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Economics

Private property rights under siege

4th March 2024 Going Postal 0

People invest in gold for many different reasons. Many do so out of concern over economic, monetary or political uncertainty. Others seek a hedge against inflation, a way to protect and preserve the real purchasing [more…]

Elections

Polling Predictions #3

3rd March 2024 well_chuffed 0

Here we are with the 3rd instalment concerning UK Polling Report’s tweets. As has been mentioned more than once in the comments that nobody reads, beware of polls. I had hoped there would have been [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Twenty-Four

3rd March 2024 Going Postal 0

Monday Hi folks, another dull and wet morning to welcome me back to work. My duty feeder this morning was the one who likes to put the kitchen TV on. I was watching and listening [more…]

Human Interest

Always Worth Saying’s Car Review

2nd March 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Prelude? Yes, prelude. The Honda Prelude? No. The type of prelude that the dictionary reveals as an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important. Let me begin. The marketing gurus ask [more…]

Biography

Going Postal, Part Two

2nd March 2024 Joe Slater 0

Just before 2000, I decided to give up a well-paid job and comfortable life in Japan to make a new start in my homeland. I had bought a share in a house in south London, [more…]

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Destroyer (Kiss album)

1st March 2024 Going Postal 0

Do you remember the scene in Macbeth when he and Banquo meet the witches for the first time and Shakespeare makes Banquo speak words of utter bewilderment: What are these | So withered and so [more…]

Arts

Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

1st March 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 29th February 2024 The Panel: Baroness Warsi (Conservative) David Lammy (Labour) Caroline Lucas (Green) Tim Stanley (Journalist) Venue: Croydon At the time of writing, there’s no sign of any Question Time guests. Ordinarily [more…]

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Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Nineteen

29th February 2024 Going Postal 0

Over a Sunday lunch of Mrs Walsh’s delicious roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, Jinnie and Penny told their parents of their Christmas and New Year cruise plan. Penny said they were only telling them now [more…]

America

A perfect storm in the making

29th February 2024 Going Postal 0

The New Year is usually associated with a new beginning, a fresh start, or a “clean slate”. Unfortunately, for millions of Americans, these are wishes that are bound to remain unfulfilled – for them, the [more…]

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