There once was a man and a woman who had been married for more than 60 years. They talked about everything. They kept no secrets from each other… except that the old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she cautioned her husband […]
MAKE READING INTERESTING AGAIN ~ By all accounts, famous writer John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and his wife, Edith, had a close and happy marriage. They were married for 55 years, with Edith following Tolkien wherever his life took him. The couple had four children: three sons and one […]
MAKE READING INSPIRING AGAIN ~ A very poor man lived with his wife. One day, his wife, who had very long hair asked him to buy her a comb for her hair to grow well and to be well-groomed. The man felt very sorry and said no. He […]
NEWS FOR MATURE MINDS: Ex-cohort of Boris Johnson spoke unprintably about the West’s course on Ukraine: The ‘corrupt Ukrainian mafia state’ led by ‘pumpkin Zelensky’ deceived Western countries, and they are now fucked.’ This is how former adviser to Boris Johnson and active supporter of Brexit Dominic Cummings […]
MAKE READING COMPASSIONATE AGAIN My dear girl, the day you see I’m getting old, I ask you to please be patient, but most of all, try to understand what I’m going through. If when we talk, I repeat the same thing a thousand times, don’t interrupt to say: […]
BEING NICE PAYS BIG DIVIDENDS: 1. Don’t call someone more than twice continuously. If they don’t pick up your call, presume they have something important to attend to. 2. Return money that you have borrowed even before the person who borrowed you remembers or asks for it. It […]
MAKE READING FUN AGAIN: A group of 40-year-old girlfriends discussed where they should meet for dinner. Finally, it was agreed that they should meet at the Ocean View restaurant because the waiters there had tight pants and nice buns. 10 years later, at 50 years of age, the […]
BE INSPIRED BY READING AGAIN: In a large city in France, a poster featuring a young, thin, and tanned woman appeared in the window of a gym. The caption read: ‘This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?’ A middle-aged woman, whose physical characteristics […]
A beautiful elegantly dressed woman told her psychiatrist that she was depressed and her life was meaningless. After a moment’s thought, the medico told her he would ask Mary to tell her how she found happiness. ‘All I want you to do is listen to her.’ The psychiatrist […]
REAL HISTORY: To this day, the Roman civilization appears to us as a world of well-educated, healthy people who care much more about hygiene than, for example, in the Middle Ages. When it comes to the upper social spheres, the Romans certainly had a high standard of living. […]
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