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brianmate
Oct 12, 20243 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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brianmate
Oct 5, 20242 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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brianmate
Sep 28, 20243 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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brianmate
Sep 21, 20243 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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brianmate
Sep 14, 20243 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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brianmate
Sep 7, 20243 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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brianmate
Aug 31, 20243 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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brianmate
Aug 24, 20242 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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brianmate
Aug 17, 20243 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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brianmate
Aug 10, 20243 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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brianmate
Aug 3, 20242 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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brianmate
Jul 27, 20243 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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brianmate
Jul 20, 20243 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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brianmate
Jul 13, 20243 min read
Don't You Just Love Summer
Hi Everyone When we were young we would now be eagerly looking forward to the six week school holidays. Those who were very lucky might...
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brianmate
Jul 6, 20243 min read
A Day to Remember
Hi Everyone As we travel through time, every so often along comes a memorable day. That happened this week. No, it was not because the...
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brianmate
Jun 30, 20242 min read
There Comes a Time - Hey Ho
Hi Everyone There is one thing that the political parties seem to agree on, the need to grow the economy. That seems to be obvious as it...
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brianmate
Jun 22, 20243 min read
X Marks The Spot
Hi Everyone Back in the days when nearly everyone had a Sunday newspaper delivered through their door, one newspaper had a Spot the Ball...
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brianmate
Jun 15, 20243 min read
"The Manifesto", Fantasy Book of the Year
Hi Everyone Last week it was DDay - The Longest Day. This week we are approaching the middle of the longest six weeks of political...
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brianmate
Jun 8, 20243 min read
They Shall Not Be Forgotten
Hi Everyone Eighty years ago this week on the 6th June 1944, 156,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen from thirty different countries...
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brianmate
Jun 1, 20243 min read
Another Week of Confusing Fun?
Hi Everyone If you are a long time Rubbish reader you might remember that the Senior Partner was born in the Yorkshire mining village of...
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