonight…

5 Nov 2020

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Today; a day to share and half your troubles?

4 Nov 2020

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A day to take a good look at yourself and work out if you are stressed.

3 Nov 2020

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A day to take a good look at yourself and work out if you are stressed.

3 Nov 2020

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From 0 to 500+ in 84 years!

2 Nov 2020

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What you’ve got and what you’ve not…

1 Nov 2020

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Do those who celebrate really know why?

31 Oct 2020

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Well and truly rooted in the UK now...

30 Oct 2020

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Dirty fingers and your printer’s clean bill of health…

29 Oct 2020

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I recognise the problem? What do I do now?

28 Oct 2020

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Masked recognition: apparently it’s all in the shape of the eyes…

27 Oct 2020

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 24): Accidental soup, not carved faces…

26 Oct 2020

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A welcome dinner guest with an electronic twist…

25 Oct 2020

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More about high water bills…

24 Oct 2020

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Most of us have one, but how often do you really ‘dash away’ these days?

23 Oct 2020

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What would be in your top ten all-time favourite telly programme list?

22 Oct 2020

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Ladies and gentleman please check your bits!

21 Oct 2020

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The ‘Pucker up’ observed from all perspectives…

20 Oct 2020

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Wear it at all times…

19 Oct 2020

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Ladies, the letters will stop coming but you should keep going…

18 Oct 2020

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Blood, if you can’t deliver it, getting it collected might be the answer…

17 Oct 2020

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October; a month of colourful history…

16 Oct 2020

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Our health and mixed messages…

15 Oct 2020

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Having a go and letting you know; Austria, Germany; I tried…

14 Oct 2020

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Working out just how much you personally need….

13 Oct 2020

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A life-lesson for fingers of all ages…

12 Oct 2020

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Caring for your carer…

11 Oct 2020

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In the words of Max Bygraves, ‘I want to tell you a story’…

10 Oct 2020

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The advantages of masked mistaken identity…

9 Oct 2020

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Wearing and watching… sorry washing…

8 Oct 2020

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Worst case scenario; make your decision known and then get on with your life…

7 Oct 2020

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10 minutes of Internet positivity that just might perk you up…

6 Oct 2020

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Two of everything…

5 Oct 2020

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Versed thoughts (chapter 20): The Chairs

4 Oct 2020

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Blinded from the facts and often bearded if wearing one at all…

3 Oct 2020

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Today’s the day for an upside-down frown…

2 Oct 2020

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Versed thoughts (chapter 18): Being nationally poetic today…

1 Oct 2020

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If you have one, has it got a name?

30 Sep 2020

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Sharing the love in more ways than one….

29 Sep 2020

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Congratulations to the thespian in you…

28 Sep 2020

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Afternoon blinking with your chin on your chest.

27 Sep 2020

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It’s not Easter but let’s talk ‘Bunnies’ anyway

26 Sep 2020

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Possible prevention, cure and all that arthritic stuff…

25 Sep 2020

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The changing significance of the words ‘No charge’…

24 Sep 2020

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The merits of going to the flics over streaming.

23 Sep 2020

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Did lock-down get you down?

22 Sep 2020

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Something that we all want?

21 Sep 2020

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Having a go and letting you know; Malta, sorry. Alexa ‘u turned’…

20 Sep 2020

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Eyes, a timely reminder or two…

19 Sep 2020

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Memories of a Lewisham which has long since gone…

18 Sep 2020

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Ladies; by the hair of my chinny chin chin? I say ‘ NO, NO!’.

17 Sep 2020

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Choices…

16 Sep 2020

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If you get them- remember to spend them…

15 Sep 2020

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My neighbour, the agony aunt…

14 Sep 2020

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How tired is your electric blanket?

13 Sep 2020

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Let’s twist again…

12 Sep 2020

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Avoid turning an introduction into a cat-fight

11 Sep 2020

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The ultimate ambition…

10 Sep 2020

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Another step to ‘steppage’ improvement…

9 Sep 2020

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Working out what is where…

8 Sep 2020

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 19): The selfie, the mask and the mobile phone.

7 Sep 2020

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Don’t skip it – Do it today!

6 Sep 2020

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A little Poem from me to you…

5 Sep 2020

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Speeding at 24 MPH…

4 Sep 2020

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Reunite… some families do it, some schools do it, we could do it!

3 Sep 2020

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Staying cool when the heat is not going away!

2 Sep 2020

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Responsible ‘shopaholism’ – can be good for some?

1 Sep 2020

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Written last Bank Holiday, in preparation for this one…

31 Aug 2020

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Having a go and letting you know; Toasting Trinidad and Tobago …

30 Aug 2020

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What can you do for them after all they have done for you?

29 Aug 2020

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Quality v Quantity. What sort of friend am I being really?

28 Aug 2020

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Seeing past the fog to the shop-shelves…

27 Aug 2020

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3 – 2 – 1…

26 Aug 2020

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Get the big bones out today!

25 Aug 2020

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Celebrating our ‘happily ever afters’

24 Aug 2020

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One subtle way to deal with embarrassment…

23 Aug 2020

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Versed thoughts (chapter 9): The Same Country

22 Aug 2020

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My A to Z of Lockdown living…

21 Aug 2020

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‘TO BE OR NOT TO BE... ONE OR THE OTHER’; there is a question….

20 Aug 2020

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Breathing your way to reduced back pain and weight?

19 Aug 2020

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Not every conversation needs to be a happy one…

18 Aug 2020

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Pensioner-parents learn from the birds?

17 Aug 2020

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In preparation for a good laugh…

16 Aug 2020

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Those that will have to keep holding their breath…

15 Aug 2020

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Happy Virtual Birthday to you…

14 Aug 2020

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Be kind if you still have to say, ‘No, not today thank you’.

13 Aug 2020

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Third in the queue for too long?

12 Aug 2020

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Ladies, perhaps a little egg on your face from time to time is a good thing…

11 Aug 2020

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Not every TV offers HD…

10 Aug 2020

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Versed thoughts (chapter 11): Future Unknown

9 Aug 2020

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In appreciation of our firry friends…

8 Aug 2020

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In appreciation of our firry friends…

8 Aug 2020

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The under/over 45 divide…

7 Aug 2020

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An independence day challenge…

6 Aug 2020

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Mentioning the unmentionable…

5 Aug 2020

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 14) – …a little lesson in making room for them…

4 Aug 2020

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Distant family members that have jumped into my reality

3 Aug 2020

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Seeing past the fog to the shop-shelves…

2 Aug 2020

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A taste of loneliness…

1 Aug 2020

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Thinking of faraway places…

31 Jul 2020

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To the 10% born on the other side… in preparation for a Happy International Lefthanders’ day

30 Jul 2020

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 15) – Christmas is never far away…

29 Jul 2020

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A little more advice for those left behind…

28 Jul 2020

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Friends, Mums, Daughters, Sons and Dads get to this back routine…

27 Jul 2020

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This time last year – keeping cool…

26 Jul 2020

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Brothers and sisters, repair the rifts…

25 Jul 2020

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Versed thoughts (chapter 12): Designed to provoke opinion…

24 Jul 2020

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Should you be in credit and are you missing out?

23 Jul 2020

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Versed thoughts (chapter 8): Fingers

22 Jul 2020

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Beware of overpaying for a TV licence…

21 Jul 2020

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Dish-washing v Dish- stacking…

20 Jul 2020

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What’s in a name... if you can say it right?

19 Jul 2020

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Have you found anything of value at the bottom of your draws?

18 Jul 2020

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 13) – to click or not to click…

17 Jul 2020

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Old friends…

16 Jul 2020

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A good day to predict the Weather…

15 Jul 2020

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Having a go and letting you know – A salute to France …

14 Jul 2020

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The other end of the GP spectrum

13 Jul 2020

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The real cost of connecting with media

12 Jul 2020

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A silly thought on a serious day…

11 Jul 2020

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Versed thoughts (chapter 10): Couples

10 Jul 2020

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Dreams, REM and remembering…

9 Jul 2020

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Is personal freedom overrated?

8 Jul 2020

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Life’s too short; let’s celebrate…

7 Jul 2020

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Having a go and letting you know – this is my warning to you …

6 Jul 2020

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Tough preparation for a global celebration …

5 Jul 2020

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Weight, water and exercise….

4 Jul 2020

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Your bank account – one possible way of staying in control…

3 Jul 2020

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Don’t be put off; keep holding on!

2 Jul 2020

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So much red tape at a time like this…

1 Jul 2020

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An emergency history and geography lesson…

30 Jun 2020

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Making sure UV not overdone it.

29 Jun 2020

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Let’s take a post-pandemic leaf out of the farmers’ book…

28 Jun 2020

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See, snap and be ready…

27 Jun 2020

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Striving for a personal ‘happily ever after’’ at the end of every night’s sleep

26 Jun 2020

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Do all the time-savers really save time?

25 Jun 2020

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The importance of a different type of dating…

24 Jun 2020

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Err on the side of caution for just a bit longer…

23 Jun 2020

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Versed thoughts (chapter 7): Simon the Swan

22 Jun 2020

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Perhaps another thing to add to your ‘lock down’ to do list…

21 Jun 2020

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‘The doctor Said.’… you mean ‘The doctor advised’!

