If it isn’t broke don’t fix it
It was discovered that over 80 per cent of us cannot quite get the hang of programming devices or putting things together. In fact, I emerged with honours.
WHEN INSULTS HAD CLASS
Long before the term political correctness had any meaning there was a richness to riposte that is sadly lacking in today’s patois. Those in the public eye often captured the headlines with a sneering wisecrack at an opponent. Newspaper editors too risked their readers’ wrath with an occasional […]
AIR TURBULENCE ~ The Ultimate White Knuckle Ride
Soon after becoming airborne, passengers and crew experienced the weightlessness you get when you are falling without a parachute. That is exactly what we or rather the airliners are doing.
WHAT CLASS WERE YOU IN?
I once told her I was sweating. She pulled me up on that one. ‘No Michael; horses sweat, men perspire, but we ladies just feel the heat.’
Who is Who in Life’s Real Hall of Fame?
In my experience, the most readable people are ordinary men and women. Often and unexpectedly those we consider conventional people were cast by fate into extraordinary situations.
Return of the Witchfinders
Robert Burns: “Here’s freedom to him who would speak; here’s freedom to him who would write; for there’s none ever feared that the truth should be heard; save he who the truth would indict.”
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD
Would anyone be inspired to write books, compose music, or paint pictures if there was no one to enjoy them?
The Dovetails Hotel Romantic Comedy
The entertaining and engaging interludes are accompanied by risqué humour and naughty incidents. A reader writes, ‘I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am feeling rather warm.’
A Night Spent in Paradise
The evocative soul-searing romance of Latin America was enduring. By chance whilst relaxing in a cantina I had made eye contact with a stunning senorita. The watering hole’s ambience was so Spanish the saloon looked like a movie set. Soon after the preliminaries, we amorous pair disappeared up […]
MANNERS MAKETH MAN
Where and when appropriate I greet a lady by the simple courtesy of raising the back of her hand to near my lips. For many, it is a first experience that has so far brought pleasure. I wonder how many women have had a hat raised in greeting […]
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