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I have 291 stories published in one collection on the site.
My stories have been read 506036 times and 295 of my stories have been cherry picked.
232 of my 2,142 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 244 votes

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Cherry

New Directions (9)

Dev called and asked me to drive to his home. He dictated an address in West Wycombe which I was able to dial into my navigation app while he spoke...
Cherry

New Directions (8)

Normally it was an hour’s drive to Dev’s from Celia’s village, but ten miles east on the M4 the snow had been more successful at screwing things up...
Cherry

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I said my goodbyes to Celia after thanking her for being so understanding about the cheque and promising to send her best wishes to David and Dev...
Cherry

New Directions (6)

I faked a call on my mobile. Pretending to jump, I patted my jacket pocket and took it out. ‘Excuse me, Celia. My office.’ I held the thing up and...
Cherry

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The tea arrived on a small silver tray which looked like the ones that get experts excited on endless antique TV shows. If the tray excited them, the...

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232 of my comments have received 244 Great Feedback votes

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I used to think Nancy was alright cos she ran the moron ragged

Posted on Wed, 03 Aug 2022

but now she's just another geriatric politician feeding her ego. As you say dumb 

The World is run by geriatrics. Most of them are in their seventies or very late sixties. Some like Nancy and soon to be Biden are octogenerians. Don't get...

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Posted in How ******* Stupid Can You Get?

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I looked up Brain Dead on amazon prime

Posted on Wed, 03 Aug 2022

They came up with the ER series laugh

I read she might be trying to make a splash...

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Posted in How ******* Stupid Can You Get?

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Thank you Luigi

Posted on Fri, 22 Jul 2022

I am always proud to get a compliment from the master.

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Posted in Bed and Board by The Silk Road

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I read this thoughtful piece when I posted my effort

Posted on Fri, 22 Jul 2022

The final stanza left a lasting impression. Clever words so full of hope. I'll drink to that thought!

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Posted in sound escape

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Good morning citizens of Airstrip 1

Posted on Wed, 15 Jun 2022

It looks to me the real danger from Oceana is further East.

Eastasia and Eurasia are getting rather pally, 

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Posted in Putin Times : More Thoughts by Alfred Muggins (Part 3)

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Hi BH this is a wonderful poem full of hope.

Posted on Mon, 13 Jun 2022

It reminded me that, even with of the terrible things taking place in Ukraine when we see the latest pictures of the devastation caused by the Devil in the Kremlin, the bright green leaves of trees and shooting grass within the rubble the cycle...

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Posted in (This Life) Part 7: Resilience

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This is a big surprise, Drew. Many thanks

Posted on Mon, 07 Mar 2022

Not sure I deserve it since this is just a part of a longer piece, but I'll take it!

I hope the World situation calms down so I feel I can cerry on with this in the future

Cheers

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Posted in THE FIRST ANGEL 12 &13

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I only get BBC 1&2, but yes the BBC is biased toward ---

Posted on Thu, 20 Jan 2022

endless sporting events

Cooking programmes

antiques hunts and game shows

celebrity game shows with celebrities I've never heard of

Programmes showing you how to be a property developer

Programmes about people...

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Posted in BBC TV Listings, Wednesday January 21st 2032.

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Thanks very much Claudine

Posted on Mon, 03 Jan 2022

I'm working on it. I've never tried writing anything in this genre before. I'll just see where it takes me. Isuppose it's going to be rather dark. 

Thanks again. The cherries were very tasty. :)

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I didn't know that, Ewan.

Posted on Fri, 31 Dec 2021

Although I loved watching Whispering Bob, I didn't always get a chance to see the programme so no doubt I missed or "forgot" his explanation. I had a similar problem with finding (and remembering) the time to tune in to John Peel's genius. A...

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Posted in Earworms

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