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Odd Poems A world in verse.
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Scottish values? There are plenty of them around. To sit in a Afro-Caribbean Chapel in the roughest part of an English town, listening to the choir singing negro spirituals, and enjoying the company. To walk in the desert and share water with another. And wait with respect, while he prays to his God. Sitting in […] I’m back! It has been a while, and the times have been tough. The wife has been struggling with a long-term health problem, and the ‘Medical Profession’ has been up to their usual nonsense. If they cannot find an answer, then the problem cannot possibly be in their ‘speciality’ – so it must be something […] A year ago, I wrote about the great Supermarket Scam, where the big supermarkets like Tesco, Sainsbury etc. ran an ‘enforced customer loyalty’ scam. At the check-out, they stated that, if you had bought your grocery selection at another supermarket where the prices were cheaper, they would refund the difference WHEN YOU BOUGHT SOME MORE […] Same Saturday as the previous post. 150 miles to Doncaster. 150 mile back. Dealing with the Idiot Biker. Traffic jams. Made for a long day. Although the Fish Supper in Rothwells was, as usual, superb. Visit Doncaster. Try it. On the way back, we attracted the attention of several gesticulating motorists as we sped down […] Nice day, Saturday. Sun shining. Good time to have a day out. So we decided to visit Doncaster. One of our personal favourites. So off we went. Top down. Fresh air motoring. Nothing like it. By the time we were heading west along the A14, the traffic was getting busy. By Cambridge, with the roadworks […] I am the watchman I stand here on the towering achievements of mankind watching out into the darkness and hope to see the dangers I have a purpose I have a duty If evil threatens then I should call out warning There are no monuments If nothing comes I am forgotten Mankind sleeps as he […] Been busy for a while. Not doing a lot for myself – just dealing with that terrible breed – the Professional! Let me make something clear. The term ‘professional’ just means someone who gets paid money (sometimes lots of money) to do a job. There is nothing in the term ‘professional’ that states that said […] Just in case the previous post made Methil sound grim and desolate, here are a few pictures of the area. For those who have been bold enough to read ‘The Game of Snooker’ in the ‘Lower Methil Annexe’ series, here is the Miners Welfare Institute – the actual building mentioned in the story. The Lower […] The title comes from George Orwell’s 1984. In the bleak socialist dictatorship of his novel, what was once Great Britain became known as Airstrip One. I come to this subject because I have just returned from my birth-place. Methil. Methil was once part of the Burgh of Buckhaven and Methil. A decent sized town (the […] Have been very busy during the past 2 months. Bought a new PC to replace my old (and slightly cantankerous) old PC. New PC had Windows 8 (BAD), so fitted a new hard drive (keeping Win 8 intact) and set up as a Win 7 machine. Budget PC from PC World (BAD) had zero manuals […] |
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