Year: 2017

Alien

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Hi, A couple of weeks ago, I popped round to see my folks. They’d been away and while on holiday, it had been my mum’s birthday. Now, with the kids being older and all of us being busy at the weekend, I went round on my own. Hello dutiful son points. 😉 There was the usual chit-chat, cake, and tea business. This is Britain after all. 🙂 An hour in and my sister and boyfriend – neither of who I’d seen in a while – turned up to much delight. It’s fine; I live away and I’m used to being in the background 🙂 As she and my mum started talking about who’d said what to who, and how certain […]

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Magpies

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Hi, The other day I was talking with a mate about bikes. While the weather’s been in a good mood – not too hot, not too wet, etc – I’ve been cycling between meetings. I should clarify by saying I cycle between sites. Apparently, it’s frowned upon to pop a wheelie as you hit the corridor. It startles some of the sleeping staff. 🙂 So, H said that being a fairly keen commuter cyclist, that he’s – and to use his own words – a bit of a tool tart. That’s not a phrase I’d heard before, and it made me chuckle. My Dad would probably use the words Gadget Monster, but that has different and possibly Godzilla style connotations. […]

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Tea power

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Hi, Do you find that you talk yourself out of doing something? Okay, sometimes this is a good thing (do I really want that second pint at lunch?), but if you’re anything like me – and you have my sympathy if you are! 🙂 – there are times when fortune favours the brave. So it was yesterday. I had the good fortune to be working at home (Yay! No meetings!) and as I worked through my Do List, I wondered about Thursday night out. The weather was a lot cooler and yet, I wasn’t quite in the right mood for it. Indeed, in many ways, I was revving myself up for just going along in Bob Mode. Summer can be […]

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Attachments

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Hi, Summer has seemingly kicked in for the fair vale of Nottinghamshire. Hmm, I seem to be mixing dated urban yoof-speak with some hey-nonny-nonny. Y’know, I do hope the latter isn’t some weird kink slang. Oh the humanity! 🙂 Unavailable fashion choices As her or him A few weeks ago I bought a nice summer dress from the Joe Brown’s sale. The fit and material are fine. My issue, as per, is to disguise the two hairy tree trunks that I pass off as my legs. Jeggings don’t quite work, and the footless white tights I bought (Hello! the 80s called and wanted their fashion back) just about work. But, what I’d really like is some just about ankle length white […]

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Decade: then and now

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Hi, Sometime last week, I was looking through old family photos. I rather enjoy seeing how the kids have grown up, and also remembering the holidays, trips out, or just general silliness, that, to me at least, go to make up your family history. A shared experience if you will. On a whim, I had a look at my stash of trans photos. Now, I don’t like having my photo taken. Or, more accurately, I don’t really like my photo being taken when I’m in Richard mode. Conversely, with the purchase of a digital camera – hey, remember those? 🙂 – I had the opportunity to take a regular snap of me. If, and I doubt this would see the […]

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Living in a box

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Hi, How are you all? Me? I’m well rested after a week away from the red tape machines and alpha male yelling. Funny what seven days of late nights, late mornings, regular dog walks and just general chill out time, can do for a person, eh? 🙂 The Jones Massive were holed up in a little property in the Lakes. For non-UK readers, the Lakes is in the North West of England, and is both beautiful and mountainous (as much as the UK does mountains). Our property for the week was a mid-terrace affair, with a room for each of the kids and one for us. It was an updated Victorian property (so an extension at the rear for a […]

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