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Shadow over Babylon is a great read. Can't remember who worked it offhand but it can be picked up for a couple of pounds on Ebay.

I chanced my arm this morning. Got told it was too late for such carry on so got changed, went down stairs and ate my porridge in a sulk. 8 minutes to the office and have hardly had a free minute since

This is very close to me at the minute. I first noticed my mum getting a little forgetful around 12 months ago and then she forgot my birthday which I couldn't care less about but she was always very clued in about even when I loved away there was always a card. She has been diagnosed with dementia and yesterday I had to take her to the specialist for am appointment. He asked her 10 simple questions of which she managed to answer 3. She did not know what month it was, her birthday, the prime minister, or what day it was. He gave her three words to remember and asked again in 2 minutes. She only remembered one and guessed another. Thankfully she is not agitated with it but it is terribly hard to watch. Mum is 79 and dad is 88 so a lot falls to him as I work full time. He is still driving but I help as much as i can. I only live a mile away so am pretty much on hand and call every evening. We have a friend who comes in twice a week to take her shopping etc which is a great help. It's very hard to watch and I dread what the future holds for a lady who I always knew to be so bright and agile. Now she just shuffles about slowly and is fairly hard to have a conversation with. Saying that, some days are better than others but the bad days are slowly outweighing the good ones.

I work for a local authority in charge of street cleansing amongst other things. In the last two days I have had two separate reports of fly tipping of used nappies. I think there was around 90 just dumped in two spots around 3 miles apart. Just heaved out onto the road, presumably at night when no one can see. I don't know what is wrong with folk, it's not as if there isn't an abundance of public use bins in he district plus over 10 civic amenity sites thst are open 6 days a week.

Thank you

If they don't sell to the above gentleman I will take them. Thanks

My friends father died last week. I couldn't make the funeral but called to him yesterday for a cup of tea and a chat. He got a few things off his chest and I was glad I called round. Too many folk ( in my opinion)think that it is OK to put a post on Facebook and that's the job done. Hard to beat the personal touch whether it is a visit, a card or a phone call.

Am in n Ireland. Had plenty of wind but not much rain until about 4pm. The wind was very string but thankfully has done no damage to our house. Spent yesterday evening bringing in the summer chairs etc and strapping down the bee hives. My parents house has some big branches off a few beech trees but no trees down. While it eas bad at times j think it was not as bad as forecast and certainly not as bad as the big storm we had easrky in the year which totally destroyed my greenhouse.

If this is still available I would like it please. Will send a PM. Thanks

Can I have these please?

Chancing my arm here but... If there was any way you could post the pigeon sillosocks I would be very interested In them. Thanks.

The fishing was poor enough by all accounts. 4 small pike and 2 lost. Very bright conditions but the boys enjoyed it all. The stalking was more successful with a sika stag shot about half an hour before dusk.

Growing up I always heard of people having their Sunday roast. When I was young, say under 10, I could never understand what they meant as it was never a thing in our house. I can honestly say that ,unless we went to a friend's house or out somewhere, I never had a Sunday lunch in my parents house. Dad used to work Mon - Fri then shoot or fish on Sat and Sunday was spent working in the garden or doing bees or something similar. My memory of Sunday lunches in our house were really only a bowl of soup and a sandwich. Now I am married and have kids we do have a Sunday roast once in a while but certainly not every week. It's more of a winter thing for us but I know that some of my in-laws have it religiously every week after church. Today the kids are going fishing with my dad, I am clearing up some small gardening jobs, picking black berries then going for a stalk in the evening so lunch today is going to be leftovers.

I think they all felt like they were the next morning!!

The last tine I had a lot of drink of a Sat night I was still feeling rough on the Tuesday morning. I have now only had 2 pints in the last 12 months and no wine/spirits and to be honest I don't mind it at all. When I was younger I used to be on the drink every weekend but as I am now nearly 50 it has lost a lot of its appeal. I was at an 80's disco last Sat night and was driving some of my friends. My over all feeling was that of smugness as my friends were all hammered and I knew I was going to feel grand in the morning whereas they were definitely not.