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Month: January 2022

Arts

Another Caribbean Christmas, Part Three

31st January 2022 Going Postal 3003 Comments

Day 2 – Christmas Day – Barbados Christmas Day dawned another warm and sunny morning. As per the itinerary we were still berthed in Barbados awaiting more passengers. I watched a truck being loaded with [more…]

Economics

Missing the forest for the tree

31st January 2022 Going Postal 2786 Comments

Over the second half of January, we witnessed a fresh wave of volatility in equity markets, culminating in a pullback that caused widespread concern and endless headlines in the mainstream financial press. There was speculation [more…]

Arts

Happy 6th Birthday Going Postal

31st January 2022 Swiss Bob 2566 Comments

Six today! From https://goingpostaldotorg.wordpress.com/ (defunct) to https://going-postal.org/ (now the forum site) to https://going-postal.net/ (currently redirects to the .com) to our final home https://going-postal.com/ Not forgetting three house moves, two of which were international. We’ve come [more…]

Fiction

The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 22

30th January 2022 Blown Periphery 3485 Comments

He was awake before her and was busy in the kitchen but keeping the noise down. He took a mug of milky coffee through to her and she smiled at him and kicked off the [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Twenty Eight

30th January 2022 Going Postal 3823 Comments

Monday Morning all, a clear and frosty morning. Bozzie is a little happier this morning, his team have dug up a picture of Stoma necking a bottle of beer with a crowd during lockdown and [more…]

20th Century

Mystery Album, Part Twenty

29th January 2022 Always Worth Saying 3275 Comments

My own (reprinted) 1887 Bradshaw’s Guide shows an eclectic array of east coast shipping services connecting ourselves with continental Europe before the days of the noisy and inconvenient aeroplane. Goole to Dunkirk for 15 shillings [more…]

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Biden inabilities threaten global peace

29th January 2022 Fred Brownbill 2434 Comments

The idiotic usurper in the White House and his administration’s foreign policy is bringing the world closer to an apocalyptic end. Russia for some time has been threatening and amassing massive military assets at the [more…]

Hobbies

Going Postal Saturday Puzzles Number 205

29th January 2022 Going Postal 2226 Comments

SOD-YOU-KO 205 Word Search 205 First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a mystery prize! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 204 and [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Twenty-Nine – Diana Ross & The Supremes

28th January 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3427 Comments

If get this right, there will be many cover versions by future bands. I shall try and link live versions if they exist from the tellybox or a film, the sound quality may not be [more…]

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