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20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Fifty-Nine –Eagles

9th September 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

I suspect many of you will know my top three legends of pop music. We are on the countdown now to my most favourite music artists, making them my 2nd most favourite legends of pop [more…]

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OTF (Own Two Feet) Party, Part Six

8th September 2022 Going Postal 0

This has been written so much better in thousands of articles on the web (including GP). Wasn’t going to write this one but have included it for completeness. Very short and to the many points. [more…]

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The best video games ever?

7th September 2022 Columba Palumbus 0

Brooding, dark and utterly compelling, The Ultima Underworld games came along at a point where PC gaming was just starting to become something more than a hobby enjoyed by spotty teenage boys. Following the success [more…]

20th Century

Nostalgia Album, Nature’s Colosseum

3rd September 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Descending Tourmalet Having conquered the 7,000ft Col du Tourmalet for England, our pugnacious Ford 8 trundles down the other side nonchalantly taking for granted the now over-familiar spectacle of Pyerean mountain passes. The cycling data [more…]

20th Century

My Legends of Pop Music – Part Fifty-Eight – Smokie

2nd September 2022 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

I suspect many of you will know my top three legends of pop music. We are on the countdown now to my most favourite music artists, making them my 3rd most favourite legends of pop [more…]

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OTF (Own Two Feet) Party, Part Five

1st September 2022 Going Postal 0

Fairly taxing thoughts… In this article, I hope to think through a fair taxation system. What to tax and why. I am starting from the ground up and paying no attention to the fact that [more…]

19th Century

Sabrage, or how to show off at parties

31st August 2022 Going Postal 0

You have all seen old Hollywood movies showing Napoleonic cavalry officers celebrating by cutting the tops off of champagne bottles. The name for this is sabrage. As with most things in movies there is some [more…]

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The Detritus of Death

30th August 2022 Going Postal 0

I was thinking about a title for this article for some time and “The Detritus of Death” was the best I could come up with – even if it does sound like a Doctor Who [more…]

20th Century

Nostalgia Album, Conquering The Long Mountain

27th August 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

Col d’Aspin Last time on Nostalgia Album the heroic Ford 8, with a hiccup or two, commenced an odd zig-zag route across the Pyrenees as part of my father and grandparent’s 1952 return journey from [more…]

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