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Being hip to an everyday story about growing old
Posted on 1:54pm Friday 24th May 2013
French red-tape can cause a delay in obtaining even a priority operation
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Imagine the inconvenience of having to wear socks for the first time in six months
Posted on 12:50pm Friday 17th May 2013
After driving over 3000 miles from New Orleans, it was time to chill out for a couple of days in a town we had been to before. But they say you should never go back.
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We kept just half an hour ahead of the snow as it fell on Bryce Canyon
Posted on 12:00am Friday 10th May 2013
The prospect of being locked in by snow on the plateau above Bryce, threatened our USA tourist schedule.
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They have names for every gulch, canyon and butte so we added a few more
Posted on 12:00am Friday 3rd May 2013
We just mapped a route in an effort to find a different way to getting to Bryce Canyon and it proved to be the most memorable 48 hours in the USA
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Strange to see a school bus picking up children where John Wayne caught that stagecoach
Posted on 6:53am Monday 29th April 2013
Reflections on a trip to Arizona and Utah, taking in the magic of Monument Valley.
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I have been involved in a six-month war with a very cussed opponent
Posted on 4:07pm Sunday 21st April 2013
Groves of bamboo look very pleasant in your garden but they are an entirely different proposition when you seek to remove them.
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Left, right or center will not change the fact the world will never be the same
Posted on 5:48pm Sunday 14th April 2013
Will they be after our bank deposits next -that's the fear but we know those who follow will truly never have it so good
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The lottery of health as you head for retirement or old age
Posted on 10:14am Saturday 6th April 2013
Is this a national scandal that somehow has been overlooked after the figures were released indicating that 1.5 per cent of the population have withdrawn claims for a disability benefit.
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Knowing what went before, may not be hip but it is useful
Posted on 6:16am Monday 1st April 2013
There seems to be a marked lack of general knowledge among many school leavers nowadays and anything before their life-span is either dismissed or unknown.
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We have had many visits to hospitals and consultants - at our age we are in that territory
Posted on 5:16pm Thursday 21st March 2013
Watford general have long since charged for parking but now they are including the handicapped in the scheme.
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