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The Rest of My Life: Topsy
Mum had a dog. An over-sized border collie that I bought for her on her birthday 16 years ago. She was overjoyed from the moment she saw it, giving...
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The Rest of My Life: Windchimes
Technically, today is the first day of my retirement! Tuesday has always been a regular day off for me, so today would normally have been my next...
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The Rest of My Life: The End of Work
I could have used a lie-in this morning because I slept badly. I was probably feeling a bit wired out on the new 'I no longer have to go to work'...
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The Rest of My Life: Retirement Day!
When my alarm went off at 5:05 am this morning, I switched it off. For the last time! Today was my last day at work. Retirement Day! I went through...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Photographs
I'm going through a final reading of 'Gift' - my memoir about caring for my mother in her final months. I thought I'd post this short section. It's...
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Absolutely. And they almost
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
Absolutely. And they almost resolutely ignore that. Corporations like Amazon and Google, too, who use our buildings and infrastructure and get away with paying no or little tax. It defeats me how it's allowed to happen. I guess it comes down...
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I can hear Tom in every word
Posted on Sun, 15 Sep 2024
I can hear Tom in every word - in that 'The Piano Has Been Drinking' voice!
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He's not kidding me - just as
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
He's not kidding me - just as Blair didn't. Labour is Labour in name only now. As a lifelong socialist, my conscience is clear in not helping this wanker get elected. Well said, Yutka.
Read full commentPosted in Who do you think you are kidding, Mr. Starmer?
First class!
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
First class!
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The 'double empathy' problem
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
The 'double empathy' problem helps to explain it. If you get two people together from entirely different cultures, with no sharing of language, belief system, cultural norms, etc... they'll have the same problem. I've a theory that it's at the...
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Same here. Chuckling all the
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
Same here. Chuckling all the way. Laughed out loud at
'You turn to the wife and kids. They are sitting in the car. The signs are bad but they still have hope.'
And 'The Majestic Hote.' Great!
Made me think of a Denzel...
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Thanks, Di. I'll never
Posted on Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Thanks, Di. I'll never forget that moment. It didn't take long after this, incidentally, for Greg to become my 'right-hand man'. I ended up being able to get him to do anything! It was wonderful.
Thanks for the cherries, too, eds!
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Can't help wondering how much
Posted on Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Can't help wondering how much 'War is good for business' comes into decision-making, too. Greased palms, donors with influence. Snouts in the trough. And fear of the media/establishment wielding the old 'anti-semitism' brickbats again.
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Thank you! I keep thinking
Posted on Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Thank you! I keep thinking these are a bit rambling, and keep abandoning them. This is very encouraging.
I set out with the idea of writing about all of my 20 years in care - but this first job, which I had on and off over a 5-year...
Read full commentPosted in Taking Care 4 (vi) - Day Centre
Quite.
Posted on Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Quite.
'Do try and keep a straight face.'
...and hide the other one.
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