20 Jun 2020

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Inheriting a sticky hobby?

19 Jun 2020

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The soap, the knife, the gun and the blunt instrument…

18 Jun 2020

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Let’s all think dirty, just for today…

17 Jun 2020

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When hot nights make sleeping difficult…

16 Jun 2020

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Magna Carta, a celebration of national law…

15 Jun 2020

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Spot the difference…

14 Jun 2020

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Dating for the rest of this year…

13 Jun 2020

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Ode to those with a smart phone and butter-fingers…

12 Jun 2020

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The value of vinyl these days…

11 Jun 2020

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Time for corporate contemplation…

10 Jun 2020

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Someone to look up to.

9 Jun 2020

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Is the state of your garden surviving the virus?

8 Jun 2020

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Birthday inspiration.

7 Jun 2020

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Lockdown…The best of both worlds.

6 Jun 2020

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Keeping a bit more in touch

5 Jun 2020

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Keeping them out rather than killing them when they are in…

4 Jun 2020

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Man to man…

3 Jun 2020

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Crossing things out can sometimes be quite satisfying…

2 Jun 2020

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Dozy days and sleepless nights…

1 Jun 2020

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The expressionless face of our world’s streets.

31 May 2020

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Just not the same...

30 May 2020

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Girls of a certain age, do you remember?

29 May 2020

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Routine; one way of maintaining yours...

28 May 2020

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Is that everything?

27 May 2020

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Have all the models rolled away?

26 May 2020

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Thank you NHS, and here are some other people we need to thank…

25 May 2020

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Age; the ‘Looks Taker’

24 May 2020

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Keep loving them, but remember to keep your distance…

23 May 2020

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Something else to do while you’re in the queue…

22 May 2020

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Versed thoughts (chapter 6): Measurements

21 May 2020

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Foot freedom and feeling the floor.

20 May 2020

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The world’s ‘Money Grabbers’ or the ‘Financially Shrewd’?

19 May 2020

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Our shrinking homes.

18 May 2020

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No Egghead or Chaser…

17 May 2020

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Swapping the word ‘home’ for ‘alert’.

16 May 2020

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Another little known national commemoration day

15 May 2020

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Will the world ever agree on anything?

14 May 2020

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A special message for nappers on World Sleep Day.

13 May 2020

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A little nonsense that might make you smile…

12 May 2020

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Let’s prepare for a sleep in…

11 May 2020

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My storage problem risen to new heights…

10 May 2020

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Versed thoughts (chapter 5): Extensions

9 May 2020

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May Day on Friday?

8 May 2020

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Why must the wicked be strong?

7 May 2020

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They can’t catch the virus but they could catch you…

6 May 2020

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Age, Culture, Gender, conscience and Church…

5 May 2020

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A celebratory week that is likely to be hard to observe this year…

4 May 2020

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In spite of everything, let’s try to celebrate today…

3 May 2020

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Thank you NHS, and here are some other people we need to thank…

2 May 2020

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Something to do with the help of your window or back door?

2 May 2020

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Stamps; not that bad a deal…

1 May 2020

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A message from LPG

30 Apr 2020

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One way of keeping up to date during lock down…

29 Apr 2020

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GDPR.. get them to show what they know about you…

28 Apr 2020

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Will we feel different about taking that first trip out when UK lock down ends?

27 Apr 2020

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Self-isolation; a friendship changer

26 Apr 2020

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Remember the plug…

25 Apr 2020

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Money; is collecting really worth it?

24 Apr 2020

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Pick yourself up, dust yourself off….

23 Apr 2020

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Eating; getting started again…

22 Apr 2020

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Another effect of self-isolation

21 Apr 2020

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According to the Chinese, ‘hanging by the neck’ won’t necessarily kill you

20 Apr 2020

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A healthy reminder for your car…

19 Apr 2020

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A sticking point which might help pain…

18 Apr 2020

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A sticking point which might help pain…

18 Apr 2020

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In honour of the real Statistics …

17 Apr 2020

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Computer voice discrimination?

16 Apr 2020

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The vacuum that makes for a clean sleep…

15 Apr 2020

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The vacuum that makes for a clean sleep…

15 Apr 2020

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10 Kilos! Please don’t all return!

14 Apr 2020

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Turning the clock back to legibility…

13 Apr 2020

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Getting to the other side with thanks!

12 Apr 2020

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Keeping the neighbours guessing…

11 Apr 2020

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Down in the mouth in more ways than one…

10 Apr 2020

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Things floating right in front of your eyes….

9 Apr 2020

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Keeping your visits real…

8 Apr 2020

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Tea; making a meal of it…

7 Apr 2020

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Something to do while ‘Self-Isolating’

6 Apr 2020

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Pensioners and time; opposing points of view…

5 Apr 2020

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In the interests of National Self-Sanity…

4 Apr 2020

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It doesn’t have to be a touch; any movement will do…

3 Apr 2020

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Successes, regrets, two vid’s and too kids…

2 Apr 2020

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London, honestly, I kid you not!

1 Apr 2020

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A message from LPG

31 Mar 2020

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My contribution to the ‘Coronavirus will not bring us down!’ campaign.

29 Mar 2020

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Knees; trying my best to delay the foreseeable…

28 Mar 2020

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Sleeping while sitting all night – one reason why it is not a good idea…

27 Mar 2020

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Insurance renewal – don’t just pay… Haggle!

26 Mar 2020

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Another way that shopping can be a therapy…

25 Mar 2020

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Potentially sorting out one pain in the neck…

24 Mar 2020

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Everything needs a bit of a spring clean ….

23 Mar 2020

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Coronavirus house arrest?

22 Mar 2020

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Coronavirus house arrest?

22 Mar 2020

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A change of heart or just a change of your options…

21 Mar 2020

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Back pain, financial pain, mental pain…

20 Mar 2020

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Back pain, financial pain, mental pain…

20 Mar 2020

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Keeping your hands clean in these uncertain times…

19 Mar 2020

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The inter-generational mobile phone.

18 Mar 2020

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There is more to SAD than just feeling that way…

17 Mar 2020

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Something positive from America?

16 Mar 2020

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Minimising your ability to be taken for an April Fool.

15 Mar 2020

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Where are you found in the personality spectrum?

14 Mar 2020

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Where are you found in the personality spectrum?

14 Mar 2020

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...just not sweet enough for me – but I am working on it!

13 Mar 2020

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 10) – are Plastic flowers disrespectful?

12 Mar 2020

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Your kids, your kids’ kids and your opinion…

11 Mar 2020

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The potentially positive relationship between becoming a heavy breather and blood pressure…

10 Mar 2020

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A subject that gives us all a bit of a headache at times….

9 Mar 2020

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Respect to the fairer sex.

8 Mar 2020

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Tenants, keep your heads above water…

7 Mar 2020

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 8) – Parking space considerations...

6 Mar 2020

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Face improvement perhaps?

5 Mar 2020

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Back-up falsies and finance…

4 Mar 2020

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 11) - Begging Florida USA style…

3 Mar 2020

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 11) - Begging Florida USA style…

3 Mar 2020

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Step out and step up while you still can…

2 Mar 2020

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One year later and I have not practised what I preached…

1 Mar 2020

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Pope Gregory XIII did try his best, but we are still not leaping perfectly.

29 Feb 2020

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 9) – London skies can be beautiful too.

28 Feb 2020

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Self-understanding with a pinch of salt…

27 Feb 2020

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A healthier Lent this year.

26 Feb 2020

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Vegan ways to ‘Shrove’ it up on Tuesday

25 Feb 2020

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Is not having a blue badge making you blue?

24 Feb 2020

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Could your cold do with a toddy today?

23 Feb 2020

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Don’t get caught on a bus looking like an April fool…

22 Feb 2020

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Don’t waste time regretting what you let get away…

21 Feb 2020

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Classier, not pricier budgeting…

20 Feb 2020

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Step up communication in 2020

19 Feb 2020

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A badge collection story.

18 Feb 2020

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A little bit of salt; is not always a bad thing...

17 Feb 2020

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Long live the Chequebook!

16 Feb 2020

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Britain leaves Europe

15 Feb 2020

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Some things should never change just like valentine’s day

14 Feb 2020

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Heat… but please be careful!

13 Feb 2020

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Could you burst into song and produce an accurate version of your National Anthem?

12 Feb 2020

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Check the state of your ‘even keel’.

11 Feb 2020

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Check the state of your ‘even keel’.

11 Feb 2020

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Fully charged, overcharged… just how charged should we be?

10 Feb 2020

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… and how old are you?

9 Feb 2020

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British Women are sociable

8 Feb 2020

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Don’t dwell on ‘the me I used to be’…

7 Feb 2020

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Health, the rise and fall…

6 Feb 2020

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 8) – Parking space considerations...

6 Feb 2020

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The feel of the key under your finger…

5 Feb 2020

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Grandma’s Help

4 Feb 2020

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A call for regulation in all countries.

