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An aspect of hobby researching

It serves anyone with a hobby interest well to remember two things, i.e. that: Firstly – it wise to keep your feet on the ground and remain humble. No matter how much you read or research, there are bound to be hundreds of others, of similar tastes and interests, who have been at it longer [...]

December 22, 2013 // 0 Comments

Reversing the effects of ageing

There is an interesting article on the website of The Guardian newspaper this morning, about research being done by Australian and US researchers into how effects of ageing might be held back or reversed – see here – THE GUARDIAN It brought to mind a conversation I had some years ago now at the [...]

December 20, 2013 // 0 Comments

When the time comes to stop

As our publisher has been at pains to point out, this is not so much a website for oldies as an observational organ for those of us who are past the first flush of youth. It is therefore natural that, from time to time, we feature items upon aspect of life that affect senior citizens more than [...]

December 20, 2013 // 0 Comments

Politics and the military – an uneasy mix

Prime minister David Cameron strayed onto dangerous ground earlier this week when, during a lightning visit to British forces in Afghanistan, he stated that our official withdrawal from that war-torn country by the end of 2014 would be with heads held high and a sense of ‘mission [...]

December 19, 2013 // 0 Comments

And a Merry Christmas to you too!

Christmas is traditionally a time of festive joy, fun, presents, turkey, drinks, over-eating and family reunions. I’m sure my National Rust readers will be delighted to learn this year the Stuarts will be complete, in the sense that my son Barry will be joining us. A professional yachtsman based [...]

December 18, 2013 // 0 Comments

The upside of losing

When I rose, as usual, at some ungodly hour this morning there was something missing from my life – the hapless England cricket team was no longer being humiliated in the Perth Ashes test match. Ever since they first arrived in Australia, it has been my practice to having the Sky Sports coverage, [...]

December 18, 2013 // 0 Comments

An incident on the way to a rugby match

On my way down to the Stoop this afternoon for this afternoon’s Heineken Cup clash between Harlequins and Racing Metro, I happened to be listening to a studio discussion on Radio Five Live. The subject was that of CCTV cameras being installed in taxi cabs. Apparently, one council that had taken [...]

December 15, 2013 // 0 Comments

Seeking an elusive straw in the wind

Yesterday, pursuant to a WW1 project I am researching, I set off shortly before 0600 hours in deep fog to visit one of the great Midland public schools. Not being familiar with said establishment, I maintained a steady 70mph and relied entirely upon my car’s sat-nav system. This took me up the M1 [...]

December 12, 2013 // 0 Comments

The Importance of being Important

One of the oddities of contemporary British life is our obsession with people of little national importance. One such is Dr Who. I watched this as a child, with Wiliam Hartnell as the Doctor and the Daleks, and rather enjoyed it. Nowadays the announcement of a new Doctor Who is heralded as if he [...]

December 6, 2013 // 0 Comments

Battening down the hatches

The news that the UK’s Environment Agency and Met Office have issued warnings about a blast of windy arctic conditions that will sweep the country today and tomorrow (Friday), causing widespread severe flooding on the east coast is naturally causing alarm amongst those who might become affected. [...]

December 5, 2013 // 0 Comments

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