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Paltry payback on offer for dealing with nuclear waste

The following letter from Tim Knowles, the former Chair of the last search process (MRWS), appears in the current issue of The Whitehaven News. Despite previous...

5 years ago today, Cumbria said: "Geological Disposal Facility? No thanks!

Today is the 5th anniversary of the memorable occasion on which in the UK, Cumbria County Council, led by Eddie Martin, voted against going to "Stage Four" of t...

No prizes for guessing the prime target (yet again)!

The Guardian has just published an article on the new search to find a site in which to bury the nation's nuclear waste which is expected to begin this week, so...

... cont'd "Woman, spare that tree!

Oh well, I tried handcuffing myself to the love of my festive season. (Ref my post of the 2nd Jan.) Alas, it didn't stop my determined other half from executing...

Woodman, I mean woman, spare that tree!

When we found a local Christmas tree supplier (farmer!) just a week before Christmas (we don't like to start the decorating too soon), I knew it was a beautiful...

Steemit Open Mic Week 66 - "Auld Lang Syne" (cover)

Steemit Open Mic Week 66 "Auld Lang Syne" Hi fellow Steemians and may I be one of the first to wish you and yours a very happy and prosperous new year. It seeme...

Music reminiscence

I was feeling in a rather nostalgic mood today, whilst doing a bit of washing up, so I put on one of my favourite albums from my youth, "With The Beatles" (1963...

Steemit Open Mic Week 65 "Little Donkey" (cover)

I haven't been on Steemit for a while and thought now was as good a time as ever. @andybets (my son) and I were strumming the guitars and my better half decided...

Steemit Open Mic Week 50 "When You And I Were Young Maggie" (cover)

https://s20.postimg.org/ey1mkfchp/Week50.jpg I thought this piece might make a pleasant melody for the pedal steel guitar as my contribution to the Steemit Open...

Steemit Open Mic Week 49 "Angi" (cover)

Steemit Open Mic Week 49 "Angi" (cover) https://s20.postimg.org/cyvv3uepp/Week49.jpg I missed taking part in week 48 as we had three of my beautiful grandchildr...

Steemit Open Mic Week 47 "Lion" (cover)

https://s20.postimg.org/6w9mai16l/OpenMicWeek47cover.jpg One of my all time John Fahey favourites is Lion from the 1968 "Yellow Princess" album. I attempted thi...

Markdown Editing for Steemit Posts. Easy Copy and Paste!

Source: www.pixabay.com --- Using Markdown on Steemit can really give your post a boost when it comes to presentation. Markdown might be a bit difficult from so...

Steemit Open Mic Week 46 "Make You Feel My Love" (cover)

https://s20.postimg.org/mlhhvjvjx/Week46.jpg Hi there fellow open mic-ers and live music on Steemit enthusiasts, Well, it's Steemit open mic wk 46 already and f...

Pedal steel guitar - the mechanics

A week or so ago, I posted a video showing the basics of the pedal steel guitar. https://s20.postimg.org/xji1vkd19/Steemsteel.jpg This post looks more specifica...

Could he "of" or could he "have" come from Mars? 🚀

https://s20.postimg.org/sdv44quil/IMG1444.jpg A mistake which is becoming all too frequent these days, particularly on social media etc., is for people to say t...

Steemit Open Mic Week 45 Poor Boy (cover)

https://s20.postimg.org/g4pvjbegt/DobroWeek45.jpg Epiphone Hound Dog Dobro Hi there fellow Steemians I don't have time to sort out another original at the momen...

SteemReports - The Anatomy of Steem and Steemit

Usually @steemreports just tries to understand and explain the data stored in the blockchain, and make it useful to people who are aren't data analysts. Recentl...

What is a Pedal Steel Guitar?

It is neither a portable workbench or a knitting machine nor is it an organ, zither or a Hawaiian guitar (although it is pretty closely related to the latter). ...

Steemit Open Mic Week 44 - Let Me Down - My Original Song

Hello Dearest Steemians. I hope this post finds you well and in high spirits. This is a song about not wanting to let go of something that I knew I had to relea...

Steemit Open Mic Week 44 I Want Home (original song)

Steemit Open Mic Week 44 I Want Home (original song) https://s20.postimg.org/pz1cra60t/week44.jpg Hi there fellow Steemians This was written while touring the U...