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Ugly Puggly 26
‘It’ll no take us long if we work as a team,’ Ugly Puggly picked up a ladder from the side of the building. Both aluminium ladders seem much the same...
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Ugly Puggly 25
I came into the kitchen, yawning. ‘Whit’s that yer daeing?’ Ugly Puggly was up before me. His body slumped sideways, his eyes asked as he glanced up...
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Ugly Puggly 24
‘Whit’s this?’ I sniffed the plate Ugly Puggly put down on the table. Screwing up my eyes, I shook my head and prodded it with my fork. ‘It looks...
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Ugly Puggly 23
Molly made macaroni and cheese, with a side dish of oven chips for dinner. I stared out the window. She sat snug at the table and played Candy Crush...
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Ugly Puggly 22
Ugly Puggly’s eldest sister, Sarah, was in the care-home at Yoker. He asked me to take him in the van. I couldn’t really say no, because he’d made us...
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Shit, I thought Scotland was
Posted on Tue, 02 Jul 2024
Shit, I thought Scotland was the poorest country in Europe. Then I remembered we were no longer in Europe. So I guess Bulgaria win again. What great news, as expected Labour to win, but also the defeat of the National Front in France. I don't...
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when we play Rangers, I tend
Posted on Fri, 05 Jul 2024
when we play Rangers, I tend to have a couple of drinks before the drink. It's a reflex action. Like Pavlov and his dogs without the dogs on the coupon. I can related to much of this, without having being in that actual bar or watcing Ireland...
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no fun getting stuck in a
Posted on Fri, 05 Jul 2024
no fun getting stuck in a small, airless, metal box. I'm with you on that one. I'd take the stairs.
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I feel no great sense of
Posted on Thu, 27 Jun 2024
I feel no great sense of relief that the Tories (hopefully) will be gone. Labour are not Tories. But it's that old undergraduate argument, spot the difference? Labour are not Labour. More wishy-washy pish, while the poor still get poorer and the...
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Ah, we are carbon creatures,
Posted on Thu, 27 Jun 2024
Ah, we are carbon creatures, unmaster of the elements. Beauty is as good a destination as any and better than some. Imagine being born a Tory (no don't, it may scar you).
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My dad loved Malta because it
Posted on Sun, 23 Jun 2024
My dad loved Malta because it was Catholic and boiling hot. I'm pretty sure most cruise ships are bigger than the Titanic. Inflation at sea. These boats are mini-cities. They stopped building them as big as major cities during and after Covid-19...
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poetry sometimes passes us by
Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024
poetry sometimes passes us by but some sticks, like now.
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I hate the Tory scum. simple.
Posted on Wed, 19 Jun 2024
I hate the Tory scum. simple.
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you see what so many see, but
Posted on Mon, 17 Jun 2024
you see what so many see, but differently. 1000 miles of water and America, no longer that far. No longer dreamt.
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wow. Hunting the wren. That
Posted on Fri, 14 Jun 2024
wow. Hunting the wren. That was something new I learned. Poor women of the Famine. Thanks.
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