Recent content by Mike

I got a new set of glasses/spectacles last October, when I collected them I was given a "Golden" offer, I could get a second pair, to the same prescription for half price! Last week I went back and ordered another pair, ones that go dark in bright sunshine, I still drive and the sun in the...

The news this evening is suggesting that there are around 240,000 people in the area, try to get to Saudi Arabia, to be repatriated to the UK, organised by our Government. Mike.

I still drive a Stick/Manual geared car. Mike.

Discounting, has evolved here, in Sainsbury's supermarket anyway, by using a hand held scanner, discounts given to the individual, according to previous purchases, to start I am required to scan my card, to activate it and let the system know that I am shopping, then I touch the screen at "Show...

Due to the bombing of Iran and the retaliation by Iran, all civilian planes are banned from the area, leaving thousands trapped in every airport that has flights to and from the area, a massive area. At the same time Pakistan has attacked Afghanistan, this will cause another no-fly zone. This...

You would get more for a threepenny bit, back then, you get for a pound today. In the early 1960s, you could get 16 pints of beer in a pub, for a £1, today, in a pub near where I live the price is £8 per pint, or £6 at the Happy Hour. Money has not a lot of value, today, I don't think. Mike.

Happy Birthday Murrmurr, I hope that you have a great day, and many, many more to come. Mike.

Happy Birthday, Meanderer, I hope that you have a great day and many more to come. Mike.

Very sad, that anybody today should go at such a young age, because of an illness, it seems that there is no cure for it, over here it is called, "Lou Gehrig's Disease", I haven't heard any mention of it for many years, somebody might now have another look at it and find a cure. R.I.P. Eric...

I have always thought along these lines, some species of beings in the past, had machines, similar to our computers, they then decided to try and make a biological computer, they built it in a way that they, the biological computer, could repair and reproduce others similar to themselves...

Happy Birthday, to you both, I hope that you each, have great days and that you will have more great days in the years ahead. Mike.

I just found this and I am sorry to hear that you are not well Jim, I hope that you are mending quickly and will soon be back. Mike.

Happy Birthday, MaidMarian, I hope that you have a great day and many, many more. Mike.

Two sisters of the man, or a wife and his sister, mother and grandmother, some suggestions to keep it decent. Mike.

Today is the beginning of the year of the Horse. Enjoy your day whatever you are doing. Mike.