tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50513018358161795582024-03-05T20:55:21.469+00:00And - Who Careswhat the answer is? If the answer is '42' then what is the Question? Confused? So Am I!Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.comBlogger401125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-22626411634881608302012-09-13T12:10:00.003+01:002012-09-13T12:51:04.875+01:00Save Our SidmouthSave Our Sidmouth campaign - read about it here: http://saveoursidmouth.com/ and the link here for the Sid Vale Assoc. http://www.sidvaleassociation.org.uk/
Also I seem to remember the Sidmouth Herald reported a few weeks ago that the local aurthority East Devon District Council were conveniently unable to find any papers that showed the Knowle had been given to the local Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-15042346718244784032011-06-12T16:52:00.002+01:002011-06-12T16:54:21.416+01:00The Wish to be Eight AgainOh - To be eight again!
A man was sitting on the edge of the bed, watching his wife who was looking at herself in the mirror. Since her birthday was not far off he asked what she'd like to have for her birthday. 'I'd like to be eight again', she replied, still looking in the mirror.
On the morning of her Birthday, he arose early, made her a nice big bowl of Coco Pops, and Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-71931013983140959672011-03-29T17:35:00.000+01:002011-03-29T17:35:40.677+01:00How Not to Respond to CriticismIt all started with a Tweet from @MandyPandy. I went to look at the suggested link and found myself on Big Als Books & Pals Blog . I found the comments so funny I couldn't resist moving on over to Jacqueline Howett's Blog.
I'm not going to make any comments. I'll leave you to judge for yourself.
If you don't want to visit her Blog but are interested in her book, here Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-8481809179928774962011-01-01T12:14:00.000+00:002011-01-01T12:13:42.361+00:00Strange Bird Feeding?!Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-44574373056287179202010-12-29T16:37:00.000+00:002010-12-29T16:37:20.926+00:00Yes Yes YesSorry this wasn't a trick question. I'd tried to send a post from my iPhone but it arrived as unreadable rubbish so I pulled it immediately. But now having just visited Retired & Crazy I see a trace of it's still there on her blogroll. How embarrassing.Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-23352943247028059432010-12-20T09:40:00.001+00:002010-12-20T09:40:47.919+00:00Winter WonderlandPenny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-57274286795246441642010-12-17T09:55:00.001+00:002010-12-17T09:55:08.772+00:00It's MagicPenny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-81647935598731724612010-12-12T20:15:00.000+00:002010-12-12T20:16:16.386+00:00Four Pleasant Pheasants FeedingPenny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-51588536621312780532010-11-14T15:27:00.001+00:002010-11-14T15:27:10.909+00:00Save British Greenwich Mean TimeSave our British Greenwich Mean Time sign the petition now: http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1329444/Join-campaign-Greenwich-Mean-Time.htmlSent from my iPhonePenny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-29189843154410391142010-11-02T21:43:00.001+00:002010-11-02T21:43:27.889+00:00Brushes PaintingAnything David Hockney can do; I can do too. Using iPhone app Brushes.Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-64847644690577581932010-11-02T17:02:00.001+00:002010-11-02T17:02:08.194+00:00And just as I sit awhile to take in the view these folk stroll by and stand to gossip right in front of me. Why not lean on the fence somewhere else!Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-87777596705276265042010-11-02T16:55:00.001+00:002010-11-02T16:55:07.808+00:00Jacob's Ladder beach Sidmouth, late October.Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-31443705386361350882010-08-20T16:11:00.001+01:002010-08-20T16:12:37.559+01:00TechnoLadyI've acquired a new desktop PC. A smart looking 'AllinOne' that takes up less space. With the bonus of less cabling. No tangle of wires to acquire and trap dust in inaccessible places. Bliss.
I'm in the middle of setting it up. Transferring files; documents; Family history research; various address books; login details and&Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-4101564886038918342010-08-01T17:21:00.004+01:002010-08-01T17:30:36.953+01:00BT WiFi Hotspots - Are You Providing One of BT's Free Links??Is everybody aware that 'BT Fon' the exciting community of WiFi hotspots means sharing your home router with anyone who wants to sit or park outside your house to surf the web on their laptop?
