When I was much, much younger I used to play tennis fairly regularly We had a small number of tennis balls that were used time and time again until they were completely bald.
When you play table tennis do you try to be clever and put spin on the ball?
Yes, my dad taught me the slicing motion with the bat to put topspin on. He made a fold out table tennis table that we could play on balanced on the dining table top....I loved ping pong!
I did when I was young. I remember leaving the badders place with two pals, one black one asian. That's when I saw racism from other asians towards my asian friend, because she was associating with a black man [our other friend] Being young it hadn't previously occurred to me that racism happened between other races rather than white on black. I'll never forget that and what they called her
Well, there are to be no second chances, it is what it is. We all have to make the very best of it that we can now. Stiff upper lips chaps! Remember we are British
When your credit card bill arrives are you horrified or pleasantly surprised or do you actually know what to expect?
The papers all seem to think it will be Bowwis. As for Labour, they all seem to have gone bonkers. Have they forgotten the huge majority by which Corbyn won the Leadership? It hasn't evaporated!
Mrs T and I had a couple of days there a number of years ago. Interesting, but I wouldn't want a fortnight there. When Mrs T looked out the window and said that it looked a bit dry I had to explain, as tactfully as possible, that we were in the middle of a desert!
We spent about a dollar each on gambling. Should we have spent more like, say, $10 each?