Hi, . I was reading about an unusual lady this week, who wowed everyone in Mumbai recntly when at an event there. She is called Tao Porchon-Lynch. She re-located from India to America in her thirties. She is a Yoga Master, having practiced for the past 70 years, and she still teaches. She is 93. [...]
Jan
26
2012
26
2012
Jan
11
2012
11
2012
84 Days To Change Your Life.
Hey, . How are you today then! I hope that you are feeling bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. . Perhaps you may be feeling a bit depressed because you are not keeping to your New year resolution(s). . Just in case you were inspired to make a decision cut the calories calories, get fitter and slimmer …. [...]
Jan
3
2012
3
2012
Is Cheap Meat Worth The Cost!
Hey. . I thought about a bacon sandwich this morning but I just could not actually do it. I think that I may end up a bloody vegetarian through the sheer shame of the way we allow farm animals to be treated on the way to the dinner table. Why, for the sake of even [...]
Jan
1
2012
1
2012
A Little Sly Training.
Hi, . How is life treating you then. . Were you looking forward to Christmas, or were you worrying about all of those extra pounds that you would gain before the festivities are over with. . And have you! Is losing it your New Year Resolution! . Well, you know, your fate and your physique [...]
Nov
20
2011
20
2011
Taking It On The Chin.
Hey Folks, . Is your weekend progressing well. Are you having the time of your life! . Well, if so, I am pleased that one of us is having fun, because my life has turned to shit again. Unfortunately I have broken down once more, like a well used toy. . Last night I went [...]
Nov
11
2011
11
2011
Don’t It Make Your Brown Eyes Blue.
Hello Peeps, . I have been reading about the strangest thing. . Apparently someone other than the old WWII Hitler doctors has been interested in turning brown eyes into Nordic blue ones. . I wonder how many people have a secret desire to change their eye colour in this way…perhaps there is a suspicion that [...]
Oct
16
2011
16
2011
The Winds Of Change.
Hi, . Greetings to you from the dark and rainy North. . Today I am thinking about the changes in since I was growing up, remember that we only bought a television when I was about 13. It only received broadcasts for a certain number of hours per day. . Nowadays things are very very [...]
Oct
15
2011
15
2011
The Incredible Ageing Woman.
Hi, . Today I woke to surprisingly bright sunshine, and forecasts promise a couple of days of unseasonably good, warm weather. Yeah, possibly, but the seasons pass inexorably no matter what we prefer, or how much we protest their change. . It is the same with life. All of us worry about the unwelcome effects [...]
Oct
7
2011
7
2011
It Makes Dying Look Good.
Good day, . This morning we all awoke to pale blue skies and anaemic sunshine….and the news that it has been snowing already….now there’s cheerful then! . Actually I am feeling quite grumpy this morning because I have been somewhat unwell twice over the last two days. I mean, nothing terminal, just unpleasant. . My [...]
Sep
18
2011
18
2011
Flower Power!
Good Morning People, . I was up early again today, in time to watch a reasonably nice sunrise….all faint and yellow through the cloud layer. Perhaps we shall enjoy another variable yet mainly sunny day like yesterday, you just need to time it right between the rain showers and you can enjoy a fine walk [...]
Sep
11
2011
11
2011
Guns Are Dangerous.
Hi, . There are many people who think that everyone should be able to carry guns here in the UK….just the same way as they can in America….to protect themselves and their property. . But sometimes it is painfully brought home to them that there can be dangers from this right to the possession of [...]
Aug
31
2011
31
2011
Tooth Filling Without Any Scary And Painful Drilling.
Hi, . Today is starting in the usual way….very cold and damp and grey. The same old, same old! . Yesterday was different to my expectations, because we had a visit from who calls every once in for a catch-up. . Big H and I were just on our way out to go and cut [...]
Aug
26
2011
26
2011
Housework Kills.
Good morning to you, . We have a morning here which looks like the opening of a story, all pale and thick grey fog, revealing the odd spectral figure within. Nice one for August! . Today I am a bit sore, and getting this post out is proving to be a bit touch and go, [...]
