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Sooz 7
Breaking into at trot at Partick Cross, a rumble of thunder and squall of rain followed Badger and Eddie as they crossed Dumbarton Road and pushed...
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Sooz 6
On a three hour train journey, with drink involved and money on the table, fights broke out with the frequency of barroom brawls in The High...
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Sooz 5
Better get goin’, or we’ll miss the train,’ Badger had to crane his neck to speak in Eddie’s ear. A DJ dressed as Elvis but wearing an orange wig appeared and he’d pumped the volume up, flinging in a medley of ABBA classics beginning with Winner Take it All and working his way back to Waterloo to get the girls dancing.
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Sooz 4
Groups of men stood near the walkways leading to the flight deck. Unshaven fellows with bleary eyes fooling about like young lads in thick boots and...
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Sooz 3
Fatty Patty got quite a reputation on the rig, and Eddie got the nickname Fast Eddie because he had to play detective. Track her down, pronto. Hose...
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silence, is often a pause
Posted on Sat, 31 May 2014
silence, is often a pause before the encore.
Read full commentPosted in War of Sounds
beautiful.
Posted on Sat, 24 Jul 2021
beautiful.
Read full commentPosted in In IKEA, he dreams about the woman he loves
I guess war is always
Posted on Fri, 23 Jul 2021
I guess war is always described as inevitable. That way it's like a kid's told-you-so.
Read full commentPosted in Family Meetings
some cowards and heroes,
Posted on Fri, 23 Jul 2021
some cowards and heroes, typically, Englsimen desribed in glowing terms, lasars and coloured men in the former category. I guess it wasn't quite like that.
Read full commentPosted in Maria's Diary 35 The Shipwreck
poor sap. wonder what mother
Posted on Tue, 20 Jul 2021
poor sap. wonder what mother will say.
Read full commentPosted in When Robert Left Helen
who is Mendes? congratualtion
Posted on Tue, 20 Jul 2021
who is Mendes? congratualtion on poem of he week. well deserved.
Read full commentPosted in Another Night On a Bare Mountain
He was right about the East
Posted on Fri, 16 Jul 2021
He was right about the East Indian Company and the British. Ironically, it's now China that is the most powerful nation on earth. Britain a spent power dwelling on its past.
Read full commentPosted in Maria's Diary 33
we're all dreamers jenny, but
Posted on Wed, 07 Jul 2021
we're all dreamers jenny, but not all poets.
Read full commentPosted in Daydreamer
I'd say in Google's defence
Posted on Sat, 03 Jul 2021
I'd say in Google's defence it doesn't know me either. And I'm not sure if witers' retreat should have a possessive (Champions League doesn't.) I'd be suprised that even in such a fictional place any reader didn't recognise the uniqueness and...
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not sure if fact or fiction
Posted on Wed, 30 Jun 2021
not sure if fact or fiction (which is a good way of marking a quality story). Mums are always number 1. Always.
Read full commentPosted in Mum
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