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Brian's Weekly Rubbish


Gelato Delight
Hi Everyone Just when you think that nothing much is happening in your life something extraordinary happens. You know that our city has,...
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Jul 29, 20233 min read
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As Hot as it Gets
Hi Everyone Almost twenty five years ago we had a summer holiday on the Greek island of Corfu and the small nearby island of Paxos. As we...
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Jul 22, 20233 min read
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Behind the Green Door
Hi Everyone , If you are approaching middle age, you will remember a cheesy song that was popular in the 1950s - Green Door. One line in...
brianmate
Jul 15, 20234 min read
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I Have Some Good News........I Think
Hi Everyone Sadly, some of the illegal immigrants crossing the Channel from France in small boats are children traveling alone in a...
brianmate
Jul 8, 20233 min read
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Water, Water Everywhere
Hi Everyone I like to think that I am a cup half full character so when I look for ideas for this Rubbish every week I try to entertain,...
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Jul 1, 20233 min read
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Who Wants to be a Billionaire
Hi Everyone I am sure that at Christmas or over a dinner party table we have all dreamed about what we would do if we had lots of money....
brianmate
Jun 24, 20233 min read
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You Only Live Once
Hi Everyone I think that you will have had to reach middle age to have heard of this Hollywood actress Mae West who was a star when films...
brianmate
Jun 17, 20233 min read
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The Music of Life
Hi Everyone This week I was listening briefly to a radio phone in programme while making a short journey in our car. The topic was the...
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Jun 10, 20233 min read
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Red Wine, Dark Chocolate and................
Hi Everyone A couple of weeks ago I went into our local budget supermarket to buy a bottle of whisky as a present for a friend, something...
brianmate
Jun 3, 20233 min read
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A Celebration and a Green Anorak
Hi Everyone Sadly in our social calendar, it is a fact that funerals are much more frequent than weddings, BBQs, and raves. In the last...
brianmate
May 27, 20233 min read
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Artificial Intelligence in the Clouds
Hi Everyone I learned a new phrase this week although some 'lucky' people have known about it for years - artificial intelligence. Just...
brianmate
May 20, 20233 min read
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Pasteis De Nata V The Two Scoop Tub
Hi Everyone If you are a long time Rubbish reader you will know that I am a connaisseur of the two scoop tub, expertise gained from our...
brianmate
May 13, 20233 min read
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Pot Hole Paradise
Hi Everyone A couple of weeks ago Richi, you know our Prime Minister was in the North East of England staring into a pothole in the road....
brianmate
Apr 29, 20233 min read
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Pick up a PPPPenguin
Hi Everyone Dot and I live within two miles of where we were born, an area just on the southern boundary of Stoke on Trent known...
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Apr 22, 20233 min read
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Just Don't Get Ill This Week
Hi Everyone When I employed staff and workers I would offer them a wage that I thought we could afford but that was somewhere near the...
brianmate
Apr 15, 20233 min read
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Easter Bunny and a Hot Cross Bun
Hi Everyone If you can remember that far back you will know that as children we went to school. Most of us were taken on our first day at...
brianmate
Apr 8, 20233 min read
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Upside Down News
Hi Everyone As a young teenager, Monday night was the night that I went with my pal Ken to the cinema, or "the Pictures" as it was known...
brianmate
Apr 1, 20233 min read
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Boris is back and so are Potholes
Hi Everyone If you thought that last week was exciting, this week is off the scale. Boris and Donald are back with Boris looking as...
brianmate
Mar 26, 20233 min read
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The Sound of Music
Hi Everyone What an exciting week we have had. That nice man who spends all our money stood in parliament for nearly an hour with that...
brianmate
Mar 19, 20233 min read
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As Time Goes By
Hi Everyone It seems that a number of our friends have been or are away on holiday, enjoying sunshine and warm weather, while we are here...
brianmate
Mar 12, 20233 min read
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