I was born in 1939 BC.
That’s ‘Before Computers’.
Luckily I survived the following events in my life, such as
World War II, The London Blitz, Rationing, and worst of all… Archbishop Temple’s School.
During the mid 1950s I was enjoying Rock ‘n’ Roll and being a first generation teenager, when suddenly, just like Elvis, I found myself in uniform during ‘The Cold War’…and then
I became ‘a family’. Which meant that I sort of missed the ‘swinging sixties’, but still managed to look a complete prat in the 70s, just like everyone else.
During the ‘Thatcher Years’ I lost my hair and a lot of people lost a good deal more. My career fluctuated to say the least as I was demoted, promoted, fired and hired a number of times, but still I managed to stagger on into a welcome retirement and to celebrate 60 years of happy marriage.
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…….Entries.Posted by Big John on September 12, 2020
They have introduced the ‘six person rule‘, but it doesn’t start until Monday! .. which means that every ‘covidiot’ in the country will be out and about this weekend attending every kind of party and piss-up imaginable, before the ‘hi-viz jobsworths’ start reporting them for being very, very, naughty boys and girls.
“Joined-up thinking” …
… Wos That then ?
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Posted by Big John on September 3, 2020
Yes ! .. Today the local school reopened after the ‘lockdown’ and the summer break and, once again, I could enjoy watch kids arriving by scooter, skateboard and bike, followed by parents who had never heard of ‘social distancing’ or face masks as they ambled along mesmerised by their smartphones: and, once again, for those arriving by car, it was hunt the parking space time and “sod the local residents!” as the little angels must be deposited as near to the school gates as possible.
A couple of weeks ago four (yes four!) men in hi-viz outfits and big boots took a very long time to erect this sign…
…. on a ten foot high pole opposite my house ! .. I wonder how long …
… it will remain upright ?
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