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Retrospecticle

December 29, 2012 Longrider 11

As another year waits in the wings, I look back and see just how much has changed this past twelve months. Some good, some bad as […]

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Quote of the Day

December 28, 2012 Longrider 11

Steve, commenting over at Timmy’s. You can tell a lot about a culture and a people by their views on dogs. The shit ones hate […]

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A Parting of the Ways

December 27, 2012 Longrider 20

It is with some sadness that I am severing my links with OoL Internal differences of opinion about the direction the site has been taking make […]

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Eight Years

October 23, 2012 Longrider 11

This blog is eight years old today. 2,919 posts, 15,394 comments and still going strong… Make that 2,920 posts now. Tags: blogging

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He’s Not a Troll…

September 30, 2012 Longrider 1

…he’s a naughty little boy! The third location was a friend’s house. The Troll was his son. His 17-year-old son. I was gobsmacked. Except, of […]

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Another One?

September 20, 2012 Longrider 0

I was just checking out the email correspondence over at OoL. Well, someone has to… Anyway there was a press release type email from another […]

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Another One…

September 6, 2012 Longrider 7

These journos who don’t like the interwebs and our tendency for robust comment are queuing up to denounce anonymity. Today it is Mic Wright in […]

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What He Said

August 12, 2012 Longrider 2

I agree with DK. A fine summing up. It is right and proper that there is open government for we most assuredly should know what […]

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Trolling

July 18, 2012 Longrider 1

My usual approach to dealing with trolls is to ignore them. However, on this occasion I am going to have to break that rule –  […]