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Brian's Weekly Rubbish


The Musings of your Friendly Nerd
Hi Everyone Have you ever thought as you walk down a busy street or sit in a crowded bar or restaurant that you have just passed or been...
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Oct 16, 20224 min read
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Respect and The Swinging Sixties
Hi Everyone When I was in my twenties I found myself managing the building department of a company that was a subsidiary of a large...
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Oct 9, 20223 min read
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Mortgage Madness and Useless Information
Hi Everyone For those of us now approaching middle age, the opportunity to buy our own home was available to many of us. We spent 2 years...
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Oct 2, 20223 min read
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New Kids on The Block
Hi Everyone Back in the 1980s Carly Simon had a hit song called Nobody Does It Better. The chorus goes Nobody does it better Makes me...
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Sep 25, 20224 min read
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Paddington Bear and Marmalade Sandwiches
Hi Everyone It was interesting to read the comments of one journalist this week when in the light of the extraordinary events of the past...
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Sep 18, 20223 min read
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Mrs Weathercock and Our Queen
Hi Everyone I thought it could not get any worse than when Boris came to power and promised "to make Britain great again" but within two...
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Sep 11, 20223 min read
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September News and Blues
Hi Everyone The Main Contractor really enjoys the police and spy dramas on TV especially as we are looking forward to the Autumn...
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Sep 4, 20223 min read
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Good News Day?
Hi Everyone Do you realise that in about four weeks' time the shops and garden centres will be clearing the decks and dusting off last...
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Aug 28, 20223 min read
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It's Boris and carrots week
Hi Everyone I seem to remember in those distant days when I worked for a living that if you changed your job you had to give the boss of...
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Aug 21, 20223 min read
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Understanding What a Jerk is.
Hi Everyone Now those of you who are approaching middle age will know that some things and especially new things can be very confusing....
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Aug 14, 20223 min read
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Coming Home
Hi Everyone My dad, you know, the Junior Partner, took me to my first football game at Stoke City in October 1946 and I have enjoyed the...
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Aug 7, 20224 min read
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Ambition
Hi Everyone I suppose at some point we have all had ambitions. For most of us when thinking about family or work our ambitions are fairly...
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Jul 31, 20223 min read
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Midsummer News
Even for those of us approaching middle age, this week has been pretty eventful. First, we had to survive two days of "a national...
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Jul 24, 20223 min read
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