(1530) Later than mid-afternoon.

 

21. We had a Seekers number earlier

I was planning not to run this one for specific reasons.

Firstly, it was Judith Durham leaving the group, which of course broke them up. There were the New Seekers and decades later, another farewell concert but it was really over this night below. Many of us thought it was just ambition on the part of JD but reading her tale, her Christian spirituality, which she said was in all her songs … I was thinking that with Another You … it made sense for her.

Second reason was the danger of tempting the metaphysical by playing a song with lyrics like these below … they’re intense and sad, they might portend, I’m hoping not. There’s too much finality for mine.

Thirdly, they were never really my style, that sort of Peter, Paul and Mary folk, a bit like straight country music … Southern country rock, yes, some of it was good. Yes, her voice was superb, no one’s arguing with that.

But the main reason I do not like listening to this song is it was from 1965 through to 1968 … it was mega but it included some incidents … one I’ve written about before. I’ve mentioned that for some decades, I was spending the middle of the decade in Oz, the ends in Britain. This was from a southern summer, maybe 66 or 67, maybe 68 and it involved a girl I restablished contact with a year ago now … we write to each other now … it was at the beach during the holidays somewhere then.

One evening, the beach was very quiet as usual … were this a landscape picture, it would look like this … the wide, sloping beach, with fairy lights would occupy the right third of the picture, the Bay filled the rest, bobbing boats. It’s dusk. Maybe 500 yards away, way over to the right, off picture up above the beach, is a carnival, an actual carnival with rides, a stage, the usual things.

Picture behind that a pier, one of the longest on that Bay, jutting out at rightangles to the shore, people on it, lights. The carnival is in a space near the start of the pier … across the main road behind that are the seaside entertainments, including the fish n chip shop I worked at.

We were trudging through the sand to get there … a few of us. The wind was fickle and every minute or so, the sound through the tannoys set up this side of the carnival but still distant was wafting back this way, then dying, then wafting back.

And yes … the song was the one below. It felt almost surreal even back then … total stillness apart from the fickle song. We had no idea whatever that the innocence of those days was also closing. It was also the end of our summertime … the whole thing was combining in a way I could not envisage that evening.

Yes we had fun at the carnival … my fave dodgem cars and the cha-cha ride … out in the wide world though, the ladylike innocence JD had given the world was about to be dirtied, drugged, the music far darker by 1968/9, so many sicko bands appearing, looking like something from a horror show. And this girl I correspond with now … she’d been there on that beach with me. That evening maybe not, maybe the following year. Her letter from that summer sits in a packet of letters two yards from me right now. Shan’t get it out again this evening.

Anyway, here tis:

20. Two points of view

19. Moosh revisited

18. The cost of supporting one’s people

17. Is he still alive?

16. The DT TR situation

Danny Tommo has been remanded in prison until his appearance at Portsmouth Crown Court on the 29th of September.

Tommy gives us the final update of the day. pic.twitter.com/nYxxlyIe1X

— Ay Audits (@AyAudits_c4n) September 25, 2026

 

This was possibly their earliest live TV:

The fundamental interconnectedness of all things (Douglas Adams). The presenter above is, I seem to recall, Graham Kennedy whose home was in Dromana on the Bay south of Melbourne, near some friends of ours called Rhodes, who were friends with others called Carnegie … getting the drift?

I once sailed my A Class around to Safety Beach, next to Dromana and won the race that day. Sometime later I came back here and stayed at first with a mate in Ammersmiff. We went to see The Great Rock n Roll Swindle at the Odeon.

(1412) Afternoon all. (1426)

 

15. Minimalist v Ornate

14. Roob

HERE

13. What is being British?

12. Steve

The crime of criminal damage, and I’m quoting, is defined under the Criminal Damage Act 1971. It is a statutory offence that occurs when someone deliberately or recklessly destroys or damages property belonging to another person without lawful excuse. Before the police charge anyone under this Act they must first determine ownership. If the property was used in the commission of a crime, by criminals, then the law of criminal damage has no answer. The other offence he’s being charged with is ‘endangering the life of an emergency worker’. The problem with that one is jurisdiction, it was a French emergency worker and where exactly did the endangering of him take place? Good luck with that one.

11. From Zero Hedge

China controls roughly 80% of the world’s tungsten supply.

That’s becoming a major problem for Washington.

On January 1, new Pentagon sourcing restrictions are set to tighten the rules around Chinese tungsten entering U.S. defense supply chains.

And America hasn’t produced tungsten domestically since 2015.

Yet tungsten is critical to many of the systems the Pentagon depends on – from missiles and warheads to drones, military aircraft, rockets and spacecraft.

This raises an important question. Where will alternative supply come from?

Skyline Builders Group (NASDAQ: KAZR) is combining with the company advancing Severniy Katpar, one of the world’s largest undeveloped tungsten resources.

If developed as planned, the project could produce roughly 15% of current global tungsten supply.

And Washington is already paying attention.

