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Barbara Starkey

@StarkeyBarbara

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Retired, still travelling anywhere, eating everything & loving life

Whalley, England
Joined January 2014
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
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Been to Consultant to get signed off after Rotator Cuff Op. Asked me to fasten my bra at the back to see how high up I could get my arm. Has nobody ever told him, you fasten at the front and twizzle round, or is that just me?
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@StarkeyBarbara
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@moomincutting I just can’t do it
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
2 years
Before @Nigella_Lawson how many of us took ‘photos’ of everything we made,Nigella you’ve turned us all into Food Photographers. Sending you pics & you replying is as exciting as the cooking & eating.
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
2 years
Visiting friend, recently diagnosed with the cruellest disease @MNDPatients taking her @Nigella_Lawson ’s Orange Scented Brioche Pudding, whilst she can enjoy. My friend humbles me
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
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@All0fTheThings It’s not as easy when you come out the shower
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Barbara Starkey
1 year
@CromwellStuff @Mervynsmith13 I begged my sister’s Dr to admit my sister (mentally she was suffering so badly) he wouldn’t help & claimed she wasn’t a danger to anybody , she took her own life 3 wks later, the system def didn’t work for her as she was obviously only a danger to herself
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
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@DianeLakeside @WokChic I have 2 before I make any serious moves
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Barbara Starkey
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@AHowroyd Me neither. When I told friends, they were all surprised, all Twizzlers
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1 month
@helenreddaway Apparently not but twizzlers are the majority
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
1 year
@shitscaredmum @angelcastshelp @ourbrainbank @BrainTumourOrg Omg, I so wish that this had ‘been around’ for me & my sister . Beautiful. I still cherish a fruit bowl she bought me my last gift from her to me. 28 yrs ago
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
2 months
Cancelled our trip to seek Northern Lights in February due to broken ankle & just had most amazing display over our house 🏡
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
8 months
@Depheruk What the hell is happening g that people are living like this. Just donated
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
4 years
Set out this morning to ‘wander’ ended up buying a caravan , it’s been 16 mths since we last owned one & missed it too much . Delivery in 2 weeks, can’t wait
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
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Time to go home. 💕 every minute of birthday trip. Walked 28 miles, eaten bodyweight, drunk sufficiently & for 1st time used UBER, another year older and still learning. Big tks to Sam @Sostraveluk who now feels like a friend instead of my Virtual Travel Helper. We will return
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
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@shroommuse The little things suddenly became impossible 🙅
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
5 years
Absolutely loving Charleston and especially the Oysters & shellfish. 2640 miles driven and 450 to go - en route to Tampa
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4 months
@Michaelrt86 Called Front room , there was a piano in there but nobody ever played & a bowl with sweeties in it, you got one every time you visited
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
4 months
Omg the joys of bungalow living. Out of shower into bedroom, fully naked & face to face with window cleaner , wash leather in hand . He ducked out of sight. Only young lad & probably put him off women for life. Need a warning system !
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
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@1feralkat Hope you get good recovery
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Barbara Starkey
6 years
@PicPublic @MWTraveller Paparoa National Park, there’s something to see around every corner in New Zealand
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
4 years
@nancybbakes Cleaned The oven today as per your ‘tip’ ie dishwasher tablets, soda crystals, hot water and look what happened
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Barbara Starkey
4 months
@Michaelrt86 My Auntie Lily & Uncle Frank had a front room, it was South facing, in the summer they placed brown paper up to the window so sun didn’t bleach anything but nobody went in it but saved for best
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Barbara Starkey
4 months
Well going to be a few more weeks at least with this ankle so rang an Agency & got Cleaners coming , start next week , not cheap but husband has recognised ‘housework is not as easy as he thought plus it just keeps coming ‘ !
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Barbara Starkey
6 years
@StarkeyBarbara Shane Filan just on stage and then it’s @LionelRichie
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Barbara Starkey
2 years
@chesterres @Depheruk Thought that was me then - im Barb Starkey and we both support @Depheruk
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Barbara Starkey
5 years
@poornabell @HermanaMam My sister, she always set the knife and fork on the wrong side of the plate (said it was because she was left handed) sometimes I do it on purpose to make me smile
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Barbara Starkey
1 year
@Mangoshagger Gooseberries commonly known Goosegobs at our house . Never see them today
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Barbara Starkey
10 months
@SoVeryBritish Last time I went & never again, the person behind me took off their shoes & socks & rested them on my seat, I nearly 🤮 . Now we have a small Everyman Cinema, it’s beautiful & small, with wonderful sofas to relax into with foot rests yes expensive but worth it
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Barbara Starkey
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Grandkids staying, I’m running on auto-pilot. We’ve made fudge, pavlova & prepped Yorkshire puddings for later. Later they will return to the mothership . How can 2 kids make such a mess !
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Barbara Starkey
6 years
Wroclaw is just fabulous. Tmrw it’s a boat trip & then made a promise to find a nice bar for ‘the football’.
