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Posted by Shirley Anne on January 20, 2012
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I don’t know if my fellow bloggers on WordPress have the same problem but for those who are on WordPress, have you noticed how long it takes to open the page for a new post? I am often kept waiting before the new post page turns up. During that time I am thinking about the post I am about to write and also getting a little impatient for it to open. Having arrived in such a state for this post I am wondering sometimes if it is all worth the wait. Probably many of my readers might be thinking the same but I hope not. I do try to write about interesting things and for me the most interesting things are to do with my life and I am sure other people’s lives too. We do all live out our lives in a similar way except that we will have differing views, interests and lifestyles but all of them interesting in their own way. So when I write about things it is only from my own standpoint and usually because they apply to me but equally they could apply to anyone’s life and often do. I could write only about specific things, specialising in one subject as many do who write blogs and indeed I do have such a blog myself (http://wwwminkyweaselsmusings.blogspot.com/) but this blog has no such theme and is open to any subject. I think that there is nothing wrong in specialist subject blog themes but they do limit who will read and comment. My other blog has a few readers, not many but I know that they are interested in the subject. This blog however doesn’t specialise and consequently attracts many more readers. I refuse to specialise on any particular subject on this blog but hope visitors will be encouraged to visit my other sites too. I write on my blogs for one reason only and that is to reach out to others. I have nothing to lose but everything to gain from anything I do online and all that I do is merely an extension of what I do in real life. I am grateful for any response both here and in my daily life of course and hope that whatever I write proves interesting to those who make the effort to visit me here or on my other sites.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on January 4, 2012
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I remember about 45 years ago when I was driving through Birmingham on my way, together with my parents, taking them to visit my grandma. She was living in Edgebaston at that time. It was a time when there was no such thing as a SatNav so it was a case of map reading and asking for directions as we got nearer or when we lost our way. Even in those days driving through Birmingham was a nightmare especially if driving through the ‘Bull Ring‘. It was easy to take the wrong turnoff the roundabout. I hadn’t been driving for too long and found it quite easy getting lost! We needed to stop and ask the way which we did. We asked several people for directions and none of them were caucasian. They were either ethnic Caribbean, African or Asian people that we came across. I remember saying to my parents, ‘Don’t white people live here any longer’? So even as far back as 45 years it seemed that there were more people other than native caucasian people living in some places in the country. Obviously far more live amongst us now and indeed some towns have practically no Caucasians living in them at all. When driving through Preston last Sunday I noticed the town was filled with people from other ethnic origins, so much so it felt as though we were in another country. Can we still call this the same England as it was long ago? We, like many countries in the world, have become a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic country. If we can all live together in peace and harmony that is wonderful but unfortunately this ideology is hard to achieve due to the prejudices of some people. Multiculturalism has been the cause of many disturbances and unrest within our society as a result. I am not about to preach about religion at this point nor am I advocating racialism but one thing I remember from Scripture is the story of the Israelites and their acquisition of the land that God had promised them after their forty years of wandering in the desert through their disobedience. Before they could take the land the were told by God to drive out all the Peoples that were there else they would be a thorn in their side but they failed to do that and consequently a thorn in their side they became. The descendents of some of those people (the Philistines) still live in the area today. They are the Palestinians. So it isn’t always desirable to live in mixed cultural societies simply because of the differences between us. I get the feeling that this country is slowly being taken from us because we are so passive in not stemming the tide of immigration. Suggestions have been made to lower the immigration rate and indeed laws are planned to be in place this year to do just that but are we closing the barn door after the horse has bolted? The future of this land may not be in danger but on the other hand it could very well be.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on January 2, 2012
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It was with great trepidation that I started this blog a couple of years ago, well almost three years ago now and at first I drew little attention. As I developed the blog and gained confidence in writing I have been blessed by an ever-increasing readership for which I am so grateful. Not all of my readers make comment but I am happy that they read my pages in the first place. I have tried to vary my content as much as possible and no subject is taboo, for we all must have an opinion on things in the world whether they affect us directly or not. I write spontaneously, that is as I think of a subject I will write about it as I see it. The news has an influence on what I write about as do the subjects of other people’s blogs or situations I might find myself in. Having said that, or should I write, written that, I find that in most situations people are interested in my personal life more than anything else. That to me is most gratifying and I welcome such interest for I have the same attitude to other people, I am interested in them as people more than what they write about other things. I can safely say that I have a good readership, not just in numbers, which is continually growing, but in who responds to me through this media. I hope I do the same when I comment on other blogs, make the recipients happy that I respond to them. The Internet is a wonderful tool for bring people together but it must be used wisely. It is so easy to offend people for as it is written, the pen is mightier than the sword. I hope that as each of us connects in this way that we shall be careful in what we say. I hope this year will prove fruitful in the building of relationships whether in we agree on things or not for we are all different. May I take this opportunity to thank all my readers for the fact they read my meanderings and especially when they comment and thereby make contact with me. Bless you all. I hope I can continue to keep you interested and entertained this coming year. Added to this I do have another, more specialised blog which is solely based upon the Christian faith for those who may be interested. The relevant link is over on the right. There is a further Minkyweasel presence on YouTube and again, the link is over on the right.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 24, 2011
