Ed Crane

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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

New Directions (5)

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...
Cherry

New Directions (4) re-write

No Paul now. I hope this is clearer.
Cherry

New Directions (3)

3 The middle of Cambridge is well off for pubs. Dev seemed to know the place better than me. I half followed him along a short pedestrianised street...
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New Directions (2)

I’d seen Dev Mullur around at the auctions. We were on nodding terms. I could see by the properties he bid on he had a pretty long list. Never going...

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190 of my comments have received 199 Great Feedback votes

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When murders fight murders nobody wins.

Posted on Thu, 30 Nov 2023

 

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Posted in Thoughts on Hamas and Palestinian Resistance, and Western and Arab Government Reactions

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Di, I was doing some research hoping to write a poem about wars

Posted on Sun, 29 Oct 2023

since I was born. I checked on wiki for a list of wars around the world since the end of WW2

There are literally HUNDREDS!!! (and that only from 1945 -1989)

I gave up on the poem and I give up on humanity. 

Shame doesn't even...

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Posted in October 2023

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Forethought isn't a human strong point I guess

Posted on Fri, 27 Oct 2023

we have no back door to escape to when the climate finally goes pear shaped.

With the middle east situation I keep thinking about the line in the 1976 Genesis song: "Blood OnThe Rooftops." 

(Arabs and the Jews, Boy -- too much...

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Posted in All That Glitters

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Antonio Guterres spoke the truth

Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023

He should be applauded not criticised by the west and bullied by Israel. 

The US in particular should face up to this truth and only supply the Israelli government with weapons in return for serious diplomacy. There has to be a balance.

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Posted in Creeping colonization and takeover : Revenge and Retribution, by Alfred N.Muggins (rogue reporter)

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This is a superb write, Simon

Posted on Sun, 08 Oct 2023

I won't speculate or analyse on who or what Little Person is. This is a story where we must decide for ourselves who she is and that's what makes this so good.

 

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Posted in The little person

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This is a great piece, well deserving POTD

Posted on Mon, 04 Sep 2023

Very interesting could well be a true story. The two line stanzas are a good idea for getting this across. If God looked like John Wayne I hope his politics are different 

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Posted in Extra in a B-Movie Western

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I wonder who the father is

Posted on Thu, 07 Sep 2023

I can vaguely remember the girl in the E type I think at the start of the show.

 I always had the feeling the Max Miller-esque joke about very short mini-skirts being two onches below sea-level helped is his demise 

neve figured...

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Posted in Dee Time

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One meets all sorts in pubs . . . if one is not careful :)

Posted on Thu, 07 Sep 2023

The mere mention of Simon Dee makes my skin crawl. A man foist with his own ego.

looks like this could get lively.

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Posted in "And My C*ck's A Kipper"

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As already said, good start with a clever hook.

Posted on Tue, 05 Sep 2023

For some reason Jeffery Lebowski came to mind, probbly the pic and the high-pitched laugh.

Ironic that many years back a Head Brewer at Black Sheep once worked for the company that made DD.  

Looks like this story could ferment into...

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Posted in Prospero Vint

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Didn't anybody tell Sander

Posted on Sat, 02 Sep 2023

Koalas are not bears.

Call them bears in front of any Australian and they'll soon put you straight. ...

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Posted in About koalas

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