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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred and Five

1st October 2023 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning everyone. Did you get thunder and lightning last night, it was pretty nasty here, but it didn’t start until I had retired to my cat basket. There was thunder rolling for ages [more…]

Biography

Tales From The Alarm Industry, Part Five

30th September 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 This time: I’m asked to do some work on [more…]

Arts

Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Sparks

29th September 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, nervously risking a [more…]

Arts

Jinnie’s Story, Book Five – Chapter Thirty-One

28th September 2023 Going Postal 0

Paolo and Jinnie were finally ready for the Christmas Eve drinks party. Paolo had been in charge of the booze and a table in the corner of the room made a well-stocked bar. Cold beer [more…]

Arts

Grosse Point Blank (1997)

28th September 2023 Going Postal 0

Made in 1997, by director George Armitage. Grosse Point Blank tracks the story of our hero, Martin Blank (John Cusack), a professional killer, who’s forced into one last job after an unfortunate event with a [more…]

Media

Not Many People Know That

27th September 2023 Going Postal 0

A Maurice Micklewhite List of Interesting Facts In 1973 Peter Sellers appeared on the Michael Parkinson show and did an absolutely perfect impression of the actor Michael Caine who was obsessed with amazing facts. The [more…]

21st Century

Colonialist Le Grand Fromage, Part Three

27th September 2023 Going Postal 0

Kurdistan, the Turkish blowback The colonisation of Northern Syria is an old Israeli project linked to the development of missile weaponry. The agenda is for the creation of an independent state in the north of [more…]

20th Century

The ’59 Trail, Part Two

26th September 2023 Going Postal 0

Part 2 of my uncle, John Alldridge’s 1959 report from Canada’s Far North for the Birmingham Mail – Jerry F Winnipeg, Monday I flew into Winnipeg in a blizzard. Dry, eye-stinging snow was spinning about [more…]

Economics

The Swiss franc’s “phenomenal” bull run

25th September 2023 Going Postal 0

The strength of the Swiss franc (CHF) has been the topic of countless “expert” analyses for over a year and it has received considerable coverage in the mainstream financial press. In fact, the last time the [more…]

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