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A day off? You must be joking

Us Geminis never take time off... even when we're asleep. Awake > coffee > off we go > eat > more  of the same> TV >  bedtime.   I love ideas. If I could have them for breakfast I would. I can never have too many though I admit I do need time for digestion. A 'day off'.  It is so often the same. The day starts with nothing in the diary and then before you know where you are...

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Worried about getting old? – thoughts to amuse

It's always a good one to look at and reexamine from time to time.. I'm 81 now and I'm very comforted to see those older than me rocking and rolling. Mary Berry the cook and demonstrator is now in her 90s. Clint Eastwood is still being strong at 97 and Daivd Attenborough is 99 as is Mel Brooks, also 99. It is amusing to see interviews with people who have reached the age of one hundred. Some...

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Indian Call Centre pests – useful prefixes for your Android phone

I am prompted to write my diaries on the basis of often small things that happen to me 'out of the blue'. In other words, something jumps out at me. Today's diary came about because someone I spoke to recently said he would prefer that we contacted each other by email because he did not want to give his mobile number as he was trying to separate  he's work from his private life. Fair comment....

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A remarkable meeting of community-minded people in Frome

I have decided to take a deep dive into the workings and  architecture of this event because I think it is excellent as a model which could be applied nationwide as a supportive environment to discuss how to bring people together to further enrich the community in all its aspects. This model is applicable to all conurbations large and small. The detail may not be of interest to everyone but as I...

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Being woken up will never be the same again – very funny (we need it)

https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1690096924945750&locale=fy_NL You need to sign in to FB to view A lazy day It has been one of those lazy days when I don't feel like doing much. If you're really good at the art, it can take to about midday just to get up and on a sunny warm day why not. I has to get a blood test this morning at the surgery - 12:58 was the appointment time - and decided to go...

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‘Catching up’ meeting with friends – lessons to learn?

 I have known my friend D. for quite a number of years and first met him shortly after I moved to Somerset a dozen or so years ago. From time to time we have a catch up which this time (surprise surprise) was in Wetherspoons on the high street here in Midsomer Norton where we had breakfast. Zoom meetings or telephone calls are in a different league. There is nothing like face to face whether it...

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