OK, so here’s another silly meme I picked up the other day on Facebook, for no other reason than I have 5 minutes to waste. No-one gets tagged, just join in if you want to.

?  Marriages: 1
?  Divorces: 0
?‍?  Children: 0 (from choice)
?  Grandchildren: Not possible!
?  Pets right now: 3 cats: Tilly (5), Rosie (2), Boy (1)
??‍⚕️  Surgeries: at least 6
✒  Tattoo: 0
??  Piercings: 1
✋?  Quit a job: Yes
?  Been to an Island: Yes
?  What do You drive: My wife nuts
✈️  Flown on a plane: Yes
?  Best Vacation: Harz Mountains
?  Favourite Drink: Adnams Ghost Ship or Adnams Dry Hopped Lager
?  Rode in ambulance: Yes
?  Sang karaoke: Not likely!
❄  Ice skating: No chance!
?  Been surfing: Again, not a chance!
?  Been on a Cruise: I hate the very idea
?  Rode on a motorcycle: Scooter yes, motorbike no
?  Own a motorcycle: No
?  Rode on a horse? Yes
?  Almost died: No, I’m still here to annoy you
?  Stayed in a hospital: Yes
?  Favourite fruit: Grapefruit
?  Favourite day: Possibly Saturday
?  Favourite colour: Depends on my mood
?  Last phone call: Tom
?  Last text: Received: my bank; Sent: John B
?  Watched someone die: No
?️  Coffee or Tea: Tea, strong, preferably Earl Grey
?  Favourite pie: English pork pie
?  Pizza: Yes
?  Cats or Dogs: Always cats
?  Favourite Season: Spring/early Summer
☘️  Favourite holiday: quiet non-commercialised seaside

Ten Things this month takes a brief look at where the money goes.

Ten Things I’ve Bought in the Last Month:

1. Top hat
2. Bacon sandwich
3. Army regiment cap badge
4. 18 bottles of wine
5. Sausages
6. Pelargoniums
7. Peach Schnapps
8. Indian restaurant lunch
9. Petrol
10. Train tickets

Another meme, courtesy AJB on Facebook. It’s almost inevitably a variant on previous ones but is about the height of my abilities today.

1. What was the last thing you put in your mouth? Toothbrush, toothpaste, water.
2. Do you sleep naked? Of course. Why would anyone not? It’s just so much more comfortable, even in winter.
3. Worst physical pain in your life? Post-knee replacement.
4. Worst emotional pain of your life? Break-up with my first long-term girlfriend.
5. Favourite place you have ever been? Probably Dungeness.
6. How late did you stay up last night? I crashed about 11pm.
7. If you could move somewhere else, where would it be? Lots of contenders outside London: Dungeness, Rye, Lyme Regis, Norwich.

Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage, Dungeness [© KCM]
8. Which of your Facebook friends lives the closest? Noreen – she’s less than 10 feet away!
9. When was the last time you cried? Probably last year?
10. Who took your profile picture? Me.
11. What’s your favourite season? Late-spring/early-summer.
12. If you could have any career what would it be? Dilettante researcher, looking at whatever I feel like and being paid handsomely for doing it.
13. What was the last book you read? I’ve several books in progress, but the last one I finished was Gesshin Claire Greenwood, Bow First, Ask Questions Later. Here’s my review.
14. If you could talk to anyone right now, who would it be? My mother.
15. Are you a good influence? I do hope not.
16. Does pineapple belong on a pizza? No, and neither does peach, or chicken.
17. You have the remote, what show will you be watching? Nothing.
18. Two people who you think will play? I hope no-one is so stupid.
19. Last concert you went to? It’s so long ago I don’t have a clue.
20. Favourite type of food? Lots of contenders, but I’ll go for curry.