Good news. Clarice Corsa passed her MOT and can bimble around the roads for another year. She doesn't go far these days, since I got Taylor (Suzuki) Swift but she's not a bad runner and did Sheffield and back the other week.

Schitts Creek is coming to BBC iPlayer this month. Oh well, we'll just have to watch it and fall in love with it all over again..

Catching up on an episode of The Chase during lunch and there was a question about smoking cessation. Bradley asked the question, with the final words "stopping what?" To which I blurted out "the fags!" Husband, from the other side of the room: "Oh my God, listen to you section 28" 🤣

Much as I like the lyrics to Sting's Englishman in New York I have always puzzled over the idea of liking "my toast done on one side" because I have yet to meet an Englishman who really likes that. I like my toast just right, but certainly not done on one side. Does any English man???

The Corsa is in for its annual service and MOT.

Greyhound Maggie has perched herself on the bed (kindly covering the sheets in dog glitter) while breathing like a steam train 🚂 and chattering her helicopter teeth 🚁 Anyway, good morning folks!

Since when, hundreds of billions of outsourced western investment and trade has poured into and out of China. We witnessed the massacre on our TV screens and rewarded China in the years that followed to make them one of the most powerful nations on earth. That tap is still flowing.

Just migrated my profile to @eurosky.social

A challenge for all the bakers of Bluesky... for a great cause.

Latest reading. Solitude by Terry Waite.

Big shout out to all the volunteers who give so much to our communities: #VolunteersWeek Without question, volunteering is one of the most rewarding things I have done in life.

It will fit, I promise. 😁

Joyful June - Day 2: Say positive things in your conversations with others actionforhappiness.org/joyful-june #JoyfulJune

This just makes me love Quakers even more. I really must try a Quaker meeting. I can cope with an hour of silence or near silence, sitting with and among people who value equality, peace, justice and concern for the world - without lots of preachy dogma.

Good on her! It's getting ridiculous, whenever you go to the theatre or the cinema there are people fiddling on their phones. It's put me off going. Some people don't know how to behave. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Some say it's a celebration, some, a protest, but for me Pride is much more. Growing up in a rather narrow minded town in the 80's/90's I heard every slur about gays. Bullied, abused & deeply closeted, I was scared. Pride gave me hope. Hope for A future. We still need hope. We still need Pride. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I need content like this. ♥️

Samaritans have reported similar data. As a nation, we are going backwards on LGBTQ support. The hostility is having a real and negative impact on LGBTQ mental health.

Another word salad moment in our house when the following comment was made: "I don't think the incestuous laughter really helped" 😬

As it's the start of Pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️month tomorrow, just a friendly reminder to all #LGBTQ folks to be discerning about which events you attend. Do your research and definitely check out the event sponsors. Large Pride events are not always the best as they often take ££ from questionable sponsors.

Been thinking of trying contact lenses again. Used to wear them a number of years ago, but I struggled with dry eyes. Any contact lens wearers with a similar problem and recommendations?

Have to say how nice it is to see more and more guys at ease with their body hair. It was tragic to see so many guys shaving and waxing it all away not so many years ago.

Just completed a health questionnaire for work. Let's see if there is a query again this year for answering zero to the weekly units of alcohol question.

Have you ever seen an owl sneeze? Turn your sound up and enjoy🦉

Listened to Jeremy Corbyn on the Giles Brandreth Rosebud podcast yesterday. Well worth a listen. I rather like the way this podcast helps you to understand how/why politicians chose their path, without delving too much into the merits (or not) of specific policies and campaigns.

Evening conversation with the husband about how some guys balls "disappear" when they are masturbating.

A friend just apologised to me for over sharing and I quickly replied that no apology was necessary. If people are comfortable enough in my presence to share their thoughts and feelings, I consider it an honour and privilege. Never apologise to me for being your authentic self. I value it greatly.

The husband and I have now reached that stage of putting reminders on calendars because we don't trust our memories. That said, you can become a world "leader" these days with serious memory issues, so...

Going to give this a try. Gay and bi guys of a certain age need a podcast that's relevant to them and the issues they are facing/have faced.

“These results open new possibilities for HIV treatment and bring us closer to our goal of finding a cure” – Prof Sarah Fidler of Imperial College London www.attitude.co.uk/news/new-hiv...

Who would have thought it? Gay and bi men having so much public spirit and a belief in the greater good. Unleash the shackles on the LGBTQ community and we will help society thrive.

You Sexy Thing On the radio now for all you sexy things. 😁 Errol Brown had a wonderfully unique voice.

The response to this petition has been a little disappointing, so I am giving it a push. If you are a member of the UK #LGBTQ community and went to school during the years of #section28 you should understand how harmful it was. Pls reskeet. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Speaking to my Dad ☎️: Dad: All of those weeds are coming up along the fence again. Me: Okay, I will take a look at the weekend. Dad: Get some diesel to pour over them, that will kill the fuckers for good! Me: I am not pouring diesel all over your garden. Dad: Well, bleach should do it then.

I may have popped into Aldi for the sole purpose of buying ice cream on my way home from my employee review.

Agree to a certain extent, although young people are at least being educated about the perils of (anti)social media + the online world. Far worse is the influence of generations of adults, who have no idea and use social media to spew out all sorts of ill informed bs. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I have my employee review with my line manager this morning and I am really, really not in the mood. I just want to stay at home, close the blinds and walk around naked. It's too hot for corporate stuff.

Meaningful May - Day 26: Remember an event in your life that was really meaningful actionforhappiness.org/meaningful-may #MeaningfulMay

Apart from a walk early this morning, my day has been taken up reading. A birthday purchase with some book tokens I received. 🙂

Please do not allow yourself to fry in the sun. It's a mistake I made in the past and I now regret it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

On a night shift tonight so I am doing bugger all for the rest of the day.

Only stepped in the shower with my hearing aid still in. What a pillock!

Thought I would pull 7 off this morning

Question. For anyone who wishes to answer: Can you take a compliment? Have to say, I am almost unable to take a compliment. In fact, I seem to be suspicious of them.

Well, I've been in bed for 5 mins (early start tomorrow) and the Greyhound is already snoring her head off at the end of the be. How??? I mean, how is it possible to go from wide awake to snoring in FIVE effing minutes. Dogs!!! 🐕

Little sympathy for supermarkets when they hike prices well above the rate of inflation. Wouldn't mind so much if it was a 1-5p increase every so often, but when a whole range of products increase in price by 50p in the space of a week we're in piss taking territory www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My roster clerk: "Hi Pat, can you work Sunday 31 May?" Considering I have had to shell out for yet another punctured car tyre, I suppose I ought to. Hate Sunday shifts though.

Just finished reading In Memoriam by Alice Winn. Wow! That was a powerful read that will stay with me for a while.

Who are the medics who keep certifying Trump as fit for office? He's clearly very unwell.

A little surprised, although it does say close to Democratic Socialist. I actually thought my replies would put me further to the left.