My life

With the growing threat of war over Ukraine, I'm amazed the rest of the world is not up in alarm. Sure, there is little we can do, a Putin is adamant that he wants to blow up the world, but here in the UK, most people could not care less. We will not send in troops to help, but it's a slippery slope. Chamberlin would not send troops to support the Sudetenland. One thing we will all see is higher prices. Russia is a major playing in oil prices, and although Saudi will step in the fill the gap,... Sign in to see full entry.

It has finally rained here in the UK. We have not seen rain (real rain) for over a month, and for the middle of winter, that is worrying. But the other night it finally came. The garden is looking a little brighter, but the plants think it's Spring, and we are yet to face the worsted month. Sign in to see full entry.

I sometimes wonder if anyone is really interested in the routine and mundane things that go on in my life? I write in my personal diary things like: "Went for a walk. Helped Mum down the stables." But it's tough to get anyone else interested in such silly things. These are just routine things that I do around the house and are only noted down to help me remember what a dull life I now lead. Sign in to see full entry.

Saw this picture on a website and remembered when we went there to see Deep Purple. To be honest it was not my sort of music. A teenage thing really, but I was still caught up in the excitement of large festival gigs and so we went. A small gang of friends, who were mostly people I had gone to school with or let lodge in our house. It was muddy and wet, but not too bad. Although the bus did get so bogged down they had to bring in a tractor to dig us out, but not too bad. Most of the acts were... Sign in to see full entry.

A view from the Frozen land of England. Only -1.5 but cold enough for us. Sign in to see full entry.

If new tech is coming along, I don't think it will be in the form of more gadgets. People are so prejudiced to putting things on their heads or in front of their eyes, the VR or Augmented realities will simply not work. The new Meta-verse is a total scam and will never take off. The only thing that will is something like the Holo-deck on Star Trek Generations. A place where you simply walk in and find yourself in a new world is just too tempting to pass up. Of course, people will want this in... Sign in to see full entry.

I think the whole world will move to 3 by 5 inches. That's the average smartphone size. I had to get a smartphone because the business account required me to use only a phone for security. So I had to get one. I use my old phone to make calls, but I have to admit that the smartphone is the future. There is little that you can do on a laptop that you cannot do on a smartphone. Every APP is used to move information from the big screen to the little screen. Not sure if I trust the security that way... Sign in to see full entry.

Had a small victory with Mother phoning my sister. If you have been following this sorry blog, you will know that I've tried over the years to get my Mum and my sister to talk to each other again. With the death of her partner Clive, Sarah is on her own now. So Mother finally saw my point of view and felt sorry for her and rang her up. Everything was OK and they chatted happily and I dare to think things might work out. Clive had cancer for years and it finally caught up with him. What did not... Sign in to see full entry.

Took Mother for her first Covid jab today. The queue was a quarter of a mile long, and we stood for three-quarters of an hour in the cold. I was very worried she would be too ill to go through with it, but it all worked out OK. For someone who had not been to a Doctor for 30 years, I was amazed she even showed up on the computer. All is well for now, but I am worried she might react to the side effects. We'll see. Sign in to see full entry.

Just had my booster jab. An old car salesroom, the place was heaving. Even at 7.15 pm. Sign in to see full entry.