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Continue reading →: Mysterious Clunking Noise
Last week there was a strange clunking noise coming from the rear axle on my new second-hand bike. I sprayed WD40 all over the axle and booked a slot with Austin’s bicycle workshop to have it checked out. Needless to say, when riding the bike in to work this morning…
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Continue reading →: Cat trouble
The miscreant was looking shifty when I got home at about 9 pm. He was trying to hide the bowl of milk he was offering a neighbour’s cat. I love furry animals, but not the ones that demand attention before they go off to mark their territory in our back…
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Continue reading →: 1955 – a very good year
The 1950s in England would have been a bit austere. Rationing was still in place, and ‘make do and mend’ was still the fashion mantra. The war was over and we had won a costly victory over Germany and its allies. Rebuilding would take decades, both in England and across…
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Continue reading →: Ecommerce 104 – the UK Business Startup Experience
Logic should have dictated a methodical approach to business processes. I suppose it did up to a point. I had considered the method for exchanging documents and decided that, with decent virus protection, I could reasonably open emailed documents and send back the polished copy by the same method. But…
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Continue reading →: Hung Parliament
Another political battle with an unexpected outcome. No clear majority for the Conservative Party, seven Sinn Fein MPs who won’t be taking their seats in the Palace of Westminster, ten DUP MPs who will be seeking deals with their Unionist buddies and only one elected Green Party MP in the…
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Continue reading →: Ecommerce 103 – the UK Business Startup Experience
Things are moving in the right direction at last. I have my business bank account sorted, my website’s Security Certificate was a bit of a joke…what they call a SSL is already included in the type of website I opted for. Luke, the Support guy knew his stuff, cancelled my…
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Continue reading →: Warum soll Ich hier bleiben?
Warum soll ich hier bleiben? Ich bin Artzt als Beruf, aber jetzt es gibt kein Freundlichkeit fur die Gastarbeiten. Vielleicht ich sollte irgend anders wohin gehen. BBC Radio 4’s Question Time programme had this question asked by a doctor in the audience. She spoke excellent English, but I have chosen…
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Continue reading →: Ale and Cider festival
One minor mishap made the start to my long weekend in Surbiton a bit fraught. Staggering in full from too many pints, I set the alarm for 4.30, drank a pint of water and went to bed. If only I had set the alarm to 4.30 am, instead of 4.30…
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Continue reading →: The Belfast Group
I recently came across another member of the Belfast Group of writers, Joan Newmann. The group included Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley, James Simmons and others who attended the workshops organised by Philp Hobsbaum, an English lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB). Joan Newmann’s slim booklet of poems, First Letter Home and…
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