Chronicles Of Mr Alfred Muggins
A collection of Ongoing (?) (and rather exaggerated) Chronicles of the life of Mr Alfred Muggins, a very ordinary, and yet slightly extraordinary Englishman, an often grumpy husband in his mid fifties. These passages should not be taken too seriously, and may evolve with time and character development.
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(The Ongoing?) (and rather exaggerated) Chronicles Of Mr Alfred Muggins : A Morning Of Distractions
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Mr Muggins sat in bed, in his pyjamas and dressing gown, trying to read an online story he had been trying to read for some weeks. He had enjoyed it...
(The Ongoing?) (and rather exaggerated) Chronicles Of Mr Alfred Muggins : Mr Muggins Finds Inspiration From The Adventures Of Good Old King Henry
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Alfred Muggins was sat in bed with his wife, both having slept late. She had been looking at facebook for a while, scrolling and scrolling, while he refused to be tempted into wakefulness. He knew he needed more sleep, as they had been watching historical dramas again, about that famous English King who had so many wives, and had become so cruel.
'Christmas!! Christmas!' (Mr A.Muggins at Christmas)
‘Christmas!! Christmas!!’ he swore to himself under his breath. It was all getting just too much for him. He was lazy enough at the best of times,...
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Alfred Muggins Ponders The Royal Wives (Again)
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Mr Muggins and his wife were in their (royal – he liked to think of it!) bed. It was not a four poster bed unfortunately, like Henry and his wives,...
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Diaries Of Mr A.N.Muggins and His Honourable Wife : Covid Scare
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It wasn’t so bad being under the shadow of waiting to find out whether they actually had Covid! Alfred had just thought he had a cold, and had been...
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A Comparison Of The Dissolution Of The Monasteries and The Dissolution Of Europe : by Mr Alfred N.Muggins
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Good Old King Henry’s Reformation and the dissolution of the monasteries was a bit like Brexit, thought Alfred Muggins (The Great) idly! It was a big...
The Six Wives of Mr Alfred Muggins (an idle fantasy)
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Real Wife (Mrs Muggins) Alexa – imagining the woman behind that lovely Amazon woman’s voice! In actual fact his image of her changed with the seasons...
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A Potted History Of England and Eventually Scotland : by Mr Alfred N.Muggins
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Writings of Mr A.N.Muggins, whilst under the influence of red wine ( Don’t worry he did not do any driving whilst under the influence. It was an...
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Yippee!! : Mrs Muggins Gets Officially Rolled Out At Last
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Meaning : She has been officially invited by the NHS to book an appointment for a covid vaccination. Predictably she was straight on the phone,...
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Mr Alfred N.Muggins : Time Travel to the Time of Good Old King Henry
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Alfred and his wife enter the Court of King Henry after meeting him on the side of the road and being invited to attend Court. Alfred wonders if the...
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Mr Alfred Muggins' Thoughts On The Reformation
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He had been virtually accused of racism in the summer for defending the statues on social media, but there was no foundation to it! What would they have accused him of if they had realised he was a fan of Henry VIII? At least he wasn't going to get his head chopped off.....
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Succession To The Throne : Some Thoughts On The Subject by Alfred N.Muggins : Part 1
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Prince Harry had found himself a bride from America, an actress, of all professions. Old King Henry would never have been allowed to marry an actress...
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Succession To The Throne : Some Thoughts On The Subject by Alfred N.Muggins : Part 2 : Particularly Involving Scotland
Elizabeth finally cracked the Succession problem by giving England to a Scottish King when she died in 1603, who was in the lineage. This also solved...
Succession To The Throne : Some Thoughts On The Subject by Alfred N.Muggins : Part 3 : Meghan and Harry's Claim
But I digress. Meghan already has one son, so she might have been a good Queen for Henry VIII, and may well have produced many more, so she might...
Ode To The History Teachers and Presenters by Mr Alfred N.Muggins
Pretty history teachers, submerge me in your explanations, Your ever more detailed knowledge, Your calming consideration and all knowing...
