Hi everyone, welcome back, wonderful lot that you are. I'm calling this a thread, I'm calling

a news update and information hub where I'm sharing what's caught my attention right at this moment.

You know, while this war in Iran goes on and while the energy crisis is incoming and all of the

rest of it,

my cage is well and truly rattled,

and I wanted to give everyone an opportunity to have a place where they could come and be rattled together.

Okay, that's all coming up.

Before we get into it, let me say a huge thanks to everyone who supports the podcast

by signing up to my patreon.com site.

As a paid-up member, you get early access to

everything, some exclusive stuff,

question and answer session,

lots of politics,

history, archaeology, current affairs,

comedy juggling,

not so much of that recently.

If you want to check out the link,

it's down there, I'd love to check out the link, it's down there.

I'd love to see you.

Okay, let's get on with it.

You'll notice I'm indoors.

I've decided I'm not always going to be roaming the countryside,

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