HeyJaredAndrew’s Substack
My personal Substack - it will cover my thoughts on a range of issues that catch my eye. I write as I see my posts aren't varnished to death
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Been on holiday (opens the original)
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As is normal at this time of year and since I retired I take a break. This year in August I’ve had my grandson for 2 weeks taking him around places like Hampton Court and introducing him to Real Tennis. He was very impressed that Grandad had played ( my street cred went up though he refrained from asking if I played with Henry VIII) Then took him to Portsmouth to see Mary Rose and HMS Victory as well as showing him how to use chopsticks. Then we’ve been off to Cyprus to stay in a rented villa wi
As time goes by (opens the original)
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I recently reached the dizzy heights of 65. In the UK this was the traditional time for men to retire with a gold watch after many years of service to an organisation. I have my grandfathers watch from when he retired at 65 in 1968 and will no doubt pass it on to my grandson in later life.Of course now although I took early retirement in 2023 for the reasons set out here technically my retirement age is 67 and looking at the way governments are looking at the costs I suspect my grandson will be
It takes two to plog (opens the original)
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There is a lot being said about local communities getting involved as the state slowly retreats from providing the basic services. I was watching a program about what is going on in and around Crowborough and the refugee camp and how the locals have set up a volunteer patrol to keep an eye on the influx of refugees. They are visible but not intrusive and do engage politely with any refugees from the camp who are in the area. I’ve said before that most of the people have lost faith in police pron
It's still not coming home (opens the original)
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Well it didn’t happen England are not going to the World Cup final. The nation starts to furl up the flags that have hung out of windows or lampposts (unless you happen to live in some Lib Dem councils).I watched the match and then the post match show when various pundits come on to give analysis either on where it went right or in this case wrong.Yes there were what the tabloids call the usual Argentinian dirty tricks in the first half which reminded me of a saying that a fight broke out around
Please accept my apologies (opens the original)
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Its been an incredibly busy month or so and so writing has taken a bit of a rest as has the muse but normal service will resume shortly. I could have asked the AI to draft something but I think that cheats both the writer and the receiver. Instead I got it to do me a picture<source type="image
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