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Sunday, January 15, 2017

A Community Service Post – sort of…

Especially for TAPS, CCT, Arthur, adnohr, Pat, the Camelot residents, Sam and anyone else who might be faced with icy conditions that make perambulating a treacherous and even dangerous proposition… It was CCT who asked a specific question: “ Also while I am here what sort of guards are those you... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 14, 2017

Response-to-comments Day again…

Since I’ll be busy with stuff (going into T.O. among other things), just a few responses to comments on my post ‘It all happened long ago…’ There’s CCT, who says: “ I just wonder who started year 1.” Here’s my answer: The Anno Domini era began with Dionysius Exiguus, a monk who devised it around 525... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 13, 2017

It all happened long ago…

The Western Roman Empire was ruled by Flavius Honorius Augustus, who had become Emperor in 395 when he was a mere ten years old. The empire’s power was fading already, and things got worse. In the year 410 the Visigoths sacked Rome, and that was also the year the last Roman troops left Britain.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 12, 2017

Rumours of my death are definitely an exaggeration…

…the facts are far more prosaic. The two vaguely human members of this household simply came down with the flu and strep throats, beginning a few days before Christmas, and are only now slowly recovering. The result was a Christmas and New Year sans extended family – everyone had orders to stay... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 1, 2017

A Happy, Joyful, Successful and Healthy New Year to All

I haven't been around much for reason' alluded to in my previous post, but shall soon be reading you again again as well... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 31, 2016

Naut's Christmas

T’was a few days before Christmas And all through the house There was a clatter and a coughing That scared even the mouse And St Nick when he saw All that hawking and shwitzen (sweating) Quickly reined in his reindeer Rudy, Dasher, Donner and Blitzen He wisely decided to pass by a place Where evil... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

A bit of science, anyone?

Since it’s still Christmas, and everyone is having a good time playing with their new toys, I shall not tell you about the interesting nasty stuff I’ve found out, but some interesting fun stuff. Today it’s not about weird quantum processes, but simple things we all know from direct experience –... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 26, 2016

Slip slidin’ away…

I’m sure you’ll remember Simon and Garfunkel doing this song back in the eighties. It had been written by Paul Simon a few years earlier. “Slip s lidin’ away Slip slidin’ away You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip slidin’ away” I was reminded of that when I took two steps out... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 25, 2016

A Merry Christmas To You All Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 24, 2016

Just in time for Christmas…

You all know, of course, that already men or women who ‘have everything’, and even those who don’t, can buy themselves a ‘sex-robot’ to have truly happy, fulfilling relationships, especially since the cost of batteries is considerably lower than that of diamonds. But of course that’s only the start,... Sign in to see full entry.

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