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Cnuteneering, Part Three

16th November 2020 El Cnutador 0

Welcome back to Cnuteneering, where the possible is made more difficult by bone headed ignorance, overenthusiasm and pointy metal things being brought together. You may want to refresh your memory on the project in: Part [more…]

America

A Brit shooting a Glock 17 on a range in the USA

16th November 2020 Going Postal 0

In  Sept 2015, my wife and I made it down to the On Target Shooting range in Jacksonville Florida and it was an action packed and very worthwhile visit. Although we had to battle through [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Sixty Seven

15th November 2020 Going Postal 0

Monday Good Morning everyone, it’s not raining and the sun is trying to come out but it’s windy and chilly. That’s better than last week. Bozzie is still a bit grumpy but not as bad [more…]

20th Century

My Meeting with a Midget

14th November 2020 Tom Pudding 0

1950s Motoring Memories When I was growing up in the 1950s I only knew two other children at my junior school whose parents owned a car. One was the son of a butcher whose dad [more…]

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Crossword No. 144

14th November 2020 Going Postal 0

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 of a copy of A Bear’s Diary. [more…]

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Further Childhood Holiday Memories

13th November 2020 Going Postal 0

Dad changed jobs in early 1963 and went to work for, what was at the time, the worlds 3rd largest auction house. They were family business based in a turning off Bond Street. Dad’s new [more…]

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Shunting in a new direction

11th November 2020 Sweaty Dave 0

As the nights draw in and the lockdowns only get more stringent, thoughts run to more positive times. Nostalgia is a powerful thing, particularly at the moment as everyone loves to think back to happier [more…]

20th Century

Operation Teapot

9th November 2020 SharpieType301 0

In the current extremely uncertain days, I don’t know about you, but my thoughts have been regularly wandering off into ‘what if’ territory. I’ve been pondering what ‘might’ happen, what is important to me, and [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Sixty Six

8th November 2020 Going Postal 0

Monday Good Morning everyone, another week and I could hear it raining when I woke up. Yesterday was awful, every time the grass got dry enough for me to walk on it poured down again. [more…]

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