Month: February 2025

A clear diary – bliss! + how to ask for something

The delights of social media I just love nosing around social media including Facebook and picking up sayings from people. I've come across one that's very helpful which reads as follows Empathy without boundaries is self destruction. Unconditional love doesn't mean unconditional tolerance. You have got to train your boundaries to be stronger than your soft heart, and your mind to be stronger...

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What does it mean to be ‘Lukewarm’

Having gone to bed fairly early at 10:30 p.m I rose at five o'clock and checked my previous diary entry on Bristol and decided on a whim, or was it inspiration, to write round to every meaningful friend I had saying that I had written the article and I was writing to them because I wanted to share it and also to announce that I was alive and kicking. No breakfast for me this morning because I'm...

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Brunel swallowed a coin, ZaZa’s industrial cooking

Some Brilliant service from SKY Mobile/TV So what more do you want on a cold and bleak Valentine's Day, Friday 14th February. We decided to go to Bristol to do a little bit of shopping, to have a decent lunch, and to visit the Clifton Suspension Bridge and Museum. First stop was The Galleries which Bristolians and visitors will know to be an extensive multi- floored shopping mall just south of...

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What does AI ‘think’ about living on your own?

Asking AI What to do It is all too easy these days to consult Chat GBT, co-pilot, Gemini etc and let it do your thinking for you so I have pasted the response I got from Gemini at the bottom of this post and meanwhile I have written from my heart what I have observed to be true in my life, this time around, on this planet. The implications of that statement will be more obvious to some than...

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My MRI scan experience + the pleasure of talking to strangers

So off to the RUH have my MRI scan. Magnetic Resonance Imaging machines!  Gosh, these are big beasts which require a room to themselves and can range in cost between £0.6 and £1.9 million. The construction of MRI suites can easily add another £325,000 to the total cost. For those who might be having a scan let me run through what actually happens. I’ll lay it out in # points because it’s...

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Why some of my friendships come to an end

I pride myself on looking after my friends and being loyal to them and being there for them but sometimes things don't quite work out and I've decided to have a look at all the people who in my life that I have found it necessary to leave to their own devices. Examples of failed relationships # Sometimes you just have to leave people to get a life. The person I've known for the last seven years...

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