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Cipher – A Tribute To OldTrout

7th February 2022 Doc Mike Finnley 3469 Comments

Introduction Cipher – meaning zero (0), nothing or an empty set. Decipher – to make something out of that seemingly meaningless nothing. Caroline or ‘Old Trout’ (as we affectionately remember her) was a brilliant mathematician. [more…]

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Happy 6th Birthday Going Postal

31st January 2022 Swiss Bob 2566 Comments

Six today! From https://goingpostaldotorg.wordpress.com/ (defunct) to https://going-postal.org/ (now the forum site) to https://going-postal.net/ (currently redirects to the .com) to our final home https://going-postal.com/ Not forgetting three house moves, two of which were international. We’ve come [more…]

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Birth Of The Cruel

12th January 2022 Going Postal 4128 Comments

Note: This is a personal account of my experiences and opinions of the last few years (and perhaps an introduction of sorts). As such, general statements will refer to my perspective and no inference is [more…]

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A Wankpuffin Christmas Carol, 2021

27th December 2021 Going Postal 2838 Comments

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A Winter’s Tale

8th December 2021 bobo 4977 Comments

We moved, the wife and I, into this house eleven years ago. It is a prosaic little domicile, having been built in 1990, and it is situated equidistant between the railway station, the hospital and [more…]

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The Autumn 2021 Competition

17th October 2021 Swiss Bob 2113 Comments

All Articles published from the 25th October until the 26th November will be eligible. Sadly no holidays abroad as prizes again this year. 1st will receive an engraved Dartington Crystal tankard/glass plus a case of [more…]

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In Praise of The Uptick, Part Two

6th October 2021 Going Postal 3326 Comments

A sizeable number of GPers recently attended SB’s 60th birthday bash and they came and went over three days, some attending the whole bash, some just an afternoon or evening. This convergence of puffins in [more…]

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GP Events Summer 2021

9th August 2021 Swiss Bob 3068 Comments

Swiss Bob’s Birthday Bash Weekend of the 4th/5th September in Wiltshire, usual place familiar to many of you. I’ll send out more exact location details if your’e interested. Friday local pub for those wanting to [more…]

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Confessions of a Language Lover

28th July 2021 Going Postal 3052 Comments

“Grammar Nazi”: the words spit out at me from the screen.  Because the paucity of the allusion profoundly depresses me, I have decided to spare the complainants personal embarrassment by no longer highlighting their individual [more…]

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