Monday 18 November 2013

Five Years (And A Day) Later

As has happened before, the occasion of this blog's anniversary escaped my attention yesterday. It's five years now, which is kinda like almost half a decade of this tabloid stuff ... innit.

In the time since 2008, there have been 2,637 published articles here attracting more than 1.6 million page views - at an average of 999 per day (how frustrating is that figure!) - from 241,000 unique visitors and just over 950 RSS subscribers.

As I've mentioned before, though, I'm more proud of the 21,435 comments that have appeared here in that time. I do read every one, even when finding my time increasingly constrained to reply. Your input is also especially welcomed - commenters and lurkers alike - when acting as 'fellow jewel robbers' by submitting FOIs; sending letters to politicians; digging up dirty documents squirrelled away in the nether reaches of websites ... and brilliantly telling me all about it. 

Interestingly, although that real life thing keeps intruding and preventing me writing as much as I have in the past, visits have remained constant with July 2013 actually surpassing the previous record high of July 2011 when our Stony Stratford day out was the centre of much attention. I put this mostly down to the e-cig effect considering that my Twitter following has also increased commensurate with the elevated activity of the EU and MHRA against vaping.

Which is proof that I was on the right lines when I predicted this last year.
Well, if anything, the situation as regards personal liberties which encouraged me to set Casa Puddlecote up in the first place has become exponentially worse. Whereas before the problem of dozy MPs listening to self-interested trouser-stuffers was becoming sinister and worrying, masks have since slipped; gloves have been discarded; and they are now openly treating the vast majority of the public with utter contempt. 
Indeed, the themes that we discuss here are almost becoming fashionable as scales tumble from the eyes of many and this incessant anti-freedom, anti-social onslaught against human nature is beginning to be recognised.
And ... (emphases mine)
Being a stubborn sort, I reckon there will be even more nonsense to highlight in the coming weeks, months and years; even more nauseating stink bombs of state policy; even more hideously pompous egos to prick; even more corrupt arseholes from whom to steal big fat juicy analogous jewels from. No point stopping now.
Quite accurate, I thought. Let's go for another year then, eh? 



20 comments:

vapingpoint said...

Oh yes please!

One fine day said...

Sadly ,Dick, my old web chum,the social media has failed to ginger up the
required numbers to challenge the pathological freaks in high places.
Even the "freedom" loving Tories have succumbed to the gnawing,nagging,interfering London clique. Health Experts spurred on by ever increasing Payoffs and financial incentives now dominate any policy
which stands any chance of passing through The Commons or Lords.
As Freedon fades,Liberty loses it's lustre and choice is shrugged away it
appears this England does not have sufficient Englishmen or Englishwomen
to reverse the decline.
A sad message for the under 60s,if only you knew what's coming your way.
If only we had the real men of 1914-18 and 1939-45, if only!

Paddy Costall said...

Congratulations. Look forward to many more tales, including in person at SCCC next year!! Drinks soon?

castello said...

Congrats on 5 years! I hope to put you over the average of 999 per day :)

westcoast2 said...

Congrats and I just caught this from Belinda, it might raise a smile - http://www.ashaust.org.au/lv4/Lv4about_ASH.htm
(Ash Australia closure on December 31st, 2013)

john gibson said...

Please keep going Dick.
All the best
John Gibson

cfrankdavis said...

Well done!

harleyrider1989 said...

Never Give up and Never Ever give in……………….

Legiron said...

A very merry unbirthday to you!

nisakiman said...

Good-oh DP! Congrats on the demi-decade. Keep shining the light into those dark and dirty corners (and it seems to be veritably polyhedral, the number of dark corners we discover) of the great Tobacco Control scam. If we keep chipping away, one day the people will wake up to what's happening.

truckerlyn said...

"If only we had the real men of 1914-18 and 1939-45, if only!"


Sadly these real men (and women) have been sold down the river and their great sacrifices have been besmirched by egotistical, self serving, selfish, lying and creeping so called politicians in the past couple of decades. Utterly disgraceful!

truckerlyn said...

Great job so far DP, looking forward to more in the years to come.

Longrider said...

Well done and keep it up.

For Heaven's Sake... said...

Excellent job, DP.
Let the only reason you stop blogging be that the moralizing fanatics/zealots – the moral fakes/fraudsters - have crawled back under the rock(s) from whence they came.

Junican said...

Likewise from the good natives of Bolton.

Dick_Puddlecote said...

Seen