Bob's Blog Page 72
You are reading Page 72 of Bob's Blog/diary/dream/story/journey/novelistic memoir.
He is 87 years old and counting.
He is also very much aware that this blog is of no significance whatsoever -
at the time of writing!
TIDAL STREAM ENERGY
Wait for it!
Thursday 15th October 2026.
9am Saturday 15th October 1966.
Epsom Registry Office.
(Sorry about the tie!)
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10.05pm Friday October 2026.
How do you follow that?
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6.55am Saturday 17th October 2026.
You follow it with a couple of nights 'honeymoon' in a mediocre sea front guest house at Littlehampton of course. Which, for a number of reasons, didn't come up to Marcia's expectations so Bob's approval rating has been on the slide ever since.
The fact that he had just cracked the £1 an hour mark didn't cut any ice either even though he had to drive to Southall in his Riley 1,5 everyday to get it. Driving home with a car full of curry every day didn't cut it either!
'Home' at that time was 37, Cleaveland Road, Surbiton living with Marcia's brother and family as Bob had put down a £50 deposit (asking price £4,750) on 44,Anyards Road, Cobham (site unseen) on their wedding day, but it took a bit longer than a weekend to complete. How was Bob to know?
He also paid £100 for the entire contents of the house and sheds which was a bit of luck as they had nothing. Except 60 years together of course!
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5.07am Monday 19th October 2026.
Thought for the day.
'The business of life is the acquisition of memories. In the end that's all there is.'
Mr Carson of Downton Abbey.
'So what memories can we acquire today?
Zero?
No recollection of what happened yesterday'.
Bob.
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6.12am Tuesday 20th October 2026.
Cost the NHS a packet yesterday. More eye injections for age related macular degeneration plus unexpected laser surgery to both eyes. Hawk like vision restored. Lucky Bob.
A pint of Wellington in The Duke of Guinness on the way back was memorable.
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12.04pm Friday 23rd October 2026.
Working hard at keeping great gran alive and changing the world.
Both virtually impossible.
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6.45am Saturday 24th October 2026.
Don't forget to turn your clocks back an hour tonight.
Great gran threw her clock across the room last night with great accuracy, you might say great grandfather now has time on his mind!
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5.45am (new time) Sunday 25th October 2026.
The reason why great gran throws anything within reach about the room, understandably, is because being trapped in a hospital bed with prison like bars for two and a half years and not being able to do anything without the help of others is enough to drive anybody up the wall. Even great grandfathers skill at solving problems is not a fat lot of good now because his ability to see, hear, walk, talk and think has all but disappeared. And yet, without a doubt you could say, 'we are the lucky ones'.
Click the picture for the history of Kellar.
Between now and Christmas there will only be 'significant' posts.
Watching the wind and tides!
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6.33am Monday 26th October 2026.
Significantly underwhelmed with all of great gran's live in carer's.
9.52pm
If they spent a bit less time on their ******* phones and more on seeing to great gran's needs it might prevent great grandfather tearing his hair out. If he had any.
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3.21am Tuesday 27th October 2026.
For those of you who are following the fortunes of The Robert Jones Concept you will pleased to know that we now have ORE Catapult UK on the case.
'One small step for man, .........................'.
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