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Nothing is Beyond Our Reach

3rd September 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

During a presidential debate, a little old lady, her grey hair in a bun, asks, “Name the three most important Space Race countries”. Sleepy-creepy Jo Biden, from his basement and with the benefit of voice [more…]

America

Hard Times in the Big Easy

28th August 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

If you think Ribblehead (440 yards) and Dent Head (199 yards) are a thrill then you’re going to love the Lake Pontchartrain rail bridge, all 4.4 miles of it. If you prefer to cross your [more…]

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The Biggest Little City in the World

11th August 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

More than a century and a half ago, westbound gold rush settlers had to cross the Truckee River, a few miles to the east of the California / Nevada state line. Ahead of them lay [more…]

America

Where the Surf Meets the Turf

4th August 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

In their 1963 hit single, the Beach Boys sang that if everybody had an ocean (across the USA) then they’d all be surfing, like in Cal-if-orn-i-a. In the first line of the chorus, they went [more…]

America

Why is Portland Like Portland?

29th July 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

If Chicago is “The Windy City”, New York, “The Big Apple”, New Orleans, “The Big Easy” and Reno, Nevada, “The Biggest Little City in the World”, then Portland, Oregon, is “A Big Retirement Home for [more…]

20th Century

Jonathon Jay Pollard

12th February 2020 well_chuffed 0

Jonathon Jay Pollard’s name cropped up in Ronen Bergman’s book. The Israelis wanted to attack PLO targets in Tunisia and the USA would not release any details they had about the air defences though it [more…]

America

An Eventful Ride, Part Four

11th August 2019 Going Postal 0

Bestie and I were sat in our booth at the gas station’s restaurant at Lee Vining, looking down over Mono Lake. I was still thinking about Clint’s brilliant film “High Plains Drifter”, for this weird [more…]

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Globalism v. Nationalism Part 6

6th August 2019 Jonathon Davies 0

Hello again, friends. Last time out we looked at the state of the parties and the Tory leadership race. Since then Boris Johnson, as was widely expected, has become Prime Minister. Trump has gone into [more…]

America

An Eventful Ride, Part Three

17th July 2019 Going Postal 0

As I live in Cornwall where the temperature rarely gets into the mid seventies Fahrenheit and where , living as I do overlooking the English Channel, the ambient humidity levels are so high, 66% on [more…]

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