Day 15 – Monday 9th December 2013 Well after all the shenanikans of the weekend my weight was 106.3kgs which is not too bad only a gain of 0.3kgs. It would be lovely to get down to 105kgs by next Sunday. I will persevere and for breakfast this morning my […]
Married life
My Day In Dublin At The Risen People
Well what a day I had in Dublin yesterday. Every time I go down, although round here they say up, to Dublin, even though Dublin is south east of here, you never here of people in Manchester say go up to London but I suppose up to Dublin might have […]
Why Use Animals When You Can Experiment On Africans?
Well after exposing the sham of 21st century living with my thoughts on the tragic hoax of 9/11, which attracted much comment and further facts on the fact that it was not Johnny Muslim who laid waste to the centre of New York back in 2001 but probably G W […]
The Wedding of Louise and Boz and Other Events
Well I have just arrived back in Ireland after a hectic week full of celebratory meals and too much alcohol, as we enjoyed the high spot, the wedding of my third daughter, Louise. The trip commenced with a visit to see my old chum, Howard Skelton at Southport Cricket Club. […]
Peace Reigns On A Turbulent Future.
As we sit through these languid, warm and showery days of August 2013 realising there is work to do, putting a coat of varnish on the windows or clearing out the garage after a winter’s misuse, I wonder whether I am relaxing too much but sod it, I have had […]
What Was It That Made Me A Catholic?
Well it was nothing really, just the fact of being born of my mother and encouraged by my father. My mother was Catholicism personified, of North Manchester Irish stock, she came from Corpus Christi parish, off Oldham Road. Prior to the 1914-18 war every other house in that district was […]
A Pox On Politicians.
I want to know how it is that all politicians are iffy and I will not be vague. Why is it that all politicians are vainglorious, self-promoters. They are not and never will be as their blurb insists, seekers after fairness, honesty and good for all. Interested in the well […]
Empty Nesters.
After nearly 40 years of marriage, 39 years and six months to be precise, the last bird has flown the nest. They have been flying the nest gradually for the last 22 years and I have never given it much of a thought as each one took wing, but the […]
Marrying Up.
One of the finest things that the Irish language has over the English language is the ability to come up with a word that takes the English about twenty words to describe. One such word is conán, or it was such a word spoken of in East Galway many years […]
The Dawning of the Day.
We had had our fill of sleep. We had gone to bed early the previous night after a long, lazy, cold January day, surrounded by snow and ice and into our third week of sub-zero temperatures. We had been reading newspapers, making and eating comfort food in the form of […]