Aug
19
2011
19
2011
Let’s Not Go To Bed.
Hi, . I am sad to have to tell you that we are now as bad as , when it comes to bed bugs. . I have written about this in the recent past….and it is getting much much worse now. . This has been highlighted by media reports which allege that there was a [...]
Aug
12
2011
12
2011
So It Is Actually True Then!
Hi, . So here I am, writing to you once more to the rapid accompaniment of heavy rainfall, like an encouraging counterpoint to my tapping out my daily post. . I am actually getting quite used to the continuous rain now, after all it is only 28 days since St Swithin’s day….so there may well [...]
Aug
3
2011
3
2011
Sometimes You Just Know That They Are Wrong!
Hello, . I wish you a fine day. It is still unfeasibly warm up here ….and with heavily clouded skies. Yesterday we cunningly went for a long walk in the countryside, before the torrential but warm rain began, with Big H sweating as if it was going out-of-fashion. . That sounds yukky of course, but [...]
Jul
8
2011
8
2011
Rats R Us.
Good Morning, . At least it is a good morning just about anywhere but in Southampton, because the Government and the unions are at loggerheads there. . As I , there has been a binman’s strike underway in Southampton for several weeks, which has left uncollected rubbish to rot all over the streets of the [...]
Jun
29
2011
29
2011
Drunken Boy Falls 20′ Off Escalator, And Survives.
Hi, . I seem to have done quite a few posts about ….and you seem to like them….so here is yet another piece of CCTV film. . This clip shows a very lucky young man indeed. . It is reported that an 18 year old called Shane O’Malley is the young man in the film, [...]
Jun
29
2011
29
2011
New Hope For Those With Type 2 Diabetes.
Hello Peeps, . So I am up early again today….in a world which is back to hot sunshine and lollipops, after numerous lightning strikes and it’s really biblical deluge of rain. I did mention then that our weather is not boring, at the very least. . I am sitting here in sunshine so intense that [...]
Jun
26
2011
26
2011
Dogs Will Eat Strange Things If You Are Not careful!
Hey, . Sunday greetings to you. . Today was forecast to be an extremely hot day, and at present we have a 50% blue sky, and it does feel enticingly warm. Most excellent so far then! . I think that I hear the garden calling me. . However I must complete today’s task before I [...]
Jun
15
2011
15
2011
Furious Surgeon Orders Clegg And Cameron ‘Off His Ward’
Oh Bliss Oh Poop, . I would love to tell Clegg and Cameron, and all the , to ‘bugger off’ myself”….but someone has finally done it. . were at Guy’s Hospital to put forward their latest U-Turn on policy. . They decided to take a while they were there putting a spin on things. . [...]
Jun
10
2011
10
2011
Man In Dinner Suit Falls Down Stairs Near The Savoy.
Hi, . Something a little different today. . I know I have shown you in the past but this is a bit different. This dinner-suited gentleman was reported as having been ejected from an awards ceremony at the grand old Savoy Hotel . The posh do was being hosted by the inimitable Stephen Fry. . [...]
Jun
7
2011
7
2011
So Far, The Beansprouts Wuz Innocent!
. Good morning…. from a cloudy, but warm, region of the UK. . Everything here seems relatively calm and under control at the moment, apart from the usual underhanded dealings of suspect , scandals in , underfunded and totally inept immigration policies and the indulgence towards criminals instead of proper concern for their victims. But, [...]
Jun
6
2011
6
2011
The Outbreak Worsens.
Hi, . With about the present outbreak of E-Coli, which began in Germany. . The culprit was most probably bean sprouts, in the opinion of official sources in . ‘So it was bean sprouts what done it’. . Apparently it has been discovered that there were deliveries of these vegetables to the which are at [...]
Jun
5
2011
5
2011
Something Nasty This Way Comes.
Good Morning, . I am afraid that we need to be careful at the moment because there is out there which is putting people in danger. . Health officials are giving warnings about a new strain of the old favourite E-Coli which is causing havoc worldwide, as approaching 2,000 people have caught it so far [...]
