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Dog Walking Thoughts No 3: Going To The Dogs … or Chin Up?

7th August 2025 Going Postal 0

It’s not what it used to be. Everything, I mean, it’s just all gone to …. I sometimes wonder if I’m not just becoming one of those ‘old people’ that just thinks the country has [more…]

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Postcard from Thailand Part IV

6th August 2025 Going Postal 0

12th January Laos *      ປະເທດລາວ   *…well, almost Mrs ABS’s father needs a new visa every few years to live in Thailand and, rather than fly to Bangkok, it is easier and cheaper for him to [more…]

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The Italian Job, Part 3

6th August 2025 Going Postal 0

Preparations and Planning As time in November progressed, I returned home and did my best to throw myself into projects to keep myself occupied while I was between jobs, having left my previous contract a [more…]

Culture

A View From (Inside) The Greenhouse; A Taste Of Englishness

5th August 2025 Colin Cross 0

As we get nearer to the end of the growing season the house has taken on a verdant if somewhat chaotic aspect. Normally, by now, the green would be interspersed with shades of red, orange, [more…]

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Storing gold in the right place and in the right way

5th August 2025 Going Postal 0

By now, I’m pretty sure that all of my clients and regular readers fully understand why allocating a part of their wealth to physical precious metals is not just the smart move, but an increasingly [more…]

20th Century

Journeys Back in Time…

4th August 2025 SharpieType301 0

A sunny Sunday in July, and it turned into a pretty special day. In glorious summery weather, we got to ride on a couple of beautifully restored vintage seafront bus services running from just outside [more…]

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Everyone’s favourite villain

4th August 2025 well_chuffed 0

Of course there are only a handful of candidates for the title of everyone’s favourite villain and in this case it is Klaus Schwab. He has been known as the King of Davos for 55 [more…]

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An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-Six

3rd August 2025 Going Postal 0

Good to see South Wales Police concentrating their efforts (and our money) on the really, really, important aspects of blatant criminality. We have residential parking; fourteen places with allocated bays but on any day at [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety

3rd August 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, all my lovely readers. I wasn’t looking forward to waking up to another wet morning, but the forecasters seem to have got it wrong again, as when I trotted down the garden [more…]

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