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Why Do We Think Politicians Can Control the Weather?

27th May 2024 Going Postal 3663 Comments

“Never let a good crisis go to waste.” If in doubt, attribute a quote to Churchill because he probably did say it at one time or another. It’s certainly been stolen many times over, and [more…]

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Television’s Albertstein Monster

4th May 2024 Always Worth Saying 1874 Comments

End of the old endboards Gone are the days when television programmes finished with a caption proclaiming ‘Granada, From The North’ or a plummy continuity announcer saying, ‘Mike Yarwood is appearing in summer season in [more…]

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Poland’s Dual Military Purpose Infrasturcture Project

2nd May 2024 Going Postal 2668 Comments

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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Dodgy software

27th March 2024 well_chuffed 2452 Comments

I have thought long and hard about writing this but seeing as this happened about 30 years ago I think I may be on firm ground. I used to work for a company that did [more…]

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A diary of a one week fast

26th March 2024 Going Postal 2115 Comments

Introduction My thinking is that a lot of religions have rites requiring fasting about this time of year.  And that when you unpick the word of God stuff, there is some imparted wisdom that has [more…]

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How to fit convert an old pedal bike to electric

25th March 2024 Going Postal 2345 Comments

How to fit convert an old pedal bike to electric I’ve been keen on getting an electric bike for some time now. I used to do quite a bit of off-roading, but with advancing years, [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Car Review, Part Four

23rd March 2024 Always Worth Saying 1907 Comments

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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A View From The Greenhouse; Turned Out Nice Again…..Innit?

19th March 2024 Colin Cross 2431 Comments

On more than one occasion over recent years I’ve nursed (if that’s the right word) the odd bird back to health following collisions with the greenhouse. They’re either rushing to get at the strawberries, or [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Car Review, Part Three

16th March 2024 Always Worth Saying 1569 Comments

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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