Gordon.I.Hickman's Page

When I was acourting, in 1947 I drove an Austin 7 Saloon, my wife to be, sat close to me in a cramped up space for two, we stopped for petrol one fine day, as the tank would empty soon, and I said to the attendant, "Fill her up please do".
The attendant said,"Half a gallon sir"? and I said,"No two", , "Does he think this is a cigarette lighter"? my fiancee quipped with glee! Well! I hadn't known her long and didn't know what to do,
I doubled up with laughter and nearly forgot the fee!
Ever since… Continue

A supreme intelligence created all, but who created it? and just as puzzling, who or what decided the place where it all should sit? Matter exists in many forms, but at the heart of all, the common atom starts, or so 'twas thought, until they found they're made of smaller parts! Protons have Electrons whirring round, and in between are spaces, so the scientists have found. It turns out, even these components are made of smaller 'stuff', Muons, Quarks and who knows what, it all seems like a bluff… Continue

A friendship shared is a treasured thing,
transcending all. through thick and thin,
unlike a rose which scents, then bends,
a friend holds fast as the years descend.

And when decades go rolling by,
this bond becomes a stronger tie,
so lift your glass and take a sip,
and drink a toast to true friendship.
hicky.