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McCalliog and his hens (3)
I went into town. I wasn’t going to ring Tilly before I had all of the facts. Meirson’s didn’t look the site of a kerfuffle, it looked the same as it...
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McCalliog and his hens (2)
The next day my wife went into town to meet a friend for coffee while I pottered in the garden. She rang me mid-tulip sounding breathless with...
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McCalliog and his hens (1)
“I went into Meirson’s Antiques today,” my wife said one night, as we sat in bed, reading. “Oh yes,” I said distractedly. “He’s got a painting, one...
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The Donaldson Controversy (2)
I arrived early for the next lecture, and took my usual seat at the front of the class. I noticed a figure lurking at the side of the lecture hall, a...
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The Donaldson controversy (1)
“Donaldson gives a comprehensive account of the period covered in these lectures,” said Prof Ambrose, holding up a copy of the main textbook. “What...
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I scared a heron on a run
Posted on Sun, 14 Jun 2020
I scared a heron on a run along the river the other day, I hadn't seen it and ran right up to it. Instead of flapping its wings and tearing off in a panic like any other bird would do it just gracefully glided across the river, calm and gracious...
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Thanks Jenny. This was
Posted on Sun, 02 Jun 2019
Thanks Jenny. This was inspired by listening to Brahm's (which I described to Mrs Oblong as the sort of music an old Prussian colonel would listen to whilst looking out of his window watching his pants dry). It almost fits with this week's...
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spellcheck thinks its funny
Posted on Fri, 06 Jul 2018
spellcheck thinks its funny
Read full commentPosted in Sleep like a Lord
Thanks insert, I apologise
Posted on Sat, 21 Jan 2017
Thanks insert, I apologise for my 'I'll edit when I'm dead' approach and will sort out the typos
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Read full commentPosted in Angels of Death (2) - the last biscuit
I think I'm going through an
Posted on Tue, 16 Feb 2016
I think I'm going through an identity crisis, I almost thanked Celticman for the cherry, but just remembered in time that I didn't write the story.
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