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Maya Angelou once said “ I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you Made them feel” I like this quote…..and I was reminded of it this week after learning of the death of Barry Cryer. For those that don’t know Barry Cryer was a comedian, writer, celebrity panelist and performer.  His career spanned 70 years and almost universally his peers have eulogised the same things about him as a person. He was warm, and generous and funny and he made them feel good. I saw Cryer perform live twice . Both times in the famous Radio 4 I’m sorry I Haven’t A Clue. The first time was in Sheffield in the early 1990s. The second in Llandudno a couple of years ago. Both times I was struck with just how joyous and generous and warm he was.  Warm people are so attractive, they suck you towards them like lights do to moths and they seem to warm the soul somehow Cryer seemed such a man It would be nice to be r...

Throughout this ghastly pandemic, I have been following associated statistics with the aid of a respected reference  website called "Worldometer". Figures are updated every day. Digesting the numbers, I have often wondered how different countries gather their data. Even in developed western democracies there is no internationally agreed common method  so that some countries may be over zealous in their calculations while others are rather lax. Great Britain and Northern Ireland have the worst COVID death count in Europe  - 155,317 dead as I write but this small country has a very large population at just under 68.5 million so a simple death tally doesn't give the full picture.  To get that I think you need to look at deaths per million. Britain's current figure is 2,269 deaths per million. However, there are eighteen other European countries with worse figures and the worst of all is Bulgaria with 4,819 deaths per million - more than double Britain's rate. Ot...

 Dreaming of dancing In a field of flowers My heart is set On spring In the middle Of winter Happy Friday Stay warm And safe My friends from R's rue https://ift.tt/3u2nBWy

  I have a week off in March and have just explored the possibility of taking the girls with me on a mini break. Ive decided to return to Sheffield again, but instead of a city centre hotel I’ve trolled the accommodation available over a few days midweek and have booked a small cottage not far from my old house in Hillsborough. Taking the girls with me takes away the need to rush home after seeing friends in the city. It also opens up different activities, such as a walk in the peaks and that return trip to Chatsworth House which was so sadly cancelled just before Christmas.  No rushing home means more old mates can be caught up with . I’ve not used Airbnb before and on the surface it looks excellent value for money as long as you are careful and spend your time homing your searches….. I almost booked one place which looked quaint only to read in the reviews that a whole forest of pubic hairs had been found in the bedding …… from Going Gently https://ift.tt/3AGYt9d ...