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Christmas eve and all is well. Nothing to do, nowhere to go, no-one to see. Quietly indulging in my red wine flicking between the television channels to see if there is anything worth watching, something that hasn’t anything at all to do with Christmas, very difficult at this time of year. I tire of the pressure that is imposed on us all, if we allow it of course. Monday morning and it will all be finished with, forgotten and stored away until next year. Folk will already be looking forward to their New Year celebrations and many will stay ‘in the party spirit’ for the whole intervening week between the two celebrations. Each to their own of course but it isn’t for me. It has been at least three weeks since I visited my pub and it will be another three weeks at least before I make another visit there. Hopefully all will have returned to normality by then. I am not really a party animal but I do like mixing with people and socialising over drinks and perhaps the dinner table. I lead pretty much a quiet life and enjoy the simpler things. As I write this (on Thursday….well I said I wanted a break from blogging) there has been no news regarding the arrival of my first grandchild but I will post something when it happens. I won’t be wishing everyone a happy/merry Christmas/New Year but I do wish everyone to be happy in their lives, to love one another and do unto others as you would have them do unto you. May God bless you all.
Shirley Anne
PS….I got a phone call which got me out of bed in order to reconnect an electrical supply for someone 12 miles away. Somehow I knew that was going to happen, a premonition, a vision if you like but I knew it was going to happen. The strange thing is I get these visions quite often lately. The supply was re-instated and all is well.
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 7, 2011
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It always seems to happen that I get calls to install or change outdoor light fittings in the winter months. The most frequently asked request is to install security lighting. The reason for that of course us that the dark evenings are with us at this time of year and the risk of burglary is thought to be higher. Although most burglaries occur during daylight hours and many of those are opportunistic people fear that the darkness is an invitation for burglars. It is true that some burglaries happen during the dark hours so security lighting is a deterrent. Why don’t people think about such things when the daylight hours are longer in the summer months? The weather will always dictate whether outside installation takes place of course, no-one wants to be working outside when it is wet and windy or cold and icy, apart from the fact that it could be dangerous. This week I have had a few such requests for outside lighting, some of which I have completed. I remember one year when I was asked to install lighting in wood decking in a garden. It was February, it was very cold and frosty and the job took me four times longer than it should have done but my client insisted I did it no matter what the cost. I had to wear gloves but that made it difficult to handle the components. I had to keep coming back indoors to get warm too. I vowed I would never repeat such a stupid method of working again and I have kept that promise. My motto now is I’m sorry but if the weather is bad the job has to wait else get someone else to do it. I do my best for people but some try it on with me! I don’t get many problems with strange requests at work, I just get some strange people to work for now and then! Speaking of which there was a guy call me on Monday who had a problem with a three light chandelier, one of the holders was loose. Thinking and wondering why he couldn’t have tightened it up himself I realised who it was calling me. He is an elderly Jewish gentleman whose wife is suffering with various health problems and I have done many jobs for them in the past. When I got to their apartment he was standing there with his arms wide open to greet me, something he has taken upon himself to do for my last few visits. I get a hug and a kiss but I would prefer he wasn’t so amorous. I try to keep a professional head upon my shoulders so my response is passive. He is sincere but presumptuous. The offending light fitting was over his wife’s bed and she was still in it! This has happened a few times but they are not bothered about me being there, it’s as though I have become part of the family as it were. The job itself wasn’t that easy to fix, well beyond his capability but I managed in the end. I even fixed a problem with a radiator valve that they had in the bathroom. Whilst I was there I met with a woman who does their house chores and now have the prospect of more work in the future. Earlier in the morning I’d been to another job ostensibly to install a power outlet for an electric fire and to fit the same into the opening in the fireplace which was surrounded by reconstituted granite slabs. Now this guy didn’t even bother to unpack the new fire and see how to fit it. It was designed to either screw straight onto a wall or fit into an opening. It had a flexible cable and plug already fitted as is the norm so all that was required was to fit it in the hole. He could have done that himself, it didn’t require any tools, his three-year old daughter could have done it, except for one thing, the opening, although wide enough, was six millimetres too short in height. He will get someone to grind off the excess. Had he looked at the fire in the first place he would not have needed my services. I fixed a couple of external lights simply by replacing the bulbs! Why don’t people think before they act? It cost him for his omission. I didn’t mind, it made my day a bit easier anyhow and still got paid!
