Its Finally Happened...

  I'm now officially 'OLD'.I don't get my Pension yet but yesterday I became 'OLD'I had just taken my car in for its annual service and MOT and was on the bus back home, and a young chap actually stood up and gave me his seat!!   He didn't

OOPS!!

You know how Americans have different words for things than us Brits,well here's one that made me and the 'Boss' roll up this week. Another of the 'Boss's' E Mates, as she likes to call them, who we have known for a number of years, came up with an absolute

American Saga

Well the American E-Mates have been and gone. It was nice to meet them but we couldn't have put up with them for long. One was from New York and never stopped talking and I mean NEVER STOPPED TALKING. She had her own opinion on absolutely everything

Mowers and things

I've finally recovered from the painful knee and am slowly catching up with things, but I've had a bit of a cold and cough all week. I've got the lawns under control and they've both had a couple of cuts now. The back one was just too long for the wheeled

Latest from the Sofa

Unfortunately I've been spending more time than usual on the Sofa for the last couple of weeks. An old Knee problem has cropped up again so I've been confined to the Sofa a lot more than I want to be. Its OK sitting down and its OK standing up - for a

Its Still NO!

Following on from my blog on 2nd Sept, I made a little sign for my front door saying that we did not welcome Cold Callers, and that we do not buy at the door. It seems to have worked so far until Friday last when right in the middle of my lunch the

NO,NO,NO...

    Why won't people take NO for an answer? On Friday last week I answered the door to a young chap who was trying to sell me Sky TV, and despite me repeatedly telling him that I wasn't interested and was quite happy with Cable and Freeview