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  1. Double entendre

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    Monday 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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  2. Lilac, Purple, & Pink

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    Wednesday 23 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike

    We all travel through life, experiencing good and bad, meeting new friends, and losing track of others. Many of use …
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  3. Gallipoli: lifelong dedication

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    Friday 24 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike

    This is my second post about the one hundred year anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign of World War One. Large official centennial memorial …
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  4. Gallipoli: 100 years

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    Friday 24 April, 2015 by Uncle Spike

    One hundred years ago, the almost 9 month Gallipoli Campaign of World War One ended. The Allied forces withdrew from the peninsula, …
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  5. REBLOG: Boxing Day 2004: remembering the tsunami

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    Friday 26 December, 2014 by Uncle Spike

    Originally posted on Green Lizard's Blog:
    On Boxing Day 2004 I was in the south of France with friends. The first we…

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  6. Mad Woman at Harlech Castle

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    Sunday 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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  7. Nine Eleven

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    Thursday 11 September, 2014 by Uncle Spike

    September 11, 2001 2977 people from 62 countries lost their lives. I remember that day vividly. I was here in Turkey on …
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  8. Respect

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    Saturday 07 June, 2014 by Uncle Spike

    War veteran disappears from care home, care home calls police, war veteran calls care home from D-Day event in France …
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  9. Weekly Photo Challenge: Letters (IV)

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    Monday 28 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike

    This week’s fourth and probably final entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is in both English and Turkish letters. It …
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  10. Weekly Photo Challenge: Monument (I)

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    Friday 11 April, 2014 by Uncle Spike

    This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is the Çanakkale Martyrs’ Memorial from Çanakkale, in the northwest of Turkey. …
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  11. When NOT to spray a Volvo!

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    Saturday 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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