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Once Around The Block
You'll know what I mean. The Block. The only solution is a good (bad) old fashioned disaster movie.
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Retroactive
The Guardian website is showing me the latest trends I need to update my wardrobe. 'Retro' seems to be a thing.
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Ye Mighty
Everyone knows it was a Roman salute. But at least the wokeocracy has been defeated.
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There You Go
It's all going very well. Mind the eejits.
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Now Is The Summer Of Our Discontent
A bit of a rant. The odd bit of totally unnecessary foul language. The views expressed are strictly the author's own.
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024
Jean, you have been so generous about sharing your story in our public domain posts, so I hope you are happy for this to be our Pick today. The picture represents how I've always seen your writing - colourful and sparkling and bringing joy. x...
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I always thought they
Posted on Thu, 04 Aug 2022
I always thought they originated in Paris, but according to Wikipedia (so it must be true) there is a Hungarian story about a woman who fastened padlocks to bridges in memory of her lover who was killed in the First World War. I think mass...
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I'm so sorry to hear this.
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
I'm so sorry to hear this. And this site is here to be supportive when you need it.
It sounds as though you are spending so much emotional energy trying to forgive and understand your father, but please think about prioritising yourself...
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Story of the Week
Posted on Thu, 12 Jun 2025
This is also our wonderful Story of the Week! Congratulations!
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You've really captured both
Posted on Thu, 05 Jun 2025
You've really captured both the frantic scrabbling and the exhaustion that characterises so much of what's around us now. I can't remember the exact details, but I think our brains have evolved to deal with only a certain amount of information (...
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 22 Mar 2025
This lovely piece, with its twist at the end, is our Facebook, X and Bluesky Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Another brilliant episode, and it's our Facebook, X and Bluesky Pick of the Day! Please do share.
Jane - I hope the picture's OK. I know it reflects only a small part of the story, but it was such a wonderfully surreal moment it just...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you - Part 54
Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 15 Feb 2025
This is our Facebook, X and Bluesky Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.
Read full commentPosted in Having perhaps the better claim
Story of the Week
Posted on Wed, 06 Nov 2024
Very funny, very surreal, and totally unrelated to events in the real world. This is our Story of the Week! Congratulations!
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Keep on with the rage. I've
Posted on Sat, 12 Oct 2024
Keep on with the rage. I've found that retirement is brilliant, as long as you keep moving forward. If your circumstances allow you to do so.
I've gone off wild weather a bit since yesterday, when I was wild-weathered for nearly an hour...
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