Posted in Adventures on Aug 9th, 2007 11 Comments »
I sat chomping Grandad’s nuts [and raisins]. A healthier option to dunking the old ginger nut in tea, or so we’re told.
I bit off more than I could chew.
Feeling something rock solid in my mouth amongst the raisins I put in my thumb and pulled out…. half a tooth attached to a filling.
I [...]
Posted in Adventures on Jul 26th, 2007 5 Comments »
I’m pleased to announce that the driving lessons are going well.
In fact somebody in the village complimented me only yesterday.
They left a note on the windscreen.
It said “Parking Fine”.
That’s nice.
Posted in Adventures on Jul 13th, 2007 9 Comments »
All young men are portrayed by the media in a bad light.
I was stood by the Hole-in-the-wall machine in town yesterday, totally flustered and bewildered with this technology phenomena.
A young man stopped and offered to help. He was a lovely boy with a gansey that had a hood. Very sensible in this weather! [...]
Posted in Adventures on Mar 11th, 2007 9 Comments »
Grandad put black shoe polish in his hair for ‘the Interview‘.
My white Egyptian cotton pillowcases and sheets are destroyed.
I’ve been down at the riverbank soaking and sloshing and banging them off the rocks. No go. Me poor arthritic hands are cold and sore.
Do any of you have a tip for getting out black polish [...]
Posted in Adventures on Mar 10th, 2007 12 Comments »
We enjoyed our little soiree in Thornton’s last night.
The fifteen course menu was a bit much for us. We had to take out our false teeth half way through.
And the price! €190 for the two of us. The steak was hardly cooked at all, for God’s sake. The chef refused to take [...]
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