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I am feeling quite old today. Imagine the scene. I had to get the bus today into work as my car was getting its tyres changed. I got on the bus and immediately sat down. Upon reflection, once the bus got going I realised that I was on the side that the sun was streaming through. In the interests of a comfortable journey I moved sides. It was at that point I felt old this morning. I actually moved in the interests of a comfortable journey.

Matters got worse. As the journey continued the school children joined me on their way to school. With spots coming out of every inch of skin, hair down to their ankles and school ties tied in such an extreme way that they may well have been an Aberdeen knot for all I knew; the Windsor knot they most certainly not. Anyway, there I was minding my own business, dressed for work in a smart shirt with a half nelson tied tie and I had a brainwave. I must catch up on some reading….. Read the rest of this entry »

The hysteria and excitement similar to that experienced by a four year old at Christmas has now

My jigsaw puzzle hive!

subsided. The realisation that I actually ordered a flat packed hive has actually set in! What was I thinking…….How on earth do I build this thing especially considering my “Dry Run” was a complete disaster, having now looked at the actual instructions! If I was running a B&B for Bees the AA would simply not even bother coming out to give me a rating. It was all wrong! Read the rest of this entry »