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RELIVING THE RAJ

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We sat in our garden – that’s Our Gert and me

And took home-made tiffin with cups of black tea;

The sun barely showed – a bright haze at the most

But its heat was pervading and cloying and close;

The breeze did its best to bring cooling chill

But the leaves on the cherries stayed stubbornly still.

A day to enjoy though the prospect might irk

Those who are younger and all out at work.

And so quite replete from imperial nutrition

We surrendered at last and assumed the position;

We set the recliners to their full repose

I pulled down my cap and I started to doze

It seemed like a minute or two (but no more)

When all of a sudden it’s turned half past four;

Not long to The Chase but just time that we

Take some more tiffin with cups of black tea.

◄ STORMY DANIELS

THE SAGA OF LEV YASHIN'S BED ►

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John Coopey

Sat 2nd Jun 2018 08:18

I’d never noticed the time issue on The Chase and would have thought the producers would actually want the contestants to win. It would be very cheap money if it encouraged more viewers, hence a bigger pool of customers for advertisers hence the scope for the tv company to charge advertisers more.

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 1st Jun 2018 20:44

Enjoyed the "laid back" feel of this blog.
Did you set your "Chase" watching time by the clock that
dissatisfied followers of that show insist runs too fast/slow at
certain cash-risk times?! ?

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John Coopey

Fri 1st Jun 2018 17:33

Did it this afternoon, Brian.

<Deleted User> (18980)

Fri 1st Jun 2018 16:44

Love it John...a true depiction of retirement. Not sure about black tea though...sounds like something Johnny Foreigner would do!

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