OLD BIDDIE ALERT !

DAY NIGHTEEN:  Tuesday 19th January 2021:

Good morning and WELCOME to Tuesday.  EVERYONE have a SMILING TERRIFIC TUESDAY.

Old Biddie ALERT – Old Biddie ALERT !

Yesterday I put a lot of effort into setting a formal plan for these daily blogs. Today I have ripped it up and returned to my traditional random format. Old Biddie ALERT – Old Biddie ALERT !

SMILE OF THE DAY: Stay away from negative people, they have a problem for every solution.

Here’s a problem, yesterday Dave’s Diary – the diary nobody ever reads attracted a spectacular reader figure of THREE. How do we solve that problem ? Easy – peasey – Japanesey !  Share today’s page and help to make more people SMILE.

BOOK OF THE WEEK: I have selected Peter’s MagicFountain Pen for Book Of The Week

This is a story I originally wrote for my son as a present on his 12th birthday. That was way back in 1992. He is grown up now with children of his own. The book was published in paperback form but has been out of print for years but is now available at 99p on Amazon.

Old Biddie ALERT – Old Biddie ALERT !

I had a very productive writing day yesterday, 4,016 words written bringing my total since January 1st to 206,440. I am bursting to press on with my crime story, THE DIARY OF A SERIAL KILLER and hopefully pen a minimum of two thousand words today.

I had a council meeting last night, on ZOOM of course. I don’t say a lot in meetings but when I do I am very forceful an passionate, that was how it was last night with one item on the agenda. Every single member attending backed what I said.

Thing is when I went to bed my head was like a roller coaster and I found it hard to sleep. I had to fight my mind to spend those special moments I dedicate each night to sending love to the people behind the statistics.

I thought The Health Secretary Mat Handcock was emotional last night as he announced another 37,535 new cases with another 599 deaths. I don’t do politics and have very little time for politicians but there is no doubt Mat Handcock is doing a good job, does that man ever sleep ?  Yesterday on TV he showed just how much he cares.

On Facebook yesterday there was something which made me smile, please note I have spelt smile with a small case s. It made me smile with anger if you know what I mean.

There was a picture of the door of 10 Downing Street underneath were the words ETON KID. Next to this was a picture of a Manchester United football shirt with a number ten on it. The words for this were KIDS EATING !

Old Biddie ALERT – Old Biddie ALERT !

So what was happening ON THIS DAY in years gone by ?

19th January 1978: The last Volkswagen Beetle leave the production line. What a car that was.

19th January 1983: Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. I remember that.

19th January 1997: Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than thirty years and joins celebration over the last Israeli controlled West Bank city.

19th January 1963: Journalist Martin Bashir was born. I respect that guy which is saying something given his association with the BBC.

Old Biddie ALERT – Old Biddie ALERT !

Do you remember Sue Townshend’s book THE SECRET DIARY OF ASDIAN MOLE AGED THIRTEEN AND THREE QUARTERS ?  When I have finished writing and published my crime story I am going to write a book THE SECRET DIARY OF AN OLD MAN AGED THIRTEEN AND THREE QUARTERS. I will have a time machine which allows me to have adventures and a fourteen and three quarters teenager. That will mean that I have to go back to the summer of 1964.

Old Biddie ALERT – Old Biddie ALERT ! I am NOT an old biddie but technically I am. I am waiting now for Postman Pat to deliver my letter inviting me for a china virus vaccination. The over seventies and now being brought in to the system. I do so much want the vaccination but I do not want to be an old biddie.

The death penalty was in force in 1964. When I was teaching at Leon School I ran an extended essay project inviting teenagers to debate the question of its restoration. I am going to write a book for teenagers BEHIND THE NOOSE and write it simultaneously with the time travel fun, I want to get today’s teenagers thinking about the rights and wrongs of capital punishment.

Old Biddie ALERT – Old Biddie ALERT !

I have to try today, or perhaps I will put it off until tomorrow, the problems I am having with Amazon publishing my poetry anthology. This again is something I have written for teenagers to use as part of their home study. Amazon is insisting I prove the dates of death of the poets to confirm their writing is not subject to copyright.

Lord Byron died on 19th  April 1824. Copyright remains for seventy years after a writer’s death so in Byron’s case that is 1894, one hundred and twenty-five years ago. Amazon, however insists I provide proof of his and all other poets in my anthology death. For many it is simply a case of referring to Poets Corner on Westminster Abbey’s website. Doh GEEKS !  No Lord Byron, not you.

Old Biddie ALERT – Old Biddie ALERT !

Vaccination or not I do not feel safe going out into a public place, a public place like Morrissons Supermarket. I go once every week or so and like to be there for when the store opens. I sit in my car and wait for the doors to open. This morning there were about half a dozen people lines up waiting, Among these was an old biddie with Mr Biddie. Neither were social distancing. Inside the store I watched Mrs Old Biddie doddering around with her mask pulled down from her face. Typical Old Biddie !  However, when I saw her at the cheese counter picking up one item after another, lifting it to her nose and sniffing before putting it back I found anger invading my being. I went to a member of staff and pointed out what was happening. She replied saying she had no authority to act.

I most certainly did not buy anything Mrs Old Biddie had sniffed but somebody will today.

Say that was a person in their twenties behaving like that what would the attitude be ? If the police were called what would they have done ?

OLD BIDDIE ALERT !  OLD BIDDIE ALERT !

Need I say any more ?

I’ll sign off then.

Speak again tomorrow.

Dave

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