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on November 25, 2011
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I used to be a person who despised watching soap operas on television but in more recent times I find myself watching one or two of them. The most striking thing I notice in these programs is the way they portray how people deal with each other, more specifically how they treat each other. They say that soap operas are not true to life but in fact they are very much true to life. Admittedly much is crammed into the episodes and much is going on between the characters but when we analyse it all we can see that the things that go on are the same things that most of us experience or have experienced in our own lives. I wonder why people treat other people the way they do. Some people get along with almost anyone, others find it difficult to get along with anyone at all. People can be horrible toward some and yet at the same time be nice to others. Why are people horrible toward others and what pleasure do they get out of putting another down? As human beings we can be both nasty and kind, selfish and unselfish and we are selective in which is dealt to whom. What makes us hate one person and like another, be kind to one person and leave another out of it? If we analyse our behaviour we might find that we treat others in a way which is dependent on what we might gain from it. If someone is different from us we are often cautious in dealing with them but all the time we are looking to see what effect they will have upon us, whether beneficial or otherwise. We may not think about these things, they just come naturally. So when I look at soap operas do I see aspects of my own personality being portrayed or do I feel that I act in a completely different way? Do we think we have faults that should be worked upon or do we feel we are not behaving badly? Do we really treat our neighbours as we would have them treat us? Do we really love as we ought or do we select whom we should treat preferentially?
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on November 13, 2011
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A deafening blast
A shriek of pain
Mud filled clothes
Relentless rain,
And bodies left
Just where they fell
In this infernal
Man made hell.
All through the night
All through the day
The suffering
Won’t go away,
Our comrades’ dead
Our spirits low,
Now all that’s left to us, is hope.
The War
Copyright Shirley Anne 11 Nov 03
This Sunday is rememberance Sunday, a day when most people ‘honour’ the dead although many services are held on the actual day, 11th November, which this year was on Thursday. Poppies are bought and worn on lapel and blouse. Our soldiers gave their lives that we might live in a free society…..well that is what is claimed. Whilst it is honourable to prevent our country from invasion it isn’t nice that people die doing it. They say that people gave their lives to the cause but in fact they didn’t give their lives at all, their lives were taken from them. Very few would deliberately give their lives freely. Nobody goes to war with the intention of being killed but they do get killed. Whilst it is proper to mark the passing of someone who has died it does nothing to repeat the process year on year. Just what do we mean by ‘honouring the dead’ anyway? I see people standing beside graves and memorials with heads bowed supposedly honouring the dead. What are they actually doing? Well their thoughts may turn to the suffering that was endured or those who were left fatherless or widowed but probably not of the person in the grave who isn’t there anyway, just a pile of bones. So they stand about thinking all sorts of things over a pile of bones. This could be done at home, in church, at work…..anywhere and it would still be meaningless. I agree that we should support soldiers who have fallen on hard times or are left injured or maimed through ‘serving their country’ but I resent the fact that they have to do it in the first place. I may give to the poppy appeal but I won’t wear a poppy to show that I support anything to do with war. People who stand around graves are honouring the evil spirits that put the dead there in the first place. Life goes on and whilst it does then that is the time when we should be honouring people, whilst they are alive, not when they are dead!
