No training required

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...

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...

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...

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...

A drive in the park they said

GO for it, it’ll be fun, they said. As my driving licence had expired I had little choice but to do so.’ What caused me anxiety was...

Prevention better than cure

AT a guess I would say that most health problems are self-inflicted. I too am guilty for I was once a heavy smoker, I sometimes drank too...

The last exit

IT wasn’t supposed to be like this. Surely I should have been blissfully unaware of my surroundings and oblivious to what was going on around me. But, after strolling...

I hate this age

ALAIN DELON, born 1935, was one of the great cinema stars of the 20th century. Irresistibly good looking the French thespian wasn’t born with a silver spoon...

Chit-chat not cheat-chat

BANTER is a charming yet misunderstood term. The reason for the confusion is because it appears to be a peculiarly Irish trait. It is the Blarney of those lucky...

When redcoats were popular

FLIPPING through a collection of pre-war photographs I was struck by changes that have since taken place. About 1925, a young man named Billy Butlin took a...

If you’ve got it flaunt it

ONGOING debate about the distraction of social media and television has much merit. But, it is our weakness if such takes up too much of our time....

Christmas Eve in the casa

WITHOUT inspiration there can be no communication. Every line we read be it a news report, biography or poem, is inspired by someone of something. Such was my inspiration...

It was Christmas day in the workhouse

IT is said that the power of the pen is mightier than the sword and it is true. John Barleycorn, the Jack London novel, had a remarkable effect...

The forgotten

I seem to recall there being no inflation between Queen Victoria’s ascendancy to the throne in 1819 and the near end of her reign in 1901. Imagine, what...

A fate worse than death

I have little to fear if after mortal death I need to answer for my sins, which are few and far between. However, I am anxious about...

Stetson-rated

THE term ‘cowboy’ conjures up an image of a bungling builder. Of course the building and allied trades can be attractive to swindlers. But, in my experience, the...

Looking forward to the past

I ONCE thought that changing fashion was uncontrollable and came with the human condition. Only later in life did it occur to me that fashion changes not...
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