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Month: May 2020

Rookwood, Going Postal
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SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 update 6

12th May 2020 Rookwood 4163 Comments

I’ve been keeping my head down of late. There is little point in engaging in fruitless argument with those whose mindset is fixed on a particular world view, and irrespective of who is right or [more…]

Animals

More Bees

11th May 2020 Going Postal 3814 Comments

I’m assuming you are only reading this because Swiss Bob has run out of: faggot and quiche recipes, and/or Old Trout’s maths questions, that bring back nightmares of my ‘A’ levels from longer ago than [more…]

Emile Woolf, Going Postal
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The Virus Circle – An Object Lesson on Socialist Economics

11th May 2020 Emile Woolf 2607 Comments

It’s not quite like having to start the economy from scratch, but this lockdown-induced recession warrants some detached assessment. We are aware that viable businesses have been forced to close their doors – or keep [more…]

21st Century

Boris, how dare you?

11th May 2020 Tachybaptus 2779 Comments

Locking our people into subjugation, Ruining businesses throughout the nation, Stealing the future of a generation, Boris, how dare you? Carrie instructs him, he obeys with gladness, Plunging us into zero carbon madness, So we [more…]

Fiction

War Crimes Chapter 7 – Edge, Embroiled in the Balkans

10th May 2020 Blown Periphery 4641 Comments

War Crimes Chapter 7 Edge hated Banja Luka Metal Factory. He hated the cold, draughty accommodation tents that had been erected inside the factory’s precincts, he hated the boredom, and he hated the dull and [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary Week Thirty Eight

10th May 2020 Going Postal 2710 Comments

Monday As you’ll already know Bozzie was discharged from hospital late yesterday morning. I knew something was happening when the Little Otter and the Mutt turned up, so I hung around downstairs so as not [more…]

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Aging

10th May 2020 Going Postal 3090 Comments

William Shakespeare lived for only 52 years, but in that time he managed to turn out plays that still speak to us today. I like the ‘Seven Ages of Man’ speech from As You Like [more…]

Arts

The Swaling, Part Three

9th May 2020 Always Worth Saying 2949 Comments

Is there an irrational fear of the southern hemisphere? Austrophobia? If so, may I suggest that those who suffer from it (Equatrophobics?) might try Singapore? One degree of latitude north, 70 miles from the equator, [more…]

Culture

Ooh, Aar, Rough Veg Gardening, A Progress Report

9th May 2020 Colin Cross 2714 Comments

Hello Postaliers, welcome to the latest progress report from the greenhouse at the end of the world, where summer has arrived early (as it often does) and work is limited, even with vents fully open [more…]

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