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
3 years
@lemonmomcanada Homemade Steak & kidney pie, mash potatoes and ? so many peas. It was very tasty but took forever
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Barbara Starkey
4 years
@Rob_C_Allen @popsymopsy @thebakingnanna1 Homemade lemon curd is always the best, made 4 times since I discovered @nancybbakes recipe, takes minutes to make and minutes to eat
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Barbara Starkey
3 years
Not seen half of our family since Christmas, forgot we weren’t supposed to hug but #worth -it Think we might put a frame round this
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
6 years
@itvcorrie Having experience of suicide, I thought it was an excellent episode. Heartbreaking but every emotion was displayed, it was the same in our family
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Barbara Starkey
4 years
Happy 70th to my husband. Not as we planned it but a walk in the Yorkshire Dales, fish & chip takeaway eaten in the car & it feels good
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Barbara Starkey
3 years
After ???? years, we are using a Milkman again & it definitely tastes different - or is it me. Something really lovely about picking milk up from the front step
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Barbara Starkey
2 years
@yobculture @akendall1966 @MartinSLewis @itvMLshow My mum used to say ‘if the flags are dry’ then you can peg out
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
4 years
@Tesco can’t believe why you need Jamie Oliver or anybody to ‘front Tesco’ am I missing the point, nobody shops anywhere because of a celebrity ‘it’s all about value for money’ Does he do it for free ???
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Barbara Starkey
2 years
@BBCBreakfast Shameless. Every day I watch my friend suffer with MND #nohope He should visit to even try to understand the hell this disease brings on families
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
4 months
Downloaded the Merlin App ready for my Bird Spotting Session. Slipped & fell and am now in A & E. Ankle like a football, thinking ligament hopefully but the pain is horrendous , can’t put on floor & swelling by the minute !!! Husband shaking head
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Barbara Starkey
2 years
@thebakingnanna1 @Rob_C_Allen here we are , my entry, eaten so much of it now 😂
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
4 years
@Rob_C_Allen @thebakingnanna1 @FirstTMaster Hope I’m not too late. Lyles Fruity Tea Loaf (best with cheese) !
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Barbara Starkey
5 months
Crazy really, 2 Deli Cafes in our village, every Sunday packed with young people eating the most amazing brunches, prams & babies everywhere. When mine were young the Market Cafe was a treat, now I can afford it , I can’t get in !!
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Barbara Starkey
3 years
Joining #SundaySunsets from Pickering, N Yorkshire (actually taken on a Friday)!! @RoarLoudTravel @GalsWander @MadHattersNYC @live4sites
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Barbara Starkey
1 year
@resilientpeopl I do the same with my 2 widowed friends & my husbands widower friend . Apparently, I’m the only one. Christine came with us to New Zealand & Singapore in Feb. Next year Spain
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Barbara Starkey
1 month
Our 2nd day in Bilbao. Couple of hiccups but minor, wonderful city, walking miles (ankle behaving with help from Paracetamol) loving the tapas with wine. Today it had to be the Guggenheim
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Barbara Starkey
7 months
Well everybody, passed all the tests , BP bit high but acceptable. Booked in for the 1pm slot . Ordered my snack for later & my tea as say I’ve possibly got to stay the night . Bed is comfy
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Barbara Starkey
4 months
2 wks of ready meals, takeaways & eating rubbish,talked husband through Salmon with crushed new potatoes, tenderstem broccoli, mustard & Parmesan sauce. He got very stressed, kitchen like a bomb site but we’ve survived. Said plumbing in washing machine last week more enjoyable !
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Barbara Starkey
4 years
@Rob_C_Allen I just love a scone, filled these with @nancybbakes Lemon Curd recipe
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Barbara Starkey
5 years
How good is this when the Hotel knows it’s your birthday. Hotel Bristol, Warsaw. Loving our time in Warsaw
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Barbara Starkey
3 years
@Nigella_Lawson made your slattern’s spaghetti (we call it slut’s spaghetti) so good, added peppers because they needed eating
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Barbara Starkey
7 months
@Depheruk James, ready to send you money to help improve somebody’s Christmas. Do you have a link please
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Barbara Starkey
3 years
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
3 years
@sl2016_sl @live4sights @journiesofalife @coolonespa @cruiselifestyl Im here Seema, takes your breathe away. 2 Nts Glasgow, now Skye, Saturday on to Dunnet Head, then Orkney #Skye #Carbostmore #Glenbrittle Beach #Oyster Shack
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Barbara Starkey
4 years
I’m desperate to revisit New Zealand, 2021 cancelled, when does anybody think I’ll be able to book for 2022 & know I’ll be able to go , it’s all I think about
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Barbara Starkey
4 years
@MyFaveBench ⁩ 6.7 miles The Tolkien Trail, where the Hodder joins the Ribble
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Barbara Starkey
4 months
Week of gkids drawing to close, running out of ideas & money. Suggested we bake, not exactly enthusiastic but let them pick something, make mistakes (bossy girls) gave them advice & they really enjoyed it
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Barbara Starkey
3 years
@Nigella_Lawson Seeing this,now a shortage of Oxtail, my butcher when I ask for ‘cuts’ of meat asks ‘which Nigella recipe is this for’?