3 Feb 2020

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What today, the weather and ‘I’ve Got you babe’ have in common…

2 Feb 2020

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Dig out your 20s – I bet you have more than you think!

1 Feb 2020

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Connect during the anticipation months…

31 Jan 2020

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Expecting too much?

30 Jan 2020

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Expecting too much?

30 Jan 2020

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Nice trip? One way to ensure it is good to be home.

29 Jan 2020

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Don’t be too independent to use a walking stick?

28 Jan 2020

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Do white coats have an effect on you?

28 Jan 2020

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Ladies, here’s one I made earlier…

26 Jan 2020

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The Bible; if you have read it, did you understand it all?

25 Jan 2020

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Giving back a little driving advice…

24 Jan 2020

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Visitors from abroad, where do you start?

23 Jan 2020

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Harry, Meghan and Canada

22 Jan 2020

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Judge Rinder got me thinking.

21 Jan 2020

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A day to ‘celebrate’ for all the wrong reasons…

20 Jan 2020

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Watch them grow, watch them go!

19 Jan 2020

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I like their style

18 Jan 2020

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New Year’s Honour or Horror?

17 Jan 2020

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Is your home still your children’s storage facility?

16 Jan 2020

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Post Code conundrums…

15 Jan 2020

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Is this goodbye old friend?

14 Jan 2020

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Drinking habits – how good are yours?

13 Jan 2020

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The science behind a night time snuggle…

12 Jan 2020

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LPG would like to say a big thank you…

11 Jan 2020

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Ways to keep a little road map little… perhaps?

10 Jan 2020

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Children and Grandchildren (your gifts)

9 Jan 2020

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The electronic thieves...

8 Jan 2020

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Thinking of thanking someone? Do it on Saturday!

7 Jan 2020

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Thunder? Be more worried about the lightning…

6 Jan 2020

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Epiphany and the ‘take down’?

5 Jan 2020

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Not again in this lifetime…

4 Jan 2020

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 7) - My beautiful staircase…

3 Jan 2020

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Retirement; the youngsters need to start planning early.

2 Jan 2020

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Ask more questions…

1 Jan 2020

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A new kind of new year’s resolution.

31 Dec 2019

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A new year’s resolution worth ‘breaking’?

30 Dec 2019

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Make sure you are always contactable whatever happens…

29 Dec 2019

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One way to eliminate the rug to carpet falling hazard…

28 Dec 2019

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How do you know and what can you do?

27 Dec 2019

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Wikipedia, are they really strapped for cash?

26 Dec 2019

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Keeping the message brief today…

25 Dec 2019

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Noise? keep your neighbours up to speed.

24 Dec 2019

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Christmas; a time for the family-feud cease-fire…

23 Dec 2019

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Yes, we pensioners can still multitask?

22 Dec 2019

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The ‘Three-Diary’ way of life?

21 Dec 2019

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An interesting aspect of making a GP appointment.

20 Dec 2019

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Could we ‘fatties’ learn something from following Japan’s lead?

19 Dec 2019

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 6) - A whole new way of looking at the world...

18 Dec 2019

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17 Dec 2019

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Spilt milk – get over it!

16 Dec 2019

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Unconditional Air however sunny it is outside …

15 Dec 2019

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Reach for the ceiling or perhaps the sideboard!

14 Dec 2019

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Movies in Lewisham Borough again…

13 Dec 2019

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My aunt, an inspiration.

12 Dec 2019

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Whether just for Christmas or for life: some advice for when things change….

11 Dec 2019

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Older and colder… Avoiding the draught…

10 Dec 2019

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Avoid double booking… On the wall or in the phone…

9 Dec 2019

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Never too old to ‘do your thing’ on the dance floor.

8 Dec 2019

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Observation… do you know a Mrs. X or a Mr. Y?

7 Dec 2019

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Keeping the magic of Christmas.

6 Dec 2019

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Practice makes for the Perfect Password…

5 Dec 2019

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Working on the Detox from the outside in.

4 Dec 2019

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Defrost and demist; make sure you can see!

3 Dec 2019

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Spending time apart can keep you together.

2 Dec 2019

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Keeping the message brief today…

2 Dec 2019

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How tired is your electric blanket?

1 Dec 2019

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So that’s why God invented Cotton Wool!

30 Nov 2019

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Really Bagging the Bargains; box verses black.

29 Nov 2019

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Christmas present shelf life…

28 Nov 2019

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Shhhhhhh!

27 Nov 2019

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Older driver; older car; more to pay-

26 Nov 2019

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Looking good while seeing well…

25 Nov 2019

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Christmas… No I don’t Roy!

24 Nov 2019

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A children’s lesson that grandparents can help to teach.

23 Nov 2019

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Something that we all want?

23 Nov 2019

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Co-Codamol and constipation; another solution?

22 Nov 2019

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Some raw facts about Crudivorisme

21 Nov 2019

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Older drivers, keep Driving

20 Nov 2019

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One race that paper is still winning…

19 Nov 2019

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Don’t become conspicuous by your absence…

18 Nov 2019

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Mortals like me

17 Nov 2019

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Grandparents it was too late for last Christmas… but this year.

16 Nov 2019

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With WWII still in mind…

15 Nov 2019

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You can fool others (but not yourselves)

14 Nov 2019

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Drones – the ups and downs….

13 Nov 2019

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Drones – the ups and downs….

13 Nov 2019

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Handbags at dawn and dusk…

12 Nov 2019

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How quickly some of us forget again.

11 Nov 2019

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The sensory organs of the inanimate objects around us.

10 Nov 2019

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Go in fighting, or give up; there is an alternative…

9 Nov 2019

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Saving up for Next Christmas

8 Nov 2019

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Finding yourself in Airplane mode when you are close to the ground…

7 Nov 2019

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Show your appreciation and subscribe…

6 Nov 2019

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My attempt to inspire positivity…

5 Nov 2019

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Whose mobile phone is it anyway?

4 Nov 2019

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The annoying sound of commerce.

3 Nov 2019

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Keep connected one way or the other!

2 Nov 2019

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What really makes you you?

1 Nov 2019

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A West Indian thought with a Halloween flavour…

31 Oct 2019

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A little trip down quiz memory lane…

30 Oct 2019

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If you don’t check no one else will…

29 Oct 2019

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Halloween one year on

28 Oct 2019

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Phone a friend

27 Oct 2019

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Opposing elements – same outcome?

26 Oct 2019

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The opening…

25 Oct 2019

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Having the older finger on the button.

24 Oct 2019

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Keep making the effort…

23 Oct 2019

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The merits of hanging your head…

22 Oct 2019

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Lewisham council’s hidden gift.

21 Oct 2019

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The cost of the air that we breathe…

20 Oct 2019

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My ‘good and bad list’ and my need to Keep Striving!

19 Oct 2019

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Getting all four corners together…

18 Oct 2019

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I heard about it and then I heard it!

17 Oct 2019

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The ‘Sting Jet’ that had no name…

16 Oct 2019

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Audio Description – not only for the blind.

15 Oct 2019

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Electric blankets; a good or bad thing?

14 Oct 2019

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The front-garden take-over.

13 Oct 2019

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The busy/boredom balance…

12 Oct 2019

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Owed to not backing down, thanks CP and well done mum!

11 Oct 2019

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Warm heart… and do you have the other problem too?

10 Oct 2019

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Upright gone a bit wrong.

9 Oct 2019

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New technology and older people

8 Oct 2019

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Is that everything?

7 Oct 2019

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Happy Grandparent’s day…

6 Oct 2019

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Our day and most of us don’t even know it.

5 Oct 2019

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Keeping them out rather than killing them when they are in…

4 Oct 2019

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Ode to National Poetry Day…

3 Oct 2019

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Setting people and poetry free…

2 Oct 2019

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Cold lonely-night remedies…

1 Oct 2019

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The laying down of a little online gauntlet…

30 Sep 2019

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The laying down of a little online gauntlet…

30 Sep 2019

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Sorting the lies form the truth…

29 Sep 2019

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Mensa and me…

28 Sep 2019

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How do you know if it is happening to you?

27 Sep 2019

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Has Christmas got anything to do with your birthday?

26 Sep 2019

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This gives ‘keeping your nose clean’ a whole new meaning!

25 Sep 2019

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Good news carried for us and for the environment.

24 Sep 2019

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Fish, horses and computers...

23 Sep 2019

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It could be worth checking.

22 Sep 2019

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A bit of cold weather advice

21 Sep 2019

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Use the sensory help around you….

20 Sep 2019

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Spotting the signs…

19 Sep 2019

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Give them the money not your bank account details.

18 Sep 2019

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Knitters – exercise your Carpal Tunnels

17 Sep 2019

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Ways of pleading ignorance with an air of knowledgeability

16 Sep 2019

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Making breakfast a meal worth eating….

15 Sep 2019

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Sugar, milk and what kind of tea?

14 Sep 2019

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Exercise for the brain.

13 Sep 2019

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Taking pictures – where do you stand?

