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History does not repeat, but sometimes it rhymes

15th February 2023 Going Postal 0

Puffins of a certain age will recall that seminal moment in 1987 when Mathias Rust, a West German teenager, seemingly did the impossible when he flew a Cessna light aircraft through 500 miles of the [more…]

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Economic Evolution: Darwin’s Idiot Speaks, Part Five

13th February 2023 Going Postal 0

FDR had abolished private ownership of gold money but retained gold as the underlying asset for U.S. currency, exchangeable one for the other. Variations in the price of U.S. currency in ounces of gold served [more…]

19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part Eleven

12th February 2023 Going Postal 0

Eleventh in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in January 1968 – Jerry F I found him sitting beside me at a snack bar on [more…]

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Economic Evolution: Darwin’s Idiot Speaks, Part Four

6th February 2023 Going Postal 0

One of Say’s Laws holds that “we produce to consume”. This is certainly the underlying theme of the Industrial Revolution with its accompanying exponential growth in production of technology, communication, and energy utilization. While private [more…]

19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part Ten

5th February 2023 Going Postal 0

Eleventh in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in February 1968 – Jerry F Nobody who caught the gold fever ever quite recovered from it. [more…]

19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part Nine

29th January 2023 Going Postal 0

Ninth in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in January 1968 – Jerry F Nine Quarter Circle Ranch, Gallatin Gate-Way, Montana. When Howard Kelsey, boss [more…]

20th Century

Letter from Stafford, Two

25th January 2023 Going Postal 0

Wayne stopped by last night to tell me his interwebs had been cut off for being in arrears, and he wanted to use mine to download some documents from his barrister regarding child custody. He’s [more…]

19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part Eight

22nd January 2023 Going Postal 0

Eighth in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in January 1968 – Jerry F We reached Cody, Wyoming on a night of driving rain and [more…]

19th Century

The Wild West Trail, Part Seven

12th January 2023 Going Postal 0

Seventh in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in January 1968 – Jerry F We left Deadwood in the late afternoon and headed West again, [more…]

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