In 1969, my uncle, John Alldridge visited New Guinea to “observe the attempt to weld a primitive people to a modern society”. This is the second of his reports for the Vancouver Sun. – Jerry [more…]
This time, Security & breathalysers, Southampton, tracked vehicles and a sad tale. Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and Wales. Part one [more…]
Penny, Steven and Les were dropped off by two ministerial cars in Downing Street and much to Les’s surprise they were shown straight into the PM’s private office. Nigel shook hands with them all and [more…]
This is my first comment though I was in the second wave of refugees from Fatso’s site and have been happily lurking here ever since. I do not have a tv or listen to the [more…]
Having humiliated the Ugandan Army (UPDF), the RPF and the RCD in December crushed the remnants of the Congolese army and its Zimbabwean allies in Pweto, southeastern Congo. On 16th January 2001, Kabila was sitting [more…]
There is clearly a common denominator in the kind of “solutions” that the State comes up with to deal with the problems that it caused (and that’s most problems). Not only are these remedies worse [more…]
In 1969, my uncle, John Alldridge visited New Guinea to “observe the attempt to weld a primitive people to a modern society”. This is the first of his reports for the Vancouver Sun. – Jerry [more…]
Monday Hello merry readers and welcome to another week of my diary and thoughts. I start this week in a good mood, I have had a good weekend, nothing special for me to report on [more…]
This time, Preston and Norwich and a nightmare in London Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and Wales. Part one is here [more…]
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