It’s always the way. Fix one leak and it just puts pressure on another part of the pipe. Ideally it all needs replacing but governments just don’t think that way It really sounds like Greece in your video.
The first primal scream of the new semester.
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Archie, the arthritic black labrador, does his level best to ignore a
student who has decided to head into the North Sea for a pre-breakfast dip.
The stu...
Stray Cats
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In France we not only have a lot of stray Dogs, but over the years we've
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Korky (below) was just a kitten when I adopte...
Farm Friday
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last night Ana went to bed early. And fell fast asleep. She was exhausted.
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Dear Tom - The Germans
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A funny day….the eye clinic this morning with a new, perfectly polite and
precise German Doctor who was a dream . I may eventually go blind in my
right e...
SQUARES TO RECTANGLES
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*The other day, Lynda made a comment about the shape of my placemats.*
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Hello Autumn
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These first few days of Autumn, a little decorating, a little gardening, a
little relaxing
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Life is noticeab...
The runner/jogger rant.....
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I have a bone to pick with runners. I am not sure why, but they seem to
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narrow t...
One week from today...
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.... my previously sharp eyesight should be restored. I hope the doctor is
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I can’t be the only one who has realized this but I sometimes like to put
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Tomorrow is our New Year's Eve. In previous years there was always
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Third
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For some reason I'm unable to get comments to publish on other blogs.
Blogger glitch of some kind perhaps.... Why are these things never
universal? Some...
it's time to go
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I have had a lot of fun letting you know how I feel about my new home of
New Zealand. I hope you have enjoyed my journey, too.
My health is not the best...
BRIGHTON
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In our local paper this morning was this photo of Falmer pond. It said it
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Multi Tasking
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There was a storm this afternoon - thunder, lightening, very, very
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Bloody River Blues by Jeffery Deaver
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Xmas decorations
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Greymouth has 3 main streets in town. On the way home from work at night
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A Birthday Present.
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I reached the grand old age of 62 last Friday. Like that great English
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"Who knows where the time goes?"
I received ...
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Look at sales figures, origins, annual reports, statements from company
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annual ...
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Farewell My Friends
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changed...
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Oh dear, nearly six months since I last posted a blog. It is not that I
have been bothered to write to you. Oh no. It is because words have been
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Professing !
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Actual professing.
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the line and of explaining the intricacies of life from the...
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If you had told me 5 years ago, I would be sitting in a house, at a table
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One of the problems about getting so involved with these m/s recipe books
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Break out the Ark, quick!
ReplyDeleteI'm not saving those dang goats though. They're loving their new water sources. I can smell em before I see em.
Deleteoh no hope they fix it, what a waste of water though.
ReplyDeleteHuge waste!
DeleteIt’s always the way. Fix one leak and it just puts pressure on another part of the pipe. Ideally it all needs replacing but governments just don’t think that way
ReplyDeleteIt really sounds like Greece in your video.
It's a real Greek drama lol
DeleteIt's a real Greek drama lol
DeleteOh dear!!
ReplyDeleteOh dear. Again
DeleteSometimes it happens here too. very similar. That's probably how it is in rural Mediterranean areas.
ReplyDeleteWe live in very similar environments Yael
Deleteooops! run and hide.
ReplyDeleteYou should see it today. It's a geyser. Without the sulphur lol. So far
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