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

26th June 2024 Going Postal 2563 Comments

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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A View From (Just Outside) The Greenhouse; It’s The Weather, Stupid!

11th June 2024 Colin Cross 2419 Comments

I’m “penning” this missive a little earlier that I normally would, as I have a busy weekend coming up. Accordingly, it won’t be as up to date as I’d normally like, but I’m sure my [more…]

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Why Do We Think Politicians Can Control the Weather?

27th May 2024 Going Postal 3645 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 1848 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 2666 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 2450 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 2086 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 2322 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 1900 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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