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Elementary, my dear Watson – Hg Mercury

21st March 2023 SharpieType301 0

In previous articles, we’ve explored the development of the Periodic Table (a.k.a. the Periodic Table of the Elements), and examined the elements Hydrogen, and Carbon. In this, the fourth, I’m going to take a closer [more…]

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Eating the Bugs…

21st March 2023 Going Postal 0

There have been reports in the press recently about the approval of insects as an ingredient in the human food chain.  I have no objection to people eating insects – John the Baptist famously lived [more…]

Animals

Automations in my Home: Conclusion

20th March 2023 El Cnutador 0

Welcome back to Cnutelectronics! It comprises the same bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm, poor research, pointy metal things as Cnuteneering, and also adds the additional danger of very hot soldering irons. We left this project with [more…]

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The “great Ponzi scheme” coming to an end?

20th March 2023 Going Postal 0

In a recent conference, the EU’s Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira, gave a dire warning: “We have a shrinking workforce all across Europe, all countries are losing their workforce.” Indeed, in just 10 years, [more…]

20th Century

This Is My England, 1950 – Part Four

19th March 2023 Going Postal 0

I was awakened that morning by the sudden furious ringing and clanging of bells — a sort of wild, insane music, as if some demented Dickensian sexton had been let loose in the belfry. To [more…]

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Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred And Seventy-Nine

19th March 2023 Going Postal 0

Monday A good Monday morning to you all. Very dull and chilly this morning, I thought it was supposed to be meteorological spring! The talk of the office this weekend has been the Rich Boy’s [more…]

20th Century

Ostend For Greeneland

18th March 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

According to those better able to describe such things than myself, decades ago the crossing to Ostend was one of drenched decks, the smell of steam and oil and of stale Bass from the bar. [more…]

15th Century

Crom’s Deep Dive: Richard III, Act 1 Scene 1

18th March 2023 Going Postal 0

A small confession: my first introduction to this opening soliloquy was as a child on a Saturday afternoon from none other than Arnold Judas Rimmer in Red Dwarf. He and Lister are marooned and, to [more…]

20th Century

G6E1 – Those different ones like what I like

17th March 2023 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

G6E1 – Those different ones like what I like. Welcome pop pickers to an ambitious series of articles covering 6 genres, each with 6 episodes. To give a bit of variation, the next episode of [more…]

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