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The tradition of sending greetings cards for Christmas and the New Year started back in 1840, and for me the best thing about it is sending cards to people I see very seldom during year, and receiving a card and some news from them. I usually try to buy charity Christmas cards in the hope that a few pennies will go to third-world countries or other deserving causes, although we are told that the percentage that is given is very small. A couple of years ago I found out about Amnesty International's greetings card campaign, which seemed a way of doing something more constructive than simply buying charity cards. Amnesty provides details of people all over the ...  Read the complete review

Forever on the hunt for new things to write about whilst I'm waiting for my suggested topics to be approved, I found yet another one of these "talking about myself" type things way down in the archives. How could I possibly resist doing this? At the risk of boring anybody who reads this beyond redemption, here goes.......and though until I start I have little idea of what I am going to say, I have a feeling my answers/descriptions will be centred not entirely, but largely around the shock of becoming middle-aged. A...is for Amnesia. My memory is something that, until the dreaded menopause took its toll and turned me into a gibbering ...  Read the complete review

Its my 100th op!! I never thought that I would get this far, or obviously having nothing else to do in my life that would mean I was still here, putting out ops and hoping for the jaggy bonnets!! But there you go, and I'm afraid you are going to have to sit through the dreaded A-Z of me! A) Can I see we are off to a really bad start here! I know, antiques! I've got a really big thing about them, Bargain Hunt, Antiques Roadshow, Flog It, etc. I watch them all. Unfortunately I don't possess any at all, sour grapes perhaps? I'm not telling you! Oh and I'm sorry Sarah_Louise I know you love that paranormal stuff but Antiques Ghost Show is just ...  Read the complete review

A – Aqua Water, water everywhere, oh how I love it! Nothing beats the sensation of immersing yourself in a cold swimming pool after a heavy bout of sunbathing, or splashing about in the surf with the sand between your toes, or watching giant rollers crashing majestically off the rocks, and getting lightly drenched with foamy mist. I also love being curled up on a sofa and listening to rain beating on the windows and roof. Aqua (turquoise) is also my favourite colour, and looks fantastic in the summer with a bit of a tan. And then of course there’s the small fact that without it we’d all be dead! B – Beaches ...  Read the complete review

(Edited - sorry Bev! I spelt your name wrong!!! ;o) ) These A-Z things look quite popular and I think it's a great way of getting to know people. So here's mine. Apologies that this is my second one in the same day - I'm in work and I'm bored. I'll refrain from doing one tomorrow!!! So let's get started! (Sorry - there's a few tenuous links in here, I don't have much imagination!!! These were not written in order, either. You can probably guess, but I did "O" last!!!) A - This was a toss-up between Australia and Aberystwyth. I'll choose the latter because I can cover Australia under Q ...  Read the complete review