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Category: Carp a Diem

A critique on things that annoy (not quite one a day).

Carp a Diem / Doings / W(r)ye Asides
  • 2 November 2022
  • Leave a comment on Non-existent back and sides…
  • 3 mins
  • 3 years
  • 369 words

Non-existent back and sides…

Letter to the Delegraph… “SIR – My local barber recently closed in the face of competition – six new, fashionable hairdressers on […]

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Happy Christmas Day
Carp a Diem / Christmas / Joan Whittle
  • 27 December 2020
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  • 3 mins
  • 5 years
  • 303 words
  • 1

Happy Christmas Day

“Had a good Christmas?” “Yes thanks, quiet, you know” “Yes ours was as well, did you see Morecambe and Wise?” “No, Grandma […]

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The tip…
Carp a Diem / Doings / Joan Whittle
  • 2 September 2020
  • 5 mins
  • 5 years
  • 738 words
  • 3

The tip…

apparently the correct, woke, word/description is “recycling centre”. That’s not a sudden realisation, obviously, I am reasonably up-to-date about modern developments, it’s […]

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Carp a Diem
  • 25 February 2020
  • 3 mins
  • 6 years
  • 426 words

Tomasz

Shafenaker is the name, and I’ll do anything rather than the job I am employed to do. Regular readers will be aware […]

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Carp a Diem / Doings / The animals / The garden / The Wye
  • 21 November 2018
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  • 2 mins
  • 7 years
  • 211 words

Puzzle of the day

There is a dog on the lawn eating a fish head. He is near a pond which does not contain fish and […]

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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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Area / Carp a Diem / Doings / Shopping / Weather
  • 24 July 2018
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  • 2 mins
  • 7 years
  • 273 words
  • 6

Thought our commuting days were over. A five minute run into Builth on the P and R. Brand new buses make for […]

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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 / Weather
  • 27 October 2017
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  • 2 mins
  • 8 years
  • 184 words

Oooo, oh oh, Carol..[Insert music notes here]

We get our own party of the royal visit here tomorrow, with any luck they’ll have a super drive.

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