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I don't bother chasing mice around, pigeons are more fun
Posted on Fri, 26 Jun 2026
My lovely cat Knotty was a feral. I fed him for about 18 months in my garden. He always looked like he wanted to be loved, he would come and sit and talk to me while I was gardening, but he would run away if I went to stroke him. I called him...
I know someone who left the AA in Basingstoke back into the 80s and nailed a couple of kippers under the floorboards under his old boss's desk, Took Maintenance weeks to find the source of the smell ..
Ah Apps. What we old timers used to call Programs. That was in the days I was called A Programmer. Then I became (without getting out of my chair) A Developer. I didn't write Programs any more, I Developed Software. I guess one day people...
PS As well as being glad you don't live in America, I think you should be glad you don't live in England. The NHS sounds so much better up there in Scotland, no NHS prescription charges for a...
Oh Harry I'm crying, that's awful. I remember the first cat I ever had that was killed by a car, there was just a bit of blood round her mouth like Bobby, but otherwise she was unmarked. I thought she looked like a toy where the battery had run...
I don't bother chasing mice around, pigeons are more fun
Posted on Fri, 26 Jun 2026
My lovely cat Knotty was a feral. I fed him for about 18 months in my garden. He always looked like he wanted to be loved, he would come and sit and talk to me while I was gardening, but he would run away if I went to stroke him. I called him...
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I know someone who left the
Posted on Wed, 24 Jun 2026
I know someone who left the AA in Basingstoke back into the 80s and nailed a couple of kippers under the floorboards under his old boss's desk, Took Maintenance weeks to find the source of the smell ..
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Very funny and very true to
Posted on Wed, 24 Jun 2026
Very funny and very true to life, Jane. Reminded me of 'The Office'.
One little typo I think :
'Their complaints were legitimate and they derived better.' s/be
Their complaints were legitimate and they deserved...
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I can just hear him in my
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2026
I can just hear him in my head singing it, in that deadpan almost conversational way he had.
Maybe a virtual earworm ? Aspirational earworm ?
I hate to say it, but I bet AI would be able to do it.
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Ian Dury
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2026
What a shame Ian Dury has passed away, I can just imagine him singing this ...
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Ah Apps. What we old timers
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2026
Ah Apps. What we old timers used to call Programs. That was in the days I was called A Programmer. Then I became (without getting out of my chair) A Developer. I didn't write Programs any more, I Developed Software. I guess one day people...
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The Fine Art of Strimming
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2026
Your jokes do make me laugh Turlough, somehow even the ones that I dont't get, or half get, are funny, It's the way you tell 'em.
Glad to hear that Ludo is still alive (what's left of him).
My friend had a jack russell who got...
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Great attitude Jack, wishing
Posted on Sat, 20 Jun 2026
Great attitude Jack, wishing you well. Kat x
PS As well as being glad you don't live in America, I think you should be glad you don't live in England. The NHS sounds so much better up there in Scotland, no NHS prescription charges for a...
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Oh Harry I'm crying, that's
Posted on Fri, 19 Jun 2026
Oh Harry I'm crying, that's awful. I remember the first cat I ever had that was killed by a car, there was just a bit of blood round her mouth like Bobby, but otherwise she was unmarked. I thought she looked like a toy where the battery had run...
Read full commentPosted in Tom All Alone 19 (ii)
Ooh that's so interesting Jay
Posted on Tue, 16 Jun 2026
Ooh that's so interesting Jay, sort of Matrixy but taken beyond.
I will stop wearing my proof reader's hat when I read your stories, although I do find it very difficult to take off.
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