It occured to me when opening the site and seeing the banner that the non-human animals have all gone. Ben, the black labrador had a massive cancer on his stomach, Muppet,the King Charles Spaniel became very aged and frail. Megabollicks…
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Jumping around Malaysia and Penang circa 1965
All this occurred sixty odd years ago, since then Singapore and Malaysia have embraced the new world almost entirely. Long gone are the original pre-war houses and villages, now replaced by high rise buildings and sweeping dual carriage ways This…
For My Lady
Megabollix
Me and my Flock. Well I am not sure what these humans are about here. All I know is that I am getting bigger every day and my essential equipment is growing proportionately. I’m roughly half grown and quite a…
Venetian Flag of War
Venetian Flag of War The book is closed and the sword is held up in its place. This indicates that the Venetian states are in a period of War. The Republic of Venice (697-1797) was at war twenty-three times between…
An Innocent Nearly Abroad
Oxford to Aird Uig by Train and Boat. January 1962 Imagine a callow youth of just 18 years and 4 months,not having been north of Oxford in his life except to go to basic training camp for the Air Force…
Ted Talks of interest
Willful Blindness. The Scourge of Today. Wilful Blindness If there is information that you could know and you should know but you somehow manage not to know, the law deems that you are Wilfully Blind. You have chosen not to…
Pipe and Slippers Man?
Wedding Anniversary Presents. 2016 . KHUSSA or MOJARI Punjabi slippers. These slippers are still hand made in the Punjab, the dialect gives rise to the different names, there are several others. These differ from the Middle Eastern and African…
Megabollix Three
This by way of being an update of the last few months. It all started out by the suspicious behaviour on behalf of the lady general factotum. She was going around looking at us and muttering to herself that although…
Venetian Peace Flag
Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Meus The republic of Venice created out of the lagoon communities in the northeast of the now Italy in the seventh century adopted St. Mark as its patron saint. The winged lion holding a book on…