Minnie’s Musings
Random ramblings of a middle aged, middle class, middle income woman
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After being deposited at Cornwall station – which was so empty it had all the atmosphere of a remote outpost in the American West. If it hadn’t been for the nearby houses one would have expected tumble weed to roll across the tracks. I am talking about atmosphere here, not environment. Our train tickets were…
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From the bed to the sofa. From The Archers to A Place in the Sun. Then one remembered that one has run out of milk and one needs something for supper. So one has now moved to high street, bought essentials and collapsed in local cafe after exertions. One is exhausted after a wonderful day…
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As previously discussed ad nauseam, reaction to the news can be a mixed bag. After all the reports on the synagogue attack and the new plan for peace in Gaza, the thing that made me gasp out loud was the death in a car crash of that young man who has just been released from…
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I say with the deep understatement we Brita are known for. Sooner or later someone would attack a synagogue (again). People are killed and wounded. Condolences and prayers are offered. There are calls for unity. And then it starts. The demand to tone down anti-Israeli rhetoric, the debates on whether a Palestine Action march should…
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As I write this I am peddling away on one of those armchair type bike things in our local gym. Yes, I am taking exercise and it doesn’t involve traipsing through the drizzle in the hope of a hot cup of tea at some strategically located establishment half way through walk. And I have just…
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Apart from a joint history shared with those of European descent and a shared common-ish language there are many cultural differences between ourselves and our cousins across The Pond. And while some differences are gaping chasms (gun control, abortion rights, religion in politics) others are way more subtle. Americans – legendarily – do not doff…
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The problem with long running conflicts and acrimonious international relations – for which read The Congo, Sudan, India/Pakistan etc – is that you eventually become immune to the images. They have to rise to a new catastrophic level to register. Therefore when – many moons ago – we woke up to starvation in Ethiopia, it…
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She would kill me if she finds out I am posting this… but Whizz Kid has been outed. Hurrah! No, not that kind of ‘outed’. Her new work colleagues have discovered that she is really good at Maths. She can do sums in her head at lightning speed. Well perhaps not lighting. But bloody quick.…
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FFS That idiot is going to cause the deaths and disablement of children with his unfounded claims relating to paracetamol and regurgitation of unfounded claims about vaccines. More damage can be done to a foetus by a fever that can be brought under control by paracetamol than by a pain killer that we regularly dose…
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Before I got waylaid by fond memories of a sunny stroll… was I wonder whom Donald Trump heard using the phrase, “I am very disappointed in…”. Perhaps his much lauded mother in her Hebridean brogue. Speaking of familiar phrases. I am now never going to say “Yum, yum” again, thanks to the Dark Prince. Yucky,…
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