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on November 12, 2011
Someone is interested in me. No, I mean interested in who I am, what I am all about, or at least curious, all of which are great things and I am very flattered that anyone should take such an interest. Truthfully I am. I was looking at my blog’s statistics, as I do quite regularly and discovered just what folk are browsing on this site. I was surprised to see that many are looking at my history, my journey into womanhood and who I am. 
What is more, folk are also looking at old posts I have posted these last two years, which is even better because there are many interesting things there that I have written about and any forthcoming comments would be very welcome indeed. One thing I do not know is who is looking and what they are specifically looking at. Yes, I know what is being viewed but I don’t know who is looking at what. The statistics might be good but they are not that good! I thank those who wish to remain anonymous for taking such an interest even though I would like it more that they should be open with me. That isn’t important. What is more important is that they are looking. We only have one stab at this life (although I do believe in an after-life) so we should be making the most of it. Reaching out to others has got to be the best way to do that and to live our lives but remember those we reach out to would most probably wish to know of our interest and more about us too. This sounds like a personal request but it isn’t. I simply point out something that we should all be aware of. What is life if lived in isolation? For me that would be a waste of my life. If anyone takes an interest in me I reciprocate. If I take an interest in someone I expect them to reciprocate, one way or another. I just think that is a natural response. I am interested in people and I am glad to see some of them are interested in me! Just in case anyone wants to get in touch, there is an email address over on the left. Let your mouse wander over my avatar and it will be revealed.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on October 30, 2011
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This country gets worse every day, high taxation, high cost of living, inadequate government, poor judicial system, insufficient funds for policing, health care and many other contentious things. Our moral standards are eroding day by day. There is violence and fraud everywhere but just as bad are the slovenly habits of a high percentage of the population. Occasionally I see a program on television that exposes the problems we face with discarded rubbish around the country both in and outside of the cities and towns. The countryside doesn’t escape the unlawful deposit of waste by those too lazy and not wishing to pay to be rid of their rubbish. Rivers and canals, roads and byways, buildings and shopping centres, parks and gardens all suffer the onslaught of the phantom illegal dumpsters. Added to this we have graffiti covering walls, animal faeces and urine fouling the environment, cigarette butts, empty beer cans and discarded needles from drug abuse strewn all over the place. The wind blows paper and plastic bags up into the trees which hang there like unwanted decorations. This is slovenliness on a grand scale. I often wonder what the homes of those who treat their environment this way look like. Most of what is done is done in secret but some of it is done blatantly in view of others. There was a time when I used to pull up children I saw throwing rubbish to the ground and asking them to pick it up. I might not be so bold these days for fear of retribution but in certain circumstances I might. There is no excuse for treating our environment like a rubbish dump when the facilities exist for the lawful dumping of our waste and unwanted things. Other countries have problems too, some more than others and I think it is a sign of our times, a lack of moral standards and a disrespect for anything good. There is a constant battle going on in society trying to keep it all under control and I wonder if that battle is being won. I makes me think why so many people want to live here. It seems the benefits outweigh the faults for those seeking citizenship, whether legally or not. Personally I think this country has gone to the dogs.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on October 29, 2011
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It is possible to be lonely in a crowd of people as I am sure most would agree. If you were to take a census of lonely people out on the streets in your town or city I am sure you would discover that there are many folk roaming about whose only contact with others is when they are out shopping. I went out into the street to bring in the emptied paper/metal container for recycling waste. As I opened the gate I saw a young girl, a teenager who lives in a house opposite but one door up. She was doing exactly the same as I was. ‘Hello’, she quipped. ‘Hi there’, I replied and I picked up the container and closed the gate. I assumed she simply carried on with what she was doing just like myself. Now her family have been living there longer than I have been in my house, that is now 23 years but I for one have never spoken with anyone who lives there. I have spoken with a next-door neighbours many times, especially the woman but the other next-door neighbour I have not spoken with at all. He lives alone and pretty much keeps himself to himself getting visits from family and friends occasionally. The neighbours directly across the street from my house have changed a few times since we moved in and the current occupiers have the house up for sale. I have never spoken with them either even though they have been there about two years. I wave to them in acknowledgement when they wave to me, usually as they are driving off somewhere but that is all. The only other folk I have spoken with is their other next-door neighbour, an old guy who often greets me with a smile or a wave. He was the guy who came across to me whilst I was struggling with a paving slab outside my house about eighteen months ago and helped me move it saying ‘A woman shouldn’t be doing this kind of work’. Bless him. The point I am making is that many of us never have much contact with our neighbours at all. We live amongst them but have isolated ourselves. I suppose the right thing to do is to invite our neighbours to the house for barbecues and informal gatherings in order to get to know them but how many of us do that? We lose the spirit of community when we isolate ourselves I think. The usual excuse is that we have no time in our busy schedules to include our neighbours but I’ll wager that isn’t really true. Once every few months isn’t a lot to ask and it might be that we also get to visit with them and become friends. Talking about it is one thing but doing it another I suppose.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on October 24, 2011
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Once upon a time, sounds like a story coming up but no, not today, today I want to talk about transvestitism. The dictionary description: the practice, especially of men, of wearing clothing usually associated with the opposite sex for psychological gratification.
