Sound Warning

I picked up a refurbished Lenovo ThinkPad T61 a fortnight ago, with a view to capturing a fairly robust ‘net-box capable of lifting the ceaseless strain [At LAST, Atlas !] from the ravaged, savaged, older shoulders of my utterly ADORED (but terribly tired and now marginally doddery) five-and-a-half-year-old Toshiba Satellite.
Key selling points of the new arrival (who’s not a [...]

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Incendiary Incentives

For someone who craves security and certainty, this year is proving pretty painful and, if I’m not careful, I shall break my own unwritten, now typed, rule about ***NOT BLEATING ON MY BLOG***…
……not eating on the bog.

Unhealthy, unwealthy and “Why ?”s’ll never cease,
Until I seize, from Abstract Pleas, a modicum of peace.

Hmm – so I [...]

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Growing Up – 2 Bit 2 Bits that I May Modify

When Lisa started throwing up
She knew her time for growing up
‘ad ‘it ‘er in the pituary
And bit ‘er on the bum
That drop o’ blood not showing up
‘er muvver briefly blowing up
Confirmed that it ain’t witchery
That keeps ya “Keepin’ “Mum””

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Knows ‘e Parker

My latest fountain pen has become unusable. This is the second “wooden fountain pen” I have bought and I wooden imagine a third-time purchase would prove any luckier ; even in : ”Luck E.R.”. Not that LUCK should be a factor.
I was drawn to this style of stylus, by the nibs, because you can DRAW with the [...]

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