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Month: May 2021

Arts

Memories of Japan, Centre Point to Osaka

6th May 2021 Lugosi 2400 Comments

In 1985 I worked for Mitsubishi Electric and that gave me the privilege of visiting Japan three times and getting to know something of the Japanese working and business psyche. It introduced me to Japanese [more…]

20th Century

SS Gairsoppa

6th May 2021 Going Postal 2094 Comments

The SS Gairsoppa was a British steam merchant ship launched in 1919 and built in Jarrow by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd at the request of the British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd. Initially [more…]

Arts

Postcard from Romania – Part One

5th May 2021 SharpieType301 3260 Comments

Almost the first question we are asked whenever we mention that we’ve visited Romania on several occasions is ‘why on earth would you want to go there’? That’s often followed by ‘isn’t it really poor [more…]

Economics

Get real, be real, and buy real – Part II

5th May 2021 Going Postal 3318 Comments

Claudio Grass (CG): During the first wave of lockdowns and travel bans we saw a lot of disruptions in the physical precious metal market. With delivery delays and logistics problems, has the situation fully normalized [more…]

Arts

Gardening In A Pandemic (A Seaside Break)

4th May 2021 Colin Cross 2626 Comments

Everything in the garden being as rosy as it could be for the time of year, and our glorious leaders deigning to allow us the limited freedom to widen our small horizons, we decided we [more…]

America

FBI, DOJ. Arrest John Kerry – Charge Treason

4th May 2021 Fred Brownbill 2032 Comments

Two of the new Biden Administration among other Democrats had meetings with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif during the Trump Presidency, undermining the foreign policy agenda that was put in place by the legitimate administration [more…]

Authoritarianism

Book Review: Why the Germans do it better

4th May 2021 Going Postal 2174 Comments

Sorry. This is not a book review. See SB for a refund. But the title of the book in question is amusing. There is no doubt that, indeed, Germans do some things so much better [more…]

Gardening

Springtime For Reggie

3rd May 2021 Going Postal 2425 Comments

Spring has arrived at Reggie Towers once more. I thought I would share a few pictures taken recently as I know how much some of you like to see flowers and plants growing. Also, you [more…]

Emile Woolf, Going Postal
Economics

Government’s Wayward Spending – It’s Our Money!

3rd May 2021 Emile Woolf 2749 Comments

Expenditure by “Big-government” is not readily susceptible to economic calculation. Therefore it’s impossible to know whether citizens would support central or local spending proposals – and they are never consulted anyway. The result is often [more…]

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