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Piles of gen on Boney’s doc

BILL Place tells me his wife recently had an operation for Dupuytren’s contracture, which is a condition affecting the fingers. Read

Parting’s ‘sweet sorrow’

OUR daughter and son-in-law and our two grandsons have been staying with us for 10 days. Read

You can’t beat a good old family meal (or several)

MY love of roast beef and Yorkshire pudding on a Sunday came in for some stick while elder daughter Siobhan was staying with us. Read

The night that Floyd came to town (late!)

PINK Floyd played the Plaza Teen Club at Thornton Lodge in 1967 and I asked if anyone remembered the gig. Read

Oh, that’s hurting me says the male

NOW this may not come as a great surprise but research scientists at Harvard University have found that men and women have different types of brain. Read

Leave duty free drinks until after flight and save trouble

DID you read about that bloke on a flight from Gatwick to Cuba who got drunk and tried to open the door of the airplane at 35,000 feet? Read

Carnival capers on the record

ORGANISING a village fete or carnival can involve trials and tribulations, but can also be a lot of fun. Read

Can you stomach this lot?

I GET contributions from readers culled from the internet and I found this one particularly amusing. It’s a brief lexicon of culinary terms. Read

Happy days are here again

I ALWAYS said that when I got old I would wear purple and run a stick along railings to make a noise. Read

Reality is a bitter pill to swallow ...

I ALWAYS take an interest in newspaper stories about scientific research. Read

On the whole, I’d rather be at home

HEALTH Secretary Alan Johnson has said people should have the choice of where to die. Read

Pain at tip of my fingers

MY fingers aren’t what they used to be, I reported. Which is why I went along to the local surgery for a blood test. Read

Back to rehab ... only way a rock star can

RONNIE Wood is 61 and looks like Methuselah. Read

Back track to the summer of love in Longroyd Bridge

WAS anyone at the 1967 concert given by Pink Floyd at the Plaza Club at Longroyd Bridge? Read

Dear God, just $2.5m please

DID you read about the chap in Knoxville, Tennessee, who went to church and asked God for “a real experience”? Read

Most Americans are great, but. . .

AT the moment I am avoiding anything American. Read

McCain's swedish songlist

THE US Republican presidential candidate John McCain is a self-confessed Abba fan. Read

Li is so alarming

A CHAP called Li Xuedong caused traffic chaos in China when he shouted because people thought his voice was an air raid alarm. Read

Try a prize draw!

HAZEL Blear, Local Government Secretary, has suggested in a White Paper that voters in council elections could be rewarded with tickets for a prize draw or a sticker saying “I’ve voted”. Read