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New lease of life
Having qualified for a bus pass, I considered my mortality and whether I should slow down a bit, particularly when I was given a present of a black shiny pen and pencil set, the box looking suspiciously like a small coffin.
My bus pass tells me I will expire in June 2011.
So, three years to fit in everything I want to achieve and a handy little coffin to bury my ashes in - spooky! To kick off, I've spent two weeks in sunny Taiwan, trying all those things I wouldn't do at home, like:
Surfboarding - not quite Hawaii standard, but I've got to start somewhere
Taking on all-comers at go-carting (eat your heart out, Lewis Hamilton)
Eating raw and barbecued fresh fish in restaurants, where you pick the one you want from a tank, name it Frederick and immediately wipe the smile off its face - superb.
The speed of service and the quality of the locally-produced fresh food put our mass-produced, much-travelled, chemically-induced, carbon-footprinted, supermarket-fed, obese society to shame, and at a fraction of the price.
Although they eat plenty of cheap fresh fruit and vegetables with their fish and meat, vegetarianism isn't really catered for and the Taiwanese are healthier than us.
So take heed, veggies, organic fresh meat and veg from now on - and perhaps I'll extend my three years as well.
Now, where's me bike?
MICHAEL HEAVEY
Oxford Road
Old Marston
Oxford
1:12pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008
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CommentPosted by: Zimmer, Oxon on 8:25am Thu 24 Jul 08
Michael what you need to do is not to take life too seriously!!!!!. Use the bus pass well! Do not fall into the trap that you are gifted with eternal youth make arrangements for a 'Green Coffin'. Please what ever you do DO NOT BECOME a CYCLOPS you will make so many enemies that life will become unbearable!!!!!!!!
Lastly and this is most important stop writing your drivell down and sending it to the Oxford Mail this will do us all a favour.
Michael what you need to do is not to take life too seriously!!!!!. Use the bus pass well! Do not fall into the trap that you are gifted with eternal youth make arrangements for a 'Green Coffin'. Please what ever you do DO NOT BECOME a CYCLOPS you will make so many enemies that life will become unbearable!!!!!!!!
Lastly and this is most important stop writing your drivell down and sending it to the Oxford Mail this will do us all a favour.
Posted by: Heavey on 2:03pm Thu 24 Jul 08
I will continue writing drivel if only to annoy 'zimmer'. I await reading somethingof his actually printed in the Oxford Mail - but I won't hold my breath
I will continue writing drivel if only to annoy 'zimmer'. I await reading somethingof his actually printed in the Oxford Mail - but I won't hold my breath
Posted by: Zimmer, Oxon on 8:41pm Thu 24 Jul 08
If you read the "letters page" regularly, Michael, then you'll be reading mine all of the time.You've even responded to some of them!
If you read the "letters page" regularly, Michael, then you'll be reading mine all of the time.You've even responded to some of them!
Posted by: Sid Hunt on 10:49pm Thu 24 Jul 08
[quote][bold]Zimmer[/bold] wrote:
Michael what you need to do is not to take life too seriously!!!!!. Use the bus pass well! Do not fall into the trap that you are gifted with eternal youth make arrangements for a 'Green Coffin'. Please what ever you do DO NOT BECOME a CYCLOPS you will make so many enemies that life will become unbearable!!!!!!!! Lastly and this is most important stop writing your drivell down and sending it to the Oxford Mail this will do us all a favour.[/quote] Well said, Zimmer. There has been much rubbish from this person who then claims later it was all a joke.
Zimmer wrote:
Michael what you need to do is not to take life too seriously!!!!!. Use the bus pass well! Do not fall into the trap that you are gifted with eternal youth make arrangements for a 'Green Coffin'. Please what ever you do DO NOT BECOME a CYCLOPS you will make so many enemies that life will become unbearable!!!!!!!! Lastly and this is most important stop writing your drivell down and sending it to the Oxford Mail this will do us all a favour.
Well said, Zimmer. There has been much rubbish from this person who then claims later it was all a joke.
Posted by: ricky, Oxford on 11:01pm Sat 26 Jul 08
what number bus goes to taiwan?
what number bus goes to taiwan?
Posted by: Michael on 12:26pm Mon 28 Jul 08
''what number bus goes to Taiwan? ... can't remember the number but it's the one that runs on Red Bull Diesel ''cos it gives you wings''
''what number bus goes to Taiwan? ... can't remember the number but it's the one that runs on Red Bull Diesel ''cos it gives you wings''
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