Peter Owen🇺🇦

Retired. Married with 2 grown up kids. Interests; reading,politics,football, wine and walking and amateurish pottering. Remoaner Gammon.

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@dannyyoung35 Variation on the "some of my best friends are..........."

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@RadarLanark @TheMajesticLine Not visited Orkney or Shetland. Still on the bucket list waiting to be ticked off.

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@chinnychick @DementiaUK It's tough but we all need to keep this in mind when visiting loved ones with dementia. Beautiful, haunting words.

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@RadarLanark @ambergambler_ It's a tough one. My lovely wife is in a nursing home with dementia. Our happy place was Madeira. I sometimes find myself yearning for it but I fear a visit without her might break me.

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@siobhanworld @KenGoodwinITV Or a hybrid. My hybrid Honda Jazz is a joy to drive (I am old so suits me!). Late to automatics, should have made the switch years ago.

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@siobhanworld On one episode of Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Fishing they had Claire Grogan of Altered Images as a guest. She told them that, after a gig, she goes straight home, peels off her sequins and gets straight into her PJs!

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@RaniAiman12 All the very best from a fellow cancer sufferer. Keep positive (easier said than done I know).

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@siobhanworld I think that's right. I am a lifelong Labour supporter but Starmer has no vision, no clear idea of what his ideal society would look like. It's like having a Civil Servant or a Bank Manager in charge.

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@siobhanworld As a father of 2 daughters I agree. They are both in their 40s now. It just seems all kinds of wrong. Not sure I can rationalise it though.

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@anainsin Spurs win at Villa massive so, regretfully, I think West Ham will go down.

[Stefan Moore ★ @2StefanMoore]

A final piece of advice from Holly Butcher - written the day before she passed away from cancer at just 27:

“It’s a strange thing knowing you’re going to die young.

At 26, I thought I had time…
To fall in love.
Start a family.
Grow old.

But cancer doesn’t care about plans.

Now, I understand how fragile life really is. Every single day is a gift, not a guarantee.

I’m not writing this to scare you. I’m writing to remind you: really live.

Stop stressing over little things. Be kind to your body- move it, nourish it, stop criticizing it. One day you’ll wish you had appreciated it.

Go outside.
Look at the sky.
Feel the sun.
Just be.

Spend less time chasing “stuff” - more time making memories. Don’t skip moments with people you love.

Laugh more.
Write a note.
Tell someone you love them.

Complain less.
Give more.
Helping others brings more joy than anything you can buy.

Be present.
Put your phone down.
Show up - really show up.

You don’t need to have it all figured out. You don’t need a perfect body, or a perfect life.

Just follow what makes your heart light up. Say no to what drains you. Make changes when you need to.

And please - donate blood. I wouldn’t have had that extra year without it. And that year gave me memories I’ll hold close… forever.

Thank you for reading this.
Live your life well.

And maybe… we’ll meet again someday.”

Holly 🩷

Repost & share Holly’s important advice. ❤️

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@KeruboSk Definitely have. My grandparents but I am pretty old to be fair.

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@siobhanworld Easily done.

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@siobhanworld Been thinking of having one of these. The women I know think it will be good for me but now doubts are creeping in!

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@siobhanworld I'm the same. There is somebody on here, can't remember who, who's partner only ever takes one pair of shoes on holiday.

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@hell_line0 Extraordinary. I literally don't know what to say. Where does that level of arrogance come from?

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@RadarLanark Watched a film on Netflix recently "Love at First Sight." At one point the female lead does a father/daughter dance to this. Magical and took me back as well.

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@TheRealJamieKay Some might say that Yorkshire Puddings only belong with roast beef but I disagree. They belong with any roast dinner. 100% approve.

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@TheRealJamieKay Yes. With mustard?

[Peter Owen🇺🇦 @peteo48]

@TheRealJamieKay Initial reaction no but then realized I have eaten multiple meats in a carvery so, on reflection, yes.