12 Sep 2019

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Getting to sleep in the first place…

11 Sep 2019

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Finding the right qwerty key when you need it…

10 Sep 2019

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Leaves on the line – a whole new meaning…

9 Sep 2019

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The value of the change in your pocket.

8 Sep 2019

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A salutation to ‘the’

7 Sep 2019

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Thinking in shades of colour blind awareness today.

6 Sep 2019

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Being glad is good for you.

5 Sep 2019

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Are your pants on fire?

4 Sep 2019

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Going away; a bit more to pay!

3 Sep 2019

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Turmeric without curry

2 Sep 2019

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LPG; message to our readers

1 Sep 2019

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Your name; a lot to live up to?

31 Aug 2019

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A written contract makes things so much easier…

30 Aug 2019

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Do you know what can happen when you dial ‘*#06#’ with your mobile phone?

29 Aug 2019

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 5) – picture while you pack

28 Aug 2019

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Minimise your morning raspiness…

27 Aug 2019

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It is never too late to learn…

26 Aug 2019

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Free - obligation or not?

25 Aug 2019

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Automobiles all over the place…

23 Aug 2019

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A code for the friends of the elders among us.

22 Aug 2019

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Minimising that gap…

21 Aug 2019

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Take one last look just in case

19 Aug 2019

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Painkiller with a kick…

18 Aug 2019

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First impressions – keep an open mind…

17 Aug 2019

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Follow your lifelong dreams…

16 Aug 2019

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Perseverance is easier if you have someone to work with…

15 Aug 2019

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Cleaning up with swifter obsolescence

14 Aug 2019

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Sugar, milk and what kind of tea?

14 Aug 2019

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To the 10% born on the other side… Happy International Lefthanders' day

13 Aug 2019

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Always check your disconnect…

12 Aug 2019

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Romford… A reader’s appeal..

11 Aug 2019

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Parking fine? Not without a fight this time!

10 Aug 2019

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Lost cat – chipped cat…

9 Aug 2019

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For those of us with bad backs…

8 Aug 2019

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See if you can spread this infection…

7 Aug 2019

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Where or When Did Things Go Wrong

6 Aug 2019

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Couples… make time to concentrate on you!

5 Aug 2019

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0871 v 01, 02 and 03…

4 Aug 2019

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The significance of numbers …

3 Aug 2019

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The power of the online rating…

2 Aug 2019

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A personal project idea…

1 Aug 2019

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Successful getting up solutions?

31 Jul 2019

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Bad back rising…

30 Jul 2019

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Military veterans may do well to pick up the phone…

29 Jul 2019

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Give it a couple of minutes….

28 Jul 2019

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The advice/directive balance.

27 Jul 2019

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Legacy? Please think beyond your will.

26 Jul 2019

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Young backache; I blame technology?

25 Jul 2019

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In these days of suspicion

24 Jul 2019

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The cost of a call from my home phone…

23 Jul 2019

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14 days to ‘Cool Off’ properly!

22 Jul 2019

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How do you rate on the happiness scale?

21 Jul 2019

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Back to the back issue

20 Jul 2019

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Another reason to get the mobile out and take a picture.

19 Jul 2019

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Are your Passwords so secure that even you can’t remember them?

18 Jul 2019

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If you think you might be disabled, you should register.

17 Jul 2019

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One way of finding inner peace…

16 Jul 2019

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A little bit of basking is not a bad thing…

15 Jul 2019

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Create... but don’t forget to update!

14 Jul 2019

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Whatever happened to price advice with ‘NO obligation’?

13 Jul 2019

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Food hygiene standards in the 1930s

12 Jul 2019

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Magnets and hard water…

11 Jul 2019

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Food for the body, soul and mind

10 Jul 2019

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TV Licence concessions; something else to be taken away from pensioners?

9 Jul 2019

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Embarrassing, smelly, inconvenient, sometimes painful …

8 Jul 2019

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Statistics can drive us crazy if we let them.

7 Jul 2019

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Oh, the price of knowledge…

6 Jul 2019

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 5)

5 Jul 2019

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Whether here or there – Happy Fourth of July

4 Jul 2019

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Where is the manual when you need it?

3 Jul 2019

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Remembering the buses - back in the day – chapter 2

2 Jul 2019

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Alarming Statistics – what can we do…

1 Jul 2019

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Are implants the way to go…

30 Jun 2019

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 3)

29 Jun 2019

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Is there any point in the requested notes?

28 Jun 2019

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Fire and paper – an interesting mix!

27 Jun 2019

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Aiming for Platinum.

26 Jun 2019

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Double trouble or safety in numbers?

25 Jun 2019

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Keeping the Key Safe safe….

24 Jun 2019

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A little encouragement for those that need it….

23 Jun 2019

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Do you know your mobile phone number?

22 Jun 2019

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Should we all have to pay for the BBC?

21 Jun 2019

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Friendship repair-work.

20 Jun 2019

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Mobility is just another word for independence…

19 Jun 2019

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Are you soft to the touch?

18 Jun 2019

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Perhaps a smarter way to sit…

17 Jun 2019

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Beware the silver label!

16 Jun 2019

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Another little known national commemoration day

15 Jun 2019

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science behind making new friends.

14 Jun 2019

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Working on the Detox from the outside in.

13 Jun 2019

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Broken computer, or is it the internet connection

12 Jun 2019

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I suppose you might get lucky …

11 Jun 2019

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…Looks fine but something’s wrong?

10 Jun 2019

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Does a box on the wall make you feel any safer?

9 Jun 2019

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A good excuse for a wallow.

8 Jun 2019

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Can the queen help to improve your posture.

7 Jun 2019

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Happy Birthday Tetris.

6 Jun 2019

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Warm heart… and do you have the other problem too?

5 Jun 2019

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A good excuse for a wallow.

4 Jun 2019

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 4)

4 Jun 2019

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A healthier Lent next year.

3 Jun 2019

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August 29th - National PPI day…

2 Jun 2019

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What achy backs and eggs have in common.

1 Jun 2019

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The history that 10/- can conjure up.

31 May 2019

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I blame Henry!

30 May 2019

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Things that we take for granted…

29 May 2019

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Our back to front technological world

28 May 2019

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Do green fingers + green eyed monsters = a green healthy lawn?

27 May 2019

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How to best deal with that special springtime present from my cat….

26 May 2019

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Money around the world

25 May 2019

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Get it sorted and then get on with your life!

24 May 2019

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A little help for drivers who also suffer from backache.

23 May 2019

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Reading with your ears.

22 May 2019

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Have you thought about being a ‘hands-on’ grandma?

21 May 2019

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The night-time advantages of the birds over the owls…

20 May 2019

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Lemons and lemonade

19 May 2019

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Adverts: the visual and verbal small print (lesson 2).

18 May 2019

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Lower temperatures = higher bills

17 May 2019

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Families are like puppies – not just for Christmas …

16 May 2019

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Decluttering the expensive way!

15 May 2019

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What to do if you just can’t go

14 May 2019

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Smelling bits of history

13 May 2019

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Key swap insurance….

12 May 2019

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Operation… weather to postpone…

11 May 2019

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Giving money as a gift can be a complicated business!

10 May 2019

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Bring back national service

9 May 2019

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Driving verses parking…

8 May 2019

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Making sure everybody knows…

7 May 2019

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A message from LPG

6 May 2019

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Pill popping the needs and wants..

5 May 2019

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Now I’m rabbiting on…

4 May 2019

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Don’t lose momentum…

3 May 2019

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Still an interesting read?

2 May 2019

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Cold lonely-night remedies…

1 May 2019

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Do you know your neighbours?

30 Apr 2019

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Four weeks of rubbish? That’s too much!

29 Apr 2019

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Utility work contingency…

28 Apr 2019

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One challenge at a time!

27 Apr 2019

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Finance? - something new to boggle your mind.

26 Apr 2019

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Did someone mention that you are not looking yourself today?

25 Apr 2019

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Thank you, Jane.

24 Apr 2019

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Life’s potential fox…

23 Apr 2019

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Free but potentially Tracked…

22 Apr 2019

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Don’t let the GP get away with playing the Age-card

21 Apr 2019

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What you see and what you hear.

20 Apr 2019

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Getting closer to the daily 5…

19 Apr 2019

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Pillow talk…

18 Apr 2019

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Voting highs and lows…

17 Apr 2019

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Simon Cowell, Nina Myskow and the clap-o-meter – who is the harshest judge?

16 Apr 2019

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Really talking to each other can halve a problem…

15 Apr 2019

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Who can you trust?

14 Apr 2019

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Meditation… perhaps I am just too fussy!

13 Apr 2019

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Hyperlinking to nowhere?

12 Apr 2019

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Make no mistakes with your banking strategy!

11 Apr 2019

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10 Apr 2019

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Are you sitting comfortably?

9 Apr 2019

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The Power of our younger pensioners.

8 Apr 2019

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Make sure it’s factory fresh before you give it away.

7 Apr 2019

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My personal price war.

6 Apr 2019

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We need to use our right to choose.

5 Apr 2019

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Rock and Roll is as classic as we are!

4 Apr 2019

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A whole new world in your local park.

