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Painting with acrylics

16th September 2020 Going Postal 0

Despite coming from an artistic family – my parents met at art school, I first became interested in painting when Mrs W painted this to cover up some bad plastering in our new kitchen. Apparently, [more…]

SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 update 8

16th September 2020 Rookwood 0

Jkvenjd wktuhnb, dfuidsoe refcvdsff hbcer uyereu dfohfd iuhjcdjfsj. No, the previous sentence is not a misprint, it is a condensed and eloquent summary of government practice regarding the current SARS-CoV-2 crisis, quite possibly in Welsh. [more…]

Q22 Drop

15th September 2020 Going Postal 0

Q22 Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.183Q2.2020] (c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Lorimer>cd q The system cannot find the path specified. C:\ Toots L =) ‘Toots’ is not recognized as an internal or external command [more…]

Staycation; A Postcard From The Cairngorms (Part One)

15th September 2020 Colin Cross 0

Having held out as long as we dare we eventually, and somewhat reluctantly, cancelled our planned return to the beautiful island of Zakynthos and set about looking for somewhere to visit a little closer to [more…]

The Lost Airman – Part Two

14th September 2020 Going Postal 0

At Chelsfield, local folk were well aware that a Hurricane had plunged from the sky above them on that sun-kissed Sunday afternoon of 1 September during an intense and frightening period of activity that shook [more…]

You cannot print your way to prosperity – Part I

14th September 2020 Going Postal 0

Interview with Theodore Deden There might be a lot of conflicting opinions and disagreement these days about the right way to get out of this current crisis and to rebuild our economy and our society. [more…]

War Crimes Chapter 25 – War Crimes

13th September 2020 Blown Periphery 0

Chapter 25 – War Crimes When this was first run, there were a few comments regarding the process of zeroing a weapon. Yes I have zeroed a target rifle and know what a drawn-out process [more…]

Larry’s Dairy Week Fifty Eight

13th September 2020 Going Postal 0

Monday I made a very early morning patrol of the offices this morning and spotted Mickey the Mouse out of his hiding place, but he disappeared behind a huge cupboard, through a gap that was [more…]

The Swaling, Part Twenty

12th September 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Myself and my duplicitous American colleague, Tammy, are in Tangiers. Becoming a familiar sight about the port, we are starting to attract the attention of a Tangier set. A semi-anonymous caller, passing as a ‘Mr [more…]