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Tom Tom Turnaround (5) (ii)
It was a hard decision. But a month later saw her sailing out of Liverpool on the Royal George with everything she owned in the world crammed into a...
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Tom Tom Turnaround (5) (i)
As Tom got older, they would sometimes find different things to do in the evenings. Mum might sit him on her lap in the back room, and they'd try to...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Reflection
I'm continuing with the final draft of 'Gift' - my memoir/journal based on my time as my mother's full-time carer for the last few months of her life...
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On Becoming Human Again
Oh goodness, how I wish that the Russians, or Chinese or North Koreans, or whoever would take out all the mobile networks so that everyone you see in...
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Dogsbody (3)
After the pub job, my money soon dried up. I was back to making calls and going through the local papers. One evening, Mr Watson – a tall elderly man...
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He's not kidding me - just as
Posted on Sat, 14 Sep 2024
He's not kidding me - just as Blair didn't. Labour is Labour in name only now. As a lifelong socialist, my conscience is clear in not helping this wanker get elected. Well said, Yutka.
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First class!
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
First class!
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The 'double empathy' problem
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
The 'double empathy' problem helps to explain it. If you get two people together from entirely different cultures, with no sharing of language, belief system, cultural norms, etc... they'll have the same problem. I've a theory that it's at the...
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Same here. Chuckling all the
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
Same here. Chuckling all the way. Laughed out loud at
'You turn to the wife and kids. They are sitting in the car. The signs are bad but they still have hope.'
And 'The Majestic Hote.' Great!
Made me think of a Denzel...
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Thanks, Di. I'll never
Posted on Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Thanks, Di. I'll never forget that moment. It didn't take long after this, incidentally, for Greg to become my 'right-hand man'. I ended up being able to get him to do anything! It was wonderful.
Thanks for the cherries, too, eds!
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Can't help wondering how much
Posted on Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Can't help wondering how much 'War is good for business' comes into decision-making, too. Greased palms, donors with influence. Snouts in the trough. And fear of the media/establishment wielding the old 'anti-semitism' brickbats again.
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Thank you! I keep thinking
Posted on Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Thank you! I keep thinking these are a bit rambling, and keep abandoning them. This is very encouraging.
I set out with the idea of writing about all of my 20 years in care - but this first job, which I had on and off over a 5-year...
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Quite.
Posted on Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Quite.
'Do try and keep a straight face.'
...and hide the other one.
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Naturally, I've had to
Posted on Sat, 07 Sep 2024
Naturally, I've had to amalgamate some episodes, and do a little invention. It's inevitable with anything autobiographical. It was 20 years ago, after all. We don't always remember things accurately, too. But many of the memories are very clear...
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Brilliant!
Posted on Sun, 08 Sep 2024
Brilliant!
I was a 'dunce' at school - in spite of being bright. Had to wait until 56 to get the solution.
I've never had a problem with metaphors, figures of speech and figurative language. I love slang and things like that. But...
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