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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.
David's just a guy who can't
Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023
David's just a guy who can't say no!
Will there be a Chapter 3? Will he get round the Brian problem? Will his mammy need to buy a hat?
Read full commentPosted in May 4th (chapter 1 part 2)
Good stuff Naimh!
Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023
Good stuff Naimh!
This bit...
The room began to spin. He felt like a dirty T-shirt in a washing machine,
Sums up the early morning situation perfectly,
Read full commentPosted in May 4th (chapter 1 part 1)
Ordinary Palestinians and
Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023
Ordinary Palestinians and Israelis can get on perfectly well together, as can ordinary Russians and Ukraines and people on either side of many other conflicts. It's the people in power who are the problem. The politicians, the banks, the arms...
Read full commentPosted in Creeping colonization and takeover : Revenge and Retribution, by Alfred N.Muggins (rogue reporter)
I think I envy Spencer a
Posted on Tue, 24 Oct 2023
I think I envy Spencer a little bit. Round about four o'clock most afternoons I could do with a cable to the mains to recharge myself. Is he going to be immune to the ageing process?
Nice one Jane. I'm looking forward to the next episode...
Read full commentPosted in 'Parcel for you...' Part 4
A man with a low, gravelly
Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023
A man with a low, gravelly voice with an Eastern European accent...
I was sitting next to him on the bus into town yesterday.
And there was the smell of weed... or was it just wee?
I'll have a word with him.
...
Read full commentPosted in Diner
We, with a roof over our head
Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023
We, with a roof over our head, not rubble ... words that really hit the spot!
We need to consider that each day a smaller and smaller proportion of the world's population can enjoy this privilege. And we should remember this as...
Read full commentPosted in Identity
There are significant amounts
Posted on Tue, 24 Oct 2023
There are significant amounts of work to be done, Rhiannon, if we're going to pierce the darkness of foolish hatred. I fear it's an insurmountable task. I wish I could be proved wrong.
Read full commentPosted in One ray at a time
During my working days I knew
Posted on Tue, 24 Oct 2023
During my working days I knew dozens, probably even hundreds, of people who were victims of dementia. Some of them I had known before the illness struck. Some I only met once or twice. Because of the nature of my work I had to get quite close to...
Read full commentPosted in Message From The Care Home Front
Excellent stuff! A very
Posted on Mon, 23 Oct 2023
Excellent stuff! A very amusing read.
When you introduced the 'lovely second edition of “Death on the Nile”, in Times typeface' I got a bit hot under the collar.
Read full commentPosted in The Cold Thesaurus
Yep... the biggest in the
Posted on Mon, 23 Oct 2023
Yep... the biggest in the land, we were told. Foxwood School in the middle of Seacroft estate in Leeds. It was a comprehensive school purpose built in the 1950s and at the time (way before my time) advocates of the comprehensive system sent their...
Read full commentPosted in Come to the Sports Hall
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