Personal Stuff | Joe's Jottings https://joepritchard.me.uk Being the homepage and blog of Joe... Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:46:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Be prepared… https://joepritchard.me.uk/2026/02/be-prepared/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:03:56 +0000 https://joepritchard.me.uk/?p=8565 …unlike me. I currently drive a Ford Focus – about 10 years old. I like it. It exhibits more intelligence than any car I’ve driven previously, and, going by my recent experiences, more intelligence than me. About a month ago, I noticed that when I got in to the car and turned it on, the […]

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]]> The joys of fishing tackle catalogue porn… https://joepritchard.me.uk/2026/01/the-joys-of-fishing-tackle-catalogue-porn/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:03:51 +0000 https://joepritchard.me.uk/?p=8558 I’ve recently been watching a TV show featuring Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer called ‘Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing’ . As is often the case with me, I’m late to the game and have found I have about 6 series to watch… In each episode our heroes literally go fishing and we share the experience, […]

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]]> There’s something in my eye… https://joepritchard.me.uk/2026/01/theres-something-in-my-eye/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:10:43 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7875 I have always been prone to crying through most of my adult life. I’ve never been one to boast of a stiff upper lip – I can hang on under certain circumstances but I will express my emotions when required. And sometimes – I just like a good cry. Music, books, films, TV shows are […]

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]]> The long-lost book… https://joepritchard.me.uk/2026/01/the-long-lost-book/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:44:19 +0000 https://joepritchard.me.uk/?p=8429 This isn’t a post about a book that I’ve mislaid, or lent to someone and never got back. This is about a book that I should have written, but didn’t. A few months ago I was sorting through some files in my study. Whilst I have a couple of small filing cabinets, they don’t really […]

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]]> Warning – Inner work taking place… https://joepritchard.me.uk/2018/05/warning-inner-work-taking-place/ Sat, 26 May 2018 11:03:58 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7923 “Your memory is a monster; you forget—it doesn’t. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from you—and summons them to your recall with will of its own. You think you have a memory; but it has you!” – John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany A few weeks ago […]

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]]> Greater love hath no man… https://joepritchard.me.uk/2017/01/greater-love-hath-no-man/ Mon, 02 Jan 2017 10:36:33 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7879 The title of this post refers to a very well known line from John’s Gospel: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” The surrounding lines provide a bit of context – it’s part of a statement made by Jesus, shortly before he goes in to […]

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]]> Facebook makes you miserable… https://joepritchard.me.uk/2017/01/facebook-makes-you-miserable/ Sun, 01 Jan 2017 23:26:20 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7890 I came across this item a few days ago – the hardly surprising revelation that lurking around on Facebook makes you miserable.  Although ‘lurking’ – looking at social media without interacting with anyone – is specifically mentioned, social media in general get’s a bit of a hammering. This isn’t anything new, of course – I […]

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]]> And so in to 2017 https://joepritchard.me.uk/2017/01/and-so-in-to-2017/ Sun, 01 Jan 2017 01:15:25 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7904 My attitude towards New Year’s Eve this year was summed up rather well when I went to Asda this afternoon to buy ‘the boys’ – our 2 cats, Jarvis and Marvin – some cooked chicken. They like this as a treat, and whilst New Year’s Day lunch will feature roast beef, the boys just don’t […]

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]]> Memories of a Sunday afternoon https://joepritchard.me.uk/2016/12/memories-of-a-sunday-afternoon/ Thu, 29 Dec 2016 13:46:06 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7895 Since I turned 50, I’ve occasionally found my thoughts turning back towards my childhood and adolescence. I’ve no idea why – my parents are both dead, I’m estranged from my biological family and have no childhood friends around to make me think of those times.  Maybe I’m being a good Jungian and ‘looking inward’, or […]

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]]> Today me, tomorrow you https://joepritchard.me.uk/2016/12/today-me-tomorrow-you/ Sun, 25 Dec 2016 22:32:53 +0000 http://www.joepritchard.me.uk/?p=7855 A few weeks ago I wrote this Blog Post around the theme of Today You, Tomorrow Me, a ‘pay it forward’ sentiment summed up in the attitude of someone doing a favour for someone on the ground of ‘Today you need help, tomorrow it could be me needing help’. Well, me being me started thinking about […]

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