[tta_listen_btn] Dealing with noise in public places Today is the day when I have my cataract operation. Since it is a procedure entirely new to me I had no views about it and no fears of it. So great is my trust in the eye department of the Royal United Hospital here in Bath, and so many operations of this type have been performed that there is no reason to fear. For some reason, we had to...
[tta_listen_btn] I must admit that my image of Bronze Age and other 'ages' people are more primitive than they may have been in reality. I imagine cavemen with clubs. This portrayal I now see is far from accurate. Were they less intelligent than us or just differently informed? If we look at so-called primitive or indigenous societies today we find they are far better able to take care of...
[tta_listen_btn] Memories of 45 years of gardening Today at 11:00 we trimmed a hedge for a local resident. I always enjoy doing hedges if only to see the improvement of its appearance after my efforts. For this we were paid £50. I do not need the money but I need to be compensated from my effort. Why do I do gardening at all? I do it to keep fit. Power tools and their use are part of keeping...
I attended the morning service of the Vineyard group at the old Radstock Methodist Church. I never know what I'm going to meet or more importantly what is going to happen when I go in the door. There were about ten people when I arrived but as many again came in time for the morning service which started around 10:30 I started talking to someone about how they were, and after the usual...
Finding professional help I continue my search for a suitable helper for developing this website. I thought I would try People per Hour (peopleperhour.com) which is a site that many professionals use to get help by the hour. It is interesting how many people do not read the brief before applying. My brief specifically said that I want someone from Somerset here in the United Kingdom as it is...
Bargain Fares? We are contemplating a trip to London in November so yesterday I went to Bath rail station to look at the cost of two tickets return and with a rail card the price quoted was £92 Today I visited a ticket splitting site and I got the same journey for two people for £60 total. The idea should be self-explanatory but it means that you can combine two separate journeys into one,...
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