dunesifter

According to reports from Britain, the terrorists –oops, sorry, make that suspected terrorists – were all going to board planes with 4 different parts of a bomb, and connect them up onboard. This would ensure that not only would the plane explode, but so would the terrorists. There isn’t a lot you... Sign in to see full entry.

Have you ever noticed how long you can sit in front of a blank screen without typing a word? For instance I have a heading for this post, and I know roughly what I want to write, but I don’t know where to start. Neither do I know from what point of view it will be written. The funny thing is that as... Sign in to see full entry.

…a side menu will pop up with my personal point of view related to it. I don’t normally write serious posts, and certainly not of current affairs. I leave that to the professionals. But………isn’t there always a but. There is one thing about international flight which has always had me gob smacked;... Sign in to see full entry.

That stopped you from sniggering, didn’t it? I only found out myself by accident as I was going for my latest swimming lesson. There has been a lull in my swimming lessons due to vacations and the problems of finding an instructor who doesn’t blanch at the sound of my name. My newest and third... Sign in to see full entry.

You don't take books back to the store. It just isn’t done, is it? Apart from which, my humiliation would be complete. What if there were other customers in the shop when I slunk back in with the book and asked if I could return it? No way, Hosea! Anyway I was still in the huff after Monday... Sign in to see full entry.

There has been a blitz of spam on my computer in the last couple of weeks, and I don’t know why. I wouldn’t mind if I frequented salacious websites, or if they were addressed to my alter egos, but they are addressed to me – the real me - which is a pain in the ass. Sometimes there are a dozen every... Sign in to see full entry.

True, I said it quietly as I sat in my pew and the minister was pontificating from his pulpit. I’m quite sure he didn’t hear me, but I still meant it. The only reason I knew I’d spoken aloud was because of the kick Ell administered to my right shin – which is still bruised, I notice. We had a... Sign in to see full entry.

Ell and I have been having a fun few days – we don’t get out much, OK! – watching birds. Talking about birds, I had a laugh at the gym today, while I was cycling to nowhere. One of the guys, who goes occasionally, turned up for the first time in months, and his eyes almost bugged out of his head... Sign in to see full entry.

….but it isn’t as if I am mocking the afflicted. All I am doing is demonstrating how people were expected to write letters in the 1930’s and 40’s. This is part of an email I received from an acquaintance yesterday. ‘….do you think you would be able to introduce me to ‘Old Bill’ or gesture... Sign in to see full entry.

It started off last Friday – no, wait a minute! It started off weeks and weeks ago when we knew when Andy was coming for a visit – if Andy can tear himself away from the embraces of ‘Marianneverseenadickbefore.’ It was a casual remark about how we were going to miss the blow-up swimming pool we had... Sign in to see full entry.