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Month: January 2022

Diary

View From The Greenhouse; No Gender Change Please, We’re British

11th January 2022 Colin Cross 3827 Comments

Another year comes around and, with it, a couple of days for quiet reflection, mostly to let the pudding settle. I don’t normally make a start in the old greenhouse much before February, the weather [more…]

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Libel or Legitimate Concern?

11th January 2022 Always Worth Saying 4326 Comments

In the unique way the internet adds fuel to any fire, an Andrew Neil Twitter thread encouraging people to be vaccinated against coronavirus went from room temperature to the melting point of granite within a [more…]

20th Century

Space-Travel Anniversaries and More Debris

10th January 2022 Going Postal 3595 Comments

I have been wondering how to continue with articles on the space-coins collecting theme. It is a vast subject and open to many directions of thought. However, a glance through history quickly shows that 2022, [more…]

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Eliminating Legal Tender Laws: A First Step to Sound Money and Financial Truth

10th January 2022 Patrick Barron 4456 Comments

Mention the term “legal tender” in polite company and most people will resemble a deer in the headlights. In simple terms legal tender laws grant monopoly status to money, usually fiat, produced by government; i.e., [more…]

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The Colombian Sojourn – Chapter 19

9th January 2022 Blown Periphery 3592 Comments

Edge opened his eyes. The light coming in through the window hurt them, and they were heavily bloodshot. He realised he was in a bed and a young Colombian woman was bustling about, carrying a [more…]

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Makin’ it up

9th January 2022 SharpieType301 4118 Comments

In these airy-fairy, love-y, care-y days of environmentally friendly practices, lessening one’s consumption and reducing waste is a big thing. One can, should one wish to, signal one’s immense virtue in all sorts of exciting [more…]

20th Century

Mystery Album, Part Seventeen

8th January 2022 Always Worth Saying 3600 Comments

Last time on Mystery Album we decided Helsinki Central Station showed the world a particular kind of Art Deco that stamped on some of the movement’s expectations. Purists half agree, preferring it transitionary from Art [more…]

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Going Postal Saturday Puzzles Number 202

8th January 2022 Going Postal 3859 Comments

SOD-YOU-KO Word Search 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 201 and a Christmas [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Twenty-Six – Gilbert O’Sullivan

7th January 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 3408 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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