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Author Archives: john graham
Rubbish Bins
Once upon a time we all had one small rubbish bin which was emptied by the Council every week. No fuss, no guidelines and no worries. It just happened. Now that’s all changed. We are all environmentally … Continue reading
Freeezzing Rain!
Today we are going to get frreeeeezzinng rain. Not the sort we’ve ever had before, But, slipping and sliding rain. That makes you do the splits, Or even break your hips, or leg or arm. That paints the pavements with … Continue reading
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“EUEXIT”
Our political system is completely BANJAXED by our squabbling political parties. Following on from my last blog, the LLLP has decided it is best to go it alone and unilaterally declare independence from the European Union and also from … Continue reading
Internet Sensation !
For all my subscribers who receive my blog post by Email you may have seen that an advert has appeared on my last post claiming to sponsor it. It is rather surprising because I have never heard of the … Continue reading
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European Last Laugh Goodbye
The Last Laugh Looney Party secret European project is finally reaching a conclusion. Back in July 2017 I posted a blog about the LLLP and it’s “ISLAND” Project to gradually take over the islands around the British Isles, as a … Continue reading
Eating the Clutter Elephant
This is my first progress report on my 2019 decluttering plan. The first thing to say is as of yet I haven’t decluttered anything but I need to start out with a strategy and a plan. So here goes:-c Strategy … Continue reading
DeClutter-A-Day
Happy New Year! I obviously had a moment of de-cluttering breakdown with my last post “Learn to Love Clutter”. It’s not a strategy that will ever work for me. Seems like almost a year has gone by since my heroic … Continue reading
Learn to Love Clutter ?
Maybe there is an alternative to continuously unsuccessfully de-cluttering. Perhaps I should become a hoarder and completely reverse my thinking about clutter ? Become a collector of EVERYTHING 😀😀😀😀😀🤡 Starting with SOCKS. Why not, it is as good a place to … Continue reading
Special Delivery !
It was a special day today for someone in the Graham household. Lots of cards through the letterbox and flowers delivered to the door, all for Mo’s birthday. But, there was one important one missing. The day … Continue reading
Equity Release Puzzle
This is another follow-up to my post “Equity Release Revisited” which prompted me to look into the subject again and start a new series of blogs on the subject. I first wrote about this in 2012 and then again in … Continue reading