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John McCarthy

@danford2013

Countryside lover, walker, fresh air lover, medicus (retired), dad and grandad x4, grump yet happy and content, read the Times everyday, read books +++, Bobcat.

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At Watergate Country Park the burnt out remains of a Landrover car. Maybe stole, maybe an insurance scam or maybe just spontaneous/accident. Whichever way - car insurance is not going to get cheaper in NE16. #landrover #smokinginbed

At Watergate Country Park the burnt out remains of a Landrover car. Maybe stole, maybe an insurance scam or maybe just spontaneous/accident. Whichever way - car insurance is not going to get cheaper in NE16. #landrover #smokinginbed
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Henry Cecil 1953. I remember my dad reading his novels in our living room each evening - wireless and books. No TV until 1963! I picked one up in an Oxfam bookshop last weekend. A cracking 2/3 day read. So now I'm on the trail of his other books. Great "Pan" covers. #books

Henry Cecil 1953.
I remember my dad reading his novels in our living room each evening - wireless and books. No TV until 1963!
I picked one up in an Oxfam bookshop last weekend. A cracking 2/3 day read. So now I'm on the trail of his other books. Great "Pan" covers. #books
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My routine annual hospital appt has been cancelled/postponed. Consultant is sick, her secretary is sick and astonishingly the hospital is full - of sick people. Who would've thought it in December?! I'm well out of it anyway; attending sounds rather dangerous. #hospitals

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Day by day Gateshead and the Southern parts of Tyneside are being cut off from Newcastle and north of the river Tyne. Central govt and local govts need to act soon. This is having a huge impact on workers. #gateshead #Newcastle

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A day out today. Anyone know where we went? Two days to go. Grey and misty/drizzle here today. Carols tomorrow evening. #silurians #celts #davidlloydgeorge

A day out today. Anyone know where we went?
Two days to go. 
Grey and misty/drizzle here today.
Carols tomorrow evening.
#silurians
#celts
#davidlloydgeorge
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Taken from The Times today. Well done President Biden but please include the last three people. State operated barbarism is not civilised. Show the way. #capitalpunishment

Taken from The Times today. 
Well done President Biden but please include the last three people. State operated barbarism is not civilised. 
Show the way. #capitalpunishment
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Meanwhile down in Wales - after gathering in the Fox and Hounds the locals on one side of the village ford take on the other side ..... first into the water looses. Best of three. Then they have the duck race. #Llancarfan

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I moan a lot. I'm 74yrs after all. But UK transport is dire. Trains cancelled again! We went for Easyjet Bristol to Newcastle. 90mins drive Cardiff to Bristol , £6 for 2mins drop off, 4 hour wait for a delayed flight, taxi to home -£30. Easier to have taken the car. #transport

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My understanding of this eBay notice (received today) is that private sellers will not pay eBay a commission fee on a private sale but the buyer will. So, how does this encourage me to buy more via eBay? (Rhetorical). And, the fee is essentially hidden at the time of payment!

My understanding of this eBay notice (received today) is that private sellers will not pay eBay a commission fee on a private sale but the buyer will. So, how does this encourage me to buy more via eBay? (Rhetorical).
And, the fee is essentially hidden at the time of payment!
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I sincerely hope I haven't missed any out when I read every one I could find. All brilliant books. But if I have .... then I have a treat in store.