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Economics

Get real, be real, and buy real

28th April 2021 Going Postal 0

The past year has been a remarkably interesting time for precious metals and especially for silver. The metal had spent many years in the shadow of its “big brother”, but it made an impressive, roaring [more…]

Arts

Flight of the Navigator

26th April 2021 Going Postal 0

Since Tina and I ditched the TV license last year, we’ve been using the money we saved to amass films and TV from times gone by. You know, back in the days when TV and [more…]

America

Letter to a Trump Hating Friend

26th April 2021 Going Postal 0

I’ve taken some time to read and reread your prior emails, so that I can respond in a useful way. I do have another take on some of the issues you mentioned and will note [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Ninety

25th April 2021 Going Postal 0

Monday Gosh, when I woke up it was snowing. I hate snow. Fortunately, it did lay or last within an hour it turned to rain, which I also hate, but not as much as snow! [more…]

Hobbies

Crossword No. 167

24th April 2021 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of Crossword 166 and a GP mug IN LIKE [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story, Chapter Fourteen

23rd April 2021 Going Postal 0

Jinnie walked down the slope from the northbound platform to the tunnel under the lines at Potters Bar Station. At the bottom, she turned right to the car park where her dad had said he [more…]

Collecting

Going For Gold – Part 6

22nd April 2021 Going Postal 0

Previous articles in this series have focused heavily on coins.  This time I take a look at the history of bullion, ingots and bars for a change. What is Bullion? Claude de Bullion, became the [more…]

Biography

The Real Goldfinger?

20th April 2021 Going Postal 0

Whilst doing some research for a future article in the ‘Going for Gold’ series I came across an interesting story which I thought would make for a separate article in its own right. Charles W. [more…]

Fiction

The Dismantlers

20th April 2021 Going Postal 0

He was surprised to have a call from the Surgery to say that his Doctor wanted a word: surprised, because they had been incommunicado since lockdown began, doubly so now, since she had invited him [more…]

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