Category Archives: True Tales
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How to destroy a trailer home !
18Thursday 21 April, 2016 by Uncle Spike
For Throwback Thursday this week, here’s a very early post of mine, from July 2013. It’s about my life as …
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Throwback Thursday: Boobies On My Wall
14Thursday 07 April, 2016 by Uncle Spike
For Throwback Thursday this week, here’s a post from March 2014. I guess this is one of my defining moments or …
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Throwback Thursday: The Hairdryer
3Thursday 31 March, 2016 by Uncle Spike
For Throwback Thursday this week, here’s a post from June 2013. Back in the days when I had more time …
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Double entendre
39Monday 21 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Today marks the day when I share my annual ‘special’. Published each year on the birthday of my late wife, …
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Love and the Civil Service
7Saturday 27 June, 2015 by Uncle Spike
“And it says here you know other languages. Care to elaborate?” That was a question posed to my goodself some thirty …
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How I ‘nearly’ joined the British Army
8Friday 03 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Many young boys wanna grow up to be firemen, or soldiers. For a time, I wanted to be in the …
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Memories of Loch Ness and a Young Punk
11Sunday 01 February, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Some of the most famous lochs of Scotland have roads that hug the edge of the water for miles on …
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Life of a Serial Vehicle Tester
12Sunday 25 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Hands up who’s ever test driven a car or test ridden a motorbike? I guess most of us have at …
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Mad Woman at Harlech Castle
26Sunday 21 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This is my annual ‘special’, in which I retell stories about my late wife, published each year on her birthday …
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Massage or Mugging?
16Sunday 07 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike
In the mid 90s, back when I was a respectable office geek, my late wife and I liked to take …
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Volunteering In A Very Old Tuxedo
15Sunday 30 November, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This is the second in my series of posts about volunteering, with a tale that goes back to the early …
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Watching Sports Lying Down
8Sunday 09 November, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This being the first of my posts about volunteering, I wanted to share a story that gives me warm goosey-bumpers …
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So, just how did I end up here?
27Sunday 26 October, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Well well, who would’ve thought that young Spike would one day be a naturalised Türk, having emigrated to the pan-Eurasian …
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Bubble Wrap Is FUN..!
13Sunday 31 August, 2014 by Uncle Spike
You know when you buy something online, it often comes wrapped up in that plastic film of bubbles, known affectionately …
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Stubborness of a Generation
23Tuesday 10 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike
We often hear about the ills of ‘the youth of today’, compared to those from just a couple of generations …
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Only Sixteen – Just About Remember That…
7Wednesday 16 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike
So today’s Daily Prompt is called ‘Only Sixteen‘; challenging us bloggers to remember back to those days (as in me), …
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Boobies On My Wall. Touché Mom.
16Tuesday 18 March, 2014 by Uncle Spike
Granny Spike, a.k.a. mom has always been a handy person. Over her 80 years, she has taken on full bathroom …
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“Your’e a Fart in a Whirpool”
25Friday 03 January, 2014 by Uncle Spike
“A Fart In A Whirlpool” – yes, that’s how my boss described me once! Strange, eh? But for me, it was …
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When NOT to spray a Volvo!
27Saturday 21 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
This is the Volvo 245DL, one of those boxy 2100cc station wagons produced by the safety loving Swedes from 1974-1993. …
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Fired At Age 12…
18Thursday 19 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
I’m a fairly honest and decent sort of chap really. I don’t steal or cheat, and any lies I’ve told …
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Driving in Turkey: Acquired Taste or Lunacy?
14Saturday 23 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
The first vehicle I ever ‘drove’ I guess was our family mini tractor. It was a mean machine and my …
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Teen Biker Spike Lost His Cool
17Sunday 17 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Way back in history… well, about 3 decades ago I guess, Uncle Spike was not even an uncle at all, …
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Why I Wasn’t Famous
22Saturday 09 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
When I was a scrawny little lad at primary school, my mum had thoughts of betterment for her second child. …
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My Boyhood Dream: Still Dreamin’
29Monday 21 October, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Every little boy has dreams (no not that kind), and mine were often of flying in a military jet. Now …
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Not Arrested After All…
9Saturday 19 October, 2013 by Uncle Spike
I really wanted to get arrested once. Seriously, I thought it would be a bit of a laugh. Ok, so …
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I Squashed a Tree With This
10Thursday 17 October, 2013 by Uncle Spike
. This was arguably my favourite set of wheels of my junior years. The mighty Bolens 1050 tractor, a 330cc …
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Memoirs of a Smoker
9Sunday 29 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Some people smoke. I get that, and in fact, I used to be one who was known to partake. And …
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Oh, So No Jokes Then…?
2Friday 13 September, 2013 by Uncle Spike
“Do not wind up the inspectors!”… That was always the advice given to staff in the retail banking branches where …
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Midnight: Elephant Meets Accountant
7Wednesday 28 August, 2013 by Uncle Spike
The beautiful Serengeti in north Tanzania, is for me, one of the most mind-blowing places on earth. The diversity and …
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Managing customer queues the fun way!
Leave a commentSaturday 24 August, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Ever worked in a bank…? Or in a shop…? Or anywhere where your days are plagued by customers queuing up…? …
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Little Boys Room: A Great Equalizer
10Thursday 15 August, 2013 by Uncle Spike
You know, there is one thing in life that really bugs me, and that’s folk who think they are better …
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Motoring Monikers
16Thursday 08 August, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Ok, now naming vehicles… who else does it; or is it just me? Are you one of those rather dull as …
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Nocturnal Garden Adventures… In My Boxers
22Monday 05 August, 2013 by Uncle Spike
So what would you say is the most appropriate sleeping attire for a gentleman these days? Never been into pyjamas …
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How to destroy a trailer home !
14Saturday 20 July, 2013 by Uncle Spike
CHILDHOOD. A simple word perhaps, but one that encapsulates everything that happens to us during our formative years. So just …
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The Hairdryer
11Sunday 30 June, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Going back to my early teenage years, I went through that typical boyhood-manhood conundrum… should I go down the route …
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Did you say “Cow Poo”?
12Friday 21 June, 2013 by Uncle Spike
On 17th June 1991, I started working for what was then known as the Halifax Building Society in Dorset, on …
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