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completely focused on Archer's 'The Perfect Murder', and trying to read with one eye shut owing to my broken sunglasses, I didn't notice the ticket collector entering the carriage. 'Thicketh pleeth' he called, due to a pronounced lisp caused by ill-fitting dentures. Pretending not to hear, I ...

This pretty much sums up Jesus's stance.

goodness gracious me! I do declare! and ... heavens to Betsy!... these damn Yankees! They'll be the death of me!' At which she fell down stone dead. This rather put the dampener on any further shenanigans and the arrival of the police, who happened to be on the train following the trail of a notorious black pearl thief, and the consequent arrest of Madame Peewee la Seducer for indecent exposure, saved me from a ...

In the Air Tonight ~ Phil Collins

whispered in my left ear, 'I think it's so sexy seeing a man reading on a train, especially one in sunglasses and wearing such a magnificent moustache. Would you like to join me later for a little tete-a-tete?' Unfortunately I'm deaf in that ear and didn't hear a thing. The lady seemed rather ...

Heartache Tonight ~ Eagles

That's gorgeous, @lunababymoonchild and such a lot of work!

I haven't quite worked out if he was shot or shot himself. He certainly didn't have a gun permit. People here are pretty excited, I gather 😁

the Missus, having recovered from her unfortunate close encounter of the comestible kind, was going on a shopping spree to soothe her shattered composure. This had a detrimental effect on my ...

I would be turned off any church that put undue pressure on the congregation to donate money. I'm not sure if the Sallies use those tactics but they do a lot to help the needy. It's not just 'homeless unemployables', as you put it, (and who are no less valued in God's eyes) who need help these days. Hard working families are using food banks more and more because of the high cost of food, rent and interest rates.

It's lucky the game went ahead. There was a gunman loose in the area this morning, he killed two and injured several others 😢

Let's Face the Music and Dance ~ Fred Astaire

the events of the last few days were starting to take a toll. My nervous twitch was back and the only cure I'd found was to ...

Goodnight Sweetheart ~ Al Bowlly

So glad you're feeling better @lunababymoonchild. Tooth extractions can be quite traumatic when they take that long

face down on a charcuterie board that featured an assorted selection of pickled eggs, pork scratchings and smoked eel. After hauling her upright and removing the worst of the debris, she started to come to when I ...

Don't Sleep In the Subway ~ Petula Clark

I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) ~ The Four Tops

do my Rottweiler snarl again. But my ears had pricked up and I found the repeated mention of an elusive black pearl strangely intriguing. Reading's shifty behaviour certainly gave rise to ...

Ee by gum, I love the Yarkshar accent! 🥰

I think we need you to read it to us so we get it right 😁

In NZ lambing starts as early as July, which is midwinter here. It's all to do with getting them big enough for Christmas. I feel sorry for the little lambs being born in often very cold and wet conditions and losses can be quite high. Sheep are raised outdoors here.

the legality of the whole situation, 'And what's in it for me?' It's all very well for these toffs with their plummy accents wittering on about impatient concrete or some bloody thing and acting all chummy when they want something but when the chips are down ...

A Spoonful of Sugar ~ Julie Andrews

That's amazing! Not many businesses can claim to be that old.