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Month: September 2022

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Four, Chapter Eight

9th September 2022 Going Postal 3520 Comments

Jinnie decided that she would tell Paolo, she knew that he had always wanted children. He immediately developed a huge grin and said he would accompany her to the doctor, which was really just what [more…]

Drinking

The Geek’s Guide To Ageing Your Own Homemade Whisky

8th September 2022 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 4550 Comments

This is the final missive of my guide on home distillation using the Still Spirits equipment.  The previous post is here: The Geek’s Guide To Distilling Commercial Grade Whisky For £8 A Litre Bottle In [more…]

Economics

OTF (Own Two Feet) Party, Part Six

8th September 2022 Going Postal 5035 Comments

This has been written so much better in thousands of articles on the web (including GP). Wasn’t going to write this one but have included it for completeness. Very short and to the many points. [more…]

Arts

The best video games ever?

7th September 2022 Columba Palumbus 3099 Comments

Brooding, dark and utterly compelling, The Ultima Underworld games came along at a point where PC gaming was just starting to become something more than a hobby enjoyed by spotty teenage boys. Following the success [more…]

Business

Eat or heat

7th September 2022 Going Postal 3687 Comments

Europeans are already facing previously unthinkable dilemmas As the citizens of the Eurozone and the UK are increasingly struggling to make ends meet due to record levels of inflation, and as the winter draws closer, [more…]

Diary

A View From The Greenhouse; (The Shabbiness Of Public Service)

6th September 2022 Colin Cross 3249 Comments

Autumn is upon us, misty mornings, shorter days and cool breezes from the west herald its arrival. In our tiny corner of North West England, little changes. Sheep get moved from field to field, taking [more…]

Economics

Despite Their Hubris, Monetary Authorities Do Not Have Total Control

6th September 2022 Patrick Barron 3523 Comments

A new monetary age is coming and sooner than anyone thinks. Since 1971 the world’s monetary system has been unanchored from anything of intrinsic value. In the fall of that year President Nixon took the [more…]

Cooking

Tapas

5th September 2022 Going Postal 3229 Comments

It is said that tapas started life as a thin slice of bread placed over the rim of a glass or tankard to prevent insects landing in the wine or beer. It was then that [more…]

Business

Inescapable Consequences if Folly in High Places

5th September 2022 Emile Woolf 3718 Comments

Like the Covid pandemic, the war between Ukraine and Russia was not foreseeable. However, despite conventional thinking,  the current cost-of-living crisis has causal strands other than the war and the pandemic. These strands lie chiefly [more…]

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