I can see that in a large town or city this may be perfectly acceptable. However, in a small rural community where the only cars that park outside your house are visiting you then I feel this is Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-42536563077422546252010-07-16T15:08:00.001+01:002010-07-16T15:10:54.135+01:00Don't Miss This . . .Don't miss out on this new blog about Mutley - thanks to Kate.Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-38609091278268712642010-06-14T15:11:00.016+01:002010-06-19T18:26:11.143+01:00I've been tagged . . .I've been tagged by monalisa 1. Which holiday destination have you revisited again and again? Devon - which is why I'm so pleased to be living in East Devon, near Sidmouth.2. Why did you start a blog? I was depressed with 'no fun' in my life. I could no longer share my thoughts with MyMan as he was ill, in pain and severely depressed. http://sidmouth-town.blogspot.com/2007/03/Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-63701605278047251082010-06-02T21:56:00.004+01:002010-07-16T15:13:24.641+01:00Mutley the Dog . . .Mutley the Dog - such shocking sad news recently from Merryweather.And how I wish I had the words to express what I feel. But then I believe that Wife in the North has already done this for me . .Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-88269110588190472622010-05-16T16:45:00.001+01:002010-05-16T16:48:16.872+01:00Tattoed LadyIf you want to read about my Tattoo then head on over to here - it's not for the squeamish of you . . .Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-84051222930451366942010-05-15T16:44:00.003+01:002010-05-15T16:50:54.429+01:00Let's Have Ed Milliband for LeaderI've just left the following comment on this website: if you agree then go on over and let your views be known."I recently left a comment on “Wife in the North” Blog that I felt Ed Milliband would be the best Labour leader by far. I feel he ‘connects’, speaks normally, naturally and lucidly.However, having just seen his opening speech of the campaign I’m VERY disappointed to see him using lots ofPenny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-89551548737305062842010-05-11T21:40:00.002+01:002010-05-11T21:47:33.142+01:00Somewhere Over the RainbowWell at last Gordon Brown and Labour/New Labour have left the stage.As Cameron arrived at Buckingham Palace to form a new Government there was a rainbow in the sky. The Sky cameraman filmed it but no one remarked on it. I felt it was a sign. I just hope it was a good one.I haven't been impressed by the way the Lib Dems have handled these coalition negotiations. I feel rather let down by Nick Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-14041506187598881532010-04-11T17:32:00.008+01:002010-04-11T18:03:28.948+01:00Gordon Brown's ExperienceI know that Gordon Brown keeps telling us how he has the experience of getting us out of the financial mess he created. He may be right.But let us remind ourselves a little of just how much he has mismanaged the country's finances in the last 13 years.Removed £5bn tax incentives from pensions and at one stroke ruined our country's previously much admired pension system within a very short time Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-55561554090540735072010-04-11T17:28:00.005+01:002010-04-11T18:20:33.283+01:00Secret Ballot?If - as we are always told - we have a secret ballot then why does the clerk cross reference our electoral roll number on the counterfoil of our numbered ballot paper?I'm trying to make a one woman stand against this creepy version of a secret vote. I'm going to go in claim my ballot paper then persuade everyone else behind me in the queue that we should all swap papers around before we vote. Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-3370801437522555682010-04-11T17:10:00.003+01:002010-04-11T17:15:17.893+01:00When The Earth Moved . . .Look at that . . . it's still going .... WoW - look at this, , it's still going . . . look at this it's still going ... it's still moving . . .A man of few words ..... when the earth moved in CaliforniaPenny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-16001089268974976462010-04-09T17:42:00.006+01:002010-04-10T18:49:31.981+01:00Monster Raving ElectionsOne of our local councillors has re-released a recording he made, back in history, when he used to be an ordinary member of the tax paying public and a thorn in the b***side of the local council. He used to stand for election as a member of the Monster Raving Loony Party. The locals say that he once paid his local taxes by dumping a pile of horse manure at the front entrance to the council Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051301835816179558.post-66875610683385737072010-03-05T22:38:00.004+00:002010-03-05T22:49:28.338+00:00Pisces Fishy FeederJust drop a couple of handfuls of fish food in for Dave Dee, Dozey,Beaky, Mitch and Titch. Just click on your mouse button. Be sure and sprinkle it around. Please - until I return. Thank you.Penny Pincherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00993473608935875834noreply@blogger.com0