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Enjoy National Walk In The Park Day
National Take a Walk in the Park Day is an annual event that encourages people to get outside, enjoy nature, and get some exercise by taking a walk in a…
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National Poinsettia Day
National Poinsettia Day is held every year on the 12th December and acts as a bridge between the Mexican roots of the plant and the United States. The plant industry…
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What Has Happened To The English Language?
I was watching TV tonight and on came the adverts and I heard the English language get totally butchered by a well know celebrity publicising a car sale company. I…
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Tokyo Olympics – 2021
It was in 1964 that I was first glued to the television set watching black and white grainy pictures of swimming, athletics and boxing from the first Olympics held in…
World Book Day
World Book Day is an annual event which takes place on April 23rd in most places around the world and on the first Thursday in March in the United Kingdom. This day was established to…
Groundhog Day
I'm sure most, if not all, of us have seen the Bill Murray film, "Groundhog Day" where he is a cynical weatherman sent to Punxsutawney in western Pennsylvania to witness…
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Read A Book Day on 6th September
I posted a while ago about the hashtag calendar (https://davethomasonline.com/blog/creating-relevancy-with-your-blog-posts/) and made a pledge to myself to try and write a couple of posts a month utilising the various opportunities…
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Grumpy Old Man – Social Distancing
After a good nine to ten weeks of enforced self-isolation, this past week I have been allowed outside of my house into the more general world by Mrs Grumpy apart…
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Food For Thought – Who Does It?
After the post last week, https://davethomasonline.com/blog/food-for-thought-the-indispensable-man/, I dug out another simple, but humourous story that illustrates the need for communication. I've looked for the author of this, but their name…
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Food For Thought – The Indispensable Man
I was clearing out some old boxes of papers in the garage the other day and came across this wonderful poem (and a real poem in that the words rhyme…