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It's 6.39am and the coffee bucket at the kitchen table has almost been drained
I'm leaving for work in exactly 6 minutes.
I met a dear friend for lunch yesterday
And was given a Christmas gift
My first pair of proper gloves! 
I feel very grown up
I've never been a 'designer label' person
Quite the opposite 
But I was touched by the gesture more than I expected
As if I deserve proper gloves 
Xx

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  1. Very grown up!!,And dont lose one like I did first time wearing a few years ago...my Mam said that I needed a cord putting on them and threaded through the back of my coat,like a toddler,lol.xx

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    1. Yes John definitely needs to do that doesn't he Debi(and I wore the dress you gave me the other night when I went out for a meal- thanks) x

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  2. Those gloves look beautiful. I gave a boyfriend nice leather gloves with expensive and warm fur lining. I found them last week, nasty and walked upon on the utility room floor. Take care of yours.

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  3. You deserve the very best of everything John.

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  4. They'll go nicely with the rest of your leathers - you know, the ones you don't talk about. ;-)

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  5. What a thoughtful gift John and yes you deserve them being the nice gentleman that you are.

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  6. Of course you deserve them.

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  7. Tres snob mate, enjoy the luxury of maturity!

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  8. You can't beat leather, but you can beat with it.

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    1. Oohh-You are awful-butt I like you x

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    2. Heidi7:07 pm

      Oh Mavis, trust you!

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  9. I would say you deserve the "best of everything life has to offer" and that includes designer gloves. Lovely gift for a lovely person. Ro

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  10. Well made gloves ar a joy to wear..you deserve them

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  11. An excellent gift! Keep those hands warm!

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  12. Anonymous11:20 am

    Unsuitable for anything else than keeping your hands warm.

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  13. Lovely gloves bet you feel nice when you wear them. Are you working over Chrsitmas? Im on my last shift today till next Friday and its going to be absolutely manic lol.

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  14. My beloved dad passed away in June. When we were going through his things (perhaps the hardest of all chores once someone passes), I found his old leather gloves that he had worn constantly when I was younger. He had lived in Florida for 20 years and hadn't worn them in all that time, but they were still in mint condition. I wear them every time I go out now in my Ohio weather. This gift made me think of the joy his gloves bring me.

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    1. nice story; those gloves bind you together with fond memories of your dad. my condolences on your loss.

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  15. "As if I deserve proper gloves" - YES YOU DO! now shut up and wear them! :)

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  16. Some proper gloves for a proper Gentleman John.

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  17. You deserve the best of everything...you are a very special person!

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  18. you might need one of those things that hang around kid's necks with clamps on the ends to keep you from losing them. you will look quite proper driving bluebird now. try to keep sausage grease off of them.

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  19. You DO deserve proper gloves. Just don’t wear them when you’re wiping dog shit off the refrigerator.

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    1. Hahaha! I was thinking much the same.

      Jo in Auckland

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  20. I think they need to be on a cord and threaded through your coat sleeves ... you know you're going to lose them!!

    And YES you do deserve proper gloves :-)

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  21. Wear them, use them, enjoy them. Keep your hands as warm as your heart. We all deserve a few really nice things in our lives.

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  22. Nice! Enjoy them!!

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  23. After all of the grown-up problems you've been through the past year you certainly deserve a pair of grown-up gloves! Enjoy them!

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  24. Beautiful! Bet they feel and look great on your hands too!

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  25. Anonymous2:43 pm

    Wear them in good health - you surely deserve them! I remember my first pair of real leather gloves. My boss asked my husband what he could give me for Christmas. My husband said "leather gloves - and not cheapies, either!" I received the most wonderful deerskin gloves that I wore for years until the stitches began to fail. Now I can't be without leather gloves on my old arthritic hands.

    Merry Christmas, John et al!!!!!

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  26. Barbara Anne2:43 pm

    How marvelous to have cozy hands and fingers. Your new gloves will do the task in high style. Enough of the nonsense about "deserving". It's a gift, so enjoy!

