edscissors's blog

I'm an older guy, mildly asthmatic, living alone. I've not been out of my Kentish (UK) village since March and, in fact, rarely even leave my flat. Don't worry: this isn't a moan or a rant and I definitely don't feel any self-pity. Quite the contrary.

From what I hear on the radio, many people in similar situation are almost crawling up the walls with frustration and loneliness. Friends, if that's you, I feel for you.

Me, I really love reading. 147 books so far in 2020. 5 this week. So quiet time alone is not a great problem.

In this post, however, I just wanted to say how wonderful it is to be able to chat here on MF with some really nice people - about all sorts of things, not just wrestling. MF has given me friends of different ages and all over the world. That's SO good, and I love it. I'm particularly gratified when some of our fine younger members are happy to chat with an older guy. (Hello, "Tintin"! Hello, A. ... and various others.) (Even better when I find some of these excellent young people can write good English, punctuate correctly, reply politely. But that's another topic!)

Personally I'm not interested in other social media (facebook, twitter, etc.: life's too short to get involved with all that) but I remain so grateful for MF even when most of us still don't feel confident about arranging actual meetings. This particular BOF (boring old fart) has, perhaps, been kept sane(ish) in lock-down - and certainly generously supported - by fine people in this fine community. Thank you, friends.

Keep safe, everyone.