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Ramblings and rants about Life, The Universe and Anything really
Listed: Nov 19, 2012
The Plastic Mancunian ― A year or two ago, I declared war on procrastination and told the world that I would write a book. ∙ The good news is that I am about to start and hopefully score a massive victory after years of abject failure. ∙ Actually, what I am...
Tags: Notes, Holiday, Writing Ideas, Travel, China, Japan
Plastic Mancunian ― 6 days ago
The Plastic Mancunian ― Mrs PM and I are off on our travels again tomorrow, This time we are heading to Japan, a country neither of us has been too before, via my favourite city outside the UK – the wonderful Hong Kong. ∙ And I can’t wait. ∙ In ...
Tags: Music Meme. Music Questions, Meme, Music
Plastic Mancunian ― 3 weeks ago
The Plastic Mancunian ― My eldest lad, Stephen is currently enjoying his student career in arguably the party capital of the United Kingdom. ∙ I am of course referring to Newcastle. ∙ Believe it or not, I had never been to Newcastle prior to 2011, when I ...
Tags: Night On The Toon, Newcastle, People Watching, People, Gateshead Millennium Bridge
Plastic Mancunian ― 3 weeks 6 days ago
The Plastic Mancunian ― As a fan of heavy metal, I have often been accused of being in league with the devil. Pseudo intellectuals seem to think I am part of a cult that is being brainwashed by long-haired Satanists and that my ambition is to live a life of debauchery ...
Tags: Devil, Music, Margaret Thatcher, Politics, Iron Lady, Rock Music
Plastic Mancunian ― 5 weeks 1 day ago
The Plastic Mancunian ― American television dramas have changed over the years. In the past, certainly in my youth, the philosophy was that the good guy had to win otherwise the TV audience would feel that evil had prevailed.And in America, this went against the grain.In...
Tags: Villains, Rooting For The Bad Guy, Dexter, The Master, Dr Who, Bad Guys
Plastic Mancunian ― 5 weeks 5 days ago
The Plastic Mancunian ― When I need to unwind and relax I conjure up a picture in my mind.I see myself relaxing on a beach, lying there in the warm sun as it rises or sets. Next to me is Mrs PM, holding my hand and leaning her head against my shoulder. The waves are ...
Tags: Jellyfish, Chill Out, Sea, Beach, Seaweed, The Sea
Plastic Mancunian ― 6 weeks 6 days ago
The Plastic Mancunian ― I almost called this post “Hypnotism Is Rubbish”.Almost!Many years ago I saw a hypnotist live at a Butlins Holiday Camp in Minehead. I was about 16 years old.I sat in the audience astounded at the antics of the poor victims of this...
Tags: Chill Out, Tarzan, Cynic, Music, Hypnotism, Hypnosis
Plastic Mancunian ― 7 weeks 5 days ago
The Plastic Mancunian ― The Plastic Mancunian blog is now five years old. I wrote my first post way back in March 2008 and it seems like only yesterday.To celebrate this milestone, I thought I would share with you some of my thoughts and feelings about why I started...
Tags: Why I Blog, Blogging, Writing, 5 Year Anniversary, Creative Writing, Blog
Plastic Mancunian ― 8 weeks 3 days ago
The Plastic Mancunian ― “Dave, we need you to go to Moscow.”I swallowed hard.“Moscow? Can somebody else go?”“Yes – A can go with you.”“That’s not what I meant…”It was with some trepidation that I decided ...
Tags: Travel, Kremlin, Moscow, Travelling, St Basil's Catthedral, Russia
Plastic Mancunian ― 8 weeks 5 days ago
The Plastic Mancunian ― A few years ago, I was on a long haul flight to Hong Kong and watched a movie called Pay It Forward starring Haley Joel Osment (the kid from The Sixth Sense). It was a mushy tear-jerker that I didn’t really enjoy at all. ∙ Having said...
Tags: Oman, Pay It Forward, Muscat, Driving, Road Rage
Plastic Mancunian ― 9 weeks 5 days ago
The Plastic Mancunian ― So here I am in Muscat, Oman and I am going to talk about two of my favourite topics: Health and Safety and toilets.I can hear you groaning – but bear with me.On the work front I am having an extremely frustrating time. I won’t go into...
Tags: Oman, Muscat, Travel, Temperatures, Humidity, Travelling
Plastic Mancunian ― 10 weeks 6 days ago
The Plastic Mancunian ― “Welcome to Bath,” said the slightly strange landlord of the little B & B we were going to stay in. Except he said Barth instead of Bath. I felt like saying “BATH! It’s B-A-T-H! There is no R in BATH!” Bath is in ...
Tags: Roman Baths, Bath Abbey, Travel, Aquae Sulis, Stonehenge, Bath
Plastic Mancunian ― 12 weeks ago
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