When I’m 64 How life changes as we grow older. Or should I say, how our priorities change as we grow …
By There’s A Place
There’s A Place There’s a place, where I can go, so sang The Beatles way back when. I’ve found my go …
Vivid Memories Of A Body in The Back Of A Car
Many years ago, when I was a teenager there is one memory that is so vivid I can see it as though it were yesterday…………
Worst Job Ever
Many, many moons ago I was desperate for work. The old story, mortgage to pay, 2 kids and a mountain of bills to pay. Most of us have been there at some point in our lives.
Elvis Presley The Trucker
Can you imagine what employment celebrities would have if they had never been successful in their chosen professions?
I Know How Much You Hate Sprouts
This is just a short post, but it’s something I still think about today. When I was growing up many years ago and my folks were still on earth, my mother would often ask me questions that would leave me entirely perplexed.
Gazpacho Soup – Who Knew?
In the myriad of hotels in New York City, there’s one close to Times Square, The Marriot Marquis Hotel that has at the top a rotating restaurant. Yes, not satisfied with making these buildings reach to the lower limits of the atmosphere with a view across North East America,
Brushing Up On My Latin
Latin! I never was academically gifted and never spent a great deal of time at school, well, I didn’t if I could help it. Once I became an Adolescent, that was it for me, I realised there was far more interesting things going on in the world than listening to the drones of a well intentioned maths teacher
A Day In Bristol
One thing about retirement I’m looking forward to is the ability to go out for the day. We did it earlier in the year as a trial run if you like, and went to Bristol. I say a day, but in truth we decided to stay the night at The Bristol Hotel which is situated on the quayside. It was a lovely, end of summer day with plenty of sunshine (at least to start with). After parking up and sorting out the room, me and Dolly Clackett, otherwise known as the wife, went for something to eat at one of the many river side bars.
I’ve Retired!
By the way, that’s not me in the photo of the couple dancing. I felt I needed to point that out! So, this is my very first blog post and it’s finally happened to me. Retirement! I’m only 59, and after suffering with Emphysema and a couple of other problems following a bout of Pneumonia in 2013, my employer, with the help of Doctors and Consultants decided that it was in everyones interests to let me retire.
Vegetable Stew and Soup
Where The Heck Are You Supposed To Put This Trophy?
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Where The Heck Are You Supposed To Put This Trophy?