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This would have been a good
Posted on Tue, 02 Jun 2026
This would have been a good entry for the Inspiration Point of a few months ago 'Misunderstanding'. We see what we want (or hope) to see. We misread signals, or invent signals that were never sent out in the first place. Your story is a really...
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Is this based on a true tale
Posted on Fri, 03 Jul 2026
Is this based on a true tale from your sea-faring days Turlough ? Very entertaining !
I think perhaps the girl from Valparaíso was Latina rathe than Latino. But maybe not.
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Windmill Hill
Posted on Sat, 27 Jun 2026
When I worked at Windmill Hill business park near Swindon, there were two swans on the lake. They were called Brunel and Isabelle. Brunel became very ill and was taken away, but sadly died. There were attempts to introduce new husbands to...
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Well good on you for doing
Posted on Fri, 26 Jun 2026
Well good on you for doing your bit. There was another cat only 5 minutes walk from my cottage who had the same unusual markings as Knotty, but wasn't so chunky. I asked the lady and she said Gizmo had had a brother they'd given away as a...
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I don't bother chasing mice around, pigeons are more fun
Posted on Fri, 26 Jun 2026
My lovely cat Knotty was a feral. I fed him for about 18 months in my garden. He always looked like he wanted to be loved, he would come and sit and talk to me while I was gardening, but he would run away if I went to stroke him. I called him...
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I know someone who left the
Posted on Wed, 24 Jun 2026
I know someone who left the AA in Basingstoke back into the 80s and nailed a couple of kippers under the floorboards under his old boss's desk, Took Maintenance weeks to find the source of the smell ..
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Very funny and very true to
Posted on Wed, 24 Jun 2026
Very funny and very true to life, Jane. Reminded me of 'The Office'.
One little typo I think :
'Their complaints were legitimate and they derived better.' s/be
Their complaints were legitimate and they deserved...
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I can just hear him in my
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2026
I can just hear him in my head singing it, in that deadpan almost conversational way he had.
Maybe a virtual earworm ? Aspirational earworm ?
I hate to say it, but I bet AI would be able to do it.
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Ian Dury
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2026
What a shame Ian Dury has passed away, I can just imagine him singing this ...
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Ah Apps. What we old timers
Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2026
Ah Apps. What we old timers used to call Programs. That was in the days I was called A Programmer. Then I became (without getting out of my chair) A Developer. I didn't write Programs any more, I Developed Software. I guess one day people...
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