3 Apr 2019

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The importance of avoiding negative thoughts.

2 Apr 2019

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Me… the original April fool.

1 Apr 2019

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Our lost hour…

30 Mar 2019

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Happy Anniversary when it arrives…

29 Mar 2019

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Pack some food for the mind…

28 Mar 2019

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What ever happened to convalescence homes?

27 Mar 2019

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Not easy, but often very necessary…

26 Mar 2019

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Invitation or directive?

25 Mar 2019

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Introducing my new houseguest… Alexa

24 Mar 2019

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Don’t be caught out.

23 Mar 2019

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Inflatable sleeping...

22 Mar 2019

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A double helping of leg common-sense

21 Mar 2019

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In Pursuit Of Personal Happiness.

20 Mar 2019

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Saving up for Next Christmas

19 Mar 2019

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A taste of the NHS from a foreign point of view

18 Mar 2019

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Ten years on - we still need to fight our corner…

17 Mar 2019

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My prediction was premature but I think I was right

16 Mar 2019

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Measuring by picture…

15 Mar 2019

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Be ready for a takeover…

14 Mar 2019

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Take your questions with you…

13 Mar 2019

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Without meaning to set your teeth on edge…

12 Mar 2019

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Happy Mother’s day (UK)

11 Mar 2019

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Can our hands be too clean?

10 Mar 2019

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Does your writing give you away?

9 Mar 2019

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When the floor is a little nearer as you look down.

8 Mar 2019

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Don’t get scammed – a reminder of what to look for…

7 Mar 2019

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Meditate and stay healthy

6 Mar 2019

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The pancake topping that may just add to mother’s ruin.

5 Mar 2019

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Less shops at what cost?

4 Mar 2019

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Let your fingers click not walk….

3 Mar 2019

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Cheers and no smears…

2 Mar 2019

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Driving without sound… Ford drivers beware…

1 Mar 2019

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Something to make us all a little less lonely

28 Feb 2019

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Get Your Car Started Even If You Are Going Nowhere.

27 Feb 2019

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Driving without sound… Ford drivers beware…

26 Feb 2019

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Grandma’s if you can, get hands-on.

25 Feb 2019

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Stop those bats from flying….

24 Feb 2019

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 2)

23 Feb 2019

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Sometimes you are the last person to realise.

22 Feb 2019

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I hope you are having a laugh…

21 Feb 2019

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Electric blankets; a good or bad thing?

20 Feb 2019

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Juice it and stay healthy!

19 Feb 2019

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Something you may not be too old to give…

18 Feb 2019

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Valuable pictures

17 Feb 2019

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Why you should start using social media

16 Feb 2019

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A 1920’s comment on London life

15 Feb 2019

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My valentine’s tale.

14 Feb 2019

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Nosey or Vigilant – using your eyes and ears?

13 Feb 2019

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Is yours out of date?

12 Feb 2019

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Proper food rotation at home.

11 Feb 2019

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Every picture tells a story (chapter 1)

10 Feb 2019

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Mental skill swapping and age difference…

9 Feb 2019

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An insurance agreement.

8 Feb 2019

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The cold truth about keeping it clean?

7 Feb 2019

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A winter-sleep question that needs more research?

6 Feb 2019

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Choosing, chopping and changing when it comes to healthcare.

5 Feb 2019

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Retirement, something to look forward to or to be worried about?

4 Feb 2019

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Something to pass on to the younger ones…

3 Feb 2019

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Drivers be prepared!

2 Feb 2019

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Calling all ladies over 70.

1 Feb 2019

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Everybody needs somebody special

31 Jan 2019

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Doing it to excess!

30 Jan 2019

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Not home alone?

29 Jan 2019

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Do-it-yourself eye tests?

28 Jan 2019

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Required* v optional…

27 Jan 2019

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Carpe Diem

26 Jan 2019

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Phone a friend

25 Jan 2019

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The sights the cinema can offer…

24 Jan 2019

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Research that resulted in more questions than answers for me.

23 Jan 2019

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The electronic high street (lesson 1)

22 Jan 2019

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If you have to cry today make them tears of joy.

21 Jan 2019

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Two questions you should not answer…

20 Jan 2019

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A little more help for the Neck and Back.

19 Jan 2019

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Get the conservatory conserving…

18 Jan 2019

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A worrying letter that can offer a bit of statutory help when you need it

17 Jan 2019

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Pill popping the needs and wants..

16 Jan 2019

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A better way to leave the garden

15 Jan 2019

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You can’t even give it away?

14 Jan 2019

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Do something nice for your mobile phone.

13 Jan 2019

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Always wishing for the whether we can’t have…

12 Jan 2019

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Personality pep talk…

11 Jan 2019

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Home from home shopping…

10 Jan 2019

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You are never too old to stretch a bit.

9 Jan 2019

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Shopping; has it changed for better or for worse.

8 Jan 2019

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When you have finished talking disconnect properly…

7 Jan 2019

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How quickly we shoppers all forget….

6 Jan 2019

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A bit of military help when you really need it.

5 Jan 2019

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First get a friend to ask for you…

4 Jan 2019

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Pets can make you feel younger

3 Jan 2019

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The balls of your feet take on a whole new meaning.

2 Jan 2019

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Resolutions one year onwards

1 Jan 2019

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2019; what will we resolve to do with it?

31 Dec 2018

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The television timepiece.

30 Dec 2018

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Small exercises to perform sitting

29 Dec 2018

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Often seen but not noticed…

28 Dec 2018

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Why not start using social media?

27 Dec 2018

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A way forward for all elders…

26 Dec 2018

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Straight to the point today

25 Dec 2018

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Grandparents it is too late for this Christmas again… but next year.

24 Dec 2018

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Thoughts on the Garden of life.

23 Dec 2018

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Retirement, something to look forward to or to be worried about?

22 Dec 2018

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The difference between Yuletide and Christmas

21 Dec 2018

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In defence of our National fast food (I mean) dish.

20 Dec 2018

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Making sure they are kept tidy.

19 Dec 2018

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Disguising the red and skipping the word…

18 Dec 2018

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What you give away while you are sleeping.

17 Dec 2018

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‘Perspective’ advice

16 Dec 2018

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Do you have it on your hands, or is it flying by?

15 Dec 2018

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I read it here and it worked for me …

14 Dec 2018

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A 5-ball juggling trick that we should have been striving to perfect all our lives.

13 Dec 2018

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A hobby that will give you a buzz.

12 Dec 2018

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A very real invitation…

11 Dec 2018

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The doodle give-away.

10 Dec 2018

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Someone who thought ahead…

9 Dec 2018

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Dustbins and Driveways.

8 Dec 2018

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Off line letter tracking

7 Dec 2018

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Somethings are better if you can find someone to work at them with.

6 Dec 2018

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Basic mathematics, Resolutions, ‘Bah humbug’. ( repeated)

5 Dec 2018

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My financial egg basket has moved further away!

4 Dec 2018

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A number we often forget.

3 Dec 2018

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Indulging in too much morning shut-eye

2 Dec 2018

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The shape you make when you wake?

1 Dec 2018

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Scotland the brave (and ingenious)!

30 Nov 2018

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Round bits of paper are growing in value….

29 Nov 2018

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Why not learn and then take a trip

28 Nov 2018

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A funny looking Key but a key none the less!

27 Nov 2018

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The shake that might stop the knees from shaking and a little more?

26 Nov 2018

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Basic mathematics, Resolutions, ‘Bah humbug’. ( repeated)

25 Nov 2018

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The utility renewal jungle!

24 Nov 2018

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Adverts and your full concentration…

23 Nov 2018

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Morning stiffness.

22 Nov 2018

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Do you remember this lot?

21 Nov 2018

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How best to let your money out of the pot!

20 Nov 2018

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Keeping it local.

19 Nov 2018

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If you’ve got it flaunt it properly!

18 Nov 2018

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What is the level of your EI

17 Nov 2018

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It’s a dirty job but somebody’s got to do it – YOU!

16 Nov 2018

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New friends, new learning…

15 Nov 2018

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Don’t discount electronic proof.

14 Nov 2018

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Putting the pressure on beetroots.

13 Nov 2018

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A seriously disrespectful action.

12 Nov 2018

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I think anyone who ever went in deserves one!

11 Nov 2018

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Let the younger ones take the strain…

10 Nov 2018

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A bit of a con then and now…

9 Nov 2018

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Loosing your life to too much sleep…

8 Nov 2018

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Don’t keep it to yourself…

7 Nov 2018

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Unwanted emails and how to get rid?

6 Nov 2018

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The importance of house arrest for your pets…

5 Nov 2018

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What happens to time?

4 Nov 2018

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Please keep going.

3 Nov 2018

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One company often means more than one password.

2 Nov 2018

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For pet’s sake.

1 Nov 2018

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Halloween and our little ones.

31 Oct 2018

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An alarming car key thought.

30 Oct 2018

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Looking through the winter window with that warm but misted view.

29 Oct 2018

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Protect your cheques!

28 Oct 2018

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Remembering the buses - back in the day

27 Oct 2018

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Who will be there for you?

