This week we returned from a 10-day visit to Crete. It was the most boring holiday Jayne and I have ever had, but that is not a bad thing. In the past we have rented a car or quad and gone out around the island, visiting the many and varied archaeological sites, but this time […]
Entries Tagged as 'Life'
Some selected quotes
September 28th, 2019 · Comments Off on Some selected quotes · Life, Politics
I just had a look at the ‘My Clippings’ section on my Kindle and seen all the bits of text that I have highlighted over the years. Some of them are quite random, but a few are worth dwelling on.
Tags: Quotes
Desert Island Stuff
August 11th, 2019 · Comments Off on Desert Island Stuff · Life
I have spent an inappropriate amount of time thinking about this. The more trivial something is, the more thought I give it for some reason. I have bought houses and cars almost on a whim, but spent months comparing specs before buying my first DVD player and MP3 player. In the old days I could […]
The Final Countdown
July 21st, 2019 · Comments Off on The Final Countdown · Life, Technology
This evening, for no particular reason, I watched the film The Final Countdown on Amazon. I had seen it before, probably more than once, but fancied an unchallenging film to pass the time. Its a bit like the Philadelphia Experiment, with a modern warship going back in time. In this case its the aircrat carrier […]
Tags: Films
Glastonbury 2019
July 1st, 2019 · Comments Off on Glastonbury 2019 · Life, Music
I did not go to Glastonbury this year. No surprise there; I have never been to Glastonbury and probably never will. I did see a bit of it on the TV and the iPlayer and what I saw looked pretty good to me, as it usually does. So why have I never been and why […]
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Foreign parts
June 16th, 2019 · Comments Off on Foreign parts · Life
This month I saw my oncologist and got a plan for the remainder of my treatment. What that means is that we now know when my last lot of chemotherapy starts so we can work out when it should end, add a week to get over the effects, and a couple of weeks to allow […]
Tags: Holidays
The long game
June 11th, 2019 · Comments Off on The long game · Life
Way back in 1974 my mother set up a life policy for me with a friendly society. The premiums were a shilling a week, and a man from the society would come round to collect them. Not every week because, after all, it was only a shilling. I think he came round a couple of […]
Tags: Money
Second attempt at normality
May 12th, 2019 · Comments Off on Second attempt at normality · Life
So this is what has been going on with my little health issues. On Easter Monday I was allowed home after my big operation. This represented a really quick recovery because it was a massive operation. Actually it was more like a stomach operation + a chest operation + a tracheostomy, all lasting about 12 […]
Tags: Cancer·Medicine/Health
Back in one piece
April 21st, 2019 · 1 Comment · Life
It looks like that cancer thing is over now. Still to be confirmed, but it is all looking good so far. I went in for an operation to remove the tumour, along with a big chunk of my oesophagus, on April 10th. After that I spent about a week in intensive care before getting released […]
Tags: Cancer·Medicine/Health
False Alarm
April 9th, 2019 · Comments Off on False Alarm · Life
Over the weekend our Jack Russell had us worried. He was having trouble eating, looking like he was choking when he had food or a treat. Although he can be a bit of a drama queen it was very disconcerting because that is exactly how I felt last year and that turned out to be […]
Tags: Medicine/Health·Pets
