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Month: May 2021

America

A salute to small business owners!

22nd May 2021 Fred Brownbill 0

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, ‘Where’s the self-help section?’ She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. George Carlin! The above has nothing to do with this blog!! [more…]

Hobbies

Crossword No. 171

22nd May 2021 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 170 and a GP mug Sparks (Do [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music Albums – 1992

21st May 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

A History of Pop Music Albums – 1992 Featured Album:  Annie Lennox – Diva This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Eighteen

21st May 2021 Going Postal 0

It was less than 30 minutes later that the large Deutsche Gas van pulled up on the other side of the green in front of the Walsh’s home. Three of the biggest burliest gas fitters [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

21st May 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 20th May 2021 Panel: Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) Devi Sridhar (Academic) Richard Walker (Retailer) Harriet Green (Buisnesswoman) Venue: London & Edinburgh Never mind that, Puffins want to know about my toothache. [more…]

Computing

Cnuteneering, Part Seventeen

20th May 2021 El Cnutador 0

Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. You may want to refresh your memory on the project in: Part [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – May 1941

20th May 2021 well_chuffed 0

An even busier month than April, lots going on in North Africa, Crete and Abyssinia. The Germans and Italians continued to besiege Tobruk, German paratroops invaded Crete and yet more parts of Abyssinia fell to [more…]

Communism

Mrs. Ida Noodle, Dissident Cleaner

20th May 2021 Going Postal 0

Ida pushed the cottage door open, walked in and started looking around. The acrid smell inside was so overpowering that she hurried, nearly gagging, to open all the windows wide. Ida felt nervous: she had [more…]

Arts

Postcard from Romania – Part Two

19th May 2021 SharpieType301 0

Part One of the Postcard from Romania covered our arrival in the beautiful city of Cluj-Napoca, in May of 2018. In writing it, I tried to dispel just a little of the negative impression many [more…]

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