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  • Are You Sitting Comfortably?

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    In my life, I have successfully fitted a few toilet seats.  I am not sure what the collective noun is for toilet seats. A parliament of toilet seats? A smack? A crash? A clattering? No matter. The point being that… Read More ›

  • One Of Those Days

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    There are days where things in my life go horribly wrong.  Normally, whenever I interact with other people.  Rarely, do I have a bad day that is self-inflicted. But, maybe, here is such a day…? Since my kitchen installation a… Read More ›

  • Dying For My Award

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    With award ceremonies in full swing, I’m reminded of the occasions I picked up my own awards. My early childhood was largely uneventful, certainly not a tale that could be converted into a Hollywood blockbuster to win any screenplay Oscars. … Read More ›

  • Where Did September Go?

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    Feeling strangely optimistic that I would live for another 21 months, I decided to purchase my usual fun calendar for next year from Amazon. It arrived in an envelope so big that Sting phoned me to ask for the return… Read More ›

  • The Assassin

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    I woke early and did some mini houseworky things to make my flat more presentable. I even changed the bedding and hoovered the bedroom carpet.  I’m not sure what I was expecting from someone who was just coming out to assess… Read More ›

  • Sue Bidgood

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    A while back, I wrote a column – Wasp On The 334 Bus – about how a wasp had boarded a bus that I was travelling on, which caused a mild alarm among the fearful, confined passengers. The panic was… Read More ›

  • Snooker

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    With the World Snooker Championships in full swing, I am reminded that, despite my valiant attempts to mis-spend my youth in a similar manner to the professional snooker players, I would never be as successful at the sport as they… Read More ›

  • Gladiators

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    The BBC has recently resurrected the show Gladiators. I first became aware of the show in the UK, whilst watching night-time tv in the very late 80’s under its guise of American Gladiators. I don’t know why it was called… Read More ›

  • Night-Time TV

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    It’s hard to believe that not so long ago, terrestrial tv would completely shut down and go off air overnight. The unseen continuity announcer would wish everyone goodnight soon after midnight – probably because his wife had said: “Please don’t… Read More ›

  • My School Golf Course

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    When the pupils at St. Nicholas at Wade C of E Primary School in Birchington returned from their summer break, they were delighted to see a 9-hole miniature golf course installed within their school grounds. The idea was to offer… Read More ›