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happy end From
alfiesmum
in the price of scenery
(1097 days old)
I've been trying to get into this for a while, goodness knows what I was doing wrong Silly poem; called Happy End Tatiana Nikolayeva the archetypal babushka, the fat peasant on the Moscow Metro, … more
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happy end From
alfiesmum
in the price of scenery
(1097 days old)
I've been trying to get into this for a while, goodness knows what I was doing wrong Silly poem; called Happy End Tatiana Nikolayeva the archetypal babushka, the fat peasant on the Moscow Metro, … more
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happy end From
alfiesmum
in the price of scenery
(1097 days old)
I've been trying to get into this for a while, goodness knows what I was doing wrong Silly poem; called Happy End Tatiana Nikolayeva the archetypal babushka, the fat peasant on the Moscow Metro, … more
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life sentence From
alfiesmum
in the price of scenery
(1298 days old)
We made a joke about it at work many years ago - if you get a life sentence you get remission for good conduct but there's no let-off from marriage. At the time I thought it was funny (not very just … more
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a fatal is only a statistic From
alfiesmum
in the price of scenery
(1388 days old)
We don't have any motorways around here, but we do have accidents. Fatals are always a pest because the police shut off the road for ages while they measure and the only way round, if such there be, t… more
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the end of the line From
alfiesmum
in the price of scenery
(1415 days old)
I know it's daft to be sad about having to retire - also rather cross, since the decision was forced upon me by rules and regulations. To go on working I'd have to do lots of courses, training, etc,et… more
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downfall From
alfiesmum
in the price of scenery
(1433 days old)
Did anyone see Downfall? More4 is useful for showing films before the crits have quite faded from memory - very useful if the nearest cinema is 50 miles away. I remember Hitler's voice. Pa used to s… more
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past and future From
alfiesmum
in the price of scenery
(1477 days old)
I had radio 3 on while I was reading the paper and something caught my ear. An organist called Obrecht, employed at Bruges from 1485 on, who died of the plague in 1505 - exactly 500 years ago. How d… more
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65 years ago From
alfiesmum
in the price of scenery
(1491 days old)
I look at the children and the grandchildren and wonder what they will remember in another 50 years - total recall or disjointed snatches? Mum and I were sent to the country in 1940 because Dad had … more
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incompetence From
alfiesmum
in the price of scenery
(1517 days old)
It's all very well writing an entry, but it's irritating not to have the hang of connecting. Say somebody makes a comment - what then? Can you get in touch with them directly? Suppose you invite a fr… more
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The tyranny of things From
alfiesmum
in the price of scenery
(1565 days old)
I look around the house and shudder for the offspring who're going to have to sort all the clutter if we're going the Loch Lomond road and come to a simultaneous sticky end. I have books, music, reco… more
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geriatric holidays From
alfiesmum
in the price of scenery
(1599 days old)
They say that the easiest way for the elderly to get abroad in by air. OK, first we have to fly to London. You arrive, you try to check in to your connecting flight, and BA assumes that you must be t… more
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the price of scenery From
alfiesmum
in the price of scenery
(1651 days old)
Don't think that scenery is everything. After a week or two you'll want to have easy access to cinemas, theatres, concerts, evening classes, libraries, without having to drive 50 miles. You might fin… more
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