As an #introduction I thought I would tell you that I have written a book.
It is a history of my father, Giles Holtom’s life. He was a member of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps.
Giles told me and my brothers these wild, and exciting stories, sitting at the dinner table. I believed them because, well, I was 7, and he was my dad. It was only in later life, that I realised their inherent lack of believability. So it was down to me to investigate the details of his life and places he visited /1
Yesterday my daughter emailed me, asking why I didn't do something useful with my time.
Talking about "doing-something-useful" seems to be her favorite topic of conversation.
She was "only thinking of me," she said, and suggested that I go down to the Senior Center and hang out with some of the other old fellows.
So I did this and when I got home last night, I decided to play a prank on her. I emailed her and told her that I had joined a Parachute Club.
She replied, "Are you nuts? You are 71 and now you're going to start jumping out of airplanes?"
I told her that I even got a Membership Card and e-mailed a copy to her.
She immediately telephoned me and yelled, "Good grief, Dad, where are your glasses?! This is a Membership to a Prostitute Club, not a Parachute Club."
"Oh man, I'm in trouble again," I said. "I really don't know what to do. I signed up for five jumps a week!!"
The line went dead.
Life as a Senior Citizen is not getting any easier, but sometimes it can be fun.
The resolution read “The right to adequate food is realized when every man, woman and child, alone or in community with others, has physical and economic access at all times to adequate food or means for its procurement.” This means governments would be obligated to ensure that no one is left hungry. The U.S. and Israel were the only two countries to oppose.
Source: @UNThe resolution read “The right to adequate food is realized when every man, woman and child, alone or in community with others, has physical and economic access at all times to adequate food or means for its procurement.” This means governments would be obligated to ensure that no one is left hungry. The U.S. and Israel were the only two countries to oppose.
Source: @UN
Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)