...Starting Rumours...

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...Be Careful Where You Stand...

...Mid-Life Is When...

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...mid-life is when you go for a mammogram and you realize that this is the only time someone will ask you to appear topless...

Sad Isn't It???

ME ;0)

...I'm Just Too Kind...

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-- Bad Banana Day --

Dave did a local boot-fair yesterday - I love going to them and looking at what people are getting rid of (& buying a lot of it!)...but boy I HATE doing them..too much standing around waiting for punters to come and then haggling over the prices...no it's defo not for me.

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The alarm went off at five - it was still pitch black - and he left around 6.30am ~ needless to say I didn't leave the pit to see him off. He said that when he arrived the field was already packed. People get there from 4am to get a 'good pitch'

- Are They Mad - ??

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Anyway he managed to get rid of quite a bit of our junk (it normally goes to the Charity shop or eBay, of course) and made around fifty quid...not a fortune I know...but I'm letting him keep it all...

...Kind, Aren't I...??

ME ;0)

...Our Friend Chris...

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Chris, Gerry & Clemmy

Our good friend Chris phoned last night - it was great to hear from him and catch up on his news - we last saw him & Gerry in August when we were last in Kent & had a great meal out with them.

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Chris is always cautious about what he says to me because he thinks that it'll end up on the blog - I've told him that I'll only say nice things about him

...if the money's right, of course...

ME ;0)

...On The Way To The Office...

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A very successful lawyer parked his brand new Porsche Carrera GT in front of the office, ready to show it off to his colleagues.

As he was getting out, a truck came along too close to the curb and completely tore off the driver's door.

Fortunately, a cop in a police car was close enough to see the accident and pulled up behind the Porsche, his lights flashing. But, before the cop had a chance to say anything, the lawyer started screaming hysterically about how his Porsche, which he had just picked up the day before, was now completely ruined and would never be the same, no matter how hard the body shop tries to make it new again.

After the lawyer finally wound down from his rant, the cop shook his head in disgust and disbelief. 'I can't believe how materialistic you lawyers are,' he said. 'You are so focused on your possessions that you neglect the most important things in life '

'How can you say such a thing?' asked the lawyer.

The cop replied, 'Don't you even realize that your left arm is missing? It got ripped off when the truck hit you!!!'

'OH, MY GOD!' screamed the lawyer.

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'MY ROLEX!'

ME ;0)

...Happy Birthday For Yesterday...

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** still sleeps anywhere**

It was Tom's birthday yesterday - my 'baby' is 24 already - that means I'm getting old. It really doesn't seem that long ago when I had him -- he was five weeks premature and weighed in at 6lb 12oz -- the midwife said at the time that if I'd gone 'full-term' he'd have weighed over 9lbs

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......6.12 was bad enough I can tell you......

...Have You Heard About The Ice Cream Man...?

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...Have You Heard...?

An ice cream man was found lying on the floor of his van covered with hundreds and thousands

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Police say that he topped himself

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I know - they don't get any better, do they?

ME ;0)

...What Is It...???

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It’s long, hard, and usually white.

It often has little hairs at the end.

You put it in your mouth and you move it around.

When you are done with it, you spit out the tasty, filmy white stuff.

What is it?

A toothbrush

Dirty You -- if you thought it was something else!!

ME:0)

...Paddy And Mick...

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...Here's a joke for you...

Mick and Paddy were walking home from the pub.

Mick says to Paddy, 'I can't be bothered to walk all that way.'

'I know,' says Paddy, 'but we've no money for a cab and we've missed the last bus home.'

'We could steal a bus from the depot,' Mick suggests.

They arrive at the bus depot and Mick tells Paddy to go in and get a bus while he keeps a look-out.

After shuffling around for ages, Mick shouts, 'Paddy, what are you doing?

Have you not found one yet?'

Paddy shouts back, 'I can't find a No. 91'

'Oh Jesus Christ, ye thick sod, take the No. 14 and we'll walk from the roundabout.’

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ME ;0)

....It'll Do Him Good To Relax...

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-- view from the tower scaffold into the rear garden --

...It's been another gloriously sunny day - that makes more than a week of good dry weather - quite a change here in Lincolnshire, I can tell you...

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Dave's now finished the gable wall of the bungalow and painted it gleaming white - very smart - we dismantled the tower scaffolding that we hired this afternoon, ready for collection on Monday. It came down a lot quicker than it went up :0)

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Dave's now in the garage mixing a concoction of baits to fish a local competition tomorrow - it's at the club that he recently joined

....it'll do him good to relax for a few hours - and for me to have time on my own...

ME ;0)

...Another Day - Another Blog...

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...Hi Everyone...

I'm a day out with the blogging - completely forgot (again) about it yesterday - so thought I'd better do it now while I thought of it.

