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Back again- No1 son went back to Uni- to summer exams....so I have some peace and quiet- husband off away also...even more peace and quiet. I don't know how men manage to take up so much space and make so much mess...newspapers manage to spread themselves everywhere, empty beer bottles appear as if by magic, yoghurt pots escape the fridge and washing appears in the laundry basket like mushrooms growing overnight. And why do you always have odd socks? Is it the washing machine that eats some? did you not put a whole pair in the laundry basket? Or is it one of the Great Mysteries of the Universe? It is a world wide problem from what I can gather. I mean it happens here in the UK; I know it happens in Australia and the USA.

Ah well- what I was actually on here about today was more Fading issues. I was reading in the Sunday Times about how advertisers and suppliers miss out on people over a Certain Age (it was 50 in this case).. And What a Big Mistake that is. People over 50 have more disposible income ( well there's something to look forward to then?!)but no-one is vying for all this money because they still target youngsters- who don't actually have as much money. There were all sorts of reasons why this happens given, none of them overly convincing.- I just pray that the vanguard of the Baby Boomers generations manage to convince people that being over a Certain Age does not consign you automatically to the Old Folks Home. The article showed Mick Jagger on the front of Saga magazine ( a mag for those over 50- it comes through the post to mark your 50th birthday and make you deadly depressed- who in their right minds would want to read a mag that is associated with Old Age- but whoops I'm being ageist here). And Helen Mirren -still looking good after all those years. I hope I look as well in a few years.

I hope Marks and Spencers realise that being a Certain Age doesnt mean you want to dress in sacks ( thinking of plummeting shares) cos they have fallen between two stools- abandoning maturer women in favour of youth. Teenagers in UK would'nt shop in M&S if you paid them- they troop into Miss Selfidges, H&M etc. But us older fogies now cant even shop in M&S cos everything is aimed at teenagers.

But this is today and its facination with all things young. I wouldnt care but todays fashions dont even look good on girls over 21, let alone 41. They look especially bad on young girls of a Large Size - and there are plenty of those. They troop around where I live with bulging midriffs, huge thighs, fat calves, weighty arms and chests in little wisps of fabric, flesh all exposed to the elements and eyes, and they look..... terrible. Of course they think they dont, but most of them do. And then even sadder are the Older Women who, for whatever reason, are trying to squeeze into similar sorts of clothes....the stuff of nightmares!!

Whatever happened to well cut clothes, figure skimming not figure clinging clothes? Clothes that make you look stunning not clothes that make you look like a Fat Cow... Hmmmm is there a dress designer out there who will come to the Rescue? Please!! Or, even better, will the fashion for youth fade and it become trendy to be a Certain Age? Well, we can spell after all, oh, and we know about grammar and punctuation- not that I am indulging in that at the moment-but we know the rules and therefore when to break them. And we knew about Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll before them- and we are fit enough and rich enough and young enough to indulge all our passions. So pass me my zimmerframe I'm going out to have a Good Time..but where will I go?

Ah well, thats my rant, sorry, muse for today. No doubt I will think of another for later on.