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Barbara Starkey
4 years
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
27 days
2 wks into our road trip. Hubby driven so many kilometers, the driving in cities not for the faint hearted. Food & wine amazing. Driven from Bilbao/Oviedo/Santiago/Porto/Leon & another wk to go. Gained too many lbs but loved every minute
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Barbara Starkey
4 months
@karenfthompson Staying at daughters looking after gkids, realised I’d forgotten my BP tabs, no card or gift but he’s driven round trip of 2 1/2 hrs to go home & get them for me , so that’s enough love for me 🥰
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Barbara Starkey
3 years
I love ‘long haul, ‘short haul, ‘city breaks’ all types of getting away but it still feels wonderful to get away to the Yorkshire Dales in our Caravan
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Barbara Starkey
4 months
Everybody, it’s an Aclusion fracture. Waiting for small cast & crutches & then Appt at fracture clinic. I’m glad its something cause don’t feel like I’ve wasted time but could have lived without it & looks like our trip to Norway in jeopardy
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Barbara Starkey
4 years
Our village at 11am today, Last Post played by our local historian Paddy Brown
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
2 years
@alexeades1 My angel, my sister. I’m still lost without her #27years
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
2 years
@HUGGIreland @hospicedoctor I still struggle 27 yrs later when people ask ‘what did your sister die from’
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
5 years
It’s 5 a day time. Tks for the recommendation ⁦ @Sostraveluk ⁩ & ⁦ @chancetotravel
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
24 days
Another week, spent in Leon, Burgos & Logroño. The Cathedrals are mind blowing, today wine tasting at Campo Viejo vineyard. Tmrw we move to San Sebastián. I just love the Spanish way of life
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Barbara Starkey
1 year
2nd trip to New Zealand, a long long way but so worth it - hopefully there will be a 3rd time.
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Barbara Starkey
3 years
My plan for this afternoon. If you can then you should, please @GiveBloodNHS
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Barbara Starkey
6 years
@myrtlevondurtle @samanthahalf Me&hubby went to one 40+yrs ago,dodgy club complete with curly butties,sausage rolls,Vol au vents. Groom tweaked bridesmaid’s bottom,bride saw it,stubbed out her cigarette, strode across dance floor & smacked the bridesmaid. 00’s of weddings later but still talk about that one!!
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Barbara Starkey
5 years
Staying in Chattanooga at the Chatanooga Choo Choo , it’s just fabulous and so different. Converted railway station converted into hotels, restaurants . Plus they make a mean margarita
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Barbara Starkey
4 months
We Always pay for good Travel Insurance, never ever claimed but necessary this time. Submitted forms to Dr. collected & downloaded to @staysure . 4 days later monies back in Account, the relief is enormous. Thank you, 5 star
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Barbara Starkey
2 years
@shitscaredmum I’ve made my cake & could finish it off for you , please let me know , we are only ‘over the hill’ so can deliver. It’s tasty @nancybbakes recipe & never fails
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Barbara Starkey
6 months
Friends for 30 plus yrs & still we can’t find enough hours on a night out to say everything. So lucky to find these girls
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@StarkeyBarbara
Barbara Starkey
6 years
@belatucadros @myrtlevondurtle @samanthahalf She was 7 mths pregnant so needed a ‘keeper’ . It was the massive drag on the cigarette and grinding it into the floor, when we realised she meant business. We knew him as ‘Albert the Welder’ , How the heck we got invited I dont know but laugh we did...
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Barbara Starkey
8 months
@Depheruk Can I ask if you can take electrical goods, we will soon have a Cordless Vac going spare , excellent condition . I can deliver
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Barbara Starkey
4 months
Day 1 school holidays & gchildren going well, played 2 rounds of Cluedo, takeaway Chinese, & bed. Day 2 shopping in Liverpool,Maggie Fu’s for lunch, Charlotte Tilbury & Superdrug for make-up,Nike for top,NewLook for Jeans, £150 worse off. Now making pancakes, 4 days to go !
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Barbara Starkey
6 years
@pussandmore22 @itvcorrie My sister, aged 41. The lead up to it was a million times different from that shown in Coronation Street but the aftermath was very similar. Everybody’s thoughts and reactions were so different. It’s been 23 yrs but I live it like it was yesterday, every bit of it
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Barbara Starkey
4 years
@MyFaveBench Wonderful day out today @SaltaireWebsite Benches everywhere, I’ll try a few more next time
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4 years
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Barbara Starkey
5 years
We arrived in Gatlinburg and my thoughts were OMG was I drinking when I decided to stop here (thinking Blackpool on steroids) but had a fab day walking nr the Appalachian trail and now in a wonderful restaurant - Oysters and wine & seafood platter - yum yum
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Barbara Starkey
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@MoorlandsEater Signed off, just so glad I Recovery painful & takes time but great result & now part n free & can raise arm
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Barbara Starkey
4 years
@JeremyVineOn5 No my house is too small. plus I don’t need the publicity & am not furthering my career. I’m also aware his housekeepers will be doing ‘the work’ involved
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