HOUSEHOLD TIPS NOT FOUND IN WOMAN'S WEEKLY

[Marilyn]

I looked it up on Google. There is such a thing as social differences! ( age, income, religion, gender, upbringing etc).But I wondered what you were getting at...

[Cathy]

If you ignore the unthinking people who don’t give you the 1.5metres of social distance, they just carry-on being unthinking. Just say 1.5 to them.

And yes, say thank you to those that do the right thing.

[Marilyn]

Yes...we are all learning how to be more polite...

[Whyperion]

The level of dog hair slowly recedes! I was right about the main source of the dirt being Jack.
So today's tip is that if you are considering becoming a dog owner, carefully consider how you will handle the mess!

Same applies to cats. Two go out, which with the visting cat is making the rear lawn, rather much of an obsticle course to get around, I hope the fertiliser will add to it and improve the grass in due course. Its in Lancashire so plenty of rain on it anyway. But cat hair on the carpet - (which is of course made of sheep hair).

[Stanley]

Some of us never forgot about politeness..... The young have yet to learn in may cases.
Never forget that we are never far from animal companions, rats and mice. I saw this one on the back street yesterday sunning itself.

[plaques]

Some of us never forgot about politeness..... The young have yet to learn in may cases.

There are some very polite young people. Yesterday when we were leaving the restaurant a group of young lads were also on the move. One of them spotted us leaving and asked the others to make way for us. They moved instantly full of apologies. Nice.

[Cathy]

That’s good to hear Plaques.

Hope it wasn’t just a case of ‘age before beauty’... sorry, couldn’t resist

[Tizer]

The bigger problem we find is cyclists, even old ones who should know better, who think they have more right to be on the footpath than we pedestrians do. I can see a problem starting with `footpath rage' once the electric scooters get going. We'll have to have a campaign for pedestrians to take back our footpaths!

[Stanley]

"There are some very polite young people."
I have found that also Ken, I make a point of thanking them for it. A lot of people, particularly young ladies and schoolgirls, smile at me for some reason, I thank them as well! The world runs better if people are nice to each other. An old-fashioned concept but it works.

[Tripps]

Most people are nice - it's just that the nasty ones get all the headlines.

[Stanley]

That's true David. The ones that aren't stand out don't they.
Thinking about defence mechanisms against Covid I reflected that working on 'worst case' scenario is seen by some as being pessimistic. This brought to mind an old saying "There a bold pilots and old pilots but there are no old bold pilots".

[Tripps]

"There a bold pilots and old pilots but there are no old bold pilots".

That reminds me of another one -

"I'd rather be down here wishing I was up there, than up there wishing I was down here"

[Tizer]

Captain Eric `Winkle' Brown survived test piloting hundreds of different types of aircraft and he put it down simply to being very careful.

[Stanley]

I can think of many occasions in my life when I have been laughed at for 'Being too careful'. It never bothered me, I knew I was right. On the rare occasions when I forgot this precept I often paid for it. If I didn't I counted myself as lucky. Today's tip is 'Trusting to Luck' is never the best plan!

[PanBiker]

Interviews that I have heard with lots of WWII surviving fighter pilots (when they were alive), many of them "Aces" had one common denominator that I picked out. They all admitted to being scared to death before every mission, this feeling subsided once in the air as they were committed but many said that the fear and adrenalin rush that it created was what kept them alive. All the fearless ones were the ones that didn't generally survive.

[Tizer]

`Stay away from the idiots' is another example of `being careful' paying off. Have you noticed that the word `covidiot' has crept into our language very quickly and is being used to describe those people on the Zanthe flight who wouldn't wear masks and have put themselves and lots of others in isolation (although I doubt covidiots will observe isolation rules).

Panbikers post reminded me that Winkle Brown admitted that he did have something else that helped him survive - he was a `shorty' (hence the Winkle nickname). It was easier for him to extricate himself from the cockpit when baling out and when the ejector seat was introduced his head was further away from the canopy.

[Stanley]

Lovely posts....
Today's tip. One of my personal survival strategies is to take note of wind direction and always pass to windward of people especially if you can't get distance. I hold my breath temporarily as well. I have done that for years if exposed to exhaust fumes when crossing behind a motor vehicle. Over-cautions? Perhaps but it can't do any harm!
I always remember watching a Horizon programme on TV which dealt with the cloud of minute particles we all shed as we move around, dead skin cells etc. Imagine that in a confined space like an aeroplane cabin or a crowded bar.

[Big Kev]

`Stay away from the idiots' is another example of `being careful' paying off. Have you noticed that the word `covidiot' has crept into our language very quickly and is being used to describe those people on the Zanthe flight who wouldn't wear masks and have put themselves and lots of others in isolation (although I doubt covidiots will observe isolation rules).

Rat Lickers is another phrase creeping in.
Urban Dictionary

[Stanley]

Whatever next?

[PanBiker]

A good analogy in my view.

[Tripps]

I noticed Kev used the phrase a few day ago. Unusually I didn't look it up. Thanks for the link.

[Stanley]

When I was younger I used to fight against circumstances if I didn't like them. Now I just let them wash over me. I've always liked the analogy of the half tide rock. It gets the full force of the sea but when the tide turns it is still there, unchanged and unharmed. Worth thinking about in relation to present circumstances.

[Stanley]

As Susan cleaned the cupboard doors in the kitchen yesterday I asked her if she was starting to get worried about me turning into a smelly old man. She said no, on the contrary she was really proud of the way I looked after myself and the house, apart from my other activities and that when she suggested improvements (like the new net curtain in the bedroom) it was more for her own peace of mind. And that apart from the other things I do like make steam engines.
If you get input like that, bask in it and enjoy, it's as good as it gets!

[Cathy]

Any progress on your new decor bits and pieces yet Stanley?

[Stanley]

The only 'new decor' I am aware of is a new net curtain in my bedroom. That's done Cathy. I can live with the rest of the deterioration. Not a lot of point spending scarce money when I shall be dying at some point in the not too distant future!