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Embarrassing Moments - weddings, contest judges, apple trees, book sponsors, hearing aids, Alzheimers

 My Father - Spanish Gents' Toilet My late father Albert went into the ladies toilet in La Giralda Spanish restaurant. He thought senoras was the plural of senor.  The Apple Tree My father said, there aren't many apples on your tree. I replied, "It's been a bad year. Storms in the spring. You mean the tree nearest the window? We aren't expecting any apples. It's a pear tree." Singapore - Book Sponsor's Name At a book launch by botanist David Bellamy in Singapore the presenter forgot the name of the chief sponsor, a Chinese man, who was approaching the dais. Wedding - My Introduction At my wedding, I introduced two guests who lived in the same city, Manchester. They lived in the same house. They knew each other well, already. They were brothers. My Mother Hearing My Speech My late mother sat in the front row of the audience and smiled and laughed at all my jokes and stories all through my presentation. That was very encouraging. Afterwards, at home, I a...

The war between Russia and Ukraine

 At first Ukraine seemed far away from London, England, and the rest of the world. In 2014, according to Wikipedia, Russia invaded Ukraine's Crimea in 2014.  However, international concern increased when Russia invaded further in 2020. Now, writing in 2022, we see petrol prices going up. Everything else goes up.  But not everybody is the same. What of draft dodgers and refugees? What about restaurants featuring cuisine, run by people who left the country years ago?

From Covid-19 onwards

 Covid-19 changed everything. We worked from home. We started meeting on zoom. We wore clothes with attention to the neckline.

Dramas in my life: 'sex is like football' and other memorable moments

Childhood Dramas - 1940s-1960s 1 Lost - in Woolworth's 2 Falling Downstairs At Home 3 Sick on the Big Dipper 4 Learning about death 5 The dog which barred my way 6 Poison in the Water Barrel 7 Cousin under the table 8 Finger crushed by a door at school 9 Secondary School - Jehovah's Witness Bars Me From Heaven 10 Anti-semitic incident on the bus 11 The flasher running past windows at secondary school 12 The flasher on the bus 13 The smoke in the car 14 The older boy in the park 15 My father Albert's car accident on the way to his father's funeral 16 Delay after dancing class with Davina 17 18 19 20 Single Days Dramas 1960s-1980s Married Life Dramas Singapore Dramas Work