Cricket on Shanklin's shore bowling onto rippled sand while the water is out. Grandad surprises Dad with a slow leg spin. Dad’s eye for the ball must...
strikes me as one of the most subtle and successful forms of brain washing on the planet. Even if you don't live there anymore, once subjected to it one is never quite free of it.
The thing is, it would not be anywhere near as successful...
I guess you must miss the Almond blossom in Andalusia
Posted on Fri, 28 Apr 2023
My friend, Maria told me about how beautiful they are. She said they were disappearing though. We talked about going, but it's a long way from the Canaries where we lived at that time.
Thank you Drew!
Posted on Wed, 10 May 2023
I am very pleased.
I've loved Millet's work ever since I first saw The Angelus, such a powerful work of art.
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I'll drink to that! Make mine an Abbott
Posted on Sun, 07 May 2023
Posted in The ‘Green’ King by Alfred N.Muggins
British Democracy
Posted on Sun, 07 May 2023
strikes me as one of the most subtle and successful forms of brain washing on the planet. Even if you don't live there anymore, once subjected to it one is never quite free of it.
The thing is, it would not be anywhere near as successful...
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You might want to clear this with Insert
Posted on Sat, 06 May 2023
but you can post the the photo on wiki about Diana providing you attribute it to the owner and a link tothe licence.
here is the link to wiki commons explaining it:
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An excellent synopsis, David
Posted on Tue, 02 May 2023
I really like your description of Lavrov. An Orwellian if ever there was one!
2+2=5, War is Peace, Ingorance is strength, Freedom is Slavery and all that!
Hilary Clinton said he was an asshole. I guess she was being polite.
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Hi Rhia. No the tubes are their droppings
Posted on Sun, 30 Apr 2023
I tried to send you a link but it's too long. Google Privet Hawk droppoings and you'll see what I mean.
I guess our teachers taught the same stuff, but I was always fascinated by insects in particular, ants, beetles, Moths/Butterflies ect...
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I guess you must miss the Almond blossom in Andalusia
Posted on Fri, 28 Apr 2023
My friend, Maria told me about how beautiful they are. She said they were disappearing though. We talked about going, but it's a long way from the Canaries where we lived at that time.
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I doubt you are a snob since you asked the question
Posted on Mon, 24 Apr 2023
Maybe you just have good taste.
I had Red Robin in the garden but as a stand alone shrub not a hedge. I prefer wooden fences with plants growing in them.
PVC is awful and impractical and doesn't last very long, but a third of the...
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Thanks a lot doni
Posted on Wed, 12 Apr 2023
And congrats on your gold. It's good work, makes me laugh. The quality of your writing is terrific.
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This is good stuff
Posted on Wed, 12 Apr 2023
Did I read you play a guitar?
Anyway when I read this I find myself trying to make up a tune to sing to it.
I like this very much
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