Category Archives: General Rants

Cement from the skies

Posted on March 5, 2011 by SteveHardy

Here in Hastings we are, each with our own dreads, hanging in that moment between winter and the squealing time. I speak of course of the seagull mating season. Many years ago this was over fairly quickly but now, as … Continue reading →

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The Guardians “Comment is Free” (but humanity is absent)

Posted on December 4, 2010 by SteveHardy

I was reading the comments under an article by someone called Lilly Cole, who I believe is an model & actress with chameleon hair. The article was about the student cuts. Having got over the shock of Ms Coles frankly … Continue reading →

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The “Thatcher totem”

Posted on December 4, 2010 by SteveHardy

Twice in the past few weeks I have been floored by the insistence that all the worlds evils flowed from that one person. One instance was when, during a conversation about why so many people lacked consideration for others today, … Continue reading →

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The Story of the Stick

Posted on December 4, 2010 by SteveHardy

During the splash of Arctic weather we’ve been having I’ve taken to using a stick to prevent eye to icy pavement incidents. I’m also not a fast walker at the best of times and downright cowardly on slippery surfaces. I … Continue reading →

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The final chapter of the BMW R1150RT story.

Posted on November 13, 2009 by SteveHardy

Ever since I’ve had the  BMW R1150RT It’s been prone to “pinking”, i.e. pre-detonation where the petrol ignites before it should. It sounds like stones rattling on the front of the bike and it can damage the engine. In the … Continue reading →

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Where do you start?

Posted on May 12, 2009 by SteveHardy

One of the reasons I don’t “do” politics here usually is that it’s such a complex subject and as I get older I’m wary of the semantic straw men we use in place of thought, it also doesn’t get the … Continue reading →

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Council Competency and the East Hill Lift.

Posted on April 18, 2009 by SteveHardy

I have breakfast every day at the East Hastings Angling Associations club house, where I am as I write this. Out the window I can see the East Hill lift which has not been working for a couple of years. … Continue reading →

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Spare me!

Posted on January 17, 2009 by SteveHardy

The phrase that strikes dread into the strongest heart: “I’ve nearly finished my book…”. This, when heard at a “do”, is the equivalent of meeting “Jaws” in your local swimming pool. You reach into your deepest emotional pocket for the … Continue reading →

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What’s wrong with the world (or at least our little part).

Posted on December 13, 2008 by SteveHardy

It hit me half way down the M11 scything through the rain like Cap’n Ahab in a New Beatle, the world has grown up – and not in a good way. Many men know the drill, you’re forced down the … Continue reading →

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Back, I think.

Posted on November 25, 2008 by SteveHardy

Norfolk was, well, this is where self censorship rears it’s head, it was family; that can be good and it can be crap but for the sake of peace you don’t dwell… I’ve been back for some time but am … Continue reading →

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