This is a great beginning Celticman. You've opened tantalizing paths in this chapter that the next writer might follow. You've offered up a few telling details on the missing Mr. Snodgrass, For me, as I read it, it gave me the feel of a noir film...
None of that counts unless you're wearing a purple Armani tux, silver shirt, chiffon scarf, scarlet trainers and Dame Edna sunglasses. And a glittery brooch. Oh, and the mandatory 'visible watch'. If not, even the Dagenham Girl Pipers won't get...
I pride myself on being able to mss the most obvious clues. But unfunnily enough, I do know a Snodgrass. I'll go first and leave the solving to better sleuths.
Years ago, my teenage daughter did the same with her precious iPod (not iPad). It was destroyed and she was devastated. So for her eighteenth birthday I bought her a new one. By purchasing it direct from the Apple website I was able to get a free...
Years ago, for a school project, my son taped an 'interview' with my Mum and Dad about their lives during the war. Last minute as ever, he took the tape into school before I got the chance to hear it, so I asked him to make sure he kept it safe....
When I was growing up in Southampton there was a place called 'Nazareth House' which was a home for 'unmarried mothers', where most if not all of the girls were Catholic teenagers. I remember the nuns who ran it coming to our house collecting...
You have a lovely knack with rhythm and simplicity, Catherine. And I think the poem catches a sense of get on with the life you've been given, and don't get fussed by the rush and noise and so-called glamour all around that is jutst distracting!...
By Penny4athought
This is a great beginning
Posted on Tue, 17 Mar 2026
This is a great beginning Celticman. You've opened tantalizing paths in this chapter that the next writer might follow. You've offered up a few telling details on the missing Mr. Snodgrass, For me, as I read it, it gave me the feel of a noir film...
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By airyfairy
None of that counts unless
Posted on Sat, 07 Mar 2026
None of that counts unless you're wearing a purple Armani tux, silver shirt, chiffon scarf, scarlet trainers and Dame Edna sunglasses. And a glittery brooch. Oh, and the mandatory 'visible watch'. If not, even the Dagenham Girl Pipers won't get...
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By celticman
I pride myself on being able
Posted on Mon, 16 Mar 2026
I pride myself on being able to mss the most obvious clues. But unfunnily enough, I do know a Snodgrass. I'll go first and leave the solving to better sleuths.
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By Turlough
Hot wash
Posted on Sun, 15 Mar 2026
Years ago, my teenage daughter did the same with her precious iPod (not iPad). It was destroyed and she was devastated. So for her eighteenth birthday I bought her a new one. By purchasing it direct from the Apple website I was able to get a free...
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By luigi_pagano
Old at 65? Get away!. Anyway,
Posted on Tue, 24 Feb 2026
Old at 65? Get away!. Anyway, best wishes on your forthcoming birthday from a 91-year-old fossil.
Cheers, Luigi
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By airyfairy
Years ago, for a school
Posted on Sun, 01 Feb 2026
Years ago, for a school project, my son taped an 'interview' with my Mum and Dad about their lives during the war. Last minute as ever, he took the tape into school before I got the chance to hear it, so I asked him to make sure he kept it safe....
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By GlosKat
Small Things Like These
Posted on Sun, 18 Jan 2026
When I was growing up in Southampton there was a place called 'Nazareth House' which was a home for 'unmarried mothers', where most if not all of the girls were Catholic teenagers. I remember the nuns who ran it coming to our house collecting...
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By Di_Hard
tax de duck table /tax
Posted on Sun, 04 Jan 2026
tax de duck table /tax deductible :0)
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By marandina
Something that’s bothered me
Posted on Sun, 14 Dec 2025
Something that’s bothered me for years. Ah...a long running mystery finally solved.
This hilarious piece is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.
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By Rhiannonw
You have a lovely knack with
Posted on Fri, 05 Dec 2025
You have a lovely knack with rhythm and simplicity, Catherine. And I think the poem catches a sense of get on with the life you've been given, and don't get fussed by the rush and noise and so-called glamour all around that is jutst distracting!...
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