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brianmate
Dec 24, 20223 min read
A Year of Memories
Hi Everyone This is the time of year when you look forward to celebrating Christmas with family and friends. With modern communication...
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brianmate
Dec 18, 20223 min read
An Eventful Week. Well it was for us.
Hi Everyone This week has been quite an eventful week. Well, not that eventful really but for those of us approaching middle age, any...
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brianmate
Dec 11, 20223 min read
Christmas is Crackers
Hi Everyone Apart from the obviously Christmas celebrations like the Nativity story, the turkey, and the giving of presents, the one...
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brianmate
Dec 4, 20223 min read
The School Caretaker and the Lady in Waiting
Hi Everyone One of the recurring themes for those of us approaching middle age is that life was so much simpler when we were young than...
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brianmate
Nov 26, 20223 min read
Fried Bread and Discontent
Hi Everyone Back in 1978/79, we had the winter of discontent with the then powerful unions demanding higher pay for their workers. I seem...
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brianmate
Nov 20, 20223 min read
Lords and Ladies
Hi Everyone We have only been to the Houses of Parliament once and that was without getting a single vote. We went to the House of Lords...
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brianmate
Nov 13, 20224 min read
Cops and Robbers
Hi Everyone As I approach middle age I sometimes have to remind myself and others that I actually used to be young. This week I was...
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brianmate
Nov 5, 20224 min read
Mutiny on the Bounty
Hi Everyone There is a very popular quiz on our TV called Pointless that we watch on a fairly regular basis. If you are cynical,...
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brianmate
Oct 29, 20223 min read
The Calm before the Storm
Hi Everyone There is a great programme on our TV each week called The Repair Shop where ordinary people bring in items that may not be...
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brianmate
Oct 22, 20223 min read
Revolving Doors and a Casino
Hi Everyone Well, that thin lipped Yorkshire woman didn't last long did she but I think that it is reassuring to know that as we...
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brianmate
Oct 16, 20224 min read
The Musings of your Friendly Nerd
Hi Everyone Have you ever thought as you walk down a busy street or sit in a crowded bar or restaurant that you have just passed or been...
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brianmate
Oct 9, 20223 min read
Respect and The Swinging Sixties
Hi Everyone When I was in my twenties I found myself managing the building department of a company that was a subsidiary of a large...
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brianmate
Oct 2, 20223 min read
Mortgage Madness and Useless Information
Hi Everyone For those of us now approaching middle age, the opportunity to buy our own home was available to many of us. We spent 2 years...
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brianmate
Sep 25, 20224 min read
New Kids on The Block
Hi Everyone Back in the 1980s Carly Simon had a hit song called Nobody Does It Better. The chorus goes Nobody does it better Makes me...
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brianmate
Sep 18, 20223 min read
Paddington Bear and Marmalade Sandwiches
Hi Everyone It was interesting to read the comments of one journalist this week when in the light of the extraordinary events of the past...
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brianmate
Sep 11, 20223 min read
Mrs Weathercock and Our Queen
Hi Everyone I thought it could not get any worse than when Boris came to power and promised "to make Britain great again" but within two...
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brianmate
Sep 4, 20223 min read
September News and Blues
Hi Everyone The Main Contractor really enjoys the police and spy dramas on TV especially as we are looking forward to the Autumn...
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brianmate
Aug 28, 20223 min read
Good News Day?
Hi Everyone Do you realise that in about four weeks' time the shops and garden centres will be clearing the decks and dusting off last...
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brianmate
Aug 21, 20223 min read
It's Boris and carrots week
Hi Everyone I seem to remember in those distant days when I worked for a living that if you changed your job you had to give the boss of...
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