Christmas 2024, I bought my wife some of the recommended books from Sara Cox's BBC2 show 'Beneath the Covers'. Leonard and Hungry Paul was one of those. She read it, loved it and then I read it and also loved it. We were a bit apprehensive when they announced a TV adaptation, but needn't have been as the show was very true to the characters and the whole feel of the book.
Not sure exactly what day your birthday is but happy birthday for whenever it is & welcome to the 50's, although surely you can't be 50. You definitely don't look it. The age appropriate ads bit made me laugh. I get so many for menopause supplements & miracle cures. I'm also with you on the so much I want to do but actually I don't have the energy of a 20 year old anymore thing.
Happy Birthday! Also love the poem. Though I'm sorry it was a negative experience -- at least you made something out of it. That's always the thing to do, I think.
Thank you! Yeah, it felt bizarre in the moment. I couldn't see why they were being so needlessly pedantic, and why they had to let me know in such a moody way. The poem writing helped a lot.
Christmas 2024, I bought my wife some of the recommended books from Sara Cox's BBC2 show 'Beneath the Covers'. Leonard and Hungry Paul was one of those. She read it, loved it and then I read it and also loved it. We were a bit apprehensive when they announced a TV adaptation, but needn't have been as the show was very true to the characters and the whole feel of the book.
Hope you have a grand birthday!!
Such a delight of a book! Thank you
Not sure exactly what day your birthday is but happy birthday for whenever it is & welcome to the 50's, although surely you can't be 50. You definitely don't look it. The age appropriate ads bit made me laugh. I get so many for menopause supplements & miracle cures. I'm also with you on the so much I want to do but actually I don't have the energy of a 20 year old anymore thing.
Thank you! It really did me good to write down the age targeted ad's as in black in white it showed me how ridiculous they are!
Happy Birthday! Also love the poem. Though I'm sorry it was a negative experience -- at least you made something out of it. That's always the thing to do, I think.
Thank you! Yeah, it felt bizarre in the moment. I couldn't see why they were being so needlessly pedantic, and why they had to let me know in such a moody way. The poem writing helped a lot.