Smart… Today, walking along south Sanur beach, close to the Mercure hotel I literally saw a one-armed man walking with a smartphone in his hand. What would he do if he tripped? What would be his reaction? Faceplant and save the phone? Drop the phone and save himself? My mind boggled. Maybe I am oldContinue reading “Not so Smartphone’s.”
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Another silly smartphone story.
Families…in Bali. I have been watching a family of new arrivals today, clearly a bunch of misanthropes – there would be many a Doctoral Thesis available from these guys for Psychology students. They never seem to talk to each other! At breakfast all five sat in silence while scrolling their phones – I did notContinue reading “Another silly smartphone story.”
How the Fork!!
My last post made me think of this! Some cliches first. In my 70th year, which means finishing eight decade on this rock. Two centuries and two millennia. And I wonder how I am still alive! Aged 2 I had some sort of argument with my older sister so she smashed a bottle over myContinue reading “How the Fork!!”
Blert
Today I watched a short clip on Facebook. It was scousers saying their favourite put-down words. We love the obvious ones – but I won’t use them here… Some of my favourites include calling someone; A Blert A Meff A Melt Ya Wool Soft lad Arlarse Head the Ball A Divvy A Bin Dipper AContinue reading “Blert”
The Tapha, slight return.
I wandered up the back roads and into what could be central Sanur. Lots of resto/bars filled with Europeans and Aussies. I found a good supermarket which also has an ATM outside – 20 minutes’ walk from my hotel. I followed the road down to the beach, past the Holiday Inn and the Intercontinental; theContinue reading “The Tapha, slight return.”
An evening with…
Tapha I just had to write this one. I am at a ‘Beach Party’ at a restaurant called ‘Tapha’ on Sanur beach. I have just celebrated my 69th birthday and I am probably average age for this gathering! There is a band playing all sorts of covers of well-known songs, including ruining Smoke on theContinue reading “An evening with…”
Puberty
When I was in St. Kevins Roman Catholic High School back in the 60’s and 70’s, we had 2000 adolescent boys. Sex was the dominant chat. Puberty included the joke; ‘What did one leg say to the other?’ ‘I see shorty’s growing a beard!’ We longed for the site of that first pubic hair. OneContinue reading “Puberty”
Monday smile
Lost … and Found!
Do you ever feel lost in the world? I know I could say yes because right now I am sitting at my desk in Hawana, Salalah – where is that? Any, recently I have felt a little lost in life. I ‘retired’ five years ago and went back to England. Sadly my income/pension didn’t quiteContinue reading “Lost … and Found!”
Happy to be alive
Turkey, August 2024 I was rushed into a Hospital in the middle of nowhere. My blood pressure was stupidly high and I had 7 litres of excess fluid built up in my body. My ‘resting’ heart rate was 190 bpm. I was close to having a heart attack or stroke so they put me intoContinue reading “Happy to be alive”