Two U.S. government agencies have expressed interest in providing up to $1.6 billion in indicative financing support to help advance the project.

With tungsten prices up as much as 900% and a major Pentagon deadline approaching, the search for alternative supply is accelerating.

Read the full tungsten story →

 

Raymond Chandler’s classic:

(1131) Elevenses … coffe here, hope all ok there. (1159)

 

10. Moo corner

9. More on our beloved politicians

8. High moral compass, these people

7. Bill made his debut on X

… unless he’s aleady there of course. I had to abridge it because I’m only allowed 140 characters on X, me being a pleb n all.

6. Point of these two news summaries

… is that they came from the Geelong Advertiser, which keeps sending newsletters, like Liverpool Echo. At first I mistook it for Liverpool … you’d expect this behaviour in Liverpool.

For newer readers of nourishing unherdables, Geelong is a city south-west of Melbourne, Victoria, by about 50 miles. Liverpool is a bit further north west in the NW of England, a country you may once have heard of.

 

These are the immediate ones in the queue:

Now, there are plenty of The Saint to go and I rate them medium-good. By far the best performing just now, as AKH pointed out, are the Peter Gunns and I’ll restart those tomorrow … must look around coz some later episodes were not as good.

The Twilight Zone is an enigma … Toods likes the originals, more horror, I’m not into horror, thus I prefer the 80s series. However, I did have a look for episodes I recall … the gremlin on the plane wing, with William Shatner watching for example. However, whole episodes are rare on youtube, only fragments or reviews. A few can be found but the quality is iffy. Plenty of 80s series.

This is a not bad review of Willoughby, the type of TZ (non horror) that I prefer:

And here is an actual episode.

The episode, to me today, is not all that interesting but the twist very much is at the end … like it. It does reflect the mood at the time and I remember, very clearly, Bay of Pigs and the USSR/USA crux. We were glued to the radios/TVs. Our teacher mentioned it at school too. Think it did for Kruschev.

(0633) Morning all … again, genuinely, that really is the time:

Late this morning… I had to write a long letter and now must gather, redact, post below. Might be 0700 before starting. If I ramble on in an op ed, the ulterior motive is firstly that the comments thread is interesting this morning … and secondly that I prefer DAD or Steve to be items 2 and 4 … it gets them off the foot of the page and into more prominent places in the post, plus I like opening with a big item, half a page for example … items 1, 6, 11 are the ones. (0850)

 

5. Friday

4. Steve at 1500

• Insiders Say the Mood at CNN is ‘Like a Funeral’ Over Impending Paramount Merger Deal (JH: Bad people constantly lying … formula for oblivion.)
• California Supreme Court Rules Against Sheriff Bianco in Massive Election Fraud Investigation Related to Seizure of 650,000 Ballots
• President Trump Has Time to Declare a National Security Emergency to Prevent Election Theft from Enemies Foreign and Domestic
• China Sent More Than 1,300 Military-Grade Shipments to Iran
• Top IRGC Boss Eliminated As Houthis Threaten America
• The Nutrition Shift After 50: Four Nutrients That Deserve a Closer Look
• Today’s extremists are not on the political right; they are on the radical left

3. Shortish threefer

2. DAD at 1500

a) France. In recent weeks, fishermen have blocked oil depots and port entrances in the south of France, while farmers have staged demonstrations over rising fuel prices. Fuel is set to become a major political flashpoint, just seven months away from France’s elections.

With seven months to go until France’s presidential election, fuel is becoming a major political flashpoint. Spiralling energy prices have stoked public discontent, amid a global fuel-supply shock, driven by the conflict in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

b) EU. Some €2 trillion: That is roughly the size of the European Commission’s eye-watering budget proposal for 2028 to 2034, unveiled on July 16, 2025. It is more than 60 per cent larger in nominal terms than the present long-term budget, or Multi-annual Financial Framework.

Unsurprisingly, national governments are pushing back hard.

c) China Seizes F-35 Parts after UPS reroutes shipment to Hong Kong.

Critical F-35 stealth fighter components were diverted to Hong Kong instead of the United States after a UPS shipment from Australia was mysteriously rerouted, giving China access to classified military technology.

d) The UN. Argentine president Milei tells UN that it has become a ‘useless organisation’ feeding ‘fatally arrogant parasites’.

He added the “gender agenda, environmental extremism and unchecked immigration”, along with Agenda 2030.

e) Former White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, claims Donald Trump once started “ripping into” Keir Starmer for his “stupid” policies at a lunch in the UK, where he demanded Starmer closed the borders and carry out deportations.

1. Some sort of op ed

… also posting screenshots of interest. Firstly:

And this:

And this:

In the early 2000s, my darling heart said to me, “You’re going to end up old and alone.” I had been looking at a Chinese prognostication too which had said: “Old, alone and in pain.” Charming.

And yet, I’m poised for dental work any moment which will half break the bank, not to mention a charmed run with heart slowly coming to an end. Plus the bank folded. Charming again. In short, I see the end of the tunnel and am not fussed about that, being of a ✝️ian persuasion.