26 Oct 2018

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Basic mathematics, Resolutions, ‘Bah humbug’. ( repeated)

25 Oct 2018

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The summer of 2018; one to remember…

24 Oct 2018

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Energy true or false?

23 Oct 2018

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Are you still flying through life with emotional baggage?

22 Oct 2018

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Winter Colds; may I be the first to ‘bless you’?

21 Oct 2018

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Let the kids know.

20 Oct 2018

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There are fewer age limits than you might think surrounding this one.

19 Oct 2018

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Loneliness verses insecurity

18 Oct 2018

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A phrase turned on its head.

17 Oct 2018

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Letting an inherited house?

16 Oct 2018

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House rules

15 Oct 2018

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Digging the dirt again….

14 Oct 2018

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Leave it at home every now and then

13 Oct 2018

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Getting away in spite of it all…

12 Oct 2018

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One way to learn about IT.

11 Oct 2018

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The meaning of a word

10 Oct 2018

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Always room for a little online calculation…

9 Oct 2018

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That smell that can happen in the kitchen.

8 Oct 2018

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Now… Not quite so handy Lewisham.

7 Oct 2018

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Masticate at a slower rate.

6 Oct 2018

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Other ways to see better for longer…

5 Oct 2018

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Just a job of work….

4 Oct 2018

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What to do when you remember that you forgot…

3 Oct 2018

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What to do when you remember that you forgot…

3 Oct 2018

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Fingers And Toes Getting Colder And Older.

2 Oct 2018

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Having your bag ready.

1 Oct 2018

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Useful things to learn about your mobile phone (Lesson 3).

30 Sep 2018

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Taking a leaf out of the Spanish book of life

29 Sep 2018

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We are all on our way, but It ain’t over till the fat lady sings

28 Sep 2018

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It ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it…

27 Sep 2018

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Keep talking positive…

26 Sep 2018

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Bleeding radiators

25 Sep 2018

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A memory for those old enough…

24 Sep 2018

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Adverts: the visual and verbal small print. (lesson 1).

23 Sep 2018

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Shoddy professionalism?

22 Sep 2018

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International Day of Peace

21 Sep 2018

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Renewing online patient access.

20 Sep 2018

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So similar that I can hardly tell them apart!

19 Sep 2018

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Something we need to remember when the receptionists forget!

18 Sep 2018

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Not just one more lonely statistic.

17 Sep 2018

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Not a unique habit then.

16 Sep 2018

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Do you know about Law number ‘CUR reg 101’?

15 Sep 2018

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‘Never never’ then or now…

14 Sep 2018

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Perhaps ‘Perhaps’ is a better answer than ‘Yes, of course.’

13 Sep 2018

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Permission to forgive yourself.

12 Sep 2018

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Giving your memory a physical workout?

11 Sep 2018

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Something else to downsize…

10 Sep 2018

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Ask who and where….

9 Sep 2018

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If you have to talk to yourself – say something positive!

8 Sep 2018

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What we have to teach the young.

7 Sep 2018

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Where has that gone now?

6 Sep 2018

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Flies and walls…

5 Sep 2018

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The two wheeled get away.

4 Sep 2018

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Having faith in me…

3 Sep 2018

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Pensions then and now

2 Sep 2018

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Purely hearing advice.

1 Sep 2018

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Bathroom scales are not only for the young…

31 Aug 2018

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Sleeping with Onions… who would have thought it?

30 Aug 2018

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Three into two won’t go.

29 Aug 2018

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That Friendless Feeling

28 Aug 2018

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Caring back then

27 Aug 2018

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Did you know that sleeping in a red light area can be good for you?

26 Aug 2018

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Electronic expression…

25 Aug 2018

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Long distance ‘happily ever afters’…

24 Aug 2018

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Who ever said it first, Voltaire or Spiderman’s Uncle Ben, they were right

23 Aug 2018

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Our need to be needed.

22 Aug 2018

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Chopping off the Overhang.

21 Aug 2018

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Pram-pushing at my age…

20 Aug 2018

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The paperless trap.

19 Aug 2018

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Music while you wait…

18 Aug 2018

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Duplicate Duplication.

17 Aug 2018

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Little Libraries give and take…

16 Aug 2018

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It is all about the delivery.

15 Aug 2018

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Ideas

14 Aug 2018

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Leaving our wealth of experience behind us.

13 Aug 2018

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Something a little different to do and give…

12 Aug 2018

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Virtual life so often mirrors the real thing…

11 Aug 2018

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The instructor was right

10 Aug 2018

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Pen pals revisited

9 Aug 2018

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Internal Irrigation!

8 Aug 2018

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Don’t pass this word around!

7 Aug 2018

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Thinking ‘about back home’ today

6 Aug 2018

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We need to e-represent ourselves.

5 Aug 2018

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Remembering the screensaver...

4 Aug 2018

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Unticking the boxes.

2 Aug 2018

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Going back lock stock and barrel…

1 Aug 2018

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A tip when choosing a care home

31 Jul 2018

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The result of my three favourite pastimes just for you…

30 Jul 2018

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The ‘new computer’ headache.

29 Jul 2018

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Intake check…

28 Jul 2018

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Stranger things may have happened.

27 Jul 2018

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Get back into your swimming costume

26 Jul 2018

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An obscure little publication

25 Jul 2018

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Shopping then and now…

24 Jul 2018

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In defence of Facebook

23 Jul 2018

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Reasons to get up and get going…

22 Jul 2018

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Know your Limitations!

21 Jul 2018

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LPG is asked for a little advice…

20 Jul 2018

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An ICE list - Something to make sure you have when you really need it.

19 Jul 2018

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People, books and covers…

18 Jul 2018

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Proof of address is important for all…

17 Jul 2018

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The changing face of taking a dip in Lewisham.

16 Jul 2018

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Chronological or Biological?

15 Jul 2018

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When you first go – take it slow…

14 Jul 2018

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Be the someone at the door…

13 Jul 2018

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The beholder’s eye

12 Jul 2018

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Passing it on.

11 Jul 2018

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Take one step back and then look again.

10 Jul 2018

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‘Belong’ for as long as you can.

9 Jul 2018

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Another way to visit family in residential care.

8 Jul 2018

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The Off-Peak Train Ticket Trap…

7 Jul 2018

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Neighbours, Please Look Out For Each Other.

6 Jul 2018

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Trying to retain what is left of a natural smile…

5 Jul 2018

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If there Is a Problem with It - Phone the People Who Made the Phone

4 Jul 2018

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20/20 Vision?– Get an Eye Test Anyway.

3 Jul 2018

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Paying Homage to My Favourite Actor and Giving Away My Age?

2 Jul 2018

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Alarms we sometimes ignore and forget to maintain.

1 Jul 2018

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A day for the people

30 Jun 2018

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Nails Can Be Done at Home…

29 Jun 2018

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Making a Move

28 Jun 2018

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Keeping abreast of what happens in care homes.

27 Jun 2018

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Our second first anniversary… (LPG’s message to our readers 1)

26 Jun 2018

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Rate and check ratings when buying online…

25 Jun 2018

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Don’t be a curtain twitcher.

24 Jun 2018

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Don’t speculate – open it up.

23 Jun 2018

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Find stuff with Ctrl+F

22 Jun 2018

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You could be ill, without feeling ill.

21 Jun 2018

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Something to do when you are traveling.

20 Jun 2018

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Take care of the pennies.

19 Jun 2018

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Full of Holes.

18 Jun 2018

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OK as long as you don’t stop!

17 Jun 2018

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Stick with it!

16 Jun 2018

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Knowing where to find it is the key.

15 Jun 2018

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All equal but different.

14 Jun 2018

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Appreciate your works…

14 Jun 2018

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Short sighted seeing at night.

13 Jun 2018

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Do I have to visit the GP to tell him I can’t visit?

12 Jun 2018

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I bet you’ve got an earworm.

11 Jun 2018

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Breath your way to calmness.

10 Jun 2018

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Your mobile could become a notification Pandora’s Box.

9 Jun 2018

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Street charity.

8 Jun 2018

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When you are only slightly ill?

7 Jun 2018

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Clear your mind – think about nothing for a while

6 Jun 2018

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Clear your mind – think about nothing for a while

6 Jun 2018

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Hello Tenants, are you joint or common?

5 Jun 2018

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Making Hands-Free Waiting Time Count

4 Jun 2018

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A Parent’s Legacy

3 Jun 2018

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Nothing But A Number!

2 Jun 2018

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How Fat Is Fat When It Comes To Your Cat

1 Jun 2018

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Focus On Looking Good, Not Looking Young

31 May 2018

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The USP can sometimes miss the point?

30 May 2018

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The number at the bottom

29 May 2018

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They’re always watching you watching them!

28 May 2018

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Note to self; remember not to get impatient.

27 May 2018

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GP extended Access service has moved….

26 May 2018

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Accessible electronic house deeds.

25 May 2018

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Nearly kicked it.

24 May 2018

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Keeping it real.

23 May 2018

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Getting all the kids on your side…

22 May 2018

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Life’s Speed Limits

21 May 2018

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First cigarettes, then mobile phones, what next?

