Tag Archives: personal opinion

Upping the up

You’re probably getting fed up with these sorts of posts, but I bet not half as fed up as I am with rising prices every time I shop. Last week it was gingernuts, which incidentally are now back in stock … Continue reading

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How typical: the Government missing the point.

I have a Monday Peeve Paula! I have just read this and shake my head in disbelief. No need to cut energy use and no risk of winter blackouts, No 10 tells public (source) As a light user consumer, the … Continue reading

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Film Review: Fast and Furious 9

Well, we had the other 8 so why not? I’d put off buying this as I’d read that it ended on a cliff hanger (think Kill Bill and Back to the Future 2)  so was waiting for F&F10, but it … Continue reading

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TRUTHFUL TUESDAY 6-21-2022

Melanie is our host for Truthful Tuesday until further notice and this week she asks “What’s Your Opinion Of Grudge Holding?”  To sum it up, pretty dumb, but it depends on the circumstances I suppose. It’s no secret my family … Continue reading

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Blogging Insights — New Format # 32 — The Internet

Dr Tanya is our host for the Blogging Insights series. Click here to check it out “The Internet destroyed most of the barriers to publication. The cost of being a publisher dropped to almost zero with two interesting immediate results: … Continue reading

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Book Review: A Gambling Man by David Baldacci

This is the second in the Aloysius Archer series and took a while to get going. Having not read the first (One Good Deed) I was glad of the introduction at the beginning as this was a new character to … Continue reading

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Book Review: Letters from the Past

Erica James was one of my favourite authors because her stories are usually easy to read and her chapters aren’t very long so ideal for bedtime reading. I hadn’t read anything recent of hers so when I saw this on … Continue reading

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Fandango’s Provocative Question #104

Today’s provocative question is about formal education. We all have our opinions on how best to educate and prepare our children to succeed in today’s highly complex world. So this begs the question: What do you think is the one … Continue reading

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Today is Friday 25th September

The weather is horrendous, I have a dog who will not go out to pee and a husband in a lot of discomfort through constipation. Hubby actually slept pretty well, especially as he didn’t take any painkillers last night. One … Continue reading

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Relax……………… don’t do it!!

WARNING:  CORONAVIRUS RELATED Boris Johnson has outlined his ‘road map’ to relaxing the lockdown in the UK, and quite honestly, as far as we’re concerned, the brown stuff is now hyperactive and our anxiety levels are off the charts. We … Continue reading

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