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A (Re)View From The Greenhouse; That Was The Year That Were

7th January 2025 Colin Cross 0

Winter arrives in the northern hinterlands, with something of a vengeance, but enough of my snow shovelling tales. The greenhouse has (so far) managed to withstand the foot or so of accumulated snow loading. Grounds [more…]

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1st January 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

Original questions without answers can be found here All questions 1 mark each, unless otherwise indicated. Bonus Points where indicated. If Puffins prefer, they can download and print out the questions and answers by clicking [more…]

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Going Postal’s Monster 2024 News Quiz

31st December 2024 NeverUpToTheJob 0

Have you, your family and friends been paying attention this year? Here’s your chance to find out, with GP’s news quiz featuring 150 topical 2024 questions. Doing the whole quiz in one go might be [more…]

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Endeavour’s Mega Christmas Trivia Quiz

26th December 2024 Going Postal 0

No using the internet… All questions 1 mark each, unless otherwise indicated. Bonus Points available where indicated. Self-marking – answers to follow when SB posts them. If Puffins prefer, they can download and printout the [more…]

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A View (Actually) From The Greenhouse….Everything Is Not As It Seems…

25th December 2024 Colin Cross 0

Like me, you’d have been saddened but unsurprised by the latest in a long line of cars, as if driven by some kind of divine hand, crashing into innocent people going about their ordinary, if [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred and Sixty-Three

22nd December 2024 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning all, there’s a bit of watery sun this morning but it’s a bit chilly. It also a happy day here in No 10 where both Legohead and Robber Reeves are out of [more…]

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Desert Mystery: “Letters from Afrika” Part Four

18th December 2024 Going Postal 0

In Part 3, I described how Afrika Korps Gefreiter, Hans Walden, had written to Hildegard Bronnold about food parcels he had sent to her, his imaginary coloured pencil sketch of the Nile and his hope [more…]

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Publicans Win Diploma For Bar Etiquette

17th December 2024 Going Postal 0

One secret: No politics As fine a figure of an English landlord (he tips the scale at nearly 17 stones) as ever drew a pint of old-and-mild is Mr. Alfred Leslie Farrell, “mine host” of [more…]

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Army vs Navy

15th December 2024 well_chuffed 0

Bear with me Puffins. Murcan fitba. Have patience, your sanity will be preserved. Most of us have probably heard of the NFL and their Superbowl. Well you can forget that. There is another league of [more…]

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