Thanks Mr. G. You're very kind. @galenkp

That's how we used to amuse ourselves before the internet 🤣

I could think of no term more apt to describe the ladies with whom my father kept company:)

When I started my first business I paid no tax, then I was caught and fined 60,000 pounds, though I tried to tell them taxation was theft. After that I simply cooked and cooked and there wasn't a better

Last year, we had 9 weeks in a row of thick cloud with not even a ray of sun shine. I think people were beginning to lose their minds. Everywhere I went it was the sole topic of conversation, shops, cafes

What was left of my spinach this morning. Damned mice! Oh, and thanks for the tip

My brother once liberated a full-size cardboard cut-out of Batman from a cinema foyer. I'm sure he could give you a few pointers:)

No begging or pleading I remember as a child our local pub had a similar sign... 'Don't ask for tick. There's no clock here'

The evening I arrived in Mexico last month. We hadn't seen the sun in Ireland for such a long while that a couple of my friends asked me to send them a picture of it.

Hahaha. They worked a treat! Though I did enlarge the photos on my computer as much as I possibly could.

I look forward to it!:)

You look like a very young 79 to me, sound in mind and body. I'm sure you'll still be entertaining me with your hauntingly memorable stories when I'm 79:)

Of all the many names I go by, Dee Dubbya is by far my favourite.

Ms. Edwina to you bud.

Fascinating!.. But my name is Edwina!

and more flies!

Flies!

Crikey, that looks sore! I used to be bitten by everything and his mother, but then I discovered homeopathy!

When I said I adapted, I didn't mean going as far as to touch the little feckers. No, I lift them to safety with a trowel, and not a word passes between us.

That's murder:)