True! As George Carlin said " Think how stupid the average person is and then realise that half of them are stupider than that!"

I can't see them trying the pandemic thing again. They'd need to have people bleeding from every orifice to get the public to fall for it. But then again, I didn't think people would fall for it first

Ah feck off. Sure you won't even buy me a coffee and a bun:)

Looks like my plans will include a gardening post!:) We've had a heatwave this last week with temperatures in the 30s, so at the moment I'm sitting almost comatose with a fan blowing on me, watching Bergerac

Thanks Hon..I'm blushing...well almost:)

Aw shucks. Thanks. I'm tearing up here:)

I've heard him mentioned in dispatches but that's about the extent of my knowledge. Thanks for the link.

I've never earned very much here. Even when Hive was flying, my posts rarely made more than fifteen dollars, and in over nine years I've received just one vote from Appreciator, which pushed my highest-earning

I'm delighted for the two of you. Proof indeed that if you want something enough, the universe will provide. Happy home building!

To quote Shakespeare as I often do to make me sound intelligent, you are 'but mad north-north-west." "When the wind is southerly," you "know a hawk from a hand saw."

I don't believe it matters who's Prime Minister. The agenda rolls on no matter what..... and it'll likely be Andy Burnham!

Perhaps I can help by telling you what a doormat like myself would do and then you can do the opposite:)

I couldn't agree more. It's my opinion that all of these so called psychiatric illnesses are made up. There are no objective biological tests to prove any of them.

Indeed it is. Life's a bitch and then you die:)

What a lovely compliment Mr.. G. Thank you. Nobody's perfect but it doesn't mean one can't die trying:) Edit: Oh and thanks for all the votes:)

That quote just about sums up my modus operandi! And thanks very much for the mention:)

Thanks very much @nikv

It used to drive me demented when he'd come into my house and started straightening everything on my countertop, but I've learned to keep schtum, wait until he leaves and then put everything back the way

Heart of gold? I'm not sure about that. I think it's all that Catholic guilt left over from my convent education:)

My brother is a gentle soul, but with a touch of OCD. Everything must be just so, right down to the bolts on sheds and gates being pushed fully home into their catchplates. Apparently, my friend refused