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Ruben Hillier
Hi I am Ruben Hillier. My handle, since back in the day, is tregeagle. My pronouns are he/him.
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About 28 years and 8 months ago I was terrified of the future. Looking back I had every right to be. Time telescopes in like the scene in a movie when the shit hits the fan. In life however the dénoûment never really arrives, or at least...
Bicycles I have loved During the early 90s I read a biographical account by a young man who journeyed around the world on his bicycle. Like all my favourite books I gave it away at some point and have regretted it ever since. I cannot...
I had to drop something to Re at work early on a Sunday morning. On the way home I thought I’d go sit in a cafe with my laptop like one of those fancy-shmancy people. I rarely do this but the house is a mess and I wanted to be alone with...
I don't know why I do it ... but I like assembling pictures of MJD looking at MJD I got back from visiting MJD in Melbourne yesterday. I managed to get a flight for not much more then the petrol would have cost. I only had to drive the...
Road trip to Melbourne I just booked a few nights in Melbourne. I'm driving my old jalopy down the silver-city highway to visit my pal, @MJD . In-line with my current obsessional thinking I have made a list of some boat-dealers in the...
My Grandfathers motor yacht, Roshnara It's Sunday afternoon and there is a boat for sale in Cairns, it looks like a tough old sea kindly boat. I will be back to work tomorrow. So, I will kick the can down the track. Accumulating my stash...
ERRATA : I got the audio files mixed up. I actually reposted the the first episode . The second recording, as it turned out, was made in March last year. I recorded it on my Purism phone but the audio quality is terrible which is a shame...
This post is possible because of Neil Goodman (pictured) who first introduced me to Andy Whites, Rave On . Thanks Neil. As I write this I am listening to Andy Whites' latest album, This Garden is Only Temporary for the second time. It...
Live edit text in your web-browser Just a quick post to remind myself of the data URI scheme . This is something I should be incredibly familiar with given my history of work but I am mostly clueless. This morning I have been helping my...
Back in early 2017 Re and I made a five year plan. It was vague and mainly concerned with paying off our mortgage. I had not had a mortgage for 15 years and was quite upset with the feeling that I was going rapidly backwards financially....
Brokers | Research | Yachts | Designers | inspiration | forums | redtape On my bookshelf I have an old copy of Bristows Book of Yachts . It travelled with me, 26 years ago, from the UK to Australia. It has always been a reminder of a...
A map of St Anthony As a child, shortly after I had lost my golden mantle of 'the-youngest', my father would take my two brothers and I to St Anthony. My Dad had made several 'shrimping nets' which we would push around knee deep in the...
I went for a bicycle ride this morning. Our town is in lockdown accordingly we may exercise within a 5km radius of our homes. I did not know where to ride. Without a thought I headed north-west to the graveyard. On the way I pedalled...
Last week I was on leave from work. On Saturday morning I packed a tent and sleeping bag onto my bicycle. By lunchtime it was obvious that our region was going into lockdown. So, I unpacked everything and settled into a week of being a...
I've not been a good friend. I did not send cards or presents. I moved around the globe and did not stay in contact. I have become older and regrettably maudlin about Cornwall and my old friends. I have gone home for intermittent visits....