Cantankerousness
Remember that song... "Nobody Knows What Goes On Behind Closed Doors"? Well, it's often true. Outside the home, people might appear to be all sweetness and light but inside, after they have taken off their masks, they may show a darker side of themselves. As regular readers will recall, my old friend Bert has had a hell of a year since breaking his hip and spending a month in hospital. He is now pretty much housebound and still sleeps downstairs in his front room because he cannot negotiate the steep staircase. Bert used to be a much-loved regular in "The Banner Cross Hotel". He had a sunny disposition and never complained about his lot in life. Everybody liked him from the youngest drinkers to the oldest - though none were older than him. Sometimes when he walked in, other drinkers would chant "Bert! Bert! Bert!" which slightly annoyed him if the truth be known but he never complained. See him now sitting sideways on to his TV set which is always...