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The Past is Present, Chapter Four

3rd May 2025 Going Postal 2539 Comments

The Range Rover was ready for them, Dave put the holdall with the weapons in the boot, Sally’s heart was thumping. They set off driving through the Saturday night traffic, as they drove east, the [more…]

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Fabulously Flamboyant Friday: When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth Pt. 1

2nd May 2025 Going Postal 2822 Comments

Greeting, pop pickers, and please be welcome to this week’s fabulously flamboyant Friday. Ah, the 1970s… A splendid decade. But they weren’t just about Ford Cortinas, Vesta curries, platform shoes, ludicrous flares, questionable facial hair, [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Nine

1st May 2025 Going Postal 2635 Comments

The last full day of the cruise was a sea day as the ship chugged the 150 miles from Martinique to Barbados very slowly. The twins spent the morning by the pool with everyone else, [more…]

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On Greenlaning

1st May 2025 Going Postal 2442 Comments

Greenlaning, the driving of motorised vehicles on the approximately 6,000 miles of tracks, paths and byways with legal rights of way in England & Wales, can be understandably controversial. This article will not explore the [more…]

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Book Review: Soldaten, ‘On fighting, killing and dying’

30th April 2025 Going Postal 1908 Comments

This book, originally published in 2012, is based on the discovery of transcripts of covert surveillance of German prisoners of war in WW2, found initially in archives in Great Britain and latterly in archives in [more…]

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The Reece Committee: Lessons from history

30th April 2025 Going Postal 2339 Comments

In the early 1950s, against the backdrop of the Cold War and growing concerns over potential clandestine efforts at internal subversion, the United States Congress launched an investigation into the activities of major tax-exempt foundations. [more…]

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California’s Medi-Cal implosion Explained

29th April 2025 Going Postal 2680 Comments

California’s Democrat socialist democracy, thanks to our one-party supermajority, is a sterling example for our country.  At least its chief architect, Gavin Newsom, hopes so for his 2028 ambitions.  His chief entitlement used to attract [more…]

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Book review: The Wager, by David Grann

28th April 2025 Going Postal 2303 Comments

Every so often, a book comes along which just knocks your socks off. You want to recommend it to everybody and buy it for all your friends. This is one of those! The Wager is [more…]

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An Old Man’s Musings Part Twenty-Five

27th April 2025 Going Postal 1970 Comments

I only have experience of GP and Fatty’s site so I have no way of comparing the style or content of blogs in general but I am willing to bet that GP cannot be beaten [more…]

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