Felix1

How can he be 80, he is dead.?

I have a wood adjoining my house. Waking up in a morning to the sight of beautiful trees and the various birds and squirrels always put me in a good mood. Unfortunately my neighbours thought differently. They chopped down those overhanging their garden, god knows why, apart from mowing they do not do any gardening at all. They have killed some and it makes me sad to see the bare branches of a tree which would sport the most glorious red leaves in autumn. Pure vandalism.

Air and sea travel too much of a risk.

I,ve given in. My husband reckons its here to stay. I need to see an eye specialist for glaucoma and cataracts .... when? I need to see my dentist .... when? I need to see a surgeon re Barretts disease ... when? At this rate it will be too late!

I have bags of old clothes, keep telling myself I just might lose weight one day.... Lockdown has knocked that on the head! I have put on a stone. I compulsively eat all day.

I dont have a tee shirt but do have a hawiian shirt I bought twenty years ago in a designer shop in New York. They did not have any womens clothes in my size so I bought a mans shirt! It no longer fits but its a reminder of a fantastic holiday with my best friends. Makes me smile every time I see it.

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When visiting relatives in Middlesex I always looked forward to the icecream mans van. They sold a cornet with strawberry sauce, it was called a Saucy Tanner. They did not sell this in Yorkshire. It was delicious.

I remember my grandma donkey stoning her top step. Could never understand why. It was considered very lazy not to do it.

I passed my 11 plus.

We did not have “cookery classes” we had Domestic science. We were taught basic household skills, sewing, cookery, basic hygiene. Might be a good idea to bring that back for all. One thing I do remember is to tie or cover your hair when cooking. Use utensils in cooking not fingers. I cringe when I watch cheffy programmes, ladies with long hair swinging around above food, chefs mauling their food like it is playdoh. Ugh.

Getting fed up with all different opinions etc. I am thoroughly depressed with it all. Do this do that, Oh no perhaps you had better do the other! What is right what is wrong, who knows any more. I feel like I am just sitting here waiting for the axe to fall.

Its the younger generation who are partying, boozing , destroying the countryside. They should be locked in, not us.

I,m not a silver streamer, whatever that is, but my husband has the tv on from 10.a.m. until 01.a.m. I am sick of american crime. Sick of adverts. At the moment we are barraged by insurance and funeral plans during the day and , if evening advertising is anything to go by, women are incontinent, constipated, need help finding menstrual aids, and whirl around like dervishes. If I was a bloke all this would put me off women completely. Is nothing private anymore. I see now they are advertising underwear to stop chafing at top of blokes legs. A very well endowed man strutting around showing his crown jewels. Bleurgh.

People are too fond of labels these days.

Much as I love them, i am afraid for my cat. We think he had a “run in” with a fox and it was many months to recovery.

Finding clothes for mature bigger ladies made in U.K. is difficult. I want to support our own industries. Marks and Spencer used to be the place to go but I understand the younger customers complained they were unfashionable and expensive. I am sick of everything I touch being chinese made. Rant over!

My hair has grown so long I have become used to it. Last cut in January, short cut round the ears. Now it has developed waves I quite like it so shall not be running off to hairdressers anytime soon.

Yes, I play with my great nephew. Many years ago I played with my sister, she was about seven I was five years older. After my winning a few games she threw the board in the air shouting “you are cheating, you are older than me”. Sixty years later I am still chuckling. I try to ensure my young player wins a few games.

I used to go swimming after work. Then one day I am swimming along and a gentleman came swimming towards me. The chlorine was evidently irritating his nose, the result was not pretty! Next time I saw a young boy standing on the side of the bath, peeing into the water. That was it for me, never swam again.

Red Kites are flourishing in Yorkshire too. Harewood House have bred and released red kites a good few years ago. There are a pair nesting in the woods opposite my house. Beautiful birds.

I am sick of being corrected. I am sick of people changing words and phrases because it might upset someone. What about me? Nobody cares if I am upset at being continually corrected by the younger generation. In fact, I never gave racism or special needs a thought until it was continually brought to my notice. Fed up of it all..

I do not go in shops, in fact I do not go out. I tell my husband to wear one but ...... He loves shopping. I hate it.

I had to put my mum into care, she had dementia. I could put up with her disappearing to the bus stop to go home to her mum and dad most days, but leaving gas fire and hob unlit became dangerous for us all. Her sister and two daughters ensured she had a visitor every other day. The care home was like a five star hotel. Whenever she was asked what she had done that day she would say “nothing, I dont talk to them, i sit here by myself everyday. Big fibs! We stopped announcing our visit, would sneak up to her floor. Dancing, singing, laughing! As soon as she saw us her face would drop. “Look what they make me do, look at that silly old bugger over there, I dont like him”. Total personality change. She was always so kind, never spoke ill of anyone! Hopefully your mum improves.

I gave up buying newspapers years ago. My husband still buys his daily ‘comic’, page three girls and football. Full of doom and gloom otherwise. I watch daily news on tv. Its enough for me.

Controversial? To who? Ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous.

So much death this year, I am not even pulling my weeds. Nice to see new life. Most are from the birdseed from the bird feeder. I do not use weedkiller for fear of killing the birds, cats, squirrels etc. I cut them down.

Not just chaos, anarchy. I am truly afraid this is beginning already. Riots, murders. Hell.

You dont get the same taste when it is cold. Kit kat fingers dipped in coffee, suck the chocolate off then crunch the biscuit. Yummy.

Not likely. Our last cruise was a nightmare. Problems with the plumbing, trying to find a toilet was a nightmare running from deck to deck. An old gentleman in the lift sneezed on me, must have been virulent! spent two days recovering in bed. Shame because the dining room , bar and cabin staff were lovely. The crew were very snooty! Since then I have learned how poorly paid these staff were so, no, will not be going again.

They know you are partners and that partners share, do not worry. My husband has the most cash in our family so it is logical he can afford to give them the money. I give them treats, chocolate etc. They appreciate that too.

By your comment re, keeping a virus safe in a lab. Do you believe that the coronavirus is one that ‘escaped’. I do.

I try to eat organic, freerange.

Left over lemon skins after squeezing, great for cleaning sinks, microwaves, splashbacks. Nice smell too.

Not likely. I,ve never liked being cooped with a lot of strangers and detest buffets. All the foreign holidays hotels have these buffets. I hate seeing people breathing on and mauling food someone else is going to eat. My last holiday in January confirmed that. Young man picking up cheese with his fingers and deciding to put it back, people cutting bread and not using the cloth provided, crowning point when someone dropped a ladle into soup tureen and fished it out with his bare hand. Ugh. Decided day trips will do for me in future.

These people have the same behaviour everywhere. I was appalled to see the same behaviour on a plane coming back from Tenerife in January. A young woman changed her babies nappy on the seat in front. Some contents of the nappy fell on the floor and the older woman with her , presumably her mother, tried grinding it into the carpet with her foot. The smell was atrocious. I was appalled. There were food wrappers on the floor. Disgraceful.

It is such a great pity that there are so many individuals who give no thought to the health and wellbeing of others and the environment.

I am not racist. However, These statues are part of our history. Slavery existed in most countries. Also, it should be remembered that some black people sold their own, they believed in slavery. It exists today. Those statues are a reminder.

Its a pity, they are a great idea for responsible users. Unfortunately, despite all the publicity regarding fires, responsibility for your rubbish etc. there are still morons about.

I,m being extra cautious, no.