    Hope today's work is pleasant and goes by quickly. Ages ago when I worked in the emergency department, we wore holiday pins on our name tags just to add some cheer. Are you allowed to do that?

    Hugs!

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  27. John, hi, long time no aggro. My resolve to keep out of your comment box remains unbroken. Despite the fact, no bull, that someone actually offered me money to keep "communicating" with you. As tempting as it was I do have some integrity.

    Anyway, upshot being and, considering it's the time of good will which, I do hope, you will extend to me too, can I please make one request, nay, a recommendation: Please do NOT put yourself down all the time. It's so unattractive. And "deserve" doesn't come into it.

    Enjoy your gloves as long as they are a pair. Once you lose one the other might as well get lost too.

    U

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    1. MERRYFUCKINGCHRISTMAS & FUCK OFF INTO THE NEW YEAR.

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    2. Hi Ursula- I wondered where you were recently.Hope you enjoy whatever you choose to do at Christmas x

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    3. Thank you, Flis. Same to you.

      I love Christmas, its trimmings, candles, pine tree, the goose, everything. I suppose the operative word being "atmospheric". All that's missing to perfect the idyll is snow falling. No such luck here at the South Coast, the climate being so mild. On the upside, I won't have to negotiate black ice, falling, slip sliding away.

      Merry Christmas to you, Flis,
      U

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    4. For someone given to moaning you sure do SHOUT. At least in writing.

      Only a couple of days ago Tourette's Syndrome was mentioned. A tragic affliction. Not least because those thus cursed would, most likely, not wish to spout the profane they appear compelled to do.

      A Merry Christmas to you too, MM. If you'd like me to gift you with a Thesaurus to vary your use of the eff word do let me know.

      U

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    5. Thanks Ursula-I spend a lot of time during the summer in Dorset and miss walking those beautiful hills overlooking the sea x

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    6. Keeping our hands warm in winter is important and your hands deserve it. Cold steering wheels aren’t fun to use. Think of your gloves as hand condoms and use them every time it’s cold outside. Stay safe during the holidays.

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    7. Oh no,it's kicking off again! Let's all take a deep breath - inn through the nose,hold it for a moment-and out through the mouth x

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    8. For someone who purports to have a high command of language your second sentence within your first comment on John's post shows how little command you have. "My resolve to keep out of your comment box remains unbroken".

      No thank you to your offer of a gift. The last thing I would give a fruitbat such as yourself is my address.

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    9. Poste Restante, MM?

      May I also correct you that my "command of language [my] second sentence within [my] first comment on John's post show how little command [I] have". My dear MM, there is nothing wrong with the use of grammar and language within that sentence. What you do mean, I am sure, is - though the wit and irony wasted on you - that I suspended my resolve. Momentarily.

      U

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    10. What is your wish for Christmas if you could be granted one by your Fairy Godmother? x

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    11. "Kicking off", Flis? So be it. Moaning Minnie needs something to moan about. In absence of anything else I'll do. Why not add to his bluster by adding another M as in MMM - Making Mean Mischief.

      Anyway, best way in life is to go through it unperturbed by the MM(M)s whose scope rarely reaches past their use of the eff word - his, no doubt, other qualities (what are they?) notwithstanding.

      U

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    12. An excellent question you ask, Flis, well worth pondering on in some depth. Considering that I am in good health, and if your question is directed at me, Flis, I'd be torn. Decision paralysis. It's why we have more than one Fairy Godmother at our cradle. There is one, I have to say, who must have been in a hell of a mood the day I was born. Never mind. On the whole the other fairies balance out the shortfall. As we say in the motherland: What you haven't got in your legs your brain has to make up for. And vice versa.

      And yours, Flis? What is the one (or three) you'd wish for?

      U

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    13. Ok, MMM. I am "merely full of shit". Whilst you are such a fountain of good will and kindness to wish for me to "die"? I won't ask you how you square that with your conscience, whether you are actually willing to be an active hand in it - meanwhile astonished that you are able to hold such a tought and willing to admit to it in public.

