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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Ivory Cutlery’s Day Off Pt. 3

24th January 2025 Going Postal 0

Greetings pop pickers and please be welcome to tonight’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday and another of our fortnightly mastications upon the marshmallowy pillows of musical magnificence. Tonight, dear reader, as we mark both Peanut Butter Day [more…]

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Fiction

Jinnie’s Story, Book Seven – Chapter Thirty

23rd January 2025 Going Postal 0

Jinnie had been busier at the weekend than she had anticipated. Knowing she was going to be away from Monday, and not really knowing for how long, she had tried to spend as much time [more…]

Economics

The Cantillon Effect…. Or how printing money entrenches wealth and power at the expense of everyone else……..

23rd January 2025 Going Postal 0

It’s one of those wonderful explanatory ideas that is obscure in that very few people know what it is but outlandishly obvious and essentially undeniable once you hear it.  When you’re going to print money [more…]

Drinking

The Navy Tot

22nd January 2025 Going Postal 0

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 0

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…]

Literature

An Old Man’s Musings, Part Thirteen

19th January 2025 Going Postal 0

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 0

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…]

Fiction

A Price Too High, Chapter Six

18th January 2025 Going Postal 0

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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Fiction

Jinnie’s Story, Book Seven – Chapter Twenty-Nine

16th January 2025 Going Postal 0

Jinnie was surprised when, just after lunch, Brian arrived at Maple House. He put his head around her door and said, “Hi, that was an interesting morning. I don’t envy you having to work with [more…]

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