Fish and Chips. How Much!?
Today, it could be any day but it happened to be today, I did too much. Our garden shed / pavilion / bar needed a bit of electrical...
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Neil
- Mar 3, 2021
- 3 min
Tegenaria Parietina and Tapestry
I must have been really small. My dad was carrying me. It was dark outside so I think it must have been quite late. When I was small I...
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Neil
- Mar 1, 2021
- 4 min
One swallow doesn’t make a summer.
It is not one swalowe that bryngeth in somer. It is not one good qualitie that maketh a man good. Erasmus, 1539: Just for this post I’ll...
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Neil
- Mar 1, 2021
- 4 min
Sunshine and Sleeping Pills
Each time I have chemotherapy I get a substantial intravenous dose of steroids. Buzz , Buzz, Buzz. Keeps me awake. I get to take a box of...
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Neil
- Feb 26, 2021
- 4 min
Time Bandits
In the mid 70s I had a little cassette player. I would pop a cassette into the machine and listen to the music then when the side...
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Neil
- Feb 25, 2021
- 2 min
Job Done
I plan to write a few words each day. Often early in the day. Today I was awake really early. Eyes open, properly wide awake. What to do?...
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Neil
- Feb 24, 2021
- 4 min
Party On (Subject to Executive Approval)
I was living alone 24 years ago. My next birthday was my 40th and I was facing the prospect of celebrating alone. A proper Billy No Mates...
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Neil
- Feb 23, 2021
- 3 min
50,000 Words and Still not the Right One
An ex-colleague of mine was writing an angry email. As was sometimes the case, especially if it was HR related, I was asked for my...
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Neil
- Feb 21, 2021
- 4 min
Optimum Happiness
It's late in the evening, it's a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, it's August the 3rd or 4th, 46 maybe 47 summers has passed since...
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Neil
- Feb 20, 2021
- 4 min
Bretonside Bus Station
I like making bread. I need to carefully pick my time at the moment. At different times of my treatment my skin can be toxic, so toxic...
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Neil
- Feb 18, 2021
- 4 min
A Good Grape
Some things take a bit of time to achieve. Some things need good materials to work with. Some ideas need conviction. Some things simply...
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Neil
- Feb 17, 2021
- 4 min
Euchre
I’m not 100% sure I have any real skill or knowledge but I get away, sometimes, with the illusion. If asked a question and I think I know...
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Neil
- Feb 16, 2021
- 3 min
Shrove Tuesday
It’s early in the morning. Not too early, 5am. It’s that time of my chemo cycle when I’m beginning to feel better. I know I’m going to...
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Neil
- Feb 15, 2021
- 1 min
COFFEE CLUB
Neil BATE is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Coffee Club 16 Feb Time: Feb 16, 2021 10:00 AM Join Zoom Meeting...
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Neil
- Feb 14, 2021
- 4 min
If I were American I’d be Irish.
I was a teacher, for 3 years, at Poltair School. When I trained, back in the day, higher education was still free. All new, young...
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Neil
- Feb 13, 2021
- 4 min
Enter Expletive Here.
Disappointing isn't really a strong enough word. Preceded by an expletive it begins to get a little better. Sometimes it's hard to...
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Neil
- Feb 12, 2021
- 4 min
Validation and Value.
Why am I doing this? Why write all this stuff? I’ve always been a chatterbox. I remember the first Weatherspoon pub I went to (now owned...
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Neil
- Feb 11, 2021
- 4 min
Conflagration and Keeping Shtum
Conflagration; an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property. Shtum; the Yiddish word for keeping silent or hiding...
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Neil
- Feb 10, 2021
- 5 min
Career Contemplation and Historical Ignorance.
This week an ex colleague and friend whose job is Careers Lead at Truro & Penwith College, contacted me asking the following questions;...
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Neil
- Feb 8, 2021
- 5 min
Echoes of my Father
Many a True Word Spoken in Jest Being a matrimonial kleptomaniac gives one certain privileges. However this privilege comes with a...
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