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Dead Man: 6 (i)

By HarryC on Mon, 23 Jun 2025

John discovers that he isn't alone after all... John opened his mouth to answer, but there was nothing. Instead he just sat there, gaping at this new...

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The Erosion of Choice

By HarryC on Fri, 20 Jun 2025

I’m one of an ever-diminishing minority in the UK. Maybe, even, the world. The western world, certainly – if research is to be believed. I don’t have...

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Dead Man: 5

By HarryC on Mon, 16 Jun 2025

And so there John found himself, in this peculiar kind of limbo. Of all the possibilities there could be after death, this was the one that he had...

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Dead Man: 4

By HarryC on Sun, 08 Jun 2025

Some things happen so fast that the brain is unable to register them. Like a bullet firing from a gun. Other things happen at a speed that allows for...

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Thanks for your encouragement

Posted on Mon, 23 Jun 2025

Thanks for your encouragement, Claudine. I should have stuck with the original idea. This has taken it in a direction that creates difficulties I don't want, and takes it away from what I was trying to achieve with it.

That's writing,...

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Agreed. These

Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2025

Agreed. These categorisations all become meaningless over time. And it starts with the language, of course. The process of dehumanisation. 'Migrant', 'druggie', 'leftie', etc. It becomes easier to hate or dismiss someone if they've got a...

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You've put into words

Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2025

You've put into words something it's difficult to find words for. I echo Kilb50's sentiments. I feel the same. When we're confronted with these daily reports and images, all it does is increase the anger, frustration, sense of helplessness. All...

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Hi Jenny,

Posted on Fri, 20 Jun 2025

Hi Jenny,

You're like me, then. My phone often sits unused for days! I use it for making calls or texting, that's all. Most people contact me via email or Messenger. I've used platforms from the beginning. I was on MySpace for a while...

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Yes, so many theories. The

Posted on Sat, 14 Jun 2025

Yes, so many theories. The internet is awash with them - the world suddenly full of 'experts'. They should all just wait until the black box data has been analyzed and the investigation concluded. Then we can know for certain, and these people...

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Yes... that was the point I

Posted on Sun, 08 Jun 2025

Yes... that was the point I was trying to make, Di. That horrendous plane crash in India today brings it into focus, too. All of it, captured and spread and consumed. And then all of the usual pundits flooding social media with their theories...

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On that note, Jenny, I

Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025

On that note, Jenny, I recently read some interesting and revealing survey results. The children's charity Kindred2 has found that only 44% of parents of children in reception at primary school believe that children should know how to...

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Strangely, since I retired...

Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025

Strangely, since I retired... I've returned to the library! Like you, I hadn't been in our one for year and always bought what books I wanted. But now I've get less money - and more time to read! So I popped in on Saturday to update my details...

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You've captured my own

Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025

You've captured my own feelings in this. We now have instant access to all the information we could ever need... but we seem no better-informed. Plenty misinformed, mind. I don't and never will have a smartphone, but already I'm finding the...

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Agh! The kind of stuff that

Posted on Sun, 08 Jun 2025

Agh! The kind of stuff that's plagued me for years. Decisions, decisions. And I've usually settled for the safe, 'in my comfort zone' option, too. I'd have gone for the chairs!