20 May 2018

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Drifting off at the right time

19 May 2018

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Drifting off at the right time

19 May 2018

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Useful things to learn about your mobile phone (Lesson two).

18 May 2018

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Remembering passwords – just in case!

18 May 2018

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A person first; disabled second!

17 May 2018

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This is Lewisham too!

16 May 2018

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Your computer does remember you…

15 May 2018

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Quirky QUERTY foreign exchange!

14 May 2018

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Focus on the future and let the past GO.

13 May 2018

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The full story in 20 seconds.

12 May 2018

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Happiness, Women, Men and longevity.

11 May 2018

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Remembering a Radio Great…

10 May 2018

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Can bad language ever be a good thing?

9 May 2018

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Pen Pals are not only for schoolchildren…

7 May 2018

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The Leaflet lottery.

6 May 2018

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Weird questions and contracts.

5 May 2018

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When is it an emergency?

4 May 2018

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Think positive!

3 May 2018

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Get one and give one; A friendly surprise

2 May 2018

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Know what you are measuring

1 May 2018

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What Difference Can My One Little Vote Really Make?

30 Apr 2018

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There is no time like the present!

29 Apr 2018

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Kids; Backwards And Forwards

28 Apr 2018

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Only half the story….

27 Apr 2018

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111 a real disappointment?

26 Apr 2018

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Sucked into the Gateway…

25 Apr 2018

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Street 3D where perspective is key…

24 Apr 2018

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What ever happened to the Dragon?

23 Apr 2018

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Getting to grips with the shopping trolley.

22 Apr 2018

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Atishoo’ or a hanky?

21 Apr 2018

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An alternative celebration of bravery.

20 Apr 2018

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There is more to old age than being relatively well-off.

19 Apr 2018

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Battery operated Gas metres?

18 Apr 2018

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Two-way charity.

17 Apr 2018

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Do you remember Chiesman’s?

16 Apr 2018

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Back to my Back.

15 Apr 2018

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Call it God or fate - there is always a way forward?

14 Apr 2018

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Paper calendar power…

13 Apr 2018

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No one can really screen your stuff like you.

12 Apr 2018

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The ‘Before’ Picture

11 Apr 2018

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Video Doctors?

10 Apr 2018

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Sitting on the move….

9 Apr 2018

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When you’ve got to go… GO!

8 Apr 2018

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Weird things on roundabouts?

7 Apr 2018

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Weird things on roundabouts?

7 Apr 2018

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Weird things on roundabouts?

7 Apr 2018

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Weird things on roundabouts?

7 Apr 2018

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Weird things on roundabouts?

7 Apr 2018

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A gentle awakening…

6 Apr 2018

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Never too old to set new goals

5 Apr 2018

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Nipping things in the bud.

4 Apr 2018

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BM what?

3 Apr 2018

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Overthinking

2 Apr 2018

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A less foolish thing to do on the day.

1 Apr 2018

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A good deed on the day…

31 Mar 2018

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Keep your partner closer

30 Mar 2018

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How to tell them that they are wrong?

28 Mar 2018

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Fight negative thinking.

27 Mar 2018

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Better than being a parent: being a grandparent

26 Mar 2018

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What to do when everything is changing

26 Mar 2018

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A time to Celebrate

25 Mar 2018

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How can you stave off dementia?

23 Mar 2018

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My TV years and soap opera silences.

22 Mar 2018

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Bucket list: a source of inspiration

21 Mar 2018

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You Tube, my newest teacher.

20 Mar 2018

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Staying in all day? No way

19 Mar 2018

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An old pastime brought up to date.

18 Mar 2018

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May the luck of the Irish, and Nigerians, go with you today…

17 Mar 2018

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Does the biggest make it the best?

15 Mar 2018

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Tracker, or no tracker, get moving every hour.

14 Mar 2018

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URL- check before you click!

13 Mar 2018

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One of the consequences of ‘early to bed’….

12 Mar 2018

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Absent mindedness or dementia?

11 Mar 2018

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What sort of Bus is a USB?

10 Mar 2018

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Taking some of the guesswork out of parking…

9 Mar 2018

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Those expensive little square sticky bits of paper.

8 Mar 2018

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What we get away with...

7 Mar 2018

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Being prepared is not all doom and gloom.

6 Mar 2018

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What takes you back?

5 Mar 2018

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What would Jeremy think?

4 Mar 2018

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Trackers – good or bad?

3 Mar 2018

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Do you know what its worth?

2 Mar 2018

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Leeks and Daffodils…

1 Mar 2018

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Don’t get really lazy until you have to.

28 Feb 2018

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The Power of a quick chat.

27 Feb 2018

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Talking to myself and hearing things…

26 Feb 2018

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Before you get out of bed?

25 Feb 2018

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Does anyone else regularly suffer from paraesthesia?

24 Feb 2018

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Size Does Matter!

23 Feb 2018

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The Answer should always be ‘Why’.

22 Feb 2018

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Images designed to take you back….

21 Feb 2018

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Giving away our power to choose.

20 Feb 2018

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Questions, questions?

19 Feb 2018

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Overcharged.

18 Feb 2018

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Done over in 60 minutes!

17 Feb 2018

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Happy New Year - Eastern Style

16 Feb 2018

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Your mouth doesn’t lie

15 Feb 2018

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Did you get one?

14 Feb 2018

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Why is my relative in a care home?

13 Feb 2018

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Why living in a home is a way of staying independent

12 Feb 2018

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Self-centred growing up.

11 Feb 2018

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What are you letting yourself in for?

10 Feb 2018

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Shopping improvements?

9 Feb 2018

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Your hint of a declaration?

8 Feb 2018

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+44 – careful which number you phone…

7 Feb 2018

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It is worth checking your junk.

6 Feb 2018

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Keeping bits of paper – revisited…

5 Feb 2018

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Things I do ‘in the closet’.

4 Feb 2018

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A subject with an interesting and wide spectrum?

3 Feb 2018

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Things you can do with your hands…

2 Feb 2018

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Guide Dogs – a sighted man’s concern

1 Feb 2018

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Whales and the way we look?

31 Jan 2018

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Lost but not forgotten.

30 Jan 2018

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Why not just eat it?

29 Jan 2018

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Sure ways to warm up

28 Jan 2018

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A long way to go…

26 Jan 2018

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You Will Always Need Toilet Paper!

25 Jan 2018

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Casting couches – one point of view.

24 Jan 2018

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Hospitals; a personal Experience

23 Jan 2018

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Parents teach your children

22 Jan 2018

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One special tree – the history.

21 Jan 2018

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Getting there…

20 Jan 2018

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Lets All Get A Little Touchier.

19 Jan 2018

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Another Way To Be Safe When Paying Online.

18 Jan 2018

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Saying goodbye.

17 Jan 2018

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A Bit Of An Electric Shock!

16 Jan 2018

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The Blue Depression Revisited

15 Jan 2018

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Show your computer who is the boss!

14 Jan 2018

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Don’t leave it to all the others

13 Jan 2018

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Never Too Old To Learn

12 Jan 2018

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Let’s face it: sometimes we all need some advice

11 Jan 2018

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Why should we be careful with herbal supplements?

10 Jan 2018

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Learning how to learn at our age?

9 Jan 2018

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Ladies and gentlemen, we should all be thankful for soap

8 Jan 2018

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PPI Deadline.

7 Jan 2018

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No water meter for me?

6 Jan 2018

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The yellow stuff in curry.

5 Jan 2018

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Careful What You Flush!

4 Jan 2018

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More nurses needed!

3 Jan 2018

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Ready for next summer

2 Jan 2018

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2018 and beyond!

1 Jan 2018

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An LPG pep-talk

31 Dec 2017

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The sunset law

30 Dec 2017

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Alternative reality?

29 Dec 2017

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What God Says About Getting Older

28 Dec 2017

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Spoiling for a fight?

26 Dec 2017

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Basic mathematics, Resolutions, ‘Bah humbug’.

25 Dec 2017

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Don’t Miss The Moment

24 Dec 2017

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Meal for one?

23 Dec 2017

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Someone Missing,- they don’t stay young long.

22 Dec 2017

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How to survive allergy season?

21 Dec 2017

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I T driving me mad!

20 Dec 2017

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Will Boys be boys?

19 Dec 2017

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Maroon plaques and pride

18 Dec 2017

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Hips and the elderly

17 Dec 2017

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It makes me smile now…

16 Dec 2017

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Tips on cooking healthy

15 Dec 2017

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What to get for the kids…

14 Dec 2017

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The importance of a colourful diet

13 Dec 2017

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Stuff!

12 Dec 2017

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What is a MRSA infection?

11 Dec 2017

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The basics of computers

10 Dec 2017

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Elderly bruising and physical changes

9 Dec 2017

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Sing and be happy

8 Dec 2017

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A little pre-Christmas present from Lewisham Council.

7 Dec 2017

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Get the care that you deserve

6 Dec 2017

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Consider rolling with your contract

5 Dec 2017

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Cats and dogs are amazing, but what about birds?

