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Miss Australia 1978 – Part Three of Four
From the cockpit, Captain Australia (the world’s first marsupial superhero) announced that we would be landing in Naples, Muscat, Bombay, Singapore...
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Miss Australia 1978 – Part Two of Four
Unfortunately, I didn’t have my mobile phone with me because at that stage of the rampant global advance in technology they had yet to be invented,...
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Miss Australia 1978 – Part One of Four
If we were allowed to make up our own birth signs I reckon I’d probably go for Hermes (not herpes) because in Greek mythology, he was the god of...
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The Bratislava Pálava - Part Two of Two
If you missed The Bratislava Pálava - Part One, here's a link https://www.abctales.com/story/turlough/bratislava-p%C3%A1lava-part-one-two But if you...
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The Bratislava Pálava - Part One of Two
Have you ever gone away on your holidays and bumped into a foreign head of state? I’d often dreamt of sitting next to Joe Biden on a pensioners’ day...
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Acme or acne?
Posted on Sat, 21 Dec 2024
Thanks Di and sorry for taking so long to respond to your comment.
I too have sometimes thought about how lucky I was that there were no taxis waiting for me on that occasion. There have been significantly more times in my life where a...
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A piece of cake
Posted on Sat, 21 Dec 2024
In the summertime, with my own car to Sofia and the tram from Manchester airport to my daughter's house, the journey's a piece of cake. It's when someone puts icing on the cake that the problems kick in.
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Guiding light
Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024
This made me smile. I regret not having read it when you posted it back in ages ago.
I've been invited to read some of my stuff at a poetry night in February. I've been to one of these sessions before but didn't participate as I was just...
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Dilation of de nation
Posted on Sun, 15 Dec 2024
I can't understand why David Attenborough has never taken his film crew to the Tommy Wass on Dewsbury Road. A pub famed for its great range of pupil dilation.
Keep well Jenny!
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Our Bowerbird
Posted on Sun, 15 Dec 2024
That's incredible Jenny. Thanks for sharing.
The video clip reminds me of a pub I used to frequent in Leeds.
I love your accompanying poem too. The words offer a great description of the bird and its habits.
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Clocks
Posted on Tue, 10 Dec 2024
But my birthday's always the week after the clocks have changed. It's the worst possible time of the year. I don't feel like celebrating anything until they've been changed back again in March; that vernal clock change day in itself being a...
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Birthday legalities
Posted on Tue, 10 Dec 2024
If all that changing your birthday to a different date malarkey was legal, I would choose to have mine on a summer's day. I think I'd like to be celebrating on the birthday of William Butler Yeats, which is 13th June, though he was born a...
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Goran Bregovic
Posted on Sun, 08 Dec 2024
Thanks for reading, Jenny, and for your greatly appreciated comment.
I'm glad you liked the music too. Goran Bregovic is a legend in Eastern Europe and I've been to see him perform live many times. For me he's been a gateway to the...
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Meteorological bits
Posted on Sat, 07 Dec 2024
Storms stir up all sorts of emotions Jenny and I love the way your words have shown how you can make the most of them. I used to love them. Each with their own individual characteristics and always exciting to watch. I'm sorry to bang on about...
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Crackers!
Posted on Wed, 04 Dec 2024
With your festive words I think you've covered all the features of a classic Christmas, Paul.
Except for a Boxing Day football match, perhaps!
Very well done. It's a Christmas cracker!
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