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Lights, Microwave and Action

My life has been quite exciting lately. Well, if you call lots of things going wrong exciting that is. I had a guy putting some gutters on the house the other day. He was cutting away happily outside when boom! the lights went off, the microwave stopped going round and the telly went dark. He had stuck the bare wires of his cutting machine (it might have a technical name I am unaware of) in.

Winter Time and the Living is Tough

Don’t you just hate winter? Your nose gets blocked, the pipes get frozen and you need to drink lots of boring stuff like tea and cough medicines. Once I rule the world (oh yes, it will happen) I will abolish winter along with snappy little dogs, coffee flavoured chocolates and tattoos. Until then I just need to find a way of living with this most depressing of seasons. I guess I could check out importers.

Extension Leads Can Cause Nervous Breakdowns

When I lived in the UK I took certain things for granted. Our teams would lose in sporting events, the rain would arrive sooner or later and Terry Wogan would appear on the telly before long. Since moving to South America most of the certainties have been removed from my life. I kind of miss the comforting voice of Wogan in the morning but in most cases this break from the norm has been a.

Not the Dentist Again

My dentist is a very nice lady who always smiles but going to see her still fills me with panic. The first time I ever went to see a tooth surgeon (why does no one ever call them that, by the way) I trembled with fear. The fact that the same thing still happens some 30 odd years later might mean that it is time for some new ideas. I have never spent much time.

Wilderness Time

I’ve had enough of big city life, which is actually quite strange as I don’t live in a big city. However, I still want a break from traffic, rap music, coffee stores and those jeans which look like they could fall off the owner at any moment. Actually, I don’ t mind the coffee stores but I could do without the rest. What can I do to get away from these modern urban blues and.