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Posted 25 Jul 2025 at 08:48

My mum is a huge Elvis fan, she visited Graceland on her Elvis pilgrimage a few years back. Whenever I took her car for a service, Elvis was playing and I would switch it off and listen to the radio instead, she would always complain that I'd committed a crime by switching the 'King' off. 

Still all go with the house at the moment, although our builder has had to cry off with 'man-flu' today so plastering is rescheduled for Monday. We've had a couple of kitchen designs and booked in another tomorrow so fingers crossed that we'll have it all done before Christmas. Our skip is only 3/4 full so there's plenty of time for someone to chuck an old mattress in it.

As for the allotment, our neighbour asked us to water their tomatoes while they're away. I whacked my head while getting out of their greenhouse/ polytunnel thingy. I now have a graze on my forehead. One consolation is that by the allotment entrance is a huge plum tree, the plums are a small yellow variety and are delicious! Every time I walk past, I eat a couple. 

We're off to Nor'n Iron again next weekend and as the weather looks a bit iffy, we might do the Bushmills distillery tour this time. I'm not really a whisky drinker but hey.. 'when in Rome' as the saying goes, I'm sure I'll have a Guinness or two (or three).

Cheers all,

Kev.

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Posted 31 Jul 2025 at 11:37

Hi Guys.

Good to see your keeping busy Kev. Hope it all goes to plan especially getting done by Christmas.

I bet your Mum loved Graceland. We came away and actually realised we had needed more time there. We were at the end of a Mississippi Paddle steamer trip up from New Orleans and it was the last part of the trip. But as most people were flying off that day we only had so much time there even though we had added extra days booked in Memphis. Memphis by the way is magic , so much history.

Enjoy Ireland Kev. We’ve never been to Northern Ireland but quite a few times to Eire. Dublin is great plus we have friends that live right on the west coast with views out across the Atlantic. So beautiful. I’d like to see the Bushmills distillery as it’s one of my favourite whisky’s.

I had a cataract operation yesterday and all seems to be going ok. Was a bit painful last night but i managed to sleep. Today easing off and vision already way better than before. Not sure if you guys know but steroid usage will cause cataracts to grow. I didn’t know till i went to the opticians and he told me. He could see that the steroids were the cause. Possibly because of the fast growth.

I’ve just ordered new iPhones for the missus and myself and i really struggled to pull the trigger. I was in a cold sweat 😂. But i had to do it as the battery on mine wouldn't last a day. And the missus always wanted a bigger one anyway as her previous one was a Plus. So her old one will go the Mother in Law.

So I’ll be busy tomorrow setting them up and putting covers and screen protectors on. Then mine will be off to the recyclers.

I’ve been struggling a bit with my breathing lately probably due to my collapsed lungs. But I’ve still not got a referral through yet. So i spoke to my GP and she’s going to chase it up. Not sure what they can do but at least ill know for sure.

Take care guys, keep busy 👍

Phil

 
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