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In the previous episode I told you about the two trips to hospital including: Chest X-rays, Oxygen masks, Blood oxygen sensors, ECGs and being told to cease drugs until otherwise told. The poorly, or maybe perfectly – depending on how you look at it — timed appointment with Nuclear Medicine was on the Thursday. It…
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Do you remember me?Like I remember you?Do you search my nameOn Google too? Or have you forgottenHow we used to beWhen we shared times together?Or is it just me? Well it’s been a while,And I’ve left lots of clues,In case you look me up,Or see me in the news. But I guess you haven’t Or…
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When Mrs Gnomepants V1.0 and I moved into our house in Barnsley, it had a hideous pink bathroom suite from the 1980s. To be fair, it was really well kept and mostly clean- the carpet floor didn’t stink too much of wee as in the houses later years, the previous occupant was an elderly lady.…
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Many years ago, probably just before I started polluting the internet with mind ramblings and enough poorly written prose to poison any large language model harvest, I had a scan. I’ve had lots of scans to be fair, so it’s probably one I’ve talked about before in the 20 odd years I’ve written here. Anyway,…
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The cat committee would like it to be known that, as 2024 was exceptionally horrible for all, 2025 will be an improvement. At least, that is, if they get extra skritches, treats and hot box before it is house humans time to return to work on Thursday.
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Now an annual tradition, at D&D last night our esteemed host Mark put on a fine spread of haggis, neeps and tatties. Haggis, as you know are small tartan coloured animals that roam free in the rugged highlands of the North. Their little nasal wails and toots can be heard across the mountains from many…
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I asked an AI text generator to create a short monologue called “Cottage Pie for One” in the style of Alan Bennett. This is the result: As I stand alone in my tiny, dimly lit kitchenette, surrounded by the mundane aromas of a bygone era, I find solace in my comforting ritual of making cottage…
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![Picture of the Day: Holy Well, Southam, Warwickshire [2010]](https://stegzy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/imag0130.jpg?w=450&h=450&crop=1)
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that the area I now live in has some curious and ancient locations. One such location is the Holy Well near Southam in Warwickshire. An ancient site where once pilgrims from all over visited in their legion, to bathe and be blessed by powerful earth magic and perform ancient rituals.…
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![Picture of the Day: Walking Along [Braich-y-Pwl, Aberdaron, 2018]](https://stegzy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/img_7786.jpg?w=450&h=450&crop=1)
I’ve always liked a good stroll by the seaside and there’s one place long term readers will remember I like most of all. Not been there in years. This photo is potentially from my last visit in the pre-covid era of 2018 of me walking along the cliff edge at Braich-y-Pwl near Aberdaron. A beautiful…
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1984 – a time before internet. A time before social media and mobile phones. A simple time. The government assault on the city of Liverpool had cut deep on employment prospects for the youth and civil unrest amidst the bleakness had raised its head in the form of riots only a few years earlier. Abandoned…
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