William Sinclair

@Albain (242)

Edinburgh, Scotland • Age 62

Joined myLot 3 years ago

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Santa's in trouble!

William Sinclair @Albain (242) • Edinburgh, Scotland 24 Dec 22

Well, he might be! Why? Because our grandson, Rory (8), has devised a cunning plan to catch Santa in the act. He has set up his mobile phone in the lounge and has trained it on the seat which, for the past few years, has been...

santa

trap

caught in the act

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Do you charge your family for their Christmas Dinner?

William Sinclair @Albain (242) • Edinburgh, Scotland 23 Dec 22

Do you have family over for Christmas Dinner? Many people do. But surely an invite to dinner shouldn't come with a price tag! Well, apparently, there are some people who charge their family a fee to attend their home and tuck into...

christmas dinner

family

charge a fee

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She did it!

William Sinclair @Albain (242) • Edinburgh, Scotland 22 Dec 22

Yep, after studying hard, training pretty much every night and working her socks off our grand-daughter, Ruby (13), has gained both her karate black belt and the trophy for ''Student of the Year 2022''. To say that she is pleased...

karate

student

success

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Does our planet really need us?

William Sinclair @Albain (242) • Edinburgh, Scotland 20 Dec 22

A recent post by a friend of mine @Fleura about our exploration of space got me thinking. Does our planet really need us? It seems that the human race have done nothing but damage this planet very nearly to the point of its...

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13 people

Do you have a favourite mug?

William Sinclair @Albain (242) • Edinburgh, Scotland 18 Dec 22

By that I mean a coffee (or tea) mug which is the only one which you will consider for your favourite beverage? I know I do. For some reason coffee doesn't taste the same in any other mug and whoe betide anyone else who dares to...

coffee

mug

favourite

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Don't read this if you're a girl

William Sinclair @Albain (242) • Edinburgh, Scotland 18 Dec 22

Ok guys, now that we're alone, what do you really want to do over the festive period? I don't know the arrangements in your neck of the woods but, where I am it's the ladies in the family who decide what's happening over the next...

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No sense of humour whatsoever!

William Sinclair @Albain (242) • Edinburgh, Scotland 18 Dec 22

Is there anyone you know, a family member maybe, who just doesn't have a sense of humour? Our Uncle Joe (not his real name) is one of the most humourless characters I have ever met. No matter what funny situation arises he quite...

laugh

smile

humour

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6 people

I missed the trash truck

William Sinclair @Albain (242) • Edinburgh, Scotland 18 Dec 22

Dammit - I missed the trash collection! Where I live our household trash is recycled into four different bins - plastics and cans, paper and cardboard, food waste and garden waste, and general trash which doesn't qualify for the...

trash

collection

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Cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning!

William Sinclair @Albain (242) • Edinburgh, Scotland 18 Dec 22

How frequently do you wash your hands? What about using the vacuum cleaner - daily or weekly? What about dusting and polishing? I ask because one of my wife's sisters seems to have a compulsion to clean, vacuum, polish and tidy...

cleaning

housework

ocd

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It didn't last!

William Sinclair @Albain (242) • Edinburgh, Scotland 15 Dec 22

The snow I told you all about in my last post didn't last, thankfully. It was all over and done with in about 30 minutes which, to be honest, is about all I expected - despite living in Scotland we really don't get much snow where...

snow

melted

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It's just started snowing!

William Sinclair @Albain (242) • Edinburgh, Scotland 14 Dec 22

Great big flakes of snow are starting to fall! My garden is slowly being covered, the outbuildings are developing a white roof and my car which, half an hour ago was red, is now white! We don't normally get a lot of snow where I...

snow

ice

cold

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7 people

Gifts under the Christmas tree

William Sinclair @Albain (242) • Edinburgh, Scotland 14 Dec 22

This is our Christmas tree. You will see that it has everyone's gifts underneath it. Can you imagine the suspense of our family seeing gifts under the tree and wondering which is for whom? Come Christmas morning there will be a...

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6 people

Where would we be without them?

William Sinclair @Albain (242) • Edinburgh, Scotland 13 Dec 22

Where indeed? The heroes of the emergency services are ever ready to step up and help us when we need help - police, fire fighters, paramedics (and others) - are just a phone call away and all of them will strive to do their best...

emergency

responders

public service

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Would you have something delivered by a drone?

William Sinclair @Albain (242) • Edinburgh, Scotland 11 Dec 22

OK, I know this is brand-new technology but Amazon are progressing in their development of a drone delivery service and, progress being progress, surely it can't be that many years before drones of all sorts are whizzing about our...

drone

delivery

progress

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Hello everyone!

William Sinclair @Albain (242) • Edinburgh, Scotland 10 Dec 22

I discovered myLot by accident whilst floating my way through the ether of the Internet. I've had a good look around and so far I like what I see - a community of ordinary people from many places who share their thoughts, emotions...

new guy

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