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Terence Mullan
I shaved my head again today. I shave it every couple of months to disguise the fact that I’m going bald.
My stories
Fathoms Above
Oh I do like to be beneath the seaside.
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Shenanigans with Catkins
January 2025 (the latter part) and the things that I saw and did in my usual one hundred words per day sort of way.
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The Mandarin Cherries
January 2025 (the early part) and the things that I saw and did in my usual one hundred words per day sort of way.
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Eleven Thousand Silent Playmates
When an old song revives a memory that uncovers an astonishing secret. You might call this a sequel, or even a prequel, to Making Do with Dusty Springfield.
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Making Do with Dusty Springfield
Remembering Patricia, a young Middlesbrough girl with great dreams. I hope her best ones came true.
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Only two left
Posted on Mon, 15 Dec 2025
Aye, there have been other bikes but none ever stays in the memory like the first one does.
Perhaps your Uncle Gerald didn't rate your da as a dancer.
Read full commentPosted in A Hare's Breath 4 - The Horror
Hilarity
Posted on Mon, 15 Dec 2025
Thanks very much Di.
I'd say that in those days the world was a completely different place and everybody was strong. If a child went out on it's bike today with blood on the handlebars Social Services would surely be called. And in Ireland...
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Unipeds vs Tripeds
Posted on Mon, 15 Dec 2025
Apparently there’s a website for people who only have one leg that enables them to buy just one shoe, though it may well be that half of its clientele are one-legged folk with a shoe to sell. Imagine if you only had one leg and you bought only...
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1832
Posted on Sat, 13 Dec 2025
There are parts of Bulgaria where it might appear that 1832 hasn't arrived yet, so with my Festive Lady of Shalott they'll think I'm dead modern and trendy.
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Spoiler Alert (Not)
Posted on Sat, 13 Dec 2025
I agree, the shared principles and the shared sense of humour are essential for relationships and friendships to work. I don’t know how people survive without them. Even when I’m on my own I try to make myself laugh.
I know where Splott is...
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Comments
Posted on Sat, 13 Dec 2025
That's just how I feel, and I'm always disappointed when people don't respond to a comment I've made on one of their posts. A simple 'thanks' would be better than nothing. Without that it's rude.
There are a lot of talented people on...
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Wellies they are wonderful!
Posted on Thu, 11 Dec 2025
Wellies they are wonderful.
Wellies they are swell
'Cause they keep out the water
And they keep in the smell
The great wellies of Ballymoney will find stardom in part four,...
Read full commentPosted in A Hare's Breath 2 - The Bicycle
Keith Hamer
Posted on Thu, 11 Dec 2025
Thanks IPFN. I had no idea!
But imagine sitting next to test card enthusiast Keith Hamer on a long train journey. The stories he must have to tell!
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Hope
Posted on Wed, 10 Dec 2025
Shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad… Israel, I hope you're listening.
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Dodgy
Posted on Tue, 09 Dec 2025
Swinging and dodgy with lorry drivers sounds a bit dodgy to me Jenny. Tell me more! ...
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