Category: Favourites
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Heroes
The Daily Post topic today is “Who is your greatest hero?”, and I thought to myself that’s an easy one! I’ll be able to write about this subject for hours on end. And then I thought about the subject more closely… your greatest hero. Singular. Eek, I have to make a decision about my greatest…
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Number 73
Many, many years ago, Saturday morning TV used to be really good for us kids. I couldn’t tell you how it is nowadays, but I suppose the kids of today will say it is great too. But it can not be as great as it was in my day. Number 73 was a Saturday morning…
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Quiz shows
What happened to the television quiz shows from yesteryear? Classics such as Sale of the Century, where contestants answered general knowledge questions on the buzzer, earning £5.00 a time, trying to build up their money to get through to the final – but being tempted along the way by the latest hostess trolley at such…
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Bright lights and fuzzy colours!
Last night I got to see the Geminids! 😀 I only saw half a dozen or so, and they appeared as sparks in the sky against the backdrop of Orion’s Belt. I had two little obstacles that prevented me from viewing them any longer than the hour or so I was transfixed with the heavens.…
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Carols
Well, it’s getting close to Christmas, and I’ve already mentioned it in a couple of my posts recently, so here is my first official Christmas post! I know it is only the twelfth of December, but for years I thought this was the first day in the carol ‘The Twelve Days Of Christmas’, so it’s…