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Shunting – the unlucky 13th?

4th March 2021 Sweaty Dave 0

Evening Shunting fans. Latest updates for you… With the weather being somewhat chilly, there has been little excuse to get on with tings… The Shunting Dozen outlined some work on the 3 way point wiring, [more…]

Biography

Sailing my life away, part 9

2nd March 2021 Ancient Mariner 0

I still scan comments on an article recently published because I enjoy the opportunity to have a dynamic exchange with folk of widely varying knowledge of the sea in a much less time-consuming way than [more…]

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Rough Gardening In A Pandemic (Laying The Ground) RIP Norman

2nd March 2021 Colin Cross 0

It’s no secret that, by now, we’re all heartily pissed off with this whole Covid business. I could write a litany of woes, some deeply personal, some widely shared and others purely observational that would, [more…]

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The Tortures of the Quarantined

1st March 2021 Going Postal 0

Simon Marmeladov  was in Greece learning Greek. Because Santorini tends to be rather hot in June, the lessons started at seven in the morning and finished at eleven. This arrangement suited Simon who had become [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Eighty Two

28th February 2021 Going Postal 0

Monday At breakfast this morning Bozzie was still ecstatic from hitting the 15,000,000 vaccination target with yesterday’s announced numbers. He keeps muttering about doubters and distracters. He was asked why in some places they had [more…]

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Crossword No. 159

27th February 2021 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a copy of A Bear’s Diary, War Crimes or The Unseen Path. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner [more…]

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Korea, Suwon, Part 3

25th February 2021 Joe Slater 0

Attending a Korean Mega-Service Towards the end of my stay in South Korea in 2017, I attended one of the mega-services Korean churches specialise in. It was a meeting of the Baptist Church, which, the [more…]

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An introduction to Japanese knives

24th February 2021 Going Postal 0

I’ve browsed this site for a couple of years, but have contributed very little other than stupid comments. Figured it was time I contributed a bit more. Firstly… My name is Bertram and I have [more…]

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Shunting to the Dozen

23rd February 2021 Sweaty Dave 0

A twelfth piece about a model railway – who’d have thought it.   Some progress this time on a number of stalled fronts, so happy with the work that has been done. Last time saw [more…]

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