No you are NOT Alone....

[AndrewT]

Dear Friends,

Another 'Lock Down', more Restrictions on who, and where, we can see our Family- and Friends. Maybe another Month, or more, without a Haircut (just as well I had one a week ago). However, are we 'Alone'? Of Course NOT! We have this Forum, The Whole Internet, The Television...Netflix, Digi- Boxes, Sky, BT, Virgin, EE, Talk Talk, PlusNet, Vodaphone... and I'm sure 'Others' too. Not to mention Thousands of Films- both Old and New. Box Sets, of again, thousands of Series. How many times have you Thought 'If Only I Had a Couple Of Months Off'. So get the Children's Room wallpapered, Fix that Bl--dy Pipe!

Finally 'complete' the Outside Electrics and that Pipework! Empty the Compost Bin- every YEAR, they recommend.... Not 'Once In a Lifetime'. Get Aunt Flo's old Dresser Varnished, so you CAN actually 'use it'. Ian's Bike STILL needs a New Tyre, and Saddle... and 'that' Tilly Lamp, the one you Promised Bob you would Fix Up....

Then there is the Open University Course, you remember? You and Anne were going to 'do', before the Queen's Silver Jubilee (1977). Remember how, you said, 'Making A Straw Donkey' was easy? Now is your chance.

Maybe 'Write A Funny Rhyme, If You Have The Time. It Could Be Full Of Style And Wit, Or Perhaps It Will Be A Pile Of....erm....ah... RUBBISH! Maybe a Story, something you 'Always' wanted to write about. Finish Sowing 'that' Curtain Rail, it's only FOURTEEN years since you Started it!

I may have Exaggerated, for Comic effect, but there Really ARE Dozens of 'Things' to do.... Not least the Washing....

AndrewT