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Ringing the Changes

January 8, 2024 Longrider 7

This one strikes home to me. Kelsey Parker has revealed she has decided to take off her wedding rings nearly two years after her husband Tom Parker’s death. […]

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UPS Again

December 5, 2023 Longrider 6

So I received an email.   So far so good, eh? Nah…   My response was perfunctory, curt, and negative.

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UPS Again

November 6, 2023 Longrider 13

It’s been a while since I had cause to write a letter of complaint. I’ve also wanted to use the Arkell v Pressdram line for […]

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Recruiters

November 1, 2023 Longrider 8

Throughout my career in rail, I have had approaches by recruiters. Almost always, they have failed to properly read my CV. I retired from railway […]

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UPS Redux, Redux

October 25, 2023 Longrider 3

So the saga continues. I received the following from the supplier: My sistem shows that we have not sent you the new jacket yet. I […]

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UPS Redux

October 23, 2023 Longrider 6

You may recall my travails with UPS a few weeks ago. As the item was incomplete – the jacket was missing its belt – I […]

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Dick Francis

October 22, 2023 Longrider 2

I read my first Dick Francis novel when I was a teenager and I was hooked from the start. Francis stopped writing in 2000 and […]

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Humph!

October 4, 2023 Longrider 3

I thought they had given up. This text was also accompanied by an email… I am not vulnerable and covid is a bad cold/mild flu. […]