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Thank God It's Good Friday! (and April Fools) By Alfred N.Muggins
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He didn’t yet know what was good about it, having only recently woke up. He had missed April Fool’s Day and a really good chance to write something...
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I Had A Dream (Pradski's Adventures In The Russian Revolution) by A.N.Muggins
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(featuring Alfred Muggins’ imaginary alter ego in the Russian Revolution. An imaginary and rather exaggerated scenario – coming from one of A.Muggins...
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Mr Alfred Muggins' Small Melodrama In The Kitchen
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Muggins came into the kitchen. Chaos!! He could see at least two tops off things (and that was just at first glance!) The milk was still out on the...
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Henry VIII : Tyrantosaurus Rex : An Exceedingly Short Novel By Mr Alfred N.Muggins
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Henry VIII, Tyrantosaurus Rex went on the rampage, devouring maidens and wives, and rooting out rotten ministers, creating division and forcing his...
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Time Travel to the Time of Good Old King Henry : Meeting Henry by Mr Alfred N.Muggins
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Alfred and his wife found themselves suddenly on the side of a muddy road, in a forest! They did not know where, but they knew they were wearing...
Mr A.Muggins Goes Back To The 20th Century To Kidnap Mrs Thatcher For Auld Henry VIII
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Muggins went back to the 20 th Century, more precisely 1990, on behalf of King Henry to kidnap the famous British Prime Minister (known as the Iron...
The Internet Is Finally Restored (By An Angel) by Alfred N.Muggins
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The internet was off. Consternation! But miraculously an Angel (namely his wife Mrs Muggins), always ready for action, decisively looked on the...
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A Small Treatise Upon Scottish Culture (Just To Put A Few Demons To Rest) by Mr A.N.Muggins
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Thankfully due to the general lack of interest in his writing, and the modern inability of any unknown author or writer to get published in a way...
Recent Invasions Of Scotland by Alfred.N.Muggins
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Alfred and some of his friends had first invaded Scotland in 1984, armed with maps and guide books, and a car. Thereupon they had taken it upon...
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Mr A.N.Muggins Gets Criticized For Thinking Openly About The World's Problems (Without Having A Clear Plan)
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Mr Muggins had once wanted to be a rock star. Now it was the writing bug which had got him, but similarly no avail. He’d make his mark on the world...
Time Travel To The Time Of Good Old King Henry : Auld England Was Green! (Land Of Greensleeves) by A.N.Muggins
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And Auld England was still truly green in those days of Olde. Outlaws of Robin Hood’s ilk probably still roamed the woods and evaded the justice of...
More Thoughts About Biscuits and History! (An Aid To The History and Geography of Europe (and particularly Scotland and France)) by Mr Alfred N.Muggins
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The Jacobites would actually have been a great name for some biscuits, perhaps made with oats as an ingredient, and placed in tins of packaging with...
New Inventions! (Maybe The Past Was Better?) by Mr A.N.Muggins
New Inventions, New Inventions! Coming out of my hair, Up my nose, And aching in my brain. I long for the good old days, When everything was simple,...
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Time Travel To The Time Of Good Old Henry VIII : Queens of Present and Future, and the End of The Wars Of The Roses by Mr A.N.Muggins
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Alfred thought Catherine of Aragon was a real Queen! He loved the way she pronounced her words with a Spanish accent. She behaved like a Queen at all...
Saint Patrick's Day (17/3/21) : Part 1 by Mr A.N.Muggins
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It was Saint Patrick’s Day I noticed belatedly, a few days ago. Suddenly news stories appeared out of nowhere and funny memes arrived from many...
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Saint Patrick's Day (17/3/21) : Part 2 by Mr A.N.Muggins
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We have been playing Irish music all week! Not just the folksy stuff Mrs Muggins has been finding very soothing and enjoyable. Alfred played her an...
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Saint Patrick's Day (17/3/21) : Part 3 by Mr A.N.Muggins
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Alfred becomes obsessed with his imagined Irish heritage, but finds unexpected information about his actual heritage!
