Shed

Shed
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You should write a book with your stories and illustrations. :)

Thanks Kirstie. I might.

I think your figures are fantastic Michael,, really arty and your talent certainly seems to be in that area.

Thanks Dennis. Something 'meaningful' appeals to me. Something which has a story. It's surrealism. They're all from my subconscious.

I love your little tales Michael, these little paintings are great too.

Well what ever he was going to do that day was not going to be boring for sure. Great watercolours Michael.

Lol! You do attract them.....personally I would find his shed building experience very interesting and absorbing. I suppose it would depend on how he delivered the information.......lol Another really good natural pose Mick. That's a brilliant idea Kirstie.

What about the person who tells you all about their latest holiday and makes you look through all the holiday snaps..or the person who tells you all about their aches and pains....lol....I can see this book will be a series.lol

Thanks Fiona and Kirstie. Triviality conversation is a necessary part of our social being I think Fiona but hey, there some professionals out there. You've got it Kirstie, those people you see from a distance as you go for your morning paper and make you take a detour along the lane. I'm sure I'm one too.

This is definately interesting, Michael. I love it.

Thanks very much Ellen. I like what I do to have some meaning whenever possible and social comment helps.

Really super figure, and story!

Crumbs Michael you do meet some very strange folk!

Thanks Gudrun, Shirley and Margaret. I seem to attract them Margaret. Does like go to like?

He is a gem Michael...allbeit a boring little gem. Wonderful.

Thanks Sylvia. A good prescription for insomnia.

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21/09/2016
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I was on the 'bus to Durham last week when this man sat down beside me in what was a virtually empty 'bus. I soon discovered that he'd spent three days erecting a new shed in his garden and over the next ten minutes he didn't surface for breath as he described the base, walls, windows and roof construction, numbering every screw and nail in perfect category and size. When the opportunity arose I was about to ask him where he lived but he said, 'My stop', and left the 'bus. As the bus got up speed again I watched him walking away in his shorts and carrying his camera equipment and I thought, how boringly trivial! I made myself a promise that if I was going to say or do something in future I'd make sure it was interesting.

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Michael Mcmanus

I was born in 1946. In the 1960s and part of the 70s I was an airman in the Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm. I joined Durham Constabulary in 1971. In 1999 I retired from policing and began teaching sociology and criminology at Durham University with emphasis on policing and researching crime. I am drawn…

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