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W(r)ye Asides
  • 25 February 2020
  • 2 mins
  • 6 years
  • 201 words

Why is it that …

… when you visit the hygienist, you leave feeling that somehow, you’re just not good enough at doing something simple and everyday […]

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Area / Carp a Diem / Doings / W(r)ye Asides
  • 23 September 2018
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  • 2 mins
  • 7 years
  • 181 words
  • 1

Really?

Found on the road side on the way to the post Gone in a puff of irony.

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Carp a Diem / W(r)ye Asides
  • 19 August 2018
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  • 2 mins
  • 7 years
  • 168 words
  • 1

It’s nice to live in a deprived place

Today’s Sunday Telegraph.

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Doings / W(r)ye Asides
  • 22 February 2018
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  • 2 mins
  • 8 years
  • 189 words

A glimpse into the future

“It won’t be too long before we spend eight hours sleeping, eight hours working and eight hours trying to remember and retrieve […]

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Doings / The animals / The cottage / The garden / W(r)ye Asides / Weather
  • 3 January 2018
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  • 2 mins
  • 8 years
  • 193 words
  • 1

Donkeys letting off steam

Confined to barracks because of the wet, and to avoid cutting up the paddock too much, when we relent and let them […]

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Area / Carp a Diem / Christmas / Doings / Shopping / The animals / The cottage / The garden / W(r)ye Asides / Weather
  • 1 January 2018
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  • 2 mins
  • 8 years
  • 191 words
  • 1

Happy Christmas!

In common with the leading Twitterati and Facebookworms we retired from the hectic round that is social muddle and enjoyed a nice […]

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Carp a Diem / Doings / Shopping / W(r)ye Asides
  • 2 September 2017
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  • 2 mins
  • 8 years
  • 181 words

A pint of smaller?

Having dual languages can sometimes lead to difficulties in Tesco. https://goo.gl/photos/gPX4PfvYkWKrd3gi6

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W(r)ye Asides
  • 15 July 2017
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  • 2 mins
  • 8 years
  • 185 words

Predictive text 

The inventor of the hugely successful but at times frustrating predictive text has died. His funfair will be held next mondaine.

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Carp a Diem / W(r)ye Asides
  • 24 May 2017
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  • 2 mins
  • 8 years
  • 178 words

A Radnorshire lad

“Radnor born, and Radnor bred, Strong in the arm, and weak in the head”.

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W(r)ye Asides
  • 11 February 2017
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  • 3 mins
  • 9 years
  • 330 words
  • 7

The going rate

The man came to fit the towbar to the Jeep. “I don’t know which bit of go and amuse yourself they don’t […]

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