Child Support Forms

Just sharing something received from a friend….

The following are all replies that Manchester women have written on Child Support Agency Forms in the section for listing “father’s details;” or putting it another way…. Who’s your Daddy?

These are genuine excerpts from the forms and exhibit sometimes startling sincerity. 🙂 Continue reading “Child Support Forms”

Black and white: A Christmas Story

“Sorry, Old Girl” said the Major, as his wife glared at him over the top of her reading glasses. It’s true though, he thought to himself. The seasonal covering of snow made them easier to spot, they stood out like sore thumbs. She was glad when it thawed but there was more on the way. The Major always loved snow on Christmas Day. On his short walk to the doctor’s surgery he had spotted three of them. They are taking over, can’t move a bloody inch without falling over one. Send them all back home where they belong. Can’t be doing with this he thought; they’ll be breeding like rabbits and taking over the country.

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What I did in Paris – 1984 Part 1

I am now in severe displacement mode as I watch the clock tick away the seconds until the first ball is bowled at the Gabba.

So, to while the time away, I’ve been thinking about  great sporting events at which I have been present. For some reason, I’m  remembering 1984 and Heart of Midlothian’s first excursion into Europe for many a long year.  We were drawn against Paris St Germain, playing them away in the first leg and I was not going to miss a chance to visit one of the most magical cities in the world for yet another time. Continue reading “What I did in Paris – 1984 Part 1”