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THERE are some occupations which are shunned because they are poorly paid or are commission based.
I am sure that some jobs are avoided because of the stigma...
Who’d be a husband?
WITH some amusement, I recall our ship rolling to the ocean wave and the tilting mess room table emptying our breakfasts on the deck.
Despite water lapping...
How important is music today?
A FEW weeks ago, I mentioned a conversation I had with my 13 year old daughter about my vinyl record collection.
She couldn’t understand why I needed to...
Pause for self-examination
MOST folk I meet readily concede that the “Ten Commandments” are among the most valuable of influences on our culture and attitudes to others.
Yet as I consider...
The joke is not on Ryanair
JOKES about Michael O’Leary’s airline help to keep us amused. A favourite is O’Leary’s observation that the price of a Guinness at his local is very competitive.
“So...
Un-Economy #2
FRANCISCO could see that I was not best pleased about my gasless air-con unit. 'The pipe has a hole in it.' He assured me cheerfully.
Well, if you...
Is there a book inside you?
IS THERE a book inside you?
If so, it might be best to leave it there and enjoy dreaming of what it must be like to be a...
Un-Economy
THIS will be my first summer with a fully functioning (hopefully) air-con - it's a long story, but the bottom line is that when Procoal put in...
Pause for Direction
BEFORE moving to Spain, each June I used to really enjoy joining one of the Morecambe Bay Walks under the leadership of Cedric Robinson MBE, who since...
Simplicity sought
THE microwaves sat in a long row, silent and inscrutable, and all looking pretty much the same apart from the price tags.
Due to the demise of The...
A VERY BRITISH FUDGE – WHY DEMOCRATISING THE MONARCHY MAY BE THE BEST COMPROMISE
I RECENTLY had a conversation with a friend about the Royal Family. Fatigued by the constant coverage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s impending wedding, I grumbled:...
Pause for Peace
EARLY in his book ‘The God Delusion,’ Richard Dawkins asserts that religion is the cause of most wars; a claim supported volubly by fellow Humanists the World...
Disaster – the sequel
THE Empress, who had dominated our kitchen for so many years, and upon whom I relied so heavily in times of hunger, was in the tender care...
The dog’s day
EVERY dog, they say, has his day. And Lucy, The Dog That Is Not Ours, had her day recently. She was trotting ahead of me on the...
Pause to examine our doubts
IN case you hadn’t realised, we’re actually still within the season of Easter, which, for many, I appreciate can be one of the less credible of the...
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