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World Burning Down (Turkey and Greece, California and Oregon, and Afghanistan!) by Alfred N.Muggins
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With so many important and historical parts of the world burning down this year, and Mother Nature on the run, Alfred Muggins juxtaposes (or mirrors) the wanton/negligent/reckless/hapless/treacherous 'burning down' of the Afghan State, which so few were prepared to fight for in the end, and compares it with ancient times!
What Does Taliban Mean Dad? (Another Probably Not Very Funny Joke! In The Circumstances!) by Alfred Muggins
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“What does Taliban mean Dad?” “I think it means Telly ban!” replied the Father jokingly. “They won’t let their kids watch TV!” “Oh Dad that’s...
Abandon City (Abandon Country!) by A.N.Muggins
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Abandon ship! Afghanistan is no more, Old Afghanistan (of the last 20 years, or the 1970’s) has just given up its own ghost and is waiting to die!...
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There's A New Biscuit In Town! (Called The Taliban Biscuit!) by Alfred N.Muggins
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Now at the end of August (or the middle of September) there’s a new biscuit in town! Taliban have taken over pretty much the whole of Afghanistan by...
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Saint Patrick's Day (17/3/21) : Part 4 : In Which Mr Muggins Digs An Even Deeper Hole For Himself by Mr A.N.Muggins
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(only read this section if you are genuinely open minded and don’t mind playing about with things like borders and political or national identity etc...
Stone Age Taliban Biscuits, From Before The Age Of Sugar! by Alfred N.Muggins
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Of course the Taliban never had access to Caribbean sugar, being landlocked in a mountainous country, but even if they had had sugar they would...
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Fool To Cry by Mr Alfred Muggins
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At difficult times of tiredness or exhaustion, or just mild depression, Muggins was one of those people who would take refuge in music. It kept him...
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The 10 Favourite Sayings Of Mr Alfred Muggins (At This Moment In Time!)
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(In no particular order:) (actually there are 11 sayings here! – no matter!) Always trust a man (or a woman) if he (or she) likes marmalade! Don’t...
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Muggins and His Wife Mrs Muggins Venture into Town During the Third Pandemic Lockdown of January 2021 (to drop her son off at the Blood Donation centre (and walk the dog!) Part 1 : Return To Town
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It was the first time either of them had been into their Town for many months, partly because of the virus lockdowns, and partly because there was a...
Muggins and His Wife Mrs Muggins Venture into Town During the Third Pandemic Lockdown of January 2021 (to drop her son off at the Blood Donation centre (and walk the dog!) Part 2 : Lockdown In The City
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Setting January 2021 (section written 24/7/21) The first thing to do was to try to catch up his wife and her son, who were walking quickly enough...
Muggins and His Wife Mrs Muggins Venture into Town During the Third Pandemic Lockdown of January 2021 (to drop her son off at the Blood Donation centre (and walk the dog!) : Part 3 : The Venture Is Spoiled By An Unforeseen Emergency
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Setting : cold January 2021 (section written 26/7/21) Anyway no sooner had they walked into the pedestrianised street and taken pleasure in being...
Wonky Planet (A Punky Tale Of The Future) by Alfred Muggins
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All is not Hunky Dory on Planet Earth, David Bowie wrote we had 5 years, That’s all we got? But hopefully we’ve still got a lot more than that! We’re...
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Time Travel To The Time Of Good Old King Henry VIII : Kids, Ministers and Servants! By Mr A.N.Muggins
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One thing Alfred Muggins liked about the time of Henry VIII in the 16 th century was that they had their kids under control. The kids were actually...
Mr Alfred N.Muggins Seeks To Cleanse The World By The Example Of His Writing
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It became his intention to splurge through the history books, driving arch capitalists and yuppies, islamic extremists, tyrant worshippers and...
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The Fall Of Atlantis by Alfred N.Muggins
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Alfred views the increasing encroachment of Christmas adverts, on television and elsewhere, before Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday, which...
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Time Travel To The Court Of Old Henry VIII : Back To The Past (The Return Of Youth)!
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Alfred Muggins and his wife Mrs Muggins had both gone back together, inadvertently, and without rational intention, to the time of Henry VIII, and...
