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Postcard From Birmingham, Part Eight

2nd November 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Puffins will be devasted to read this is the last episode of Postcard From Birmingham. But thrilled to hear myself and Mrs AWS have been saving up our pennies and coordinating our days off to [more…]

20th Century

Desert Mysteries Redux – Part Four

24th July 2024 Going Postal 0

In Part 3, I included a photograph of a Hawker Hart with most of its fabric covering stripped off as a potential Desert Mystery regarding its fate. Further research has revealed that K4907 apparently had [more…]

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Yes, I Got a Heat Pump or, Why Greta Loves Me Longtime

26th June 2024 Going Postal 0

Previously, on “Heat my House” My house is a fairly typical Swedish design, built in the 60s ( it’s 2 years younger than me) with hot water radiators. The whole house, including the heated cellar, [more…]

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Poland’s Dual Military Purpose Infrasturcture Project

2nd May 2024 Going Postal 0

Andrzej Duda inadvertently vindicated those Russian observers who long suspected that this transport megaproject right outside of Warsaw had dual military purposes, thus proving that they were right about Poland’s real plans all along. Polish [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Car Review, Part Four

23rd March 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Throwing an irritating but irresistible Mercedes CLA around the lanes en route to a Cheshire set party at one of the better Northwich-Knutsford-Sandbach triangle golf clubs, allows a gentleman to reminisce upon his car history. [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Car Review, Part Three

16th March 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

After boring Puffins and Mr Thrifty’s car hire with my vehicle history and a sorry tale of having to rent a car for a Cheshire Set party (while mine was being repaired following an Act [more…]

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The Great British Sports Car 1945 – 1985

14th February 2024 Grimy Miner 0

So, before we get to the “meat and potatoes” of this article let us set a few ground rules. What IS a sports car? – In my opinion a sports car should be low slung, [more…]

Engineering

How to fit a security camera

6th January 2024 Going Postal 0

How to fit a security camera Having just fitted a security camera, I thought I’d pen an article detailing the thought process that I went through to choose which camera to fit, and the fitting [more…]

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Tales From The Alarm Industry Hong Kong Special

30th December 2023 Going Postal 0

I hadn’t intended to write about my trip to Hong Kong and subsequent work but here it is. I hope you find it interesting. Having finished with the alarm company on Friday, I was due [more…]

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