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Month: May 2025

Engineering

Home Backup Systems, Part Two

27th May 2025 Swiss Bob 0

What You’ll Need A Home Backup System, in my case (AC300 + B300K) Solar panels 405w £50 each Solar cable, from Bluetti with connectors and 50m cable only from Electrical World Solar cable crimper Staubli [more…]

20th Century

Is there life on (somewhere other than) Mars?

26th May 2025 Northern Man 0

Once upon a time we knew our place in the universe.  The science was settled and the experts agreed.  The Earth was at the centre of the universe and everything we could see in the [more…]

America

Another disappointing week

26th May 2025 well_chuffed 0

In the USA it was all supposed to be habbening, only it didn’t. Over here Starmer is supposed to be toast but he still lingers and the anchor baby was supposed to be facing a [more…]

Literature

An Old Man’s Musings Part Twenty-Nine

25th May 2025 Going Postal 0

Enjoyed your article SB. I follow these four vlogs: Domaine Sauvage Diego Leon Utube (not the footballer) The Irish Homestead Our Small holding Adventure These are not strictly off-grid but they use some of the [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Two

25th May 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, my happy readers. It’s a bit cloudy this morning and I see, according to the forecast, it’s going to rain in London later this morning. Legohead held a presser this morning to [more…]

21st Century

Big Boys’ Rules

24th May 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

In yet another BBC documentary on the subject, a Panorama edition entitled Special Forces: I Saw War Crimes dropped on 12th May and investigated serious allegations against UK Special Forces, in particular the SAS and [more…]

Fiction

The Past is Present, Chapter Seven

24th May 2025 Going Postal 0

Sally suggested they stop at Tesco’s on the way home, “there is nothing fresh in the house, we need bread, milk, juice and food for meals.” Dave reluctantly agreed, Sally phoned Olivia, her best friend, [more…]

20th Century

The History of Pop Music – 1978

23rd May 2025 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song: ELO – Mr Blue Sky This is a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 when they stopped making it. [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

23rd May 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 22nd May 2025 The Panel: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour) Kieran Mullan (Conservative) Zanny Minton Beddoes (Editor of The Economist) Hashi Mohamed (Barrister and journalist) Inaya Folarin Iman (Journalist) Venue: Dulwich Last time Question Time [more…]

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