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Hi Everyone When you are approaching middle age, you find that sometimes you just sit in a comfortable chair doing absolutely nothing,...
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Brian's Weekly Rubbish
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Nov 232 min read
The Price of Peace
Hi Everyone In the week that Russia invaded Ukraine, I said in my blog that we must make sure that Ukraine remains a free independent...
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Nov 163 min read
Pudsey Bear is Watching You
Hi Everyone A few years ago we visited that lovely market town of Pudsey in Yorkshire. I suppose you could say that it is one of the more...
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Nov 93 min read
Does Honesty Really Pay
Hi Everyone Back in the 1980s part of my business involved installing UPVC windows in people's homes. At the beginning, we were one of...
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Nov 23 min read
Take it from me, we are good at Something
Hi Everyone Every Wednesday at 12-00 when parliament is in session, there is a ritual called Prime Minister's Questions. This is one of...
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Oct 263 min read
Deny Everything, Admit Nothing.
Hi Everyone Mr. Deny Everything, Admit Nothing was interviewed on our TV screens this week. He lives in luxury in London, speaks English,...
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Oct 193 min read
Don't Say that Word Obese
Hi Everyone When I was young I cannot remember seeing anyone who could be described as obese, This was a time when men were returning...
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Oct 123 min read
Sandwiches To Go
Hi Everyone Now if, like me you are approaching middle age you will remember that your mother cut slices of bread from a newly baked...
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Oct 52 min read
Will We Ever Learn
Hi Everyone Is there still a war going on in Ukraine? Is there still a conflict going on in Gaza? I mention this as all the news this...
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Sep 283 min read
Who Advises the Advisors
Hi Everyone At some point along the way, most of us have sought advice. Usually, it is from a Solicitor about making a will or power of...
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Sep 213 min read
Is this the end for Arthur?
Hi Everyone This week freebies are in the news. This happens sometimes in your working life when you get something for nothing from a...
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Sep 143 min read
Arthur and the Lolly Sticks
Hi Everyone I have to sadly report this week that the Main Contractor is fed up. Nothing annoys her more than when we have just finished...
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Sep 73 min read
Win at all Costs
Hi Everyone I bet that Arthur groaned when he saw my latest EMail to him this week. When we went on our recent holiday to the Lake...
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Aug 313 min read
We All Knew it, Did'nt We
Hi Everyone As a teenager at school, I took Economics at A level and even managed to pass at the end of two years. Now, as I approach...
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Aug 242 min read
Taylor Swift and all That Jazz
Hi Everyone If you are young, with it, trendy and all the other buzzwords, you are more than likely to be a Swifty. American singer...
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Aug 173 min read
Shop Till You Drop
Hi Everyone I think the first part of my blog this week is perhaps mainly of interest to my male Rubbish readers. For those of us...
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Aug 103 min read
Life at the Top of the Podium
Hi Everyone Now you know that I am a sports fan despite the fact that, if you have read my book, you will know that I am less than...
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Aug 32 min read
Something Has to Change, and Quickly
Hi Everyone The last time we had a holiday in the Lake District was about seven years ago and it rained every day. That meant that I...
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Jul 273 min read
The Joys of Retirement
Hi Everyone I know that my prediction that Joe should retire in my blog last week was not entirely a surprise but I did not realise that...
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Jul 203 min read
Five Rings and a Mouse
Hi Everyone This week my attention has been drawn to mice. Before you become alarmed none of the little furry creatures have appeared in...
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