      Greetings form the "nasty ginger cunt",
      Get a grip, Man,
      U

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    14. Heidi7:16 pm

      Ursula you seem to have had a memory lapse, this is John's blog and he asked you to refrain from commenting. Yet you persist in being purposely aggravating. What an unkind person you are. Take your horrid comments and stuff them where the sun doesn't shine.

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    15. My wish for Christmas would be that we All get dressed up in our party clothes and go to the disco for a boogie and be Nice(you'll be there won't you Debi?-can you give me a lift?) x

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  28. You could bring out a new earthy rural designer brand - "Horace Gray" - " bespoke attire for discerning fashionistas". The range would include lilac crocs, woolly beanie hats and jumpers with embroidered replica egg and coffee stains.

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    1. I often wish Blogspot had a "like" feature on comments. 👍🏻

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  29. Who made you think you don't deserve anything? I wish you a Merry Christmas and open eyes to see how much love there is all around you.

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  30. I understand that notion completely. I am more than willing to treat the people in my life to special things, but won't do that for myself. A good pair of leather gloves is a lovely decadence that you do deserve! Have a good shift today. -Jenn

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  31. Oh,Honey,you deserve All kinds of lovely things! The gloves are very nice,they look like good quality leather that will last for years.
    Merry Christmas, C

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  32. I find myself wondering that same thing
    when I'm given such a nice gift.

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  33. I remember when I once received a pair of quality leather gloves and felt the same way. You most certainly do deserve such a special gift! And you are grown up in all the ways that matter. We need to keep some of the child alive in us to enjoy the magic you can find in life.

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  34. John-you could attach a cord as Debi suggested,and or stitch on a little bell to each to alert you if one dropped-just a thought x

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  35. Heidi7:21 pm

    Enjoy those lovely gloves John, I'm sure the giver meant you to.

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  36. John, hi again, a copy of my well meant comment to you, and no one else, before it was taken over by MM and his wish for what he terms a "ginger cunt" to "die".


    John, hi, long time no aggro. My resolve to keep out of your comment box remains unbroken. Despite the fact, no bull, that someone actually offered me money to keep "communicating" with you. As tempting as it was I do have some integrity.

    Anyway, upshot being and, considering it's the time of good will which, I do hope, you will extend to me too, can I please make one request, nay, a recommendation: Please do NOT put yourself down all the time. It's so unattractive. And "deserve" doesn't come into it.

    Enjoy your gloves as long as they are a pair. Once you lose one the other might as well get lost too.

    U

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    1. I repeat....FUCK OFF AND DIE QUIETLY

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  38. Nice gloves. Just don't take up burglary.

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  39. Love leather gloves... but I don't have a coat that is as classy to go with them sadly. Enjoy having warm hands, and as others have said you certainly do deserve them.

    Jo in Auckland

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  40. I've just finished a 12.5 hour shift and am not getting drawn into a comment debate

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  41. Barbara Anne9:29 pm

    Sweet dreams!

    Hugs, too ...

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  42. Awww! Gloves are like little hugs for your hands!! :-) You spend your life caring for so many people and all the little animals too - your hands are how YOU show love. I think it is special that someone has chosen gloves to gift you. You are so VERY deserving! :-) The merriest of Christmases to you!!!

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  43. Anonymous11:16 pm

    how one bad apple can instigate another one and spoil the bunch! how sad - one would think they'd hide themselves and let John enjoy his gloves in this time of love, peace, and good cheer. For shame!!! hoping you can blot out the nasties John, and bask in the love of the over-riding majority of your followers - and truly enjoy your gloves and your Christmas! ♥♥♥

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  44. John, you are easy to please! I imagine you'll enjoy those gloves every single time you wear them.

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  45. Was just going to put exactly what Rachel has put! Why not do what Mum's do and fasten the gloves together with a long length of string and thread it through your left sleeve and out through your right sleeve so that when you take you coat off your gloves stay in place.

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