4 Dec 2017

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Alzheimer: some signs to watch out for

3 Dec 2017

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Off line shopping – back in the day

2 Dec 2017

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The ‘them’ club

1 Dec 2017

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Looking Good!

30 Nov 2017

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Why is recycling important?

29 Nov 2017

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By Alternative Appointment?

28 Nov 2017

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Where do people live the longest?

27 Nov 2017

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Lewisham to introduce changes to recycling rules

26 Nov 2017

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Canes and walking sticks, don’t make you look old they make you look wise

24 Nov 2017

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A personal Pooh salute.

23 Nov 2017

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Address book complications

22 Nov 2017

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Customs v Insurance.

21 Nov 2017

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Ready… Steady… GP!  (…I mean GO!)

20 Nov 2017

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Mice and computers again.

19 Nov 2017

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Giving Away Our Power To Choose

18 Nov 2017

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My new get fit rule.

17 Nov 2017

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Elderly pneumonia and why we should care

16 Nov 2017

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“Good morning”.

14 Nov 2017

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No, Not The Monkey.

13 Nov 2017

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Not always about money

12 Nov 2017

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Take part in Lewisham’s war memorials projects

11 Nov 2017

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Foot/ankle trouble? It may be tendinitis.

10 Nov 2017

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The Origin Of A Word

9 Nov 2017

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Be someone’s person to talk to.

8 Nov 2017

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Why Buses can’t be early; My version.

7 Nov 2017

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How To Become A Skype Grandparent

6 Nov 2017

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Too much commitment

5 Nov 2017

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Positive Ageing Council, Where Your Voice Can Be Heard 

4 Nov 2017

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Seasonal allergies in the elderly?

3 Nov 2017

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Why Are Parks Important?

2 Nov 2017

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Computers - Turning the thing on

1 Nov 2017

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More rubbishy concerns

31 Oct 2017

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What To Do When It Is Too Hot

30 Oct 2017

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Beautiful Places Not Far From Home 

29 Oct 2017

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101 years of the summertime act

28 Oct 2017

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The length of the stick and the state of your back.

27 Oct 2017

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Online donations are great, but you have to be careful

26 Oct 2017

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It’s not working…

25 Oct 2017

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Introduction note.

24 Oct 2017

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Never Too Old To Help

23 Oct 2017

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Rheumatism and weather?

22 Oct 2017

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Door-to-door fraud and bogus callers: what to do?

21 Oct 2017

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Remembering in October

20 Oct 2017

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The Internet and its risks

19 Oct 2017

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I Blame Myself For my UBER Experience.

18 Oct 2017

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Sleep Like A Baby

17 Oct 2017

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A one sided situation

16 Oct 2017

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Changing shopping habits.

15 Oct 2017

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Life perspectives…

14 Oct 2017

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Fewer germs in the theatre.

13 Oct 2017

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Can pain be improved by mind over matter.

12 Oct 2017

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Don’t forget to check the pack…

11 Oct 2017

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Loneliness –my point of view…

10 Oct 2017

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Charities: - who are they helping?

9 Oct 2017

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Swimming is also for disabled people

8 Oct 2017

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Buy local, buy fresh, buy healthy

7 Oct 2017

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Cable Chaos

6 Oct 2017

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A new innovation for us?

5 Oct 2017

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A free marketplace!

4 Oct 2017

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The disappearing Bee

3 Oct 2017

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A child of the war

2 Oct 2017

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Why aging is great

1 Oct 2017

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The importance of maintaining healthy family relationships

30 Sep 2017

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Have you got yours yet?

30 Sep 2017

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How to sleep better as you get older

29 Sep 2017

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How to look good in old age

28 Sep 2017

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Don’t try this on a mountain top.

27 Sep 2017

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Celebrate today – start learning a new language.

26 Sep 2017

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Can crosswords keep your mind young?

25 Sep 2017

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Find the right health service for you

24 Sep 2017

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You don’t know what you are missing!

23 Sep 2017

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Roll Out The Dice Again 

22 Sep 2017

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Play Games, Play Your Brain

21 Sep 2017

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Social Care Services: Any Complaints?

20 Sep 2017

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Fobbed off or followed up?

19 Sep 2017

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Lewisham Gateway Project To Redefine Lewisham Town Center 

18 Sep 2017

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Be Active, Be Healthy

17 Sep 2017

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Why Don't You Become A Writer? 

16 Sep 2017

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Step Out With Your Grandchildren 

15 Sep 2017

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Painting And Your Health 

14 Sep 2017

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Getting Involved In Arts 

13 Sep 2017

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Advice and observation

12 Sep 2017

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Share Your Passion For Reading

11 Sep 2017

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Why do I need to ‘bulk buy’’?

10 Sep 2017

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Do You Need To Carry Out Some Home Maintenance?  

9 Sep 2017

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The Benefits Of Reading

8 Sep 2017

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Feel Free To Move With The Freedom Pass 

7 Sep 2017

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Gentlemen Please!

6 Sep 2017

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A Child’s plea

5 Sep 2017

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Help To Live Independently

4 Sep 2017

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Community Gardens More Popular Than Ever

3 Sep 2017

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Celebration day

2 Sep 2017

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Staying cool

1 Sep 2017

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Befriending, A Cure For Loneliness

31 Aug 2017

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1 month 2 soon – take care!

30 Aug 2017

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it does exactly what it says on the tin!

29 Aug 2017

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Happy Legs?

28 Aug 2017

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Eat Veggies, Live Longer

27 Aug 2017

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Are you taking enough fibre?

26 Aug 2017

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The Spread Of Infection In Waiting Rooms

25 Aug 2017

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Cat vs. Dogs

24 Aug 2017

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Remote access - take care! / Are "Microsoft calling"

23 Aug 2017

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Temptation at 3 o’clock in the morning.

22 Aug 2017

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Grow Vegetables, Grow Friendships

21 Aug 2017

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To Claim Or Not To Claim?

20 Aug 2017

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Walking routes for everybody

19 Aug 2017

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Do the boogie

18 Aug 2017

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Make some lifestyle changes

17 Aug 2017

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The benefits of swimming

16 Aug 2017

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Google knows all

15 Aug 2017

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Deptford gets ready for the future

14 Aug 2017

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Keeping bits of paper

13 Aug 2017

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Street markets, part of our identity

12 Aug 2017

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A new lifestyle for Lewisham Bugs.

11 Aug 2017

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Decide the future of Lewisham

10 Aug 2017

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Rivoli Dancehall: music and art deco

9 Aug 2017

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Why we love Lewisham

8 Aug 2017

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No, depression doesn’t have to be a consequence of aging

7 Aug 2017

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Money matters

6 Aug 2017

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Stay connected with others

5 Aug 2017

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More benefits of exercising and no more excuses

4 Aug 2017

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Let’s be dementia-friendly

3 Aug 2017

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Is Adult Integrated Care Programme A Real Opportunity?

2 Aug 2017

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Love Your Dog, Love Your Borough.

1 Aug 2017

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Nature’s Gym: Exercise And Environmental Preservation

31 Jul 2017

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My sleeping money

30 Jul 2017

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Support Our Parks, Join A Park Users Group.

29 Jul 2017

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The Exchange, A Space To Share Your Life Experience

28 Jul 2017

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Investing In The Future

27 Jul 2017

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Stay Independent

26 Jul 2017

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Foot fundamentals

25 Jul 2017

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Beckenham Park Renovation

24 Jul 2017

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Do You Remember Catford Greyhound Stadium?

23 Jul 2017

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Fast, Green, And Healthy: Reasons For Riding A Bicycle

22 Jul 2017

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Catford: Have A Say

21 Jul 2017

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Yoga: Get Fit And Relax

20 Jul 2017

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Lewisham 300 Years Ago

19 Jul 2017

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Step by step you’d be surprised!

18 Jul 2017

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What To Eat In Summer? 

17 Jul 2017

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Not always as mobile as you think

16 Jul 2017

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Watching what you missed yesterday

15 Jul 2017

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Will you - won't you?

14 Jul 2017

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Please remind me why we pay council tax again...

13 Jul 2017

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...and where will you?

12 Jul 2017

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LPG's reply to this

11 Jul 2017

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An LPG observation

10 Jul 2017

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Little furry things

9 Jul 2017

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Getting there on time...

8 Jul 2017

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The story of a Lewisham carer / The caring trap

7 Jul 2017

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Moving in together – one financial implication

6 Jul 2017

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Don't be rushed

5 Jul 2017

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Looking at them looking at you?

4 Jul 2017

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Getting sucked in! / Are you prey for scammers!

3 Jul 2017

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Phone out of order - who can report it? / Is Data Protection working against you?

2 Jul 2017

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Pensions - keeping it simple

1 Jul 2017

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Capacity - To have and have not...

30 Jun 2017

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The Leg Ulcer Cover-up / Are you being fobbed off?

29 Jun 2017

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Smart Meter enigma

28 Jun 2017

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The frustrations of getting through! / Overcoming the machine

27 Jun 2017

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Power of Attorney : the practicalities

26 Jun 2017

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