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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…
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What am I Missing in this COVID-19 Lock Down?
I was out walking with the wife yesterday to collect my heart medications so we had a pleasant stroll to the local Pharmacy of about 3km and got to talking…
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Grumpy Old Man – Cricket World Cup 2019
I'm writing this after watching England beat New Zealand in a thrilling Super Over finale to this great tournament staged here in the UK. After soundly thrashing New Zealand in…
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Grumpy Old Man – Travelling By Train
Since moving to the “sticks”, I travel to work a couple of mornings a weeks by the local commuter train as it is as quick as driving in and costs…
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Grumpy Old Man – Walking Your Dog
One of the things I really enjoy doing is walking my dog as it is a simple form of exercise for both of us and helps me relax and think…
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Grumpy Old Man – Back Packs
It's been a long time since my last GOM blog post so you would suppose I would have a long lists of new gripes about which I want to moan…
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Grumpy Old Man – Euro’s 2016; Part Two, match days 3 and 4
So England are top of their group so just a win against a Slovakia side already beaten by Wales then we stay there and get a lower placed side in…
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Grumpy Old Man – Euro’s 2016; Part One, match days 1 and 2
So fully two years after the “Balls up in Brazil”, Wroy Hodgeson and his much maligned England football squad had the chance to right all the wrongs of their inept…