Day One: A Leap of Faith.
Well, here i am,ready to take my first steps into the void of such enormous nothing-ness we call "Cyberspace".(How ghastly).Reminds me of Doctor Who and the Cyber Men and that gave me the collywobbles the first time around.(Yes dear reader i AM that old),but as inevitable as death follows life it had to be done sooner or later a bit like "creative writing" at school,yeah like who are they kidding.About the only thing i could "create" was a gaping hole in my imagination followed by one hour of writer's block in an exam lasting(yes you've guessed it) one hour.But i digress(excuse the spelling,i am using a Mac so no Word spell checker but tonnes of creativity).So.... here i am. I suppose one starts at the begining,who am i?.Well... my name is Tim, and i live on the south coast we've got a fantastic water feature here (if Charlie Dimmock is interested),it's called "The English Channel" and as for pebbles,well,need i say more.I think the term bracing sums it up just right,that is if your into that sort of thing.I'd much prefer a real fire,tea and muffins.Far more wholesum don't you think(well i do and that's why i live here)especially at this time of year. Well that's who i am and where i live.I suppose you want to know what my likes etc are,most of these chatty thingy's usually do and it's at this point i throw my hands up in despair and shut my browser down...For some strange reason though,i'll persevere. Trying to tell a complete stranger what you are about is not as easy as it may at first seem.You see,i live my life,just sort of get on with it,like shopping i suppose.One day milk bread and beans,the next,washing powder loo-rools and bleach,life just takes it's own course and who am i to doubt it?.Like Jeff Gouldblum once said "life finds a way".So now you know i like Science Fiction/Monster movies,how's that for a start. Where to go from here,well....when it's cold and sunny i like to be outside but when it's hot and humid,take me indoors and turn on all the fans.I'd like to think i'm like the English weather,warm and changeable(well mostly).I've been told by friends that i'm a bit of a paradox in that i'm up to date with the technological things of today but my way of living and considerations are stuck in some distant past in which i lived in some previous life.You see,i just like "old things".Given the choice between an upto the minute accurate digital clock or a temperature dependant,needs winding every eight days slow ticking clock with real hands,give me the latter.Real waxed wood seventy years old or MDF.Picture this,it's mid December well below zero and there's a power cut because the lines have been blown down in a gale.Where would you rather be?i can't think of anything more relaxing than sitting in an old comfy chair in front of an open fire with a cup of tea whilst watching the world through the window going mad outside and tranquility reigns inside to the sound of crackling wood and a slowly ticking clock. So... if i'm not a bonafidey member of the 21st Century's old codgers club then i'm not sitting here right now typing all this into my computer in my slippers. Be warned reader though,for i am not a grumpy old man,far from it .I have found in this mixture of 19th Century living in a 21st Century arena,happiness you could grow roses in and contentment the likes of which could not be puchased from any online store. You see..i love the age of steam,old mechanical signal boxes with highly polished mahogany and brass interiors,but i also love my automatic electric kettle,it makes a great cup of tea,when required.The automatic electric kettle is very under valued.For instance,when you've had a hard day,a fright,relatioship problems or just nabbed the best bargain from the shops.Nine times out of ten,who do you turn to(no.... not your mother,though she comes a close second),none other than your automatic electric kettle.Why i hear you ask(not literaly of course because i'm probably tucked up in my bed fast asleep by the time you read this).Who else can heat water to the correct temperature so efficiently (without the aid of a thermometer) and let you know it's done with a delicate click,all by itself just for your relaxing,pick me up cuppa.Arthur Dent had the right idea.When all around you is chaos,sit down with a nice cuppa.Who knows perhaps if they had had an automatic electric kettle onboard the Heart of Gold instead of the Nutrimat drinks dispenser things would probably have turned out different,but that's a refreshment of a totally different flavour and for a different time. There's still lots more i could waffle on about but that's all for this time.Please remember dear reader,if you have in any way found any of this waffling in any way entertaining then don't forget to share it with your friends(assuming you don't mind losing a fair number of them).Live your life any way you like but don't forget to enjoy it as well.Conversations
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