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Alfred Muggins Takes A Trip (To A Famous Old Town Cemetary To Walk The Dog but Ends Up In A Different Park Altogether!) : After The 3rd Lockdown
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Alfred drove his wife Mrs Muggins down near the Town Centre to help a work colleague to do some driving practice in his car, as his driving test was...
Alfred N.Muggins : The Man Responsible For Bringing Fact and Fiction Together! (In A New Way) : Remolding and Renovating History : Part 1
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Remolding History together so that it serves us instead of upsetting us or frightening us! Finding new ways of looking at or experiencing History!...
Alfred N.Muggins : The Man Responsible For Bringing Fact and Fiction Together! (In A New Way) : Remolding and Renovating History Part 2 : Entente Cordial
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If he took the University Lecturers and Students/Graduates back they could seek to improve history. They would, for example, stop slavery in its...
Alfred N.Muggins : The Man Responsible For Bringing Fact and Fiction Together! (In A New Way) : Remolding and Renovating History : Part 3 : Evolution Not Revolution
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Benjamin Franklin might never have got to Paris and impressed the latent French Revolutionaries with his Revolutionary ideas, which may or may not...
Merry Christmas Everybody! (Christmases Past and Present) by Mr A.N.Muggins
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Slade came on the car radio as the channel played a soothing range of Christmas hits, playing their most famous Christmas hit from 1973, ‘Merry...
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The Countdown Is On : Advanced Planning For Christmas At The Muggins' Home (The Water Melon!) by Alfred Muggins
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He saw the plate he had used last night before going to bed, on the side, near the sink, where he had put it, before it could be later stacked into...
Offences Against The Christmas Spirit (A list of crimes and offences against the sacred Spirit of Christmas) by Mr Alfred N.Muggins
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People who shout or are rude to retail staff during the run up to Christmas, treating them as if they are slaves or mere servants, despite being...
Time Travel To The Court Of Old Henry VIII : Henry's Infatuation and the Religious Earthquake! By Mr A.N.Muggins (Sir Alfred Muggins, soon to be Lord Muggins!) Part 1
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Alfred found he was getting on quite well with Henry. He was quite a cool guy actually, and he found that at this time there was a side of the King...
At Least They’re Not Puritans! (or Wielders of the Spanish Inquisition!) By Mr Alfred N.Muggins
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(who is definitely not being paid by any newspapers or media organisations (or political parties) as he writes this, and who therefore has no axes to...
Time Travel To The Court Of Old Henry VIII : Henry’s Infatuation and the Religious Earthquake! By Mr A.N.Muggins (Sir Alfred Muggins, soon to be Lord Muggins!) Part 2
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Alfred watched over the next few years as Henry’s romance with Anne turned from a harmless flirtation into the biggest issue in European power...
Magical Mystery Tour Part 1 : In Anticipation of Our Trip To Liverpool by Mr Alfred N.Muggins
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(Mr and Mrs Muggins trip to Liverpool : The story of the Passport and the Marriage Licence. (It’s a long story, and I am not sure that I want to bore...
Magical Mystery Tour Part 2 : Passport To Liverpool! by Mr Alfred N.Muggins
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Alfred found himself getting quite excited at the prospect of going to Liverpool properly at last! It wasn’t really a Mystery, or Magical Trip. They...
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A Potted History of Putin and the Ancestry of the Russian State! (In Poetic Form) According to Alfred N.Muggins
Written : 25/2/22 (One day after the invasion of Ukraine began, as The Emperor Putinpot Restores The Empire) Edited : 3/3 2022 Featuring :- Vladimir...
Which Planet do you think we should exile Putin on?..By Mr Alfred N.Muggins
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I think the moon would be too close. He might just find a way back from there, or build up his reserves and forces again for another invasion of...
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Putin Times : More Thoughts by Alfred Muggins
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27/2/22 Putin should be exiled to Pluto in my opinion, because then he will have little prospect of returning, like Napoleon from St Helena to...