May
30
2011
30
2011
Accept No Limits.
Hello people of all ages, . I had a birthday recently and had to face the unwelcome thought that I am getting to be significantly aged. . That brings with it many stereotypes which are held by other people. It covers stuff like expecting to see excessively wrinkled decrepit looking people, who cannot function without [...]
May
20
2011
20
2011
Getting A Stiffie Could Make You Deaf.
Hi People, . . I remember when I was very young, and in those far-off days was not a relaxed subject. . Young male children were often warned not to masturbate themselves, because it would make them go blind. As you can imagine, that sort of thing can lead to hang-ups in relationships later. Obviously [...]
May
19
2011
19
2011
Sick As A Parrot.
Hi, . As you may have gathered from today’s heading….this is not a good day for me so far….and I spent most of yesterday nursing a crashing headache. . I woke up at my of 3am again this morning, but this time I just lay in bed feeling weak, nauseous and shivery. My head was [...]
May
16
2011
16
2011
Really Bad News From Vancouver.
. Hi Folks, . It is dreary and cold again here….back to the usual weather I fear. . It is so changed now, that we have upped temperature on the central heating, dug out the winter sweaters again and put the padded quilt back down on top of the duvet. . All of which brings [...]
Apr
19
2011
19
2011
If You Go Down In The Woods Today, Be Sure Of A Big Surprise.
Hey, . Did you know that it was ‘Tick Bite Prevention Week’ last week? Do even the targeted ticks know that? I very much doubt that the fact has really impinged on them yet. . However all joking aside, they are becoming a serious problem. . They first came to my notice years ago when [...]
Apr
18
2011
18
2011
Too Good To Miss.
Hey, . Happy Monday. . Apparently we are going to have another period of good weather this week, culminating in extremely high temperatures over the Easter weekend…sounds like a treat ….if it happens! Of course that probably means the roads will be packed with cars containing older men in hats….all their collective noses. . This [...]
Apr
9
2011
9
2011
A Growing Danger To Pets.
Hi, . So we have finally reached the weekend, and it is totally warm and sunny here, just as promised by the weather forecasters. Excellent, this time they got it right. . I expect that many of you will be this weekend and letting them do a little exploring, or just letting them play in [...]
Apr
5
2011
5
2011
Claire Blogs About Deciding to Remove Her Breasts.
Hi Peeps, . It does not matter what day it is or what rubbish weather I am experiencing today, because my worries are small ones. It certainly brings that fact home when you read about someone who is facing real life or death decisions through the vagaries of fate. . Today I,wanted to tell you [...]
Mar
26
2011
26
2011
Touch Wood.
Hello, . So we have reached . I hope that you are one of the lucky ones who can now enjoy long hours in which to do whatever pleases you the most. . This morning I met one of my friends when I was shopping. Sadly, we do not see each other very often now, [...]
Mar
9
2011
9
2011
Another Idea For Would-Be Slimmers.
Hello, . There are always new ideas in the pipeline to take advantage of the huge market for . . How about one that proposes to make you slim while you eat. . Chillies are a more than just’hot’, it could possibly be that an ingredient from certain chillies could revolutionise the whole slimming industry. [...]
Feb
27
2011
27
2011
Bitten By Bedbugs On BA Planes.
Hi. . This is my fourth post in a series, which are all concerned with the same nasty and matter, I hope that all is well with you, although it may not be if you have just been on a flight with BA. . I have been reading a shocking story about the flight that [...]
Feb
26
2011
26
2011
Binge Britain On Film.
Hey, . We all like . . Most of us like the odd drink. . Some of us do go a bit far at times. . However, it does generally seem that the accusations that are frequently levelled at us, about ours being a ‘binge-drinking’ culture, sadly seems to be true. . There is now [...]
Feb
24
2011
24
2011
New Medical Breakthrough. Stem Cell Treatment For Burns.
