Gary Strachan – "Write" Said Fred
Whimsical observations from deep within an erratic mind
This weekend, there’s a lot being said on social media about the end of British Summer Time (BST) and the subsequent hour gained. Don’t get me wrong I’m not adverse to this, but I find the extra time I get is spent changing the chuffing clocks and watches back an hour! When BST was first... Continue Reading →
Twelve years ago today, the supersonic aircraft Concorde said an emotional farewell, when it flew its final commercial flight. The iconic aeroplane's journey from New York to London, which landed at Heathrow airport at 4.05 pm, was laden with celebrities and the bloke who looked after the dartboard on quiz show Bullseye!. The immediately identifiable... Continue Reading →
1970’s American kid’s comedy shows are well represented today when it comes to birthdays. Both Happy Days actress Erin Moran and Mork and Mindy star Pam Dawber celebrate the day of their birth, along with Ralph Malph’s freckles which are 50 today. Erin Moran who played Joanie Cunningham is 55 today, whilst Pam Dawber who... Continue Reading →
Thankfully there is no hospital visit for Karen today. It’s probably as well as my capricious nature has decreed that today I’m going be a right misery arse! My melancholy baffles me, as I can’t fathom out what the trigger was to this lowering of mood. Was it my ritual broken slumber, the dog stealing... Continue Reading →
Today's offering is my 150th blog, which I wrote whilst sitting in the waiting room of the oncology unit at St James Hospital, in Leeds.. Karen was sat opposite awaiting her monthly blood test to confirm her tumours remain stable; in addition to biding her time for the regular consultation with her oncologist. She perched... Continue Reading →
Twenty eight years ago today, a major sonar search for the Loch Ness monster was ceased. Operation Deepscan involved a flotilla of twenty four boats, using over £1 million of sonar equipment, to scan the loch searching for the legendary monster. The legend of the monster dates back to the 6th century but it was... Continue Reading →
On this day in 1631 the Saxon army occupied Prague. Military historians chronicle the incursion as days of unacceptable debauched behaviour by hundreds of Saxon males. They record the invaders caused carnage in their wake, as they swarmed around the historic European city like ants in a place where there's loads of ants. It is... Continue Reading →
