Good morning Can't believe I am first one here Still very warm but showers forecast - but that's ok as I planted some new shrubs yesterday!

Oh my goodness - a mere babe!

Nawh
as if
just us infantile folks
trying to catch up with you wrinklys
Three score and Ten huh?

If Ted and Merle can do it
(allbeit with some spare parts sewn in)
there is hope for us less mature people
My question is will I make it to next week

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The owld adage
goes something like
slowly slowly catchee monkey

sloow is the way I move now so
watch out you cheeky monkeys

nope still trying to get my head around that non metric counting
pretending I do any better at metric counting

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekeeeeeend
yay

Thoughts about nuffin in particular
Names
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Mum had a friend called Peace, who was born circa 1918
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Further up our road a nieghbours mut was called Monty
this in the 1940's, he being a free spirit went and courted another dog down the road called Sally (our Gracie?)
Who produced my first Dog whom we called Nipper (who was a look alike for the HMV Dog) Nipper was the first of two dogs I have had called nipper
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Pals at school were called Peter, John,Cyril,Colin,Ivan, And Jimmy

and that was just the girls
Penelope, Janet , Isabel , Rossena ,Margaret, Mary & Christine seemed to be round every corner

I don't recall any named after stars from the silver screen
nor any that took a name from their conception place .
I suppose I am an owld git and consider the current crop of appellation's just daft

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then we have Frocks what when did they stop being a dress???


or even start being a dress

Sorry I'm just a bloke

While I'm at it what's this rubbish about umpires wearing nose shades in England as observed on the telly
soft affectation or what

I didn't know the north south divide climate is that strong
just cant see Dickie bird conforming to this fashion
his white cap did duty for years