It's just after 10am and I've only just left 'The Pit' so I'm typing this in my nightie - won't go into too many details as I don't want to put you off whatever you're currently doing :0)

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Dave's already made a start outside - he's still scrapping off loose paint from the gable wall of the bungalow - and will be painting it white very soon. He doesn't like working off a ladder at height so we hired a 4m tower scaffold yesterday so that he could reach the apex -

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...so he's now 'towering' above everything

...towering, get it...??

ME :0)

...That's Much More Entertaining...

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The weather has been pretty cold and dull today - but at least it hasn't rained...yet...

Dave's been scraping off loose paint and plaster from the back gable wall of the bungalow, all day, getting it ready for re-decoration. I've started scraping the wallpaper in the lounge - thank goodness it's the last room to be stripped - I hate getting the old wallpaper off..mind you to be fair I hate all DIY...

In between, I've been watching the birds in the garden on the feeding station

...That's Much More Entertaining...

ME ;0)

...I'm So Sleepy...

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-- Eric (my uncle) playing a fool --

I've been absolutely knackered today after the hectic weekend with Pat & Eric - must be my age or something - fell asleep on the sofa after lunch and woke up with a stiff neck and pounding headache - Dave wasn't sympathetic in the least!! - I don't know why because I'd have been sympathetic if it'll be him

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...Yes, I would...really...

ME ;0)

...What A Great Weekend...

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Downhill Challenge @ Belchford, Lincs

14 Sept '08

Dave & I were sorry to see our visitors (Eric & Pat) leave this afternoon as we've had a such a great time with them over the weekend and unbelievable the weather stayed dry and sunny for the whole three days!!

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On Saturday evening we went to The Kinema in the Woods (Woodhall Spa) to see Mamma Mia! I don't like musicals & wasn't that keen! but Doris (Dave's mum) had said what a lovely film it was and it's had great reviews from pretty much everyone...so we went and I quite enjoyed it :0)...

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We took them to Belchford in the Lincolnshire Wolds on Sunday for the Downhill Challenge and had a fantastic day out. We saw the Hurricane & Lancaster fly over the event - which made a great end to the day.

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This morning we went to RAF Coningsby to see the Typhoon take off and land and had a tour of the old war planes in the hanger - Pat is ABSOLUTELY nutty about planes - so it was a treat for her really

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...can't say that they do anything for me - but a couple of the engineers were very easy on the eye - so made the trip worthwhile...

ME ;0)

...Busy Day Today...

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Busy Day Today - been to Post Office (eBay things), had an appointment with 'The Stunner' (nurse practitioner) who has confirmed that my 'hot flushes' are indeed menopausal - great news! & also an appointment at the hospital with the Physio for backache - she pulled and poked me around and the outcome is...wear and tear on the spine and bad posture..both of which I knew really.

She's given me a couple of excises to do several times a day & I start Back Gym classes next week for six weeks to see if that'll help - I'm NOT into exercise of any description so I know that it'll be hard going for me to do it

...but I'll give it a good go and see if it does help at all...

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Just had a text (4pm) from Pat & Eric to say they were very late getting away and will be with us much later than first planned - so Dave's gone back into the garage to work (he just can't sit around doing nothing!) & I'm back on the 'ole computer

ME ;0)

...Guess Who's Coming...?

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Pat & Eric

We've got visitors coming up from Kent tomorrow for the weekend - my uncle Eric & his fiancee Pat - they are always good company & we're really looking forward to them arriving, sometime in the afternoon. They last come up in May with Doris (Dave's mum) but it's just the two of them this time. Pat is absolutely 'nutty' on airplanes and luckily for her we live on the flightpath for the jets that are based at RAF Coningsby..so I've arranged for a chair and blanket to be placed in the garden for her..that should keep her entertained for the weekend :0)

and to really cheer her up there's a 'dogfight' arranged on Saturday at the East Kirkby airfield - 5 minutes from us - so she'll also have a fantastic view from the garden of that

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....should be a noisy weekend then - that'll be Pat screaming everytime something flies over...

ME ;0)

...Yippy Do Da - Betty's Back...

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Yippy Do Da - Betty's Back!

I LOVE Ugly Betty - don't you?? I caught the re-runs of the last series a few months ago and I've been hooked ever since - Dave absolutely HATES it & moaned his head off when I settled down to watch it on Friday - he just can't see what I see in it and to be fair it's not normally the sort of thing that I like...

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I think I like it so much because it's so bizarre and not at all like real life - well, be honest, it's not, is it?? nothing like my life that's for sure.

Betty's such a feisty little thing and stands up for the underdog - I like that - sort of makes me wish I was more like her

...but without the braces, of course... :0)

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ME ;0)

...Are You Looking...???

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It's been an awfully cold & rainy day today here in Lincolnshire - Mr Murky has been here all day -

Dave & I watched the local weather forecasts at lunchtime telling us what we already knew (some of us just look out of the window to see what the weather's doing!) & the one on the BBC said that it was going to rain hard again tomorrow (great!!) but the next one - on ITV, rather a pretty blonde, if you're interested - said with a big smile that it was going to be the best day of week...

