HEAT -OR IT WAS AN,T HALF HOT FOLKS.

Recently we had a mini heatwave in the u.k and even had the second hottest recorded day -The highest-ever temperature in Britain has been recorded, weather forecasters said.

A temperature of 37.4C (99.3F) was recorded at Heathrow around 1.30pm-yes it was great but as we are british we soon started to moan about the heat,think we would win a gold medal every time in Olympics .I remember the summer of 1976 -41 years ago i think?-when i had to wear a blazer and tie in that heat at school very uncool.

FLYING TEDDY BEAR SOLD FOR 5,000 POUNDS.

A 1908 Steiff Teddy Bear that was tied to a bi-plane during flight in World War 1 fetched the sum of 5,000 pounds in an auction in Newbury,Berk.

Film planned on Gaelic-speaking soldiers who fooled the Nazis

CASCADE

The story of soldiers who spoke Gaelic to trick their Nazi captors is being made into a film

Private William Kemp, Corporal Sandy MacDonald and Lance Corporal James “Ginger” Wilson engineered their escape across wartorn Europe in June 1940 by fooling the Germans into thinking they were from Ukraine.-read more

The Lochaber trio, who served in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, had weeks earlier seen their regiment surrender to Axis forces following five days of artillery bombardment.

MOVEMENTS OR TICS.

If you do not know i have movements of the body most of the time its small movements in legs and arms .I have worse what i call movement events when my arm will fly out or legs and arms move with me having no control  yes it is scary but i need to tell you dear reader i have the attitude that i am not the disease am me .

NO HOUSE PHONE.

It seems that no one likes to ring you on your home phone anymore is it due to mobile phones or e-mails .I think this is due that most mobile phones to other mobiles messages are free or cheaper and of course e -mail is  easier to add attachments or photos if required.My wife Enid does not like this as says harder to communicate if you dont  own a mobile.

SHIT HAPPENS.

It seems lately every week some report of a major event is being reported to the point i am beginning to think its the norm .Is it something in the air or a fact of the world we live in is getting a lot darker.

MY BLIND DATE EXPERIENCE -NOT THE SHOW.

Recently i watched the newer version of blind date which reminded me how i once some years ago put myself forward to get a girlfriend in a different way.I not the date i put an advert in a bikers mag called Back Street Hero,s in which i put myself up for sale hoping to get a reply.In total i got 3 reply's ,one was my future wife and the others are what is termed as time wasters .Am i glad i did this yes as me and Enid are next year in total been together for 30 years came to Devon in 1988-married 15 June   1991 not bad for an ex shy Essex boy.