Whatever crossed my time on the day, usually general muttering and rebelliousness over shady pricing by big companies, but also grammar, humour (100 funny insurance quotes is popular), and more
Chapter 1: The crew and friends To be different, I will begin my story at the middle of my life. If this pleases my readers they may even wish to know how it began, and that would please me quite a lot. It was 1940 and our country was at war with Germany. I […]
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That’s How It Was, by Sheila White A heart warming story of a great love that blossomed during the difficult times of the last war. Sheila (my gran) met her husband to be, Chalky, on a dull day, a day that changed her life. This is a remarkable account of two people’s lives with all
Guest Blogging in 2024-2025 Preface I get a lot of offers of guest posts for Ackadia and decided to re-examine the market. Ackadia is old, ancient in Internet terms, so does tend to attract a certain amount of interest. It used to have a pagerank of 7+ (~ DA70) but I let it slide. Still,
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Porch pirates in the UK Dear Amazon, If your driver just dumps the package in the drive where anyone walking past can steal it, it’s not bloody well delivered. This is hardly the first time this has happened, but it’s getting annoying now. We were all in, they didn’t knock, they just left it in
Politics at play – vote X, get Y This post explores the notion, coined by the Conservative chairman, that voting for Reform in the 2024 General Election will put Labour in power. I would counter that it’s a ridiculous and desperate lie. To be precise, Conservative Party chairman Richard Holden told Sky News that “It’s
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Rushi Sunak is getting “tough” on immigration? Or lying through his back teeth, desperate to retain voters as the Conservative party sinks ever lower in the polls. Rishi Sunak making bold claims on Facebook What (I think) Rishi’s ACTUAL message is: “We paid Rwanda a stack of money to take maybe 200 illegal refugees and
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The Password Game So, here I am, minding my own business, scrolling through Facebook when PC Gamer draws my attention to this: This unhinged browser game about passwords is the most messed up thing I’ve ever played The post directs you to Neal’s Fun: password game It’s not perfect in as much as it can
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Email scams keep on coming Scammers, like all con artists, are sociopathic parasites, leaching from the unwary, stealing, conning, whatever it takes to make coin. They don’t care who they hurt, financially or mentally. It’s all about them, what they can get, and – they believe – if you fall for their scam, it’s your
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