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A few years ago now my father ‘let go’ his ancient gardener and faithful retainer because – to be perfectly honest – he had passed his sell-by date. By then he was approaching the age of eighty and his ability to work during his weekly visits had reduced to little more than riding the [...]

February 27, 2016 // 0 Comments

Some mothers do have them

For a couple of years now, great things have been predicted of – and for – the England rugby squad’s Maro Itoje, who will make his starting debut in the second row against Ireland tomorrow in the Six Nations match at Twickenham. He is lauded for everything from his size [six feet five [...]

February 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

Hang on a minute, folks!

One ‘it goes with the territory’ minus of being over the age of thirty and being frustrated with some aspect of modern life is that you tend to get dismissed as being an out of touch oldie. I must declare an interest here – I’ve noticed the syndrome, both with my parents and in myself, [...]

February 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

Pause for thought

Over the weekend, roughly two and a half years since my sudden arrival of my hip’s osteoarthritis, a copy of a letter from my intended surgeon to my GP flopped through my letter box onto the corridor floor. It contained references such as ‘he limps, gets pain most of the time and has difficulty [...]

February 22, 2016 // 0 Comments

It had to happen …

And so now Boris has declared his hand. Yippee! At last we’ve got a decent dollop of mayhem, charisma and ‘God knows what?’ added to this EU Referendum business which, for all the excitement it has generated within the Westminster and Fleet Street ‘bubbles’, had been in serious danger of [...]

February 22, 2016 // 0 Comments

They’re off! The Referendum race begins …

And so we now know that the UK’s Referendum on whether or not to remain in the EU will take place on Thursday 23rd June. There’s little doubt – based upon the last six to eight months of the Prime Minister’s apparent tactics on the issue and the various splits within the Tory cabinet that [...]

February 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

Strewth! I’ve finally worked it out …

Having returned from being out all morning, I have now settled in to have a sandwich for lunch and catch-up with what’s going on via watching Sky News … simply because, for reasons best known to itself, my favourite current affairs/political show of all (BBC2’s Daily Politics) has decided to [...]

February 19, 2016 // 0 Comments

Re-arranging the deck-chairs

Overnight – simply because I had gone to bed so early that I woke up again about 11.30pm – I had my first opportunity in a while to listen to Radio Five Live’s Question Time Extra Time hosted by Stephen Nolan and political correspondent Chris Mason. As the title implies, this is an off-shoot [...]

February 19, 2016 // 0 Comments

Buying a greyhound

The debate on attendance v tv watching continues to rage over the columns of the Rust and I thought I might add my ha’pporth in a new dimension, namely ownership.  I suggested to the editor that the Rust might own a sporting animal as funds don’t run to a football club. He thought [...]

February 17, 2016 // 0 Comments

Not waving but drowning (again)

I should no doubt begin by apologising for returning to a subject that I have blogged about previously, but that done, I am going to proceed anyway. One of the bug-bears of life for anyone of mature years is modern technology. I am perhaps not best placed to complain because technology and I have [...]

February 17, 2016 // 0 Comments

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