How would you describe yourself to someone?
Trying to make peace with the ageing process.
Mostly introvert.
Attracted to folk with a sense of humour – those not taking themselves too seriously.
Currently letting go of baggage.
Forever evolving.
Kind, compassionate an empath.
If you could bring back one dinosaur, which one would it be?
Good call, WP. Let’s bring back dinasours to add to the chaos in the world. Like we’ve got room?
Although, having said that, we would have room for the smallest dinasour found, surely?
Let me introduce the Oculudentavis ( clues found in the name; eyes and teeth), weighing less than tenth of an ounce and half an inch long.
It was discovered in a drop of amber preserved for 99 million years ( they say) in 2016. It was discovered in Myanmar but made its way to China. Of course it did!
If you won two free plane tickets, where would you go?
Three lots of first-class plane tickets and five star accommodation? Wow. That is a wonderful prize to win. Thank you so much!!
Leaving aside the fact my mom has passed, I’m thinking she would enjoy a holiday in Antigua ๐ฆ๐ฌ or Barbados ๐ง๐ง. Somewhere sunny and gorgeous.
With the next pair of tickets I would like to fly a very special person to me up to Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ to an area of her choice. For many years, she, her husband, and their dogs would take fishing holiday’s up there. They loved the wildlife and the space.
Last but not least, i would use these tickets to take my buddy from Cornwall to Chennai ๐ฎ๐ณ I am sure she would enjoy the India experience.
Thanks for that DP @ WP! Very much appreciated I can assure you.
What’s the story behind your nickname?
I’m nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody too?
Then there’s a pair of us – don’t tell!
They’d advertise – you know!
How dreary to be somebody!
How public like a frog
To tell ones name the lifelong day
To an admiring bog.
Emily Dickinson ( 1830~1836)
What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being?
First off, I would like to thank someone here on WordPress ..G Man thesurvivorshandbook
( As you see G Man, I am even unable to highlight this link to you. What a loser ๐)…
https://tshb.info ( grrr even that didn’t highlight)
Seems a bit random to do so, you’re thinking? Not really. It ties in with the health and well-being vibe DP has going for us today. He ( G Man) has kindly reached out to me to help with some tech stuff I need to learn/do.
An organic shift has been going on with me lately. I’m shunning the chat radio. I’m no longer asking Alexa to play music ( except A Town Called Malice, by The Jam…love that to fire me up sometimes!), and I’m definitely turning my back on the Socials…and those games I played for hours? Gone!. I’ve even taken the battery out of the kitchen clock that’s was getting on my nerves.
I need to make room in my head for a new phase in my life. A refresh, a reboot. Not just a turn it off, turn it on kinda thing. But an unplug at the wall and wait…
What are your future travel plans?
‘ All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes, a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall beย blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
J.R.R. Tolkein (1892~1973)
We grew up six miles apart and shared a city with a truly vibrant nightlife.
It was busy, it was noisy and Brummie musos were coming out of the woodwork left right and centre. But you, Sir, were the Main Man! Without one shadow of a doubt.
A very bright star has left this world to shine elsewhere.
You will be missed.
Thank you. You did us proud ๐ xxx
John Michael ‘ Ozzy’ Osbourne
( 3rd Dec 1948 ~ 22nd July 2025)
What would you change about modern society?
I would like to sprinkle fairy dust over our modern society to give everyone a break.
‘ Be kind, everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about’
What do you listen to while you work?
Until quite recently, I would have LBC London, a chat radio station on in the background for hours…but at the moment I’m favouring silence.
However, at this moment in time, there is a fly going round that earlier must have wriggled through a slightly ajar window somewhere and cannot find its way out, with all doors and windows now wide open.
Then there’s the fridge that hums along for a short while and then shudders and sighs.
A van is reversing somewhere along the street, so his warning beeps are audible.
Squirrel manages to make quite the racket clambering up and down the garden fence as he grabs pieces of apple and then legs it to his crib.
That clock. I’ve had the kitchen clock for many years. Aesthetically, it’s very pleasing, but I have wondered for some time if the tick is getting louder. It’s beginning to grate.
Birdsong. That always delights me. What’s that saying about becoming old/er.? ‘ One minute you’re young, free and a little bit wild The next thing you know, you’re studying the details on the back of a bird seed bag’ Pigeons are cooing. My darlings blackbird and robin try to get a word in, but the crows are dominating the airwaves at the moment. Curious that they are so very loud and yet so skittish when they land.
A police helicopter will whizz overhead at some stage. An ambulance or fire engine will have me giving a quiet thanks they are not present for my benefit.
My dog snores softly, my tummy rumbles. The floorboard will creak as I cross it to put on the kettle, and you will be able to hear the rustle of a bread wrapper and the toaster fires up.
Welcome to my world.
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Whatโs your go-to comfort food?
I could write you a very long list of comfort foods that work for me; crunchy peanut butter spooned straight from the jar (whilst standing in the kitchen watching the birds feed)
If it wasn’t for haloumi and Feta, I’d be a fully paid up vegan. But these salty cheeses get me every time.
Oh, and curly fries. I won’t go on and on, but I easily could. To finish up I must add meals cooked by someone else.
The best food I’ve eaten recently was at The Tremenheere Sculptor Gardens, just outside Penzance in Cornwall. Oh my goodness, the Mushroom Risotto was sublime..
IN THE BOOMER PIGEON HOLE? 
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