Ed Crane
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A Morning Call
I'm not condoning this kind of scam, but . . . . .
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This October Brings Endings
Never liked October. Now I know why. (Image from Wiki commons.)
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Fifty Shades of Shade
Hardly a colour at all and it's everywhere! (Image from Wiki commons)
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An Autumn Ramble
Autumn? I think I'll take a rain Check (Image courtesy of my iPhone)
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Back to Earth
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Good to read this train of thought,
Posted on Fri, 15 Feb 2019
I was thinking about writing a bit of a ramble about a totally different subject, but reading this brought familiar thoughts and also some nice memories of my Las Palmas and Lanz. days. Eight years away from Spain punctuated by occasional trips...
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How did I miss this? Where was I on October 4th
Posted on Fri, 04 Oct 2019
This has to be one of your very best, and one of the best I've ever seen on ABC.
The four opening lines hit me right between the eyes. I spent half my working life on the road and your descripion of chain pubs is awesome. I've stayed in...
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Mornin' Harry
Posted on Tue, 16 Oct 2018
I read with great interest your story and your replies to other comments and it got me thinking about your situation and those with the similar problems.
Now, I don't want to be-little autism by any means, but it looks to me like Aspergers...
Read full commentPosted in Head-Crash
I've been a bit rough lately and haven't followed ABC for a week
Posted on Fri, 09 Feb 2018
This morning I found this gem. This is so visual to me. I see everything in black and white, not because it's like an old movie or an early Ken Loach play of the week, but because it tells a story, or should that be the story, of mining...
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You make a very good point about shallowness
Posted on Thu, 06 Jun 2019
So twisted the world. States in the US offer no leeway when it comes to choosing not to give an unwanted embryo life and yet in the same country people want perfect designer babies and reject the rest while there are desparate parents who cherish...
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Sorry to butt in Jack (I have been trying to keep up)
Posted on Sat, 23 Feb 2019
My Daughter was born in 1980 in the 'soft south' (Camberley Surrey) and I don't recall my wife having an ultrasound. When she went in labour all they had was sort of microphone thing they put on her tummy which amplified the baby's heart beat,...
Read full commentPosted in Angel 35 (scan)
cañas work for me.
Posted on Fri, 15 Feb 2019
Pity that the ghost of Franco still hovers over the peninsular. Bit of a worry really,
I hope the Spanish have more sense than the Hungarians and Poles though.
On re-reading what I wrote I realised that the Belgian fall int three...
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Wow, Thanks very much Luigi
Posted on Thu, 14 Feb 2019
That is such anice thing to say. I really appreciated that. Especially coming from someone who loves writing poetry as much as you do.
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Very true Luigi, here's some more ...
Posted on Fri, 08 Feb 2019
wash a root well and grind into slithers
add them to water and boil it up
then filter the liquid into a cup
drink it down, its good for your liver!
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Probably chose suicide to avoid being eaten alive
Posted on Mon, 04 Feb 2019
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