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Nigel Victor Rees: May 2012
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A compendium of serious or otherwise: commentary, fiction, reminiscence and verse. 04 May, 2012. It is just here, on the Broadway, that the first smell should be; but the horses that were the source of the odour have long since gone, as has the Express Dairy whose milk they used to deliver. Along here, there should be the second smell: that of roasting coffee-beans; but the Aerated Bread Company's tea-shop has vanished. He turns down the Lane. Yes! And those the very railings? He can practically taste th...
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Nigel Victor Rees: September 2013
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A compendium of serious or otherwise: commentary, fiction, reminiscence and verse. 29 September, 2013. Oliver had booked a visit to his doctor. He attempted to explain his problem. I've got . I've been having . it's a bit embarrassing .", Oliver trailed off. Take your time." invited Dr. McGregor, patiently. I, well, I ." Suddenly, Oliver could see a funny side to this scene. "I'm so awkward about this, you probably expect me to present symptoms of some social disease! And are you going to? It was in the ...
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Nigel Victor Rees: July 2012
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A compendium of serious or otherwise: commentary, fiction, reminiscence and verse. 09 July, 2012. A colleague in New York was feeling down. I've lost touch with him now but recall him as pleasant in appearance and manner, intelligent, amusing, and successfully working in a large accounting/consultancy firm; he was certainly not some grotesque, repellent individual from whom women would flee. Why did he not hear from her? Could she not have written a letter explaining:. Women should be forced, by law, to ...
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Nigel Victor Rees: March 2011
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A compendium of serious or otherwise: commentary, fiction, reminiscence and verse. 13 March, 2011. On being a PONS. Yes; you have just achieved some personal goal. You built it, sang it, drew it, created it, thought it, danced it, devised it, worked it out. Good for you! Of course, no one else gives a fig. The reason hardly matters: it could be the old "it's not what you know but whom you know" thing; perhaps you don't have the right look, sound, bank-balance or. whatever the reason, you are a PONS.
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Nigel Victor Rees: November 2011
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A compendium of serious or otherwise: commentary, fiction, reminiscence and verse. 28 November, 2011. The subject arose in the course of conversation. I know I am not alone in this. I see TV-programmes in which people compete to do these. It all seems terribly complicated, though sometimes graceful, elegant or even athletic and certainly admirable as an example of co-ordination, balance and sense of rhythm; sometimes in a clever way, like mime, it is a means of expressing a story without use of words.
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Nigel Victor Rees: December 2011
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A compendium of serious or otherwise: commentary, fiction, reminiscence and verse. 16 December, 2011. Http:/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16212418 Exit Christopher Hitchens. We've lost someone well worth having around - probably not universally liked or loved but with a mind that had to be admired and respected, who put something into this life. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Ghost Hunting.Watch Your Sugar Intake or Michelle will throw a squash at you.
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Nigel Victor Rees: May 2011
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A compendium of serious or otherwise: commentary, fiction, reminiscence and verse. 29 May, 2011. The Loneliness of the Short-Distance Staggerer. I approach the treadmill and set it to an easy stroll of 2 mph as a preliminary stretch. Yes; proper people stand on the stationary belt and stretch one foot onto the bar and then repeat with opposite legs. I shall not risk the ridicule of struggling to get the foot up and then needing to be rescued from a locked position. I've done 0.05 of the mile. I l...The n...
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Nigel Victor Rees: April 2011
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A compendium of serious or otherwise: commentary, fiction, reminiscence and verse. 22 April, 2011. Only the short-sightedness of Hollywood moguls has prevented my inherent coolness from coming to its full fruition. Had they heard my polite and dulcet utterances of "Thank you very much" on occasions such as my darting through a door politely held open by a gentleman for the lady by then behind me, I could surely have had a career not dissimilar to that of Elvis. Links to this post. 09 April, 2011. Links t...
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Nigel Victor Rees: February 2011
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A compendium of serious or otherwise: commentary, fiction, reminiscence and verse. 25 February, 2011. Political Correctness Overwhelms Common Sense. Surprise! We've had fairy-tales and children's books banned, an Agatha Christie play retitled and yet They. Still haven't had enough. I thought I'd describe some I have found annoying recently. I'm guessing this is the mnemonic at which the poor man hinted. Here's the news-article: http:/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-12584669. Cannot match number and...