When I was very young I always wanted to dress as a girl and I never lost that feeling for the rest of my life but as I grew into my teens I realised that what I wanted was not so much to dress as a girl but to be one. Throughout my childhood I desired to be female but knew nothing about it ever being possible. In reality I was already a female but was in the wrong body as the cliché goes. Dressing up for me was a way of fulfilling who I was as far as I could make that possible. Fear and self-denial, circumstances and situations prevented me from taking matters any further. In later life when I eventually became serious about transitioning I discovered many other people in the same boat but I also became aware of people for whom dressing was simply nothing more than a self-gratification and that gender identity wasn’t an issue for them. By far the majority of cross-dressers that I met were male but I did get to meet female cross-dressers too although in their cases they were all gender dysphoric, they were men in women’s bodies as I was a woman in a male body. For the male cross-dressers it seemed to me that dressing up was more of a hobby and as I said, self-gratification, whether that was of a sexual nature or not is irrelevant. I could not understand why anyone should want to do that but it showed a lack of awareness on my part that there are indeed many different people in the world all with differing views, sexual urges, fantasies, persuasions, call it what you will. Even though I now know these things I cannot understand them which brings me to the point where I realise that people who are not transsexual do not always understand that condition either. Ultimately education and time will correct this but I feel there will always be those who will not accept those who are different from themselves. All I can say is that I do accept that people are different for whatever reason even if I do not understand sometimes.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on October 23, 2011
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Recently a new-found friend decided she has had enough of blogging and is about to shut down her site to the general public but evidently keeping something going for her close friends. I hope I can be counted as a friend even though we don’t really know each other, not because I would like to be included as someone privy to her continued writing but because she is a sister, a fellow Christian and I am interested in all my brothers and sisters in Christ. Of course any decisions she makes don’t have to include me, a stranger apart from our kindred spirit. I wish her well in her life and hope she finds peace in her heart and situation. I feel it is such a shame that folk feel they need to close off their blogs because of the behaviour of others. To me it is being defeatist. I do hope that my friend hasn’t made her decision based on that but more to her own personal needs and those of her family. For many people the Internet is a place for meeting people and getting support that is sometimes hard to get elsewhere. It is also a place where folk can make friends and for some a chance to meet up with them. So it is especially sad when someone who was and is loved suddenly departs from our midst taking with her the opportunity to benefit others. It is true that there are wicked people out in Blogland, I know, I have encountered them myself and have reluctantly left sites for that reason but there are good people out there too and more of them. Why can’t people be nice with each other? It is such a shame.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on October 14, 2011
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A couple of days ago I wrote about my visit to the pub and how I found the place devoid of any friends, leaving me to sit it out alone for a few hours. I did get to talk to a few people though so it wasn’t a complete waste of time. I returned to the pub a couple of days later and although at first I was by myself it didn’t last long and before I knew it I was surrounded by people wanting to chat with me. Apart from those I knew there was a guy sitting close by who was browsing the food menu but didn’t seem to be able to make up his mind as to what to have. That shows me that the menu is that good that it is hard to make a decision. In fact the menu is a good one but there are things on it that I shy away from, like the all day breakfast they serve because of its high fat content and similarly the lasagne, also high in fat because of the cheese. By and large though the menu is good. I asked the guy if he was finding it difficult to decide and that broke the ice. I had sensed his wish to speak with me but he was finding it hard to start off the conversation. Eventually his meal arrived and I left him to enjoy it. When he had finished I asked him if it was worth waiting for to which he replied that it certainly was. He began then to chat more and came to the table adjoining mine to continue making the excuse that it seemed better to sit closer rather than speak across the room. His table had only been a few feet away anyway! I knew what was coming next, he was chatting me up as they say. He asked if I lived alone after he found out that I lived close by to where he lived. The rest of the conversation was just small talk but I sensed that he would like to meet me again to chat when he had the time for he had to leave at that point. If I see him in the pub again I will certainly acknowledge him but I won’t be making a point of seeking him out. I accept any proposal of friendship but I am not really interested in anything more than that. I left my table as he made his way home but I simply moved to the bar because I wasn’t ready for home just yet.