Felix1

I love sending and receiving cards, every occasion. I reuse my cards by cutting them down to use as shopping lists. I saved the ones from my sister, mother, Aunty and husband. Every now and again I have a look at them. My mother and sister are now gone and they invoke memories of happier times.

I would just like to say, how many people do not give you time to get to a ringing phone. We do not all have mobiles. Every day the phone rings, by the time you put down what you are doing, put your specs on, and struggled out of your chair, just as you get there the caller rings off. Same with the door, callers knock, ring the bell and then they are off. Most aggravating!

Sadly, I do not believe any of our parties promises.

Who knows and who really cares?

Big brother gone mad. We had great fun playing tag as kids, both at home unsupervised or as part of our games curriculum.

Stupid girls.

This idea of the naughty step is good. Kids hate being sent out of room, better than the good hiding my dad gave me.

Brilliant idea. I,ve paid and planned mine.

Everyone wants expensive gifts, at least we have time to save up.

I cannot comment .... what does it mean?

Stress is part of life.

Thinks he is Guy Fawkes

James Bond is a man, unless he is going transgender, he will always be a man. Why not just have another agent with a different 00 number.

I love package holidays. I am not an “intrepid” explorer. Thomas Cook folded because their management were greedy. Over the years standards have fallen. Shame.

Selfish, but we always expect the Royal family to be more stalwart, be strong leaders. Our Queen is a prime example of a strong woman, a good leader.

There is nothing to stop the g.p. getting up off his seat and walking around. My surgery is full of young fit doctors, they invite you to sit down and they sometimes get up and walk about. Their diagnosis is usually “It,s your age take a pain killer”.

What an insult.

The world is going mad. What happened to freedom of speech. I do not care what anyone says, a wolf whistle is a light hearted boost to ones ego. There seems to be a lot of sour pusses around these days.

I would like to say no, but hold my hands up.

Depends on your age and physical well-being. Not fair to the dog if it will outlive you.

Discrimination again. I did not want the world to know my personal problems.

Life is stressful,

How dare he?

Well said.

I start buying about now, we have a big family. In fact I have some already. I buy items in the sale. In the past I have waited till December and been too ill to shop. However, I do think shops should wait nearer the day before putting on their Christmas displays.

whenever I go to the doctors his stock phrase is “it,s your age take a painkiller”. Well, yes, I know that. I want to know how and why not to be fobbed off.

Cadburys have a distinctive taste. It is our favorite, please do not mess it about.

I am sick of this "nanny" state. Adults know when they are obese and they know what to do about it. Whether they do or not is up to them.

Would you still want the animals if you came face to face with them? We do not hunt as we used to. Stupid idea.

Try slices of streaky bacon laid across the potato too. Yummy.

Same applies to winter heating. Pensions are different, we actually contributed towards this. It is not a perk.

I had the Vidal Sassoon Bob. My grandad was very upset I had cut off my long hair. I had one side cut round the ear and the other long and smooth. More than one person whispered "does she know her hairdresser has cut it odd" As for the mini skirt, our headmistress had prefects stationed at the doors with a ruler. Anyone with too short a skirt was sent home. Girls with the beehive had to comb it out. All very exciting!

It is a welcome perk but sensibly, yes, it should be means tested.

I have seen dementia patients singing together, it really brought them alive. As for myself, having hearing problems from birth, singing in public is a no no, but at home when bored I will sing out loud and generally feel quite cheered up.

I had a friend undergoing a very acrimonious divorce. Her nerves were shattered. Her doctors advice : Promise yourself a treat every day, always at the same time with no interruptions. Tell yourself how much you deserve this treat. Every day she bought herself a finger of fudge. She ate it on the way home. Said by the time she arrived home she was calm. Good luck everyone.

Stroking your dog or cat.

Christmas in the fifties, brilliant. Exactly as it was. I am sure we had more fun than today's little ones. Thank you, sir, for this trip down memory lane.

All the young ones in family raved about it. About time I caught up!

One presumes polite conversation is expected. Being deaf trying to understand what is being said takes away all the pleasure. Join in and discover you have misheard making you nervous. If you do not join in you are deemed boring. Damned if you do, damned if you do not.

God forbid.