What to do in the meantime? Well a certain techie has set up a system, called HQ, and it did not come into existence by miracle … or maybe it did. He said to me … and what? Are you going to drop all that’s been set up, up sticks, drop a domestic HQ as well, with your curious idea of a liveable homelife? (In as many words, mind you, not exactly in those words … he’s Pedant General, this guy).

There’s also this thing, based on the Blues Bros idea of “a mission from God”. Who’s to say it’s not? Within a short time, my feeling is that Them is going to shut down all such exchanges as those in the screenshots above … yours too. I’m thinking we must hold onto what we have whilst we still can, finding “workarounds” to counter all their increasing attacks on us, always remembering:

That’s my thinking, which is pretty obvious stuff whether it was me who thought this or someone else. There is loyalty to you too, the patrons, readers, occasionals … how many near free exchange blogs with intelligent comments are now remaining … a thousand in the English speaking west? Wot, I’d abandon y’all?

Given my deteriorating health, held in check for now, slowed down by good food and exercise, plus the grace of God, what is the wisest course at this moment for every one of those remaining bloggers out there? Read no more nor less into this please, dear reader … juss thinkin’ out loud.

END for now as I have to get posting/.

(1441) Afternoon all.

 

22. This follows on from n16 about tipping in restaurants

These below are more real for those in Britain:

During 50s and into the 60s, by and large, a family did not even think of eating out, except for diners and drive-ins in the States and chippies here, also Wimpy from the 50s. Chippies were exempt from rationing by the way.

I have a largish fillet of Scottish salmon here for tomorrow evening, trad fish n chips night, the chips are here ready to oven fry, the side of concasse is ready. How much does it cost me? Fillet £3.05, chips about £0.90, concasse … phew, who knows? Max £1.50 for that portion. Add herbs and bits … I’d say £5.60 the lot … and I’m buying premium and getting it delivered. And a full plate after all that. And cooked exactly right.

Now to Everywoman, Jen, litmus test of Britain imho:

Quite. When I was about 16, I was working in a chippy in the summer, doing the burgers, staff were plentiful, people knew of us, drove for miles … it cost the owner more, also so many people’s wages but there was a definite buzz to the place.

Following year, I remember his name … Gerlach … he’d bought the shop and now started the economies … inc. staff. Business fell away. I resigned, others did too. Insane.

21. Posted this earlier on X

20. Gordo yet again

19. Moo corner

18. Ghost of Gordo?

17. Old article, have LEDs apologised yet for their behaviour?

16. For a start, Brits and Americans have different approaches to tipping

In Britain, we used to tip if the service was good … mine ranged from 10% if not fab to 25% if it was very good. No tip if shocking, maybe more if the girl was assiduous BUT only if I could be sure it went to her, not to some group pool. I say ‘used to’ as I’ve not eaten out in Britain since maybe 1994.

In America, I realise the corporate greed game pays waiting staff pathetically, making it imperative they pick up tips no matter how the service is. This below though is well out of order … I simply would not enter that place, end of. Besides, I can cook better than medium level places at home.

Becca’s right here. Attitude is everything … attitude of all parties involved. I’d vastly prefer to invite her to my place, serve maybe tournedos rossini as the main, who knows about the starters, soup and dessert, cheeseboard. Then take her out to a concert, whatever, top of a tower for drinks. Still restaurant price that evening, but on things that are enjoyable.

 

At 1234, lunch has been had, coffee here, time for a filum. I had to look this one up, remembering that the chaps are not as romantic as the chapesses (????) … this one looked like it might be a bit ladylike … had a delve, seemed ok for the chaps too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somewhere_in_the_Night_(film)

(1045)(1109)

 

15. Steve

Liz Truss covered some of the Blair agenda on Talk Radio this morning, IYE. He’s responsible for the creation of a Supreme Court as well, a move championed by those bloodsuckers in the legal profession. Turning to ‘The Third Way’, it was Blair’s mentor Anthony Giddens who wrote a book on it, subtitled: The Renewal of Social Democracy. In it he introduces the idea of ‘the cosmopolitan nation’ and ‘cultural pluralism’. The book was published in 1998 and lays the groundwork for a secret policy of mass uncontrolled immigration; a policy which, according to Andrew Neather, would ‘rub the Right’s noses in diversity’..

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-1249797/Labour-threw-open-doors-mass-migration-secret-plot-make-multicultural-UK.html

I read Gidden’s book in 2000 and that’s when I ceased voting Labour. The workers’ party became the migrants’ party and in so doing threw the folk who built the movement under the bus. It has evolved to a point of such hatred toward the indigenous white population it wants us minoritized in every corner of our land, asap. All I can say is hatred works both ways.

14. Feminazism

13. The Woke juggernaut rolls on

12. As the plan is here

… so it is downunder … all over the west in fact.

11. Over on X itself