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Month: October 2023

19th Century

The Ghost with Wet Boots

22nd October 2023 Blown Periphery 0

Admiral Tyron was an extremely gifted Royal Naval Officer with a proven career of command, in the peacetime, post-Napoleonic era. On 22nd June 1893 he was Commander of the Mediterranean Station and was on board [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eight

22nd October 2023 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning everyone, according to the BBC it is supposed to be warm and sunny today, but I see no sun, admittedly it is warm, but it is cloudy. While on the subject of [more…]

19th Century

The Wrong Colour of Coffin

21st October 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Dartmoor Dartmoor is a vast, ancient landscape located in the county of Devon. Covering 20 miles by 14 miles, the 80,000 acres of extensive hilly district in the western part of the county are known [more…]

Biography

Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Eight

21st October 2023 Going Postal 0

Stories from my time spent working for an alarm company. Part One is here Part Two is here Part Three is here Part Four is here Part Five is here Part Six is here Part [more…]

Arts

Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: ABBA

20th October 2023 Going Postal 0

Greetings pop pickers and welcome to this week’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday, our weekly tribute to the rainbow and glitter world of music produced by artistes who are simply fabulous darling. This week we’ll be travelling [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

20th October 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 19th October 2023 The Panel: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative) Hilary Benn (Labour) Jeffrey Donaldson (DUP) Sorcha Eastwood (Alliance Party) John Finucane (Sinn Fein) Venue: Lisburn Hilary Benn (not his real name, Hilary James Wedgwood-Benn) [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story, Book Six – Chapter Two

19th October 2023 Going Postal 0

Penny and Dan had a much better flight to Bridgetown than they had expected. Unlike Jinnie they weren’t earning a fortune, their jobs with the SIS paid well, but not First Class well. Consequently, they [more…]

Economics

Gold for the people

19th October 2023 Going Postal 0

At the end of September, a very interesting story made the rounds in the media and caught my attention. Apparently, the US big box giant Costco added one rather surprising product to its range and it proved [more…]

Computing

The Slide Rule – Part 1

18th October 2023 Doc Mike Finnley 0

Introduction “Time is a wayward traveller, who sometimes rides posthaste through thick and thin…” From On The Making Of Gardens by Sir George Sitwell For some strange reason that opening sentence, by Sir George, has [more…]

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