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Car Review: Volkswagen T-Cross 1.0 R-Line DSG

14th August 2020 Going Postal 3353 Comments

As GP has recently turned into an alternative source of information for the motoring enthusiast, I thought I would join Always Worth Saying and Phil the Test Manager in writing a motoring review. We took [more…]

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Childhood Holiday Memories

14th August 2020 Going Postal 3995 Comments

As a kid I spent most of my Summer holidays at my Grandparent’s house in Hull. Dad came to London during the war when he was posted to the Royal Army Pay Corp offices in [more…]

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The Biggest Little City in the World

11th August 2020 Always Worth Saying 3512 Comments

More than a century and a half ago, westbound gold rush settlers had to cross the Truckee River, a few miles to the east of the California / Nevada state line. Ahead of them lay [more…]

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The Conques Tympanum Decoded

10th August 2020 Tom Pudding 3280 Comments

Introduction Back in the 1990s while returning from a jaunt into Cathar Country in our VW camper, quite by chance we made an overnight stop in the ancient village of Conques in the Aveyron region [more…]

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Larry’s Diary Week Fifty Three

9th August 2020 Going Postal 3087 Comments

Monday Morning happy readers and welcome to the second year of my Diary. I have decided to add a year number in the Article name so the week counter is set back to one. The [more…]

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Crossword No. 130

8th August 2020 Going Postal 2054 Comments

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 129, a copy of A Bear’s Diary [more…]

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Hopefully, the Last of Identity Politics in Gaming

7th August 2020 Going Postal 4537 Comments

Spoiler alert! I’ll be adding plenty so make sure you read each and every one so you never have to play this turd of a game! First off, my apologies for the lateness of this [more…]

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I’ve got my eye on you!

4th August 2020 Going Postal 2972 Comments

Last week I was slobbing in front of the TV watching Married at First Sight Australia. Guilty pleasure but it’s escapism from the full-on pressures of the day job. The couples had to go back [more…]

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Where the Surf Meets the Turf

4th August 2020 Always Worth Saying 3293 Comments

In their 1963 hit single, the Beach Boys sang that if everybody had an ocean (across the USA) then they’d all be surfing, like in Cal-if-orn-i-a. In the first line of the chorus, they went [more…]

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