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These stories are all just general memories of things I have done, people I have met, and places I have been to. Many of these memories just come back to me at different times, and I like to record them for when I can no longer remember them.
I hope some of them make you chuckle or maybe remind you of things from your past that you have enjoyed.
In 2019, I sold one of my apartments in Florida and looked at the cheapest way to send money back to invest in my pension fund. Flying to America turned out to be cheaper than wiring the money.
I remember everything about the time leading up to this event, during this event and after with absolute clarity. I do not doubt that this happened as I describe it here.
Not being very clever myself, I have managed to join a few very clever ladies and do a weekly quiz. They don't mind me sitting with them and throwing in the odd correct answer to make it look like I know something. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that four of the ladies with whom I entered the quiz were part of a barbershop harmony group known as the Pilarmonics.
I had spoken to my friends and family that live in Los Alcázares about the Tapas routes that they have been on, but I had never been on one.
In 1991, I went on a two-week holiday to Jamaica. I stayed in Negril in a tiny family-run hotel. It wasn't very well run. Apart from the barman at the poolside bar, most of the staff were mainly noticeable because of their absence.
SPICES was a group of friends that once a month went out for a meal at an Indian or Chinese restaurant. Sampling food from many of the area's best restaurants, the idea of the night was for lots of male bonding, laughing and storytelling. Tonight was the first night I had managed to join up with the group.
I used to go to the 'Who Do You Think You Are Show' every year when it was held at Earls Court in London. I used to travel to London and stay with my Uncle Dave for the weekend whilst going to the show. He has now moved to Birmingham, and strangely, the 'WDYTYAS' has also moved from London to Birmingham at the NEC.