...so there you have it - another good reason to look out of the to see what the weather is doing...

...Why Did I Even Get Out Of Bed...?

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I've had one of those days when you say to yourself

'Why did I even get out of bed this morning?'

I knew when I was wide awake at 6am & got straight up that it was a bad start to the day (I'm NOT an early riser but any stretch of the imagination!) and it hasn't got a tiny bit better as the day's gone on. Everything I've attempted to do hasn't worked out as it should - I've had problems with eBay policies (loads of emails regarding that!), phone calls (does nobody listen anymore?), post office (for eBay!) was closed due to electric failure - oh yes! and the doctor surgery couldn't find my prescription as well as telling me I need yet ANOTHER appointment...

-- I've tried being optimistic and upbeat - you know what I mean...telling myself 'Deep breaths, relax, it'll be better tomorrow' --

...what a total waste of energy that was, I can tell you...

the day's still crap-crap-crap :(

...What Am I On...???

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...What Am I On... forgot about blogging AGAIN! must be an 'age' thing....obviously...

Well at least I'm here now - I probably forgot the blog yesterday because nothing much happened :0(

But I do have a question for you today...

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How many of you scrub your tongue?

I must admit to not being in that particular group (it always makes me gag as if I'm going to be sick) - so I rely on an electric toothbrush doing the teeth & a mouthwash getting everywhere else that I don't!!

Dave however has ALWAYS scrubbed his tongue - long before it became 'popular' to do so - he scrapes away quite fiercely on the surface with his regular toothbrush and paste

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--just watching him makes me want to gag--

that or the fact that he's normally naked while doing it??

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I'll leave you with that image...shall I...?

...I Have A Complaint...

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to help you to forget your everyday problems and read how others put their thoughts into words

...these are genuine clips from council complaint letters...

1. My bush is really overgrown round the front and my back passage has fungus growing in it.

2. He's got this huge tool that vibrates the whole house and I just can't take it anymore.

3. It's all the dog mess that I find hard to swallow.

4. I want some repairs done to my cooker as it has backfired and burnt my knob off.

5. I wish to complain that my father hurt his ankle, very badly, when he put his foot in the hole in his back passage.

6. And their 18 year old son is continually banging his balls against my fence.

7. I wish to report that tiles are missing from the outside toilet roof. I think it was bad wind the other night that blew them off.

8. My lavatory seat is cracked, where do I stand?

9. I am writing on behalf of my sink, which is coming away from the wall.

10. Will you please send someone to mend the garden path? My wife tripped and fell on it yesterday, and now she is pregnant.

11. I request permission to remove my drawers in the kitchen.

12. 50% of the walls are damp, 50% have crumbling plaster and 50% are just plain filthy.

13. I am still having problems with smoke in my new drawers.

14. The toilet is blocked and we cannot bath the children until it is cleared.

15. Will you please send a man to look at my water; it is a funny colour and not fit to drink.

16. Our lavatory seat is broken in half and is now in three pieces.

17. I want to complain about the farmer across the road; every morning at 6am his cock wakes me up and its now getting too much for me.

18. The man next door has a large erection in the back garden, which is unsightly and dangerous.

19. Our kitchen floor is damp. We have two children and would like a third, so please send someone round to do something about it.

20. I am a single woman living in a downstairs flat and would you please do something about the noise made by the man on top of me every night.

21. Please send a man with the right tool to finish the job and satisfy my wife.

22. I have had the clerk of works down on the floor six times, but I still have no satisfaction.

23. This is to let you know that our lavatory seat is broken and we can't get BBC2.

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...Do Not Go Gently...

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Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Dylan Thomas

...Two Brooms Were Hanging In The Closet...

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Two brooms were hanging in the closet and after a while they got to know each other so well, they decided to get married.

One broom was, of course, the bride broom, the other the groom broom. The bride broom looked very beautiful in her white dress. The groom broom was handsome and suave in his tuxedo. The wedding was lovely. After the wedding, at the wedding dinner, the bride-broom leaned over and said to the groom-broom, "I think I am going to have a little dust broom!!!"

"IMPOSSIBLE !!" said the groom broom.

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"WE HAVEN'T EVEN SWEPT TOGETHER!"

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...Whatever Happened To Yesterday...???

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Well... whatever happened to yesterday?? - it was here first thing - I'm quite sure of that - and then whoosh, it had gone - over - kaput! a whole 24 hours done & dusted and finished in what feels like a blink of an eye....

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It passed so quickly that I didn't have time to blog - I had big plans for the day, I can tell you

- ironing - things to tidy - buying food (fridge looked pretty sparse yesterday & will look even worse tomorrow!) - vacuuming -

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-- Oh Well! There's always tomorrow...perhaps that'll last longer than the usual 24 hours --

ME :0)