Hi Folks, . . Today I read about a new and seemingly wondrous in medicine that is in it’s early stage of development, said to have been recently highlighted on The National Geographic Channel. It concerned the development of a method of stem cell treatment to be used for the treatment of burns injury patients. [...]
Feb
23
2011
23
2011
Are Smelly Feet Spoiling Your Sex Life?
Hi, . If this heading does actually apply to you, then you probably do feel that you have a serious problem to cope with. This news may be the answer to your ….or would that be the fervent prayers of your long-suffering partner? . The SteriShoe is a marvellous invention that uses the power of [...]
Feb
14
2011
14
2011
The Bedbugs Are Now Infesting British Hotels.
Hi, . Did you go away for a romantic weekend in a posh hotel to celebrate Valentine’s day. Did you bring home wonderful memories ….I hope so….but what else might you have brought home unknowingly. I really do hate to tell you. . I have been waiting for this post to be written ever since [...]
Feb
6
2011
6
2011
Tethered To The Bed.
Hey, Hey, another day! . And this one promises to be a carbon copy of yesterday….apart from reading the papers. . Big h has been very kind and has brought me food, along with half of . As I am not much of a Florence Nightingale myself, I can guess what a pain in the [...]
Feb
5
2011
5
2011
Brooding In Bed.
Good Afternoon Folks, . It is nearly 2.pm and here I am, still languishing in my bed. Unfortunately I felt so rubbishy this morning that I just made a quick cuppa and then retired back to bed….quietly. . When big H finally awoke, he got up and proceeded to make two poached eggs on a [...]
Jan
30
2011
30
2011
Rickets Alert!
Hey, . Greetings upon another freezing cold morning. It was so cold last night that we had a small fall of snow again…and then again. Stop it this minute….I don’t like it anymore!! . Where is the summer, I cannot wait for warmth and sunshine. At least I am not afraid of the sun, and [...]
Jan
26
2011
26
2011
Bugs, Bugs, Bugs, Bugs.
Hi, . So we greet a pale grey ….but not too cold. . Yesterday went very well. Big H completed all of his tests at the hospital without exploding or having any of the possible side effects, except for feeling a bit weird after the growth hormone had been injected. So that was good, and [...]
Dec
8
2010
8
2010
More Innovations To help The Blind To See.
Hi, . More excellent for some of those who are presently blind. . And excellent news for the policeman, David Rathband, 42, who was blinded when he came across Raoul Moat during his rampage across the North-East in July. If you remember, he was hit in the face with a direct shotgun blast. Unfortunately his [...]
Nov
26
2010
26
2010
Gagging For It.
Hello Peeps, . This is one for everybody who has an interest in the size of womens’ breasts. . It may indeed be of news of great moment to who hail from Southampton too. . In actual fact there is a serious side to this post as well, because it not only concerns the small [...]
Nov
24
2010
24
2010
Say ‘No’ To Sagging Jowls.
Hi, . It’s another cold and grey day here again…surprise surprise. Hopefully some of you are lounging about in warming sunshine admiring cloudless blue skies and smelling blooming flowers….it’s filthy work but someone has to do it. . I should be this morning before writing my blog, but I am still very stiff today and [...]
Nov
19
2010
19
2010
Unmissable. Love Me Love My Face.
Good Morning Peeps, . Welcome to , and the promise of the weekend ahead. . Yesterday was slightly different from the usual one we have. Big H was not very well and had to spend the day in bed, so did not end up going out with his friend as is usual on a Thursday. [...]
Nov
17
2010
17
2010
I Will Be A Good Girl.
Hi, . What a spooky morning we have here. Everything is a shade of grey, with a sky, all very opalescent and glowing. Then just the sheerest hint of mist over everything. Almost like an art study of a morning instead of a happening one, if that makes any sense at all! . . for [...]
Nov
12
2010
12
2010
Really Bad Habits.
Hi, . Did you hear the one about the chimp that was being kept in a Lebanese zoo. . Six months ago an animal rights group had discovering him there. Visitors had been throwing lighted cigarettes through the bars of his cage as he was addicted to smoking, and they found it amusing to see [...]