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on October 12, 2011
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I went to the pub on Sunday evening, more of a rarity than a regular habit these days although at once or sometimes twice weekly isn’t exactly rare. I could have gone during the afternoon but I know what the place is like at that time. It would have been packed to the seams and had it not been raining most would have sat outside because the weather was quite warm. There is a very large ‘smoking area’ outside which is usually packed with those who still cannot give up the habit. Usually, if it is a nice day but not hot and sunny, I sometimes like to sit outside. I prefer sitting indoors though, especially if it is too hot outside. As I went there at eight o’clock there were only a few people there. One group sitting close to the door all know me and although I said hello I was more or less ignored. I sat at the bar and was greeted by the staff and the manager who chatted with me on and off all the evening. I entered into a conversation with a couple of men at the bar and later two guys came in and stood at the bar close to where I was sitting. They engaged me in conversation too. It turns out that the younger of the two had been a professional footballer and played for Wolverhampton until he retired from the game at 36 some 15 years ago. It isn’t unusual for professional footballers to appear in the pub as there are quite a few living in the vicinity and quite famous ones too. I won’t mention any names of course but many of them play in the Premiership. The only women in the pub left after an hour of my being there and I was the only female customer left. The remainder of the punters were men, about fifteen of them! I had gone there with the hope of seeing a couple of friends but it appears that everyone had spent the afternoon there and were gone before I arrived so in that respect it was a waste of time. I did enjoy myself though, albeit mostly in my own company. I left just before the pub closed and returned home. The pub is a very welcoming place and regulars, including myself, are greeted by name on arrival and bid farewell by name when leaving too. Sometimes though I think my trips to the pub are a waste of time but it is better than sitting at home with no-one to talk to.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on September 23, 2011
I spent all day Thursday pottering about at home. I had gotten up quite early and spent a half-hour on the treadmill again. If you remember I said I would do something about my inactivity in a recent post. So this was the third stint on the machine since Monday. Anyhow I digress. My ex had arisen early too and so had our son who is presently living with us. Whilst I was on the machine they both went out for the day, E to a trip out presumably with her comping friends (she hadn’t told me) and our son who went to work. Didn’t even say goodbye! Typical! So that meant I had the house to myself. I spent time on the computer after a small breakfast before having a bath and getting dressed for the day. I hadn’t planned on doing any work, that is I had no work to plan so I made a decision to go to the pub later in the day and got dressed accordingly. I was sitting in front of my computer in the afternoon and I heard a van door slam and being the curious pussy cat I looked out of the window to see the van with its driver holding a ‘For Sale’ board and stake carrying it to the house opposite. I reckon that house has been on the market more times than all of the houses in the street combined. The latest owners have been there for probably less than two years and now they are selling. Since we moved into our house back in 1988 we have seen that house up for sale about five times. None of the houses in the immediate vicinity aside from one of my next-door neighbours has been up for sale since we moved in. My neighbour has been living next to us for at least ten years. The other neighbours were here when we arrived. There must be something about that house for it to be constantly on the market else all the people who have bought it were just after a quick profit. I hope that the next occupier will be as quiet as all the others have been.
Shirley Anne
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