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Running the Gauntlet : Paranoid and Harrassed In The City Of His Birth! By Alfred N.Muggins
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1/7/24 (events of about.2 weeks before, a Friday in June 2024) Alfred set off to town (technically still a city, although you wouldn’t necessarily...
On the Shelf Again, so to speak! By Alfred N.Muggins
3/7/24 No Mrs Muggins has not left me (yet??) Alfred refers to his ongoing employment problems, for which he partly (largely?) blames Social Services...
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If Netanyahu and the Israelis should invade Britain? (Don’t panic! It’s only History repeating itself!) by Alfred N.Muggins
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19/10/24 I didn’t know this was your promised land? You say you need a place to go, a roof over your heads and food in your belly. But where have you...
Death Trap by Alfred N.Muggins (rogue armchair historian and reporter!)
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11/3/24 The Israelis formed a so called broader coalition with supposed moderates inside it, and drafted more men and women back into their army, and...
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Chasing Rainbows by Alfred N.Muggins
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19/3/24 (25/3/24) Alfred Muggins saw a rainbow in the sky after a brief shower, after walking the dog in perfect sunlight for a while in a nearby...
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So sad. So near and yet so
Posted on Thu, 22 Aug 2024
So sad. So near and yet so far! Tragedy for all of the dead.
Read full commentPosted in What Would I Take? Part Four.
What a marvellous and
Posted on Sun, 28 Jul 2024
What a marvellous and encouraging story John Newton's was, which mirrors the story of St Paul in many ways. It is good to be reminded of it.
Read full commentPosted in Grace with power to save
What a great poem, showing
Posted on Sun, 28 Jul 2024
What a great poem, showing the uncertainties of France and the World so well at this time of celebration, athletic competition, delicate compromise,and working together! But the games are under threat from some kind or kinds of terrorism and...
Read full commentPosted in Paris in Darkness: The Olympiad’s Opening
i went to that area too, only
Posted on Mon, 17 Jun 2024
i went to that area too, only once, in 1988. A very beautiful coastline. You have described it very well, including the romantic, but very cruel also, migration from Ireland to many other parts of the world, and, in particular, to America! You...
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I do like the way you brought
Posted on Wed, 10 Jul 2024
I do like the way you brought the news story to life with the protesters' hospitalisation for halucinogenic effects, after the dramatic and epic scenes of druid ceremonies and extreme climate storms. It is as if the stones fought back for their...
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You have shown a good example
Posted on Tue, 16 Jul 2024
You have shown a good example of one way the modern world is getting more complicated. As you say it does overcomplicate the once simple act of dropping someone off at a concert or in town/city. We have a clean air zone in Sheffield now, but I...
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I like the normal life angle
Posted on Wed, 17 Jul 2024
I like the normal life angle from which you have approached the subject of the unfortunate people, including soldiers, taken hostage. Still kept as bargaining chips months later by resistance fighters. It is good to remind ourselves of the...
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Great satire, as always!
Posted on Thu, 27 Jun 2024
Great satire, as always! Boris just does not go away, does he? And indeed he came back for the final scene of the Campaign! However I don't think Rishi was actually listening to him any more, but maybe the National Service idea was his? Blame him...
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That seems, at this moment,
Posted on Sun, 30 Jun 2024
That seems, at this moment, like a very good suggestion, although changing the rules and culture which give them so much power, may be a bit difficult!
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My article from over a year
Posted on Sun, 30 Jun 2024
My article from over a year ago is interesting in the light of the current General Election as it does show the sense of impending dissatisfaction, eg. strikes and complaints about the cost of living crisis and inflation, and perhaps...
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