Short and Sweet, Like a Donkey's Gallop.
I’ve been quiet on the social media front lately. When you're not too well to start with any little thing does you in. The last week has...
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Neil
- Oct 5
- 1 min
Neil's Shortest Post!
Coffee? Thursday 7th October? 10am? The Boat House? Charlestown? I’ll be there!
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Neil
- Oct 1
- 3 min
Hello October, my Old Friend
Hello October, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a cancer softly creeping Left it’s seeds while I was sleeping The...
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Neil
- Sep 27
- 4 min
A Sleeping Bag and a Cow
When I hit 60, still thinking I was immortal, I thought learning to swim might be an interesting thing to do. But like most of us it was...
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Neil
- Sep 20
- 4 min
We All Went Down to Montreux
Initially I would bang off one of these posts in an hour or so, now I spread the effort over a couple of days, maybe longer. So when I...
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Neil
- Sep 13
- 4 min
Offensive Ur No?
How offensive can I be? I don’t think I’ve ever been particularly offensive but that’s only because I’ve moved with the times at least in...
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Neil
- Sep 9
- 4 min
Ding Ding
Once upon a time, about 30 years ago, there was a small enterprise jointly owned by the Co-operative Retail Services (CRS) and the South...
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Neil
- Sep 6
- 3 min
End Game?
I have these questions in my head. Why do I write these posts? Why do you read them? It’s a bit of a mystery. I think I write them as a...
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Neil
- Sep 1
- 4 min
Snake Oil or Crystals
25, Polmarth Close St Austell 1st September 2021 Dear Reader, Just an observation. When I was a little boy (maybe 7 or 8) I had a...
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Neil
- Aug 30
- 5 min
Coffee? Black or White?
I haven’t been out on my own very much, mostly because we’re relegated to a one car family. Tricia's car is still in the garage being...
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Neil
- Aug 23
- 4 min
Insouciant: showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent.
I read, I may have mentioned that before. Given a choice I read books about things, not any old things, interesting things. I like a bit...
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Neil
- Aug 21
- 4 min
Veraciter mortem solum confrontare non multus cachinni est.
Here is a post pertaining to nothing in particular. I just found a bit of Latin and it got me thinking. Somethings I simply couldn't care...
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Neil
- Aug 15
- 4 min
Guest post: Pizza, blogging and the glorious randomness of friendship
We both actively look forward to your blog, Neil. There is a moment before I open it where I quietly draw breath and go through one of...
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Neil
- Aug 15
- 2 min
Who Am I Going to Play With When I Get Old?
Here’s something interesting. Stretch your arms to your sides out as far as you can. Now middle finger tip to middle tip represents the...
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Neil
- Aug 14
- 3 min
Passport to Betelgeuse
Many moons ago I was spending the evening with my friend Phil. We’re talking many, many moons ago. I reckon about 500 moons ago. Anyway...
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Neil
- Aug 9
- 4 min
Asterix, Obelix, Getafix and Unhygienix.
Sometimes when I write these posts I come up with a few words or ideas and weave my writing around those ideas. Sometimes it works better...
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Neil
- Aug 4
- 2 min
Maybe Next Week
When I was in my mid 20s I was a Technology teacher at Poltair School, it’s probably not called technology any more. One thing I hadn’t...
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Neil
- Jul 29
- 3 min
Grabbing Smoke.
Sometimes writing these posts is a bit like grabbing smoke. The ideas I have seem to be just out of reach. I know I’ve been off colour of...
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Neil
- Jul 23
- 2 min
Hello Again Hello
It’s been a fortnight since my last post. Shortly after writing it and declaring myself to be on the mend my health plummeted again....
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bate.tricia
- Jul 14
- 1 min
Message from Tricia
I said I would only write on here if Neil is unable to........well he's struggling at the moment and is really unwell 😔 New medications...
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