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  • Life-saving Critics!

    I find myself thinking about the time I have wasted watching films, reading books or listening to music I do not enjoy. Life is too short. A filter of some kind is required.

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  • Economising!

    Having a shower and washing clothes on the same day seems a bit extravagant, so to balance the books I think I might have a can of soup for dinner!

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  • Weather Forecast!

    Some of my grand-parents generation made their own weather forecasts based on reading a barometer. No app was required. But now, even with more data at our finger tips, some people seem incapable of making a sensible forecast, and even blame it on the app!

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  • Easter break – and that meant finding work! Got a temp job at Harrap Publishers

    Easter break – and that meant finding work! Got a temp job at Harrap Publishers

    50 Years Ago – Unlike some of my fellow students my parents were unable to subsidise the student grant, so it was essential to find work outside of term time. Today I managed to get work at Harrap Publishers in Upper Holborn.

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  • Dull Routine?

    This morning I was thinking that my life has become rather dull and routine. However, my working life was also routine, and sometimes dull. There is a key difference between working life and retired life.

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  • Wild Garlic Anyone?

    Over the last five years or so my lawn has shrunk and now starts over a metre away from the fence. Why? Because of wild garlic. Within a few years my entire garden will be a sort of wild garlic monoculture, which I am not keen on.

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