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Month: April 2023

Computing

Cnutelectronics, Part Two

17th April 2023 El Cnutador 0

Welcome back to Cnutelectronics! It comprises the same bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm, poor research, pointy metal things as Cnuteneering and also adds the additional danger of very hot soldering irons. We left the last episode [more…]

History

Who Do I Think I Am? Part Two

17th April 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Not who I think I am Oh, dear. Be careful what you wish for. Let sleeping dogs lie. Unexpected consequences. Every family holds its secrets – except yours and mine. All is not what it [more…]

20th Century

This Is My England, Part Eight

16th April 2023 Going Postal 0

Look at Tolpuddle now, with its neat thatched cottages, its tall chestnuts in splendid flower, all in all as pretty an English village as ever found its way on to a Christmas card, and you [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred And Eighty-Three

16th April 2023 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning people and welcome to a new week. What a lovely sunny morning, I could feel the warmth of the sun on my fur as I headed down the garden. Mind you it [more…]

Fiction

The Parrot Lady

16th April 2023 Going Postal 0

‘You the parrot lady?’ She smiled: ‘Yes, I suppose I am. Is that what people call me?’ ‘No –  just me. How many parrots have you got?’ ‘At the moment, just a pair. But I [more…]

20th Century

Better Views?

15th April 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Monte Carlo Casino After spending much of one’s life in Carlisle, it might be difficult to be sniffy about Monte Carlo but as time goes on, it does become easier. On this page from the [more…]

Arts

Big Bash 2023

15th April 2023 Going Postal 0

Time and place 21st – 22nd/23rd July 2023 at the Gate Hangs High. Accommodation Many of us will be camping in one form or another at the GHH, there is a very large field with  [more…]

Biography

Trade Plating Around England, Part Three

15th April 2023 Going Postal 0

How it all hangs together and how easily it goes pear shaped. Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and Wales. Part one [more…]

Arts

Classic Album Review: ZZ Top – Eliminator

14th April 2023 Going Postal 0

This week there will be no messing around with any Mickey Mouse, common-or-garden, multi-Platinum albums. No siree. This weeks album is the globe straddling, chart shattering, Diamond Certified behemoth from “that lil’ ol’ band from [more…]

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