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War! : More Thoughts by Alfred N.Muggins
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6/3/22 Apparently the Great Leader has pronounced that War is no longer to be called War? Many millions of people across Ukraine, in particular, and...
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What’s Wrong With Putin? By Alfred N.Muggins
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What’s wrong with Putin? Hasn’t he got enough wives? I would assume that he must have a wife. I can’t say, I’ve never seen her. Does he bring her to...
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Risk! By A.N.Muggins
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I once met a lady from Bratsk, at a bus stop in Sheffield, I’d never heard of the place before, even though I reckoned myself to be a bit of an...
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I Woke Up One Morning To Find The World Had Changed! By Alfred N.Muggins
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14/3/22 I woke up one morning, soon after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. And what were my first thoughts of the day you may ask? Well of...
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Russian Propaganda! by Alfred N(azi?) Muggins
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Take it with a pinch of salt, don’t believe any of it, cause it could really screw your head up! Make you think everything you ever knew before was...
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There is a Great Picture of Great Emperor Plutinplot! By Alfred N.Muggins
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There is a Great Picture of Great Emperor Plutinplot, the mere mortal who lost the plot and ran the Russian Army into the ground in Ukraine. He is...
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Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Alfred N.Muggins
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(Well it was by Tears For Fears actually) 11/3/22 (18/3/22) Well not everybody! Most normal, civilised, well brought up types would usually rather...
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The 15 Favourite Sayings Of Mr Alfred Muggins (At This Moment In Time!) (Revised)
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3/5/21 (Revised 6/10/21, typed 19/12/21) (With further additions 15/4/22!) The (x10x) 13 Favourite Sayings Of Mr Alfred Muggins (At This Moment In...
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Vladimir Plutinpot Transforms Into A Tyrantosaurus Rex 500 Years After Henry VIII Did The Same! by Alfred N.Muggins (Thus Proving Once Again That History Repeats Itself!)
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c.7/4/22 I quote from my Short Novel of Henry VIII :- 27/2/21 (19/4/21) Henry VIII : Tyrantosaurus Rex : An Exceedingly Short Novel By Mr Alfred N...
Plutocracy! By Alfred N.Muggins
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(given that I believe Putin should be exiled to Pluto!) Plutocracy! : the opposite of Democracy : the opposite of decency : the opposite of...
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Magical Mystery Tour Part 3 : Back in The USSR of Liverpoool by Alfred N.Muggins
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True to form it began to rain heavily for a while as they skirted Manchester on the motorways, but then stopped and returned to sunny and pleasant...
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Discombobulation : PutinTimes Thoughts From Alfred N.Muggins
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c.8/4/22 Methinks this particular revelation from the time when I was looking after Henry VIII’s throne for him, when he was away, might well prove...
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Easter 2022 by Alfred N. Muggins
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The whole world prays as Putin’s stooges, young inexperienced soldiers, pilots, sailors and generals reign down death upon civilians turned into...
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Jubilee by Alfred N.Muggins Part 1
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2/6/22 What does it mean? In the bible it meant the cancellation of debts (rents?), the reapportioning of lands to hold (land reform?), a chance to...
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Jubilee by Alfred N.Muggins Part 2
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2/6/22 (4/6/22) Alfred was a bit jealous. His brief stint as a caretaker King for Henry VIII had given him a slight thirst for power, particularly...
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Life and Times Of Mrs Muggins written by Mrs Muggins
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Where is Alfred today? I bet he’s out visiting Henry again, He should be helping in our garden. Instead he’s gallivanting through the centuries again...
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Putin Times : More Thoughts by Alfred Muggins (Part 3)
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c.25/26 February 2022 (Published onto Facebook DK) What Have Adolph Hitler and Vladimir Putin got in common? (One the Nazi leader, the other the ex...
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Jubilee by Alfred N.Muggins Part 3 : Longsitting Queens of England and the United Kingdom
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Actually Alfred had noticed that the female monarchs of Britain, or England, had actually done rather well at avoiding having their heads chopped off...
Jubilee by Alfred N.Muggins Part 4 : Surviving Monarchs and New Monarchs In All But Name!
