List your top 5 grocery store items.
Hark the humble Carrot buy🎶🎵
Glory to the Supermarkets nigh,
Off to Aldi I must trundle
To buy some bread and apple crumble,
When I’m there and nearly done
I’ll grab a simple current bun,
Through the self-check out avoiding the queues
Paying by contactless my grocery dues,
But there’s always something that you forget
Bah-hum bug I’ll get the AA batteries off the
Internet.
Only kidding ,there are 6 days(Time Zone Dependent)
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Describe a man who has positively impacted your life.
A man who made me rethink, about how I came over to other people.Perhaps he was a weak acquiescent creature,but he worked towards his goals and showed me how to better achieve mine.
Almost overnight I got things done which I had never been able to do.
We made each other laugh,but in the end he had to protect his corner and I had to move on to pastures new.
The business we were both working in was falling apart and he stayed and I went.
It was the best solution,he was close to retirement and I had options.
So I moved on,but wherever I went I brought the emotional tool kit that he had shown me, with me.I used it to great effect when dealing with people and it consistently worked.
That, with , my natural willingness to improve things wherever I am,definitely made my life a lot more pleasurable.
Namaste Thank you for reading
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Is your life today what you pictured a year ago?
One year ago today , I did not picture my life. I probably had a vague plan to keep everything on track, you know , life’s admin, bills, work , retirement administration, elections and filling in forms or ringing health care services, but a picture ….. No.
Depending how you look at it , looking back either seems an eternity away or just like yesterday. Perhaps it is a picture, perhaps a rosier one that it really was.
In a rear view mirror it’s closer than you think and the clock still keeps ticking away…..
Namaste. Thank you for Reading.
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What skills or lessons have you learned recently?
According to the automatic feedback from my App Duolingo that I use for Spanish.I have improved my ability to speak Spanish
Until recently I could never listen and repeat a sentence without seeing it in writing.
In the last few weeks I have not pressed the”reveal” button and have said the sentence by heart …and by George some of the time I’m successful(well 50%).Up from 0%, so big improvement.
I’m beginning to not be embarrassed by how I sound and indeed am beginning to think in Spanish and manage to include all the words,speak with a rhythm and speed up . Understanding the words and grammar is definitely reinforced speaking.
I also occasionally say my exercises out loud if him indoors is listening to a podcast and I want to practice.This is a new development and puzzles the dog.
Namaste Thank you for reading
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What cities do you want to visit?
Well Jetpack said I’ve answered the prompt and my PC Version of WordPress said I haven’t . So I get a second bite of the Cherry.
I thought I’d be current, as one of the current scandals in British Politics is the recently elected Leader of the Opposition saying that she does not like “Sandwiches” or damp bread, and that she doesn’t believe in stopping for lunch at all in true “Gordon Gekko” style. Apparently she sends out for steak (most likely at tax payers expense as all the Politicians food is subsidised), for her lunch.
Well dear Kemi,
Let me take you by the hand , through the streets of Sandwich City, it will make you change your mind”. (Apologies Ralph McTell)
I do worry sometimes that Politicians on the right lack the feel for the Common man and Woman which is understandable if you are married to an Investment Banker and are Leader of the Conservative Party. You should though think before you eat, because you may have alienated a significant part of the population who otherwise may have supported your megalomaniac ideas about everything else.
Yes, I know balance sheets and profit and loss results are important, but so my dear are working conditions and for those of us without MP expenses, holidays and whatever other benefits Parliament have voted for themselves. The option of ringing out for a steak delivery for most is just not feasible and for a lot is totally repugnant.
Maybe popping out to Marks and Spencers, or a local Independent Delicatessen , both of who are very proud of their “Sandwich Heritage”. Yes, I know , Politicians policies have destroyed the High Street and lots of people work in Industrial Estates where they need food delivered because there aren’t near any shops.
Kemi, look a High street in Sandwich City, buzzing with people , spending their lunch break , chatting , enjoying their own unique choices , vegetarian, sour dough bread , sipping their coffee, rejuvenating themselves for an afternoon of work.
I mean what is the problem, and not just that how about employment and the profits that come from the Companies that make Sandwiches for the masses. The Sandwich Industry makes a contribution to GDP, do you not think that Sandwich making is an art that is useful employment?
You see this pub the “Earl of Sandwich” , it celebrates the gentleman who is said to have invented the Sandwich. Sandwiches have historical merit that a lot of Conservative Party Members would appreciate.
Interestingly enough what John Montagu , “The Fourth Earl of Sandwich ” is known for is incompetence, although this may have been recorded by scurrilous journalists of the period and passed on into history. (a lesson for all politicians) Apparently he was an inveterate gambler and didn’t want to take a break so asked his servants to bring him some meat wedged between two pieces of bread. Thus the Sandwich was invented.
Yes, Kemi, perhaps you can do without the bread, but that isn’t the point.
The workers need a break and they need time and food to regenerate themselves. Work breaks are just that, they are time for refreshments and refreshing yourself.
Oh and I should just mention , it’s not just eating we do during our lunch breaks , we need toilet breaks too.
In Sandwich City, there is the perfect balance of access to refreshments and the time to take them an refresh yourself. What is so bad about that Kemi?
I hope this has been a useful experience for you Kemi and has given you food for thought.
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What cities do you want to visit?
In my dreams I would visit Cities, Towns and Villages that are being torn apart by discontent and worst of all greed and avarice.
I would have a magic powder that I would sprinkle that would bring people back to their senses and make them realise that the future needs to be somewhere where everyone wants to go.
Namaste. Thank you for reading.
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Well what nicer thing could anyone say about you than you turned up and you were there.
You see that is the crux of everything. So I will consult my wondrous AI imager and see what they come up with.
And that for me sums it up, whatever happens be there for people if you can. I know we can’t always be, but we can only try and it is after all what makes the World go around.
My Epitaph.
Namaste and thank you for reading.
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Tell us about your first day at something — school, work, as a parent, etc.
Special Something Three as my post is not completing the loop.
Nice, and now to post…. if this doesn’t work then too bad….
Namaste, my kind and patient friends.
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Tell us about your first day at something — school, work, as a parent, etc.
Ah Special Something , as there can and will be many Special Somethings, I will ask my AI Creature again……
Somewhat different from my first Special Something, but nevertheless quite wonderful. Reminds me of the rolling hills of the dessert , without the dreadful appearance of the Beckham’s in a Landrover Safari in Dubai or indeed worse, whatever could be worse.
Hopefully this answer will be accepted as a post….. here goes.
Namaste. Wonderful people , thank you for reading.
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Tell us about your first day at something — school, work, as a parent, etc.
Ah again Digitally Created Prompter, you are guilty of worshipping the number One!
First, may or may not be the best. Nice so many can remember some of the details of their Special Something.
My Special Somethings sometimes happened on Day One, but then again they may have happened on Day Two, Three or Four, or any other figure that you can think of.
Either way they were Special.
Analogizing Life was bad enough, but Digitisation seems even shallower.
So I turned to AI to maybe capture a picture that summarised ” A Special Something”
AI Created “Special Something” and I love it.
Thank you for reading. Namaste
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