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An Old Man’s Musings, Part Nineteen

2nd March 2025 Going Postal 0

Love this (unread) comment by RICK: ‘The health benefit is that after a sweaty training session I feel CLEAN. If that’s a drain on the resources that are insufficient because of a growing population of [more…]

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An Old Man’s Musings, Part Eighteen

23rd February 2025 Going Postal 0

Fucking hell. I have just watched George Galloway’s latest speech. I have always liked his oratory and this surpasses anything I have heard in years. I love the man. And I believe he speaks for [more…]

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An Old Man’s Musings, Part Seventeen

16th February 2025 Going Postal 0

What a time to be alive; so much going on it’s hard to keep track. There are amusing things, unamusing things closely followed by lots of WTAF! The (unsurprising news) that there is corruption at [more…]

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An Old Man’s Musings, Part Sixteen

9th February 2025 Going Postal 0

Thank you fellow Puffins for many a chortle lately. There have been some splendiferous insults directed at various members of our ‘soi-disant ‘ elite, really cheers me up. All very inventive!! Whenever I think of [more…]

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An Old Man’s Musings, Part Fifteen

2nd February 2025 Going Postal 0

My ghast was flabbered when I saw Rachael from Accounts call for more positivity. She has certainly improved my positivity – I am more than ever positive I hate this shower of shit masquerading as [more…]

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An Old Man’s Musings, Part Fourteen

26th January 2025 Going Postal 0

First of all a thank you to all those kind Puffins who have expressed appreciation for my scribblings. I do not comment, I am not on Twatter and for some reason I cannot open the [more…]

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An Old Man’s Musings, Part Thirteen

19th January 2025 Going Postal 0

Watched the Les Dawson appearance on Parkinson video earlier. I like good comedians but there are very few around nowadays. My first live encounter was in 1962 when the Corporals’ Mess 3 Para booked an [more…]

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An Old Man’s Musings, Part Twelve

13th January 2025 Going Postal 0

Managed to catch the first ten minutes of PMQs. Starmer is a hard watch but I forced myself to see out the sparring between him and Bad Enoch. I reckon Willy S had it right [more…]

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An Old Man’s Musings, Part Eleven

6th January 2025 Going Postal 0

Mention of snow of course leads back, for those that were around at that time, to the Winter of 1946/1947. I was six and the most vivid memory I have was walking between banks of [more…]

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