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June 2022 Elizabeth II, our current Queen, has done remarkably well not to get her head chopped off, in terms of history, (although who would ever...
Magical Mystery Tour Part 4 : Back in The USSR of Liverpoool by Alfred N.Muggins
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It seemed the traffic jam must be caused by this city’s eager attempt, like most cities, to widen pavements and pedestrianise, to tidy pavements to...
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Jubilee by Alfred N.Muggins Part 5 : Return Of The King : Medievalism and Autocracy!
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6/6/22 Putin has perhaps shown recently that the age of the Warrior Monarch, or perhaps we should call it the Warlord Monarch, is not yet over, for...
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Magical Mystery Tour Part 5 : Mission Accomplished (Into the Liverpool Docklands!) by Alfred N.Muggins Section 1
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23/2/22 Alfred and Mrs Muggins’ son, and their little dog, who they had brought all the way with them so he wouldn’t be left at home on his own, were...
Magical Mystery Tour Part 5 : Mission Accomplished (Into the Liverpool Docklands!) by Alfred N.Muggins Section 2
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6/7/22 Eagerly Alfred and Mrs Muggins’ son, and their little dog ventured out of the multistorey car park into the sacred city, to be met by some...
Death of Queen Elizabeth II 8/9/22 The Thoughts Of Alfred N.Muggins
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9-11/9/22 Evolution not Revolution! She tried to keep her thoughts secret, To be the Diplomatic Queen, Which she always was! But anecdotes keep...
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God Save The King : Charles III Comes Into His Inheritance by Alfred N.Muggins
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9/9/22 / 13/9/22 Alfred was rather pleased when our old Queen Elizabeth’s son, the erstwhile Prince Charles, was announced to have taken his own name...
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Magical Mystery Tour Part 5 : Mission Accomplished (Into the Liverpool Docklands!) by Alfred N.Muggins Section 3
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24/8/22 There was a wonderful plateau of outside cafes and restaurants at the top of some very futuristic steps, after which they descended to a...
The State Of The Nation (A New Star Prime Minister Has Arrived!) by Alfred N.Muggins (political and social commentator!)
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22/9/22 The new Prime Minister Liz Truss has purportedly done a plan for dealing with the Cost Of Living Crisis and Growing and Incentivising the...
Crunch Time (The Unwanted Revolution – By pricing!) (Or is it more of a Coup D’etat than a Revolution?) (By the Energy Companies? The new rulers of western (or is it just lap dog Britain?) society?) by Alfred N.Muggins (Erstwhile student of Economics!!)
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26/8/22 Alfred realized his modern life of luxury and relative freedom was about to end!, along with many of the people of Britain! The Ukrainian...
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Crunch Time (The Unwanted Revolution – By pricing!) (Or is it more of a Coup D’etat than a Revolution?) (By the Energy Companies? The new rulers of western (or is it just lap dog Britain?) society?) by Alfred N.Muggins : Part 2
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Part 2 7/9/22 A new Prime Minister is chosen by the Conservative Party, to replace King Boris, who has lost his crown, but not his head! New Queen...
Crunch Time (The Unwanted Revolution – By pricing!) (Or is it more of a Coup D’etat than a Revolution?) (By the Energy Companies? The new rulers of western (or is it just lap dog Britain?) society?) by Alfred N.Muggins Part 3
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Part 3 7/9/22 Now Alfred wonders, how is it that Russia is responsible for the price rise, when Russia is not the only supplier of gas? Big western...
Boris Reluctantly Steps Down and is Replaced By A New Government and a Period Of Chaos! By Alfred N.Muggins
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26/9/22 The eminently forgiveable Boris? Whatever bad rumours Alfred heard about the man and Prime Minister, he just couldn’t help forgiving him!...
Liz had dreams of living in a Tax Free World! Part 1 By Alfred N.Muggins
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14/10/22 / 17/10/22 Liz had dreams of living in a tax free world where Public Services were just there and didn’t have to be paid for! Most things...
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Liz had dreams of living in a Tax Free World! Part 2 By Alfred N.Muggins
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14/10/22 / 17/10/22 She wanted to get us up off our backsides, and go out to do longer shifts. It sounded like a good idea. Gross domestic Product...
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Liz had dreams of living in a Tax Free World! Part 3 By Alfred N.Muggins
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17/10/22 Alfred stumbled over the meaning of ‘Growth’. There was only one way! It was up! Liz had only ever gone upwards before, even if she had had...
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Weston Park Brings Back Memories For Alfred N Muggins
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18/11/22 Alfred goes to the famous Park in his home city, walking the dog, as usual, but what better way to explore the past and present of your own...
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The Courtier From The 21st Century Who Would Be King : The King Behind The Throne : King Henry VIII (Alfred the Great II) : Ch.1 by Alfred Muggins (himself)
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16/4/21 (21/10/21) Henry confided in his friend Alfred that he was becoming weary of his position as King. Everyone expected him to know the answer...
The Courtier From The 21st Century Who Would Be King : The King Behind The Throne : King Henry VIII (Alfred the Great II) : Ch.2 by Alfred Muggins (himself)
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6/7/21 (15/2/23) As Alfred prepared to ‘swop’ places with Henry so the Great King could be saved by modern medicine, Alfred was ‘trained up’ by Henry...
The Courtier From The 21st Century Who Would Be King : The King Behind The Throne : King Henry VIII (Alfred the Great II) : Ch.3 by Alfred Muggins (himself) My Kingdom For A Pen!
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18/2/21 / (some editing 13/02/23) Alfred, styled still as Henry VIII, has learned from Henry’s historical mistakes, and with modern knowledge and...
The Courtier From The 21st Century Who Would Be King : The King Behind The Throne : King Henry VIII (Alfred the Great II) : Ch.4 by Alfred Muggins (himself) The Real Henry VIII Finds His Feet In 21st Century England! Part 1
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28/5/21 (27/2/23) Alfred had unleashed an aging and disgruntled Henry on the modern world! Where would he stop, now that he had found his feet? Henry...
Holiday In The Midlands (July 2021) : An Inauspicious Start! By Mr Alfred N.Muggins
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5/7/21 (5/4/23) They left home after a morning and afternoon of packing, which Alfred always found stressful! As usual time almost immediately...
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Easter : A Prayer For The Future by Alfred N.Muggins
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1/4/23 Easter is rebirth All things may grow again, Irrepressible nature, Cannot be held down. There is more living than dying, The defeat of winter...
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Coronavirus Runs Amok In India :Thoughts by Alfred N.Muggins
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5/7/21 The Muggins family, and everyone else in Britain, and doubtless many other careful countries, could not go abroad still, due to the gradual...
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A Trip to the Supermarket (Tesco’s) After Work! By Mr Alfred N.Muggins Part 1
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Monday 16/1/23 (written 18/1/23, 4/2/23, 24/4/23) After a trying intense day at the new job, which had proved a lot more difficult than he thought it...
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The Courtier From The 21st Century Who Would Be King : The King Behind The Throne : King Henry VIII (Alfred the Great II) : Ch.4 by Alfred Muggins (himself) The Real Henry VIII Finds His Feet In 21st Century England! Part 2
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The ‘real’ Henry VIII has come to modern Britain to get healed and ‘fixed’ by the NHS, while intrepid Alfred Muggins takes his place as a ‘caretaker’ King in the 16 th Century. The ‘real’ Henry is learning a lot about the state of society and politics in modern Great Britain, and Europe!
A Trip to the Supermarket (Tesco’s) After Work! By Mr Alfred N.Muggins Part 2
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Part 2 Monday 16/1/23 (section written 21/2/23) Having found his wife in the non food part of the large shop he desperately tried to encourage her...
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A Trip to the Supermarket (Tesco’s) After Work! By Mr Alfred N.Muggins Part 3
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Part 3 Time was dragging as well. Alfred felt the loss of free time more keenly at the moment as he was in work which was very much full time at the...
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Ride a White Horse to Banbury Cross! By Alfred N.Muggins Part 1
10/7/21 (30/5/23, 18/6/23) Part 1 Rolling countryside, very pleasant from Daventry into Banbury and Northern Oxfordshire! It started raining of...
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Ride a White Horse to Banbury Cross! By Alfred N.Muggins Part 2
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Part 2 Daventry had been preparing for the evening’s Big Game, but the Mugginses had already seen Daventry, and had a lovely meal there, in a pub. It...
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Ride a White Horse to Banbury Cross! By Alfred N.Muggins Part 3
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Part 3 However someone up there must be winking at them, because about half way back to Daventry outside a pub, in the gathering darkness of a pub...
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A Bad Deal! By Alfred Muggins
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23/1/23 Will there be anything of me left? Sign up for a proper job! Sell your time for an amount which really isn’t that much higher than the...
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There’s a new sick line, for calling in sick apparently! By Alfred Muggins, Call Centre Agent!
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6/2/23 There’s a new sick line, for calling in sick apparently. We had a buzz meeting, and the team manager mentioned it. Apparently if we call in...
Tuesday Morning (How To Leave Your Job!) by Alfred N.Muggins : Part 1
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7/2/23 Sitting here at a local beauty spot. Alfred had never given up a job in such a way before! Always previously he had given notice in that...
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Tuesday Morning (How To Leave Your Job!) by Alfred N.Muggins : Part 2
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Part 2 8/2/23 (25/8/23) Some of the calls the day before had been fine, small enough issues which he could deal with, pleasant customers, who weren’t...
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The Courtier From The 21st Century Who Would Be King : The King Behind The Throne : King Henry VIII (Alfred the Great II) : Ch.5 by Alfred Muggins (himself) Part 1 : Caretaker King
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8/7/21 Alfred had been entrusted with Henry’s Kingdom while the King was away in the future, but the real Henry would eventually return, when fixed...
The Courtier From The 21st Century Who Would Be King : The King Behind The Throne : King Henry VIII (Alfred the Great II) : Ch.5 by Alfred Muggins (himself) Part 2 : Wives
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Part 2 : Wives 4/5/23 / 8/7/23 Alfred, who is not one to ever force a woman to do what she doesn’t want to, relented. The real Henry might have used...
Ancient and Modern Tales : Past Present and Future : Alfred N.Muggins Tells a Story!
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9/10/23 The Politician Generals that manage Israel have messed it up again, big time, this time! Upset the Palestinians, upset Hamas, don’t build...
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Creeping colonization and takeover : Revenge and Retribution, by Alfred N.Muggins (rogue reporter)
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9/10/23 / 17/10/23 This tragic violence surely results from bitterness and unfairness. Netanyahu should step down in shame and failure. Further...
The Book of Alfred the Great II (Muggins!), as written by that famous prophet of Past Present and Future!
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(which unfortunately did not quite get into the Bible as it was written 2,000 years too late! Neither did it get into the Torah or the Koran! – so...
Hamas’ Own Masada! By rogue reporter Alfred N.Muggins
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19/10/23 (17/11/23) Where have the other Arab and muslim states been? Where have the European States been. Only a few years before they all chastised...
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The Big Questions of the early 21st Century (or 2023/24 to be more exact!) by Alfred N.Muggins, Reporter, Distant Observer, and Civilian Adjudicator!
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25/1/24 Do the Israelis still recognize the white flag of surrender, or truce? Does Donald Trump still believe in Democracy or would he be a Tyrant...
Jungleland (by Bruce Springsteen) : A (Belated) Review by Alfred Muggins
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26/11/21 To all my fans, of my novels, written, unwritten, and partly written, and short stories, poems and blogs, chronicles, and posts. It has been...
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Trips Down Memory Lane Before The World Falls Apart by Alfred N.Muggins
28/11/23 Alfred had typically been far too busy watching the tragic and desperate news from the (not so?) Holy Land, and commenting on and sharing...
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Easter In The Holy Land by Alfred N.Muggins
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31/3/24 The Holy Land has so many holes in it! How can it be Holy now? Do Israelis try to follow the Ten Commandments too? Thou shalt not Kill! Are...
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