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None of us is perfect and I’m sure that the Archbishop would agree with me on that point. He is an imperfect human being - no better in God’s sight than anyone else. Speaking for myself, I am only too aware how much I fall short of what God would have me be.... I don’t even come up to my own standards sometimes! But I am a work in progress.... I’d just like to add that being a Christian does not mean (contrary to popular opinion) following a set of ‘Christian principles’ to make ourselves good enough. (Although a Christian will naturally want to love and care for other peop

When I was about 5 the young lady next door (much more wordly-wise and mature at 6) invited me to a picnic on her front lawn. Her mum made us boiled egg sandwiches with Heinz salad cream and I thought they were the best thing I’d ever tasted. I fell in love immediately - with the sandwiches. Still love them to this day.

My School Librarian friend was happy to retire, she’s 61 and has worked for 40 years. She has been persuaded to stay on, the job she will now be doing could be done by a genuine unemployed person.

I'm told (because it was before I was born) that my sister used to pinch slices of bread from the kitchen, take them outside and make soil sandwiches! She also kept a shoebox full of worms. This was the 12 year old girl who said to me on my 5th birthday, "I can remember the day you were born. I thought you'd be older than me". You can choose your friends!

And just to add to everyone's tales of outside toilets !! We lived in a regular terrace house from mid 1960's that had at one time like all others have an outside toilet just at the end of the kitchen outside wall. However, by the time my Parents rented it the toilet pan had been 'turned around' to face the other way, original doorway bricked up and another door had been knocked through from the end of the kitchen..so it then became classed 'with indoor toilet'. Amazingly, there was no bathroom at all or space for one and the only heating was a coal fire in the middle room. We on

We had a pork pie making competition at our local some years ago. I put in a Pork Farms pie and won. Sadly I had to confess.

It's very low humidity here (most of the time) so chillies ripen and mature perfectly. As for grinding them, we also use a coffee mill for small amounts - I meant to say that although liquidiser slipped on to the keyboard - same mode of action though. The wife of one of the vintners in the village here who makes a chilli conserve (with my chillies) and we get a few pots in payment. As far as I know, it's just chillies and sugar bashed up together.

I would be confident that Welby and Jenkins are absolutely sincere about their ethical teachings and leadership. Wether there is a God or not is only important to the individual.

A bit like people here don't know how to maneuver a traffic island.

Yes Margie I had to do some menial jobs too when studying hairdressing , that goes with a lot of jobs. I had to clean and disinfect and sterilize equipment and the solution for sterilizing affected my eyes it was so strong . But it was an important part of my training and to this day when I do something that I did in those long gone days I remember to do them the correct way. I think in this day and age we have to be prepared for anything and be humble if things go pear shape. i know someone has to do these menial but important jobs and I doubt whether the unemployed at this moment are ev

It's half way up Castle Gate, looking down towards M & S on Albert Street. Roughly here-ish. https://goo.gl/maps/9LyJpWq6Eq3pdnZGA Surprisingly, many of the buildings have survived.

But menial jobs are now some of the most important. Keeping things clean is essential to keep this horrible virus at bay. Our eldest son had very good qualifications and a brilliant high paid job but, after being made redundant, he now drives a food delivery van for Sainsbury's. No skills are involved but what he does is an essential service nowadays .... (and strangely, he says he enjoys it as he has no responsibilities, no long commute to London and he does seem much more relaxed.... even coping OK with much less money) When I was nursing many many moons ago, we nurses we

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A friend of mine is a school librarian at a large Notts Comprehensive School. She has worked for only half a day since lockdown although the school has been open for children of essential workers throughout the Summer Term. She has now been advised, without any discussion, that from the start of the Autumn Term she will no longer be a Librarian but instead a teaching assistant for Special Needs children. The Library is to be used as an extra classroom, allowing for the necessary social distancing. She's given them a month's notice as she is not trained to be a teacher. They've twiste

My Parents shake salt over every meal before they have even tasted a bit of it, salad is the worst - its go to be 40% salt by the time they're finished. And then they have the audacity to say..it adds flavour. No, it adds SALT. My blood boils. There's never any interest in say Pesto, Horseradish, Speciality Pepper, Herbs etc etc. even when out on table. Is it something to do with age or being a smoker ?? Our Sunday dinner when kids in the 60's had a ton of salt added to every cooking pan - no wonder I cant touch salt now ( well except on a few chips, but i also add pepper was well-