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Month: August 2022

19th Century

Sabrage, or how to show off at parties

31st August 2022 Going Postal 0

You have all seen old Hollywood movies showing Napoleonic cavalry officers celebrating by cutting the tops off of champagne bottles. The name for this is sabrage. As with most things in movies there is some [more…]

Human Interest

In praise of the Countess of Wessex

31st August 2022 well_chuffed 0

All puffins, and most of the rest of the country, will be well aware that HM Queen Elizabeth II’s offspring have not been the wisest in their choice of spouse. This may not entirely be [more…]

20th Century

Uncle Fred, Edwardian Metropolitan Policeman

30th August 2022 Going Postal 0

Uncle Fred’s Early Life ‘Uncle Fred’, as we all called him, was, in reality, my maternal grandfather’s uncle, and my great great uncle.  He was the only other member of my grandfather’s family I ever [more…]

Arts

The Detritus of Death

30th August 2022 Going Postal 0

I was thinking about a title for this article for some time and “The Detritus of Death” was the best I could come up with – even if it does sound like a Doctor Who [more…]

Book Review

Book Review – Bronze Age Mindset by Bronze Age Pervert

29th August 2022 Going Postal 0

“I have to make this restatement now at the end of this brief manifesto: Many are domestic animals and happy that way. I speak instead to the men who feel stifled by this bug world.” [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – August 1942

29th August 2022 well_chuffed 0

August 80 years ago and although the situation in the desert starts off mostly quiet all hell is breaking out at sea. The Axis are desperate to resupply Rommel and the Allies are equally desperate [more…]

18th Century

Mandatory Vaccines vs. Logic and Kantian Ethics

29th August 2022 Patrick Barron 0

The case in favor of mandatory vaccines rests upon faulty logic and violates ethical principles. A vaccinated person protects himself to the extent of the vaccine’s capability, which may be close to one hundred percent, [more…]

Fiction

Samyaza Chapter 20, The Western Desert – October 2006

28th August 2022 Blown Periphery 0

The time passed very quickly and yet it felt slow. It was soon dark outside, and Afarin took the tennis ball and went out into the night. After a fifteen-minute walk she was at the [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Fifty-Six

28th August 2022 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning happy readers. The temperature has dropped overnight, it’s still warm but it is a little cloudy and there is a tiny breeze, now this is Larry weather! It is still peaceful here [more…]

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