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When I retired we thought I would fix up a towing van but it was beyond it. we went looking for a replacement, and finally decided on a motor-home, telephoned the character who had tendered for the repair of the caravan. I told him what I proposed but he said what I needed was what… Continue reading Belfast ’61 to ’69. The Iveco Motor-Home

Criticism often says more about the critic than the person or idea being criticised Every now and again it doesn’t do any harm to examine the reasons for what one does, in other words being self-critical. This then caused me to think of criticism in the round, and one of its attributes is that it… Continue reading Random Thoughts 44, Criticism.

The puppet masters who have been working George Bush, have surpassed themselves, they have actually got him believing he is a world leader, to the extent that he has chaired a summit of some 16 nations to discuss the subject, global warming, that he is wriggling to avoid tackling. The problem is the people who… Continue reading Random Thoughts, Pure Blether

As a teenager I was sent to the Christian Science church Sunday school, and was taught that matter didn’t exist, everything that occurred, occurred in our own minds, and was a figment of our own thoughts. If you analyse that, you will realise that there is no way that you can disprove it, theoretically. Practically… Continue reading Random Thoughts, 43, Faith Healing

If you are of a queasy nature, I suggest you move on to the next paragraph as I am giving some lurid descriptions. I have previously mentioned that I have had skin cancer on my ear, and that it will be 30 weeks between the time I first reported and the time of my operation.… Continue reading Random thoughts 41, Crazy Priorities

Filling leisure time in retirement.This is not the first time I have written concerning the aged. I have been very fortunate, I have a number of interests, I still have most of my health, and I still have Sophie. So many of my friends are no longer here, or in homes, and so I have… Continue reading Random Thoughts, 40, Odds and Ends.

I will be posting one or two essays about the changes Ireland has gone through since I first came to live here, and want here to drew attention to the tremendous changes that have happened to our holidays, be they just a day out, or six weeks on the continent. My daughter’s experience makes the… Continue reading Random Thoughts 39, Treasuring Leisure Pleasures.

On the 21st of September, 07, the Daily Telegraph published an item which stated that The Inland Revenue, which I assume means Gordon Brown, are proposing to levy inheritance tax backdated for seven years. I am hoping that this is yet another flag being run up the mast to see who salutes it. To even… Continue reading Random Thoughts 38, Dishonour, Removals.

To continue from R.T 37. I have been interviewed by over a dozen councillors, who were not so much interested in what I knew as what I professed to know by all the letters after my name. I have been interviewed by professionals who presented me with a vast technical problem to solve, containing inherent… Continue reading Randon Thoughts 35, Jobs for the Boys or Vice Versa.

In thinking about the subject I came to the conclusion that the motor car was responsible for our lack of choice today when we go shopping. I was thinking about a complex in a town just outside Belfast which had a huge parking area, one Tesco’s shop, 15 to 20 small shops, and a restaurant.… Continue reading Random Thoughts 36, The Strange Parameters of Shopping.