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I'm sure everybody suffers these times, it's like writers block. The final blow comes in old age. At sixty you can pursue any hobby with time to excel At seventy if you have managed to avoid dementia or stroke, the urge to do things slows down, competition is for golfers. At eighty planning...

The huge municipal housing stock has been lost to Right to Buy. Bought for a song and taken over by the children. I feel sorry for young people today. Us old people's greed has pushed prices and rent through the roof.

I am 87 and sitting in St Peters waiting room still attending annual check ups. The daft part I still adhere to the low fat advice. It should be the time to go calorie crazy. I saw a piece of useful advice which is too late for me: At 75 go all out to become an alcoholic because there's not...

All the American Gallo wines are like nectar

It's a sad situation. Individually we have no power or interest in making any meaningful change,(it's the other guy who should cut back.) We complain about China's huge pollution output, which is because they produce everything for the western world. Years ago governments should have been...

The accused is dead and a dead man cannot face trial. We saw the huge Jimmy Saville horror unfold to a pointless conclusion. Fortunately there are more child abusers being brought to book now. When you think that two generations ago fathers and grandfathers sexually abused their children and...

M&S £25. Thousands of years ago my mother bought me an Omega for my 21st. Still got it but the time keeping is rubbish compared with my M&S chronometer.

Why not tenderise and eat politicians?

Being ancient dentists just extracted and for a lifetime I have chewed on one side. I he decided to have dentures to fill the gaps. Colossal price and they will only serve for a short time before the appointment at the crematorium but what the hell.

Joining good writing group that criticises work is a leveller. I ran a writing group for many years. We managed to get a lottery grant and employed professional writers to instruct us. One or two were OK, the rest were repetitive and a waste of money. In Britain it appears that signing up to a...

Do you remember when the Chinese people were all forced to dress the same and we said they were brainwashed and controlled. Now peer pressure ensures that ours follow the leader. It could be argued that repetitive advertising is brainwashing and mentally damaging. Perhaps we should try...

A few years ago in Paris a man openly relieved himself outside the Louvre.

It's awful that knife crime is so bad. The only small consolation is that most of it involves gangs who are willing participants. where it is a tragedy is when innocent people are hurt.

It must be worrying for government to realise that instant communication means riots and social unrest can spread nationwide within minutes. As for social media like Facebook etc, that comes down to self discipline; just keep clear. We are architects of our own demise. If we didn't shop online...

I suspect comfort eating is due to stress people are under. Ridiculous rents, the impossible task of getting on the housing ladder, insecurity at work. Having to do four jobs to survive. Government couldn't give a ++++Alcohol is piled high in supermarkets at low prices. Greggs are queued from...

We contributed £200 to the original tsunami only to find out that hotel developers were creaming of the cash and the fishermen were just forgotten or moved aside. It makes you very sceptical, even cynical.

Hi! First time here. Look forward to the debates. I am of an age that reduces long term planning to weeks rather than years but I love life. The grim reaper occasionally comes into view and up to now I have managed to hide.