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Threescore years and ten

Threescore years and ten

Another milestone reached – but the body and the mind have different views on how old I am. Perhaps Dylan Thomas had it right?

Roger 22 December 201920 December 2019 Observations No Comments Read more

Big Brother is watching you…

Big Brother is watching you…

I always knew that the big online companies were collecting data on all of us, but until I discovered I could request a copy of it and downloaded my data from Google, I had no idea how comprehensive it was.

Roger 9 April 20199 April 2019 Observations No Comments Read more

To a Mouse (Robert Burns)

To a Mouse (Robert Burns)

One might argue that old Scottish dialect is incomprehensible enough to a modern Briton without the need for COMPLICATED, but that misses the point: COMPLICATED should not prevent understanding, merely dress in important-sounding language for maximum pomposity!

Roger 24 January 20198 November 2021 Complicated No Comments Read more

A vision of the future – 8 things we will lose to new technology

A vision of the future – 8 things we will lose to new technology

Advances in technology are making some current everyday activities obsolete. What of our current life is doomed? Here are 8 familiar things we will probably lose.

Roger 23 April 201825 January 2019 Observations No Comments Read more

A cat on social media

A cat on social media

My cat Gatto is addicted to social media. There’s a particular shrub he marks with his whiskers and so do all the other neighbourhood cats. Naturally we now refer to this shrub as Facebush.

Roger 2 August 20162 August 2016 Imaginings No Comments Read more

In, out, shake it all about…

Are we in Europe?

I have been so dispirited by the whole nature of the Referendum campaign on both sides that I felt a small rant was in order.

Roger 20 June 201620 June 2016 Observations No Comments Read more

Top 10 hotel faults

Hotel windows

Even the best hotels have faults, and some seem to occur in almost every hotel you stay in. Here is my take on the top ten things hotels fail to get right for their guests.

Roger 25 May 201625 January 2019 Observations No Comments Read more

On a scale of 0 to 12

On a scale of 0 to 12

The terms ‘thin’ and ‘fat’ are wholly inadequate to describe the range of widths of the human form. We offer a shorthand for pointing out noteworthy specimens of human width more accurately and, in the event of being overheard by the person in question, more safely.

Roger 5 January 2016 Observations No Comments Read more

On receiving a book for my birthday

On receiving a book for my birthday

A small and humorous tribute to the “worst poet in the English language”, William McGonagall, penned by my father as a thank you note on receiving a book of the poet’s collected works for his birthday.

Roger 30 December 20154 February 2019 Real Poetry No Comments Read more

Grey is the colour for a civilised society

Grey

Are polarised opinions in black and white really desirable? Isn’t a grey “maybe” view more appropriate? We should all learn to doubt more…

Roger 30 November 201530 November 2015 Observations No Comments Read more
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  • Threescore years and ten
  • Big Brother is watching you…
  • To a Mouse (Robert Burns)
  • A vision of the future – 8 things we will lose to new technology
  • A cat on social media
  • In, out, shake it all about…
  • Top 10 hotel faults
  • On a scale of 0 to 12
  • On receiving a book for my birthday
  • Grey is the colour for a civilised society

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