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Hi Everyone Dull, dismal, and depressing. Now before you get the wrong impression, I am not talking about myself or even the Main...
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Brian's Weekly Rubbish
brianmate
Feb 173 min read
There is a Book in Everyone
Hi Everyone They say that there is a book in everyone. I think that it was six years ago that we spent a week of our Austria holiday in a...
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brianmate
Feb 104 min read
Somewhere, Someone is Watching
Hi Everyone When we converted the stables into our home fifteen years ago, we bought all new furniture including a quite expensive solid...
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brianmate
Feb 33 min read
A Reality Check
Hi Everyone Just 4 months ago an earthquake in Morrocco killed 20,000 people and left many more homeless. The epicentre of the quake...
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brianmate
Jan 273 min read
A Very Special Week
Hi Everyone This week was one of those special weeks in the year in that it was the Main Contractors ** birthday and also our **...
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brianmate
Jan 203 min read
They Don't Do Winter in Madeira
Hi Everyone You can probably guess by the title of this week's blog that we have escaped from our English winter at least for a few days....
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brianmate
Jan 133 min read
Over The Moon
Hi Everyone This week I am bursting with pride and as they say nowadays "Over the Moon" when I realise that my blog last week, together...
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brianmate
Jan 74 min read
Can You Possibly Believe It
Hi Everyone Unbelievable, disgusting, mind blowing, tragic, incredible, scandalous, and ENTIRELY PREDICTABLE. As a young boy at the...
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brianmate
Dec 30, 20233 min read
Into Another New Year
Hi Everyone We are told that one of the most important things that our country needs in 2024 is growth in our economy. I think that...
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brianmate
Dec 24, 20233 min read
The Ultimate Christmas Story
Hi Everyone If you are a long time loyal Rubbish reader you will have read at least part of this story in a very early blog but for those...
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brianmate
Dec 17, 20233 min read
That Time of the Year
Hi Everyone Except for those of us approaching middle age, many people and families are looking forward to the Christmas and New Year...
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brianmate
Dec 10, 20233 min read
Have You Seen Santa Yet
Hi Everyone In the days when I believed in Santa Claus, I am still not sure so I do leave a mince pie for him even though we have no...
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brianmate
Dec 3, 20233 min read
Losing Your Marbles
Hi Everyone If, like me, you are approaching middle age, and especially if you were a boy you will remember playing marbles or Shotties...
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brianmate
Nov 26, 20234 min read
"How Much"?.
Hi Everybody When I was in our local supermarket this week I had a mission in mind, to find out the cost of a tea bag. I found that a box...
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brianmate
Nov 19, 20234 min read
Traditions
Hi Everyone Of course, every country in the world has traditions whether it is Putin showing off his military power in Red Square every...
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brianmate
Nov 11, 20234 min read
Friends and Neighbours
Hi Everyone One of the joys of approaching middle age is that our day is not greeted with an alarm clock, we do not have to struggle to...
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brianmate
Nov 4, 20233 min read
War and Peace -The Definitive Version
Hi Everyone Those of us who are approaching middle age have experienced a number of wars from WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Falklands, and many...
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brianmate
Oct 28, 20233 min read
Don't Let the Bedbugs Get You
Hi Everyone Back in 1994, we made our first trip to America to visit our friends who, at that time lived on the coast in the state of...
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brianmate
Oct 21, 20233 min read
Britain at War
Hi Everyone Do you remember those boring history classes when you were at school? We had the Wars of the Roses, the Hundred Year War that...
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brianmate
Oct 14, 20233 min read
Freedom of Choice
Hi Everyone I read something interesting on social media this week when someone posed the question " What did you have as a child that...
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