Tag: Dime Store Wisdom

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I’ve had a very fortunate life, so I have very little wisdom to impart on luck. And so many good things I’ve experienced were through no particular personal merit. So I was struggling for ideas – nothing but boring good luck. Until my Mum’s 88th birthday, on Monday. Sitting at her table, talking with Mum, Dad […]

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When my oldest daughter was about 5, when asked what I did she would say, “My Dad’s a fixer-man”. She has always been a smart girl. I’ve been a maintenance man all my career, because I love it. There are few better feelings than bringing back to life something that’s broken, or to properly maintain […]

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(No, this isn’t another breadmaking anecdote.) My non-existent classical education makes waxing philosophical dangerous, because someone has always said it before, better – feel free to send me such links in the comments, and I will feel suitably abashed. But, unless you REALLY want to hear the story of my colossally expensive but entirely useless washdown […]

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After signing up for this month’s sock rally, I immediately began racking my brain for topics. My first thought was that no one wants to hear my sob stories; that I should focus on something more useful to people in general. But this might be one time it’s actually good to be self-referential. Love requires […]

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