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A trip to Albania, land of the Eagles – Part Three

18th June 2024 Going Postal 0

Our days passed with a fairly set routine.  Up early – but far too late for running water, so it was a quick sluice down (over the toilet) from the stored water drawn before dawn, [more…]

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American Journey 1952, Part Five – Iowa

18th June 2024 Going Postal 0

Dubuque, Iowa The first thing you learn about the Middle West is the bigness of it. You could, for example, sink without trace the whole of Switzerland in Lake Michigan. The Illinois River at Peoria [more…]

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A nice drop of Portuguese red…

17th June 2024 Going Postal 0

For years we’ve enjoyed our annual holidays in Portugal and I have acquired a “taste” for the local red  wine which is not a particularly great seller in the UK. I thought that I’d write [more…]

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OTF: Working Towards a Stable Society

17th June 2024 Going Postal 0

Introduction One thing no other politician seems to be doing is looking at the whole as to what is required for a stable society. Having done so, it is then possible to work backwards and [more…]

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Polling Predictions #18

16th June 2024 well_chuffed 0

The start of another week and the sh!tshow continues. The little brown chap is said to be despondent about the reaction to him skipping the D-Day commemoration. Not only does he have a tin ear [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Thirty-Nine

16th June 2024 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning everyone and it’s beautifully warm and sunny here in Westminster today, although it looks like summer ends tomorrow. The election announcements keep coming thick and fast, and I am wondering why the [more…]

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Postcard From The Scottish Reformation

15th June 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

I have a strange sensation in my trousers while strolling Edinburgh’s Royal Mile arm in arm with Mrs AWS. Behave yourselves. Regular readers will be unsurprised to learn my work colleagues pay me not to [more…]

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Bash 2024 Update

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Bash in two two weeks. Full details on the forum here: Bash 2024 I’ll send out an email in the next couple of days re the Sunday lunch but feel free to email me your [more…]

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Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – Polari

14th June 2024 Going Postal 0

Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends. Tonight, it’s bona to vada your dolly old eeks, as this week’s Fabulously Flamboyant Friday proudly presents yet another march of the muscle Marys up [more…]

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