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Month: January 2025

Drinking

The Navy Tot

22nd January 2025 Going Postal 2805 Comments

My daughter kindly presented me with a bottle of rum “to remind me of my time in the Navy”.  It says quite clearly on the label that it is Pusser’s Rum and was the “original [more…]

Holiday

Yet Another Caribbean Christmas And New Year, Part One

22nd January 2025 Going Postal 3138 Comments

Friday 20th December – Home to Barbados My alarm woke me at five, and I got up immediately—no lie-in, as I would probably go back to sleep, and that could be a disaster. Shave, shower, [more…]

Culture

(Not) A View From The Greenhouse; After The Goldrush. The End

21st January 2025 Colin Cross 2509 Comments

I recently had the pleasure of visiting a hospital. Not an A&E, thankfully, but a famous hospital in the North West of England where I attended for a “pre-op” appointment. It’s an indictment, albeit a [more…]

America

The Inauguration

20th January 2025 well_chuffed 8131 Comments

So what is this inauguration thingy they all keep on about. I suppose everyone knows it happens on January 20th but what exactly happens. I make a possibly futile attempt to explain something about it. [more…]

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A New Dark Age, Part Two

20th January 2025 Godfrey Bloom 2723 Comments

A couple of years ago Going Postal were kind enough to publish My article A New Dark Age. Things were bad then & I knew they would get worse. What I didn’t know was how [more…]

Literature

An Old Man’s Musings, Part Thirteen

19th January 2025 Going Postal 2197 Comments

Watched the Les Dawson appearance on Parkinson video earlier. I like good comedians but there are very few around nowadays. My first live encounter was in 1962 when the Corporals’ Mess 3 Para booked an [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Sixty-Four

19th January 2025 Going Postal 2601 Comments

Monday Wow, the cat is back, and, disappointingly, so is Legohead. It has been quite pleasant here in Number Ten without him. First, he was at Chequers; then he went to Madeira for some winter [more…]

America

Inauguration Day Approaches

18th January 2025 Always Worth Saying 2111 Comments

Monday the 20th January 2025 sees the inauguration of Donald J Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America. Following the 78-year-old Republican’s third election victory last November 9th, Trump will be [more…]

Fiction

A Price Too High, Chapter Six

18th January 2025 Going Postal 2469 Comments

Dave was up before Sally, he made coffee, and ate breakfast before bringing up a cup. Following a kiss to wake her, he headed to the spare bedroom. His first email was to the head [more…]

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