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After much cajoling from the family and the gift of his cast off from my grandson, I've finally arrived in the 21st century and have acquired a smart 'phone. I've been playing with it for the last week and am quite impressed by what I can do with it. A small gadget that fits into a hitherto...

As a teenager, my rucksack with all necessary kit weighed 32 pounds. After getting on for seventy years of constant evaluation, adjustment and replacement, my kit now weighs 14.5 kilos.

I can't recall ever having sat like that in my life. I think it's a gender thing. However, curiosity got the better of me, so I gave it a go. I doubt if I'll do it again. Feet to the right OK, feel to left seemed odd. I'm right handed, left dominant eyed. I'm looking forward to reading the...

Grease

Fungi

That's a good tip. I put the dead mouse bodies on a wall near the van where they are in full view of the rookery across the road. They're not there long.

I could then get a mongoose to catch the snake...........

A follow up to all the helpful advice. I bought an ultrasonic device. I think I must have deaf mice. There was another raid and I caught one in the little nipper trap. I thien took Mary's advice and bought some mint essential oil. I thought it was expensive but has oroved to be worth every...

Being neither a crip nor a blood; green!

60something years ago when I was a Scout, the recommendation was to carry two handkerchiefs. Tissues were then unknown. Since the introduction of tissues, I carry a small supply and a bandana in my trouser pocket.

When I was young, it just meant swimming not in a swimming bath. Today, it means swimming in a mixture of sea, lake or river water and raw sewage.

Freudian slip there?

Get well soon all of you. Neither Madame nor I have had Covid but because of our age we have been rigorously vaccinated against it and normal flu every year. Not having to go to work and avoiding crowds, easier when one is retired and lives in the country, may have helped too. i have never had...

My late father-in-law 's "Time to Remember" series is now available on YouTube . The series was made in the early 1960s for ATV and are still an interesting take on the history of the late 19th and early 20th centuries told though archive film. I've been trying to get all of his films in one...

You'll need to learn how to say no! I found that the months after I finished being gainfully employed were busier than ever; everyone assumed I now had plenty of spare time and I never did get round to doing what I had planned. Thankfully, now folk assume that I'm too old to do anything. Still...

Sickle

Ego

Playground joke. What's brown and sticky? A stick.

Mutton

I cut most of the handle off, leaving a bare minimum of a stub which needs to be handled with a glove or cloth. Not ideal, but the pan is the right size and shape for cooking and packing, unlike the folding handle models i already have. It made me understand what the socket was for on the...