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Flag shortage predicted as people rush to put Union Jacks in their Zoom backgrounds

February 22, 2021 marvinmidlife Fake news

Experts warn of flag shortage if panic buying continues. The demand for flags has grown since Ministers have them in the background on Zoom calls during lockdown.

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Feature: Hip Replacement

hip replacement story starting with arthritis
A hip replacement story, from initial twinge to running around post op.

Working lives

  • Role playing Exciting role playing doesn’t just happen in the bedroom, it happens in interviews too.
  • dull work meeting A brilliant excuse. Is daydreaming in dull meetings part of evolutionary make-up?
  • Waiting for recruitment responses and watching the tumbleweed roll past. It's a lonely place. 1 Waiting for recruitment responses and watching the tumbleweed roll past. It’s a lonely place.

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Health, Fitness and Hips

  • Keep the man happy in your head Frustrated with a boring middle age existence. You need to be more Don…
  • Make yourself happy, do it for Don Agonising over how to be happy? Don’t do it for you. Do it for Don.
  • Evel Knievel liked amazing stunts. Was he a hip replacement hero or broken bone madman? 2 Evel Knievel liked amazing stunts. Was he a hip replacement hero or broken bone madman?
  • cool cocktails and ice cubes Ice, ice baby. Summer’s here and the time is right…for cool cocktails and novelty ice cubes

Most Liked Posts

  • 12 months after - a total hip replacement recovery story....
  • Total hip replacement recovery story. Painfully limping along in weeks...
  • 18 months after my hip replacement and some bad habits...
  • Hip replacement recovery days 6 to 21. Coming on in...

Ask Marvin Answered…

  • Father Christmas is fat, grey and old. I’m exactly the same, and yet no one wants me in their house at Christmas. What can I do?
    Aunt Marvin
  • My work suit no longer fits, and my birthday suit isn’t what it was. What can I do before I return to the office?
    Aunt Marvin
  • I have been offered a promotion at work but it could mean sacrificing my friends. Should I take it?
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midlife issues

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  • Shock of middle-aged man in Turkish barber experience. Is it the answer to midlife grooming? 3 Shock of middle-aged man in Turkish barber experience. Is it the answer to midlife grooming?
  • Lagotto puppy It’s a dog’s life. Why buying a puppy might not be the answer to midlife stress

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  • Middle-aged man urgently reassures his 78 followers that his Twitter account was not hacked 5 Middle-aged man urgently reassures his 78 followers that his Twitter account was not hacked
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