Ain't life Amazing

Monday, October 16, 2006

For Lexophiles [Lovers of words...]

1. A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
2. A will is a dead giveaway.
3. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
4. A backward poet writes inverse.
5. In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes.
6. A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.
7. If you don't pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.
8. With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
9. Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A-flat miner.
10. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
11. The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine has fully recovered.
12. A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France resulted in Linoleum Blownapart.
13. You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
14. Local Area Network in Australia : The LAN down under.
15. He broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
16. A calendar's days are numbered.
17. A lot of money is tainted: 'Taint yours, and 'taint mine.
18. A boiled egg is hard to beat.
19. He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
20. A plateau is a high form of flattery.
21. The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison: a small medium at large.
22. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
23. When you've seen one shopping centre you've seen a mall.
24. If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine.
25. When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
26. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
27. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
28. Acupuncture: a jab well done.
29. Marathon runners with bad shoes suffer the agony of de feet.
Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.

:o))

Any Authors out there?



If you're interested in having a bash at writing for the BBC, why not have a go at the
BBC Short Story competition?
You could get your work voiced by best-selling author Ian Rankin, broadcast on BBC radio and published in a book. Fame at last!

Cheers


Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Intute

You may find this a handy web site, Intute is a free resource for education and research and it has some tutorials on a virtual training suite.

Cheers
:o)

Thursday, August 24, 2006


Afternoon tea

Talking about the stuff, [see previous post] I was lucky enough last week to be taken out for a very civilised afternoon tea at Ston Easton Park which was smashing [not on commission btw ;o)]


We don't normally have 'tea' cos we both work and have separate lunches and then our main meal in the evening when we're both home, so it was a real treat!
We had finger sandwiches, cream tea, a patisserie, and two slices of cake! Phewie!! But it was scrummy and we did try to walk off a bit of it going around the gardens including a beautiful walled garden where they grow their own veggies and fruit for the hotel.

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

WOW!

If you ever get the chance to go to a concert by this guy....Eric Sardinas, can highly recommend it! We were knocked out by his sheer energy and dynamic guitar playing.

Can't beat a live concert! :o)

Wednesday, June 14, 2006


In defence of flower arranging...

It seems that the government plans to cut back on non-essential evening courses.... if you want to learn more, take a peek at...
BBC magazine

"More plumbing, less pilates; subsidised precision engineering, not over-subsidised flower arranging, except of course where flower arranging is necessary for a vocational purpose," said the Education Secretary Alan Johnson this week.

It's something I've always wanted to try instead of just shoving flowers in a vase, maybe I'd better hurry up or tho' plumbing could be handy! :o)

Thursday, June 01, 2006

Blogging can change your life!

Anya Peters was homeless and living in a car but she kept a blog...
under the name of Wandering Scribe... it was picked up globally... read on
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5029984.stm

Ain't life Amazing! :o)

Monday, May 22, 2006


Holidays...
Thinking about going somewhere in Cornwall in July. Love the coastline, all the moods of the sea, hidden coves, wild flowers in country lanes, sailing on the Helford Passage. Pasties... icecream, crab sandwiches, fantastic pubs an' restaurants, yep, can't wait. Anyone got any
special memories of Cornwall?