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About Robert Tickler

A man of financial substance, Robert has a wide range of interests and opinions to match. More Posts

Cyclists – a national pest

A common theme amongst us Rusters is our dislike of cyclists. Yesterday morning I was walking alongside the sea on a wide pavement by the main coastal road. At great speed a  Cyclist came hurtling towards me. With an imperious wave he motioned me to walk 2 metres away from him. It’s bad enough a [...]

May 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

Peter Sellers

I have three none too proximate connections with Peter Sellers. My late father was once on a plane with Peter Sellers, a fellow passenger going to the South of France, when he experienced cardiac problems. My father did his best to tend to him but he was  none too impressed by celebrities as [...]

May 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Alma Mater

I do not harbour strong feelings for my old school which I attended between 1967-71. I had my first year in a red brick Waterhouse-designed school in West Kensington and then it moved to Barnes, one of those 60s buildings which resembled a biscuit factory. There were a few teachers I liked, one who [...]

May 1, 2020 // 0 Comments

A week is a long time …

Last week I praised my local supermarket ASDA over the efficiency and courtesy shown when I  did my weekly shop. Today I castigate it. I returned at roughly the same time yesterday and was agreeably surprised to see a shorter queue. I duly waited in it till 8.00am for its opening. There was [...]

April 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

A surprising shop

I was dreading my weekly shop at my local supermarket. I don’t like it at the best of times as they have little fresh food outside fruit and veg, the clientele are rather aggressive, they play music loudly and the staff are cliquey. So the notion of queuing for an hour or so filled me with [...]

April 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

Lockdown v blitz

Yesterday I had a long call with a lady of 90 years whose son – a close friend – contracted coronavirus. Those who complain of feeling stir crazy should realise that the virus in the virulent form that the my friend and the PM have is most unpleasant and can cause long term lung tissue [...]

April 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

Fantasy legislation

When I was at uni, I played a silly but amusing game with a friend in which we passed legislation in our imaginary country. Thus one day I suggested an act making prostitution compulsory. My friend thought it needed modification in committee stage. After a lengthy meeting in the tea room of the [...]

April 7, 2020 // 0 Comments

Tickler cleaning services

I’m getting such a dab hand at cleaning and housework that I’m thinking of starting a new division of the Tickler group:- Tickler Cleaning Services  Cleaners to the  gentry.  Here are some examples of my [...]

April 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

A day in the life of Bob Tickler (self-isolating)

With my cleaner deciding she was no longer coming in and the laundry collection service suspended, I was forced to do my own washing and ironing on bedding change day. The ironing I managed but lowering the ironing board, for which there seemed to be no lever, was more problematic. As I  folded my [...]

March 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

Land line v Skype

A few years ago a good friend of mine and I would speak on the phone every Sunday religiously. He is extremely well-informed in most areas and I cherished those conversations. We decided to revive them. We went back to our traditional means of communication – the landline. We had an unwritten [...]

March 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

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