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Downtime Apr 29, 2015 2 min read Free

Y is for Yank

[https://i1.wp.com/stuartlennon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/yank_100644.jpg?ssl=1] Yanks. They are just such a nightmare. Loud, uncultured, ignorant peasants. Always have been. Always will be. I know this, as I was taught it from a young age. Then, I met some. Some loud

Downtime Apr 27, 2015 1 min read Free

W is for Whisky

[https://i2.wp.com/stuartlennon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Scotch-Whisky.jpg?ssl=1] Stone me. Would it happen to be the 27th of April? W in the A to Z Blogging Challenge? Quite apart from these momentous events, I will be celebrating the beginning of my forty fifth year

Downtime Apr 23, 2015 1 min read Free

U is for Unicum

[https://i2.wp.com/stuartlennon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/unicum-csalad.jpg?ssl=1] U is for Unicum Over the last couple of days, I have been catching up on my blog posts. I had fallen far behind the schedule. Yesterday, I pulled my finger out and got busy. There

Downtime Apr 23, 2015 1 min read Free

T is for Ties

[https://i0.wp.com/stuartlennon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/new-neon-ties.jpg?ssl=1] Ties. Curious things. Even the ones that are not neon. My wife has far better taste than me in almost everything. One of the curious exceptions to this rule is the tie. I think that there

Downtime Apr 23, 2015 1 min read Free

Q is for Quittrain.com

[https://i0.wp.com/stuartlennon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/logo.png?ssl=1] Quittrain.com [http://www.quittrain.com] If you smoke – go visit this site. Join the forum and interact with people. I smoked anything from 30 to 60 cigarettes a day for 30 years. I feel qualified

Downtime Apr 22, 2015 1 min read Free

O is for Oenophile

[https://i2.wp.com/stuartlennon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_0195.jpg?ssl=1] Oenophile. Not a dastardly criminal. The mighty Wikipedia informs; “Oenophilia (/ˌiːnɵˈfɪliə/ ee-no-fil-ee-ə; Greek for the love (philia) of wine (oinos)) is a love of wine. In the strictest sense, oenophilia describes a disciplined devotion to

Downtime Apr 15, 2015 1 min read Free

Magyar Medcalfs

“This very interesting surname recorded in the spellings of Medcalf, Metcalf and Metcalfe, is English. It is chiefly recorded in the county of Yorkshire, and there have been claims that it represents the very first hereditary surname. This is arguable, but there is no doubt that it was one of

Downtime Apr 15, 2015 1 min read Free

L is for Lennon

Lennon. My family name. The source of endless entertainment on the telephone or in shops. “Lennon. As in dead Beatle.” Sometimes – people laugh. More often, people look slightly puzzled. I’m getting old and Beatles references don’t go as far as they used to. The ‘present Mrs Lennon’ as

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