Mr Pooter?

On the TV this morning, the actor Hugh Bonneville was talking about his new programme "The Diary of a Nobody" based on the Victorian comic novel. For some strange reason Barbara turned round and looked at me and said "Blog" Am I a Mr Pooter? I suppose I am but I doubt whether I'll ever reach the dizzy comic heights of George Weedon's creation.
After last night's post, I tackled my tax return. This self assessment is a chore and quite frightening really. I try my best to give the correct answers but the warnings are there and I could finish up in jail. An accountant is out of my league so I'll keep plodding on. Maybe now I am on the pension, I may go back to straight PAYE as things get simpler. Still the HMRC site and form is pretty good really.
The Plumbers Mates fielded a depleted team last night. Bob was away taking in a show in York. We drank using the free pint tokens we'd won a couple of weeks ago. Sorry Bob! Luckily, we managed to win again. Colin the quizmaster was a bit slow with the questions so we only got 35. We're turning into pretty good guessers as we managed to get 30 of them right so we'll have some beer tokens for next week when we should be up to strength.
Barbara and I went in to town and did my least favourite thing, buy birthday cards. I reckon we could save a tree at least if we didn't buy any, particularly over the next few weeks. I think we have got them all sorted out. May seems to have crept up on us and we need to get some gifts sorted out too, particularly for the grandchildren.
We went round to Hull Braves Guild for noon. It really is a pleasant afternoon, socialising and then being entertained. The "work" is not very onerous, pushing wheel chairs, clearing up etc. The "turn" today was the Potterill Singers. I saw them back in October when they were a bit depleted. They seem to be enjoying themselves and appreciate the audience participation as they sing along. I wonder what will happen over the next decade or two. Most of the singers were older than me and most of the turns that have come have been too. The younger ones just aren't there so organisations like the Braves will find it more and more difficult to get entertainment. I would help but I couldn't carry a tune in a paper bag!
This evening we have been up to the AGM at the Church. Something pretty new for me. I have been to one or two over my working life but this was the first since Rev'd David has been here and that's over 8 years. Regrettably, it's his last as he moves on in August. There wasn't too much we didn't know talked about but we got the time to discuss some things. As David repeated from the talk given by Adrian Plass at Easter People last week from his A to Z. M is for Methodism: see Meetings - M is for Meetings : see Methodism! We managed to get the hall set up for the Jumble Sale tomorrow saving us a bit of a job in the morning.