As I said, Steve, 'Kier' or Keir' is a small point, but as an old sub-editor, I have to point these things out. And to mention, too, that yes, I am still a southerner, but have been living up north for the past year. The locals are quite friendly where we are!

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Hello again SM - I think your blog on the changes you've witnessed in your lifetime is one that can stand as a real
"life's witness" for future generations. It was a timely and
very relevant observation on just HOW much has altered
in my own long lifetime...and how we can tend to forget
just HOW much we have adjusted to - between a now very
distant childhood (post war rationing anyone?) and today's
cyber-world...from the wind-up gramophone and steel needles of family possession to the portable DVD and CD
marvels that are taken for granted today. Extraordinary
changes indeed - and it's a wonder some of us aren't more
confused along the way!! ?

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Thanks for putting my mind at rest. I thought maybe it
was some electronic "glitch" - or that it had been moderated
for some obscure reasons!
Cheers.

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SM - thanks for the grin: your "rarely/almost never" about
commenting, took me to Capt. Corcoran of HMS
Pinafore. I went to your profile page and clicked on the
title of your jig-saw blog but could only see the comments, not the poem. What did I do wrong?

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Hi Stephen

Yes I enjoy writing for my own interest but a little pat on the back is nice every now and again

Don

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I think it is more fo a concern to folk of a certain attitude - and maybe "vintage" - this restraint about giving offence.
There are some who do it intentionally for a purpose - and
sometimes gratuitously for show. But it's worth it IF the
expressed words have a genuine purpose and feeling as their source. I tend to raise my eyes heavenwards and
sigh at the readiness of many "agendas" to take offence
at every opportunity but the pleasure and power of poetry
of whatever stripe is that it is generally accepted as the
time-honoured forum for such material. Long may it be so.
Merry Christmas to you. Keep posting!

P.S. Love the picture on your page - brings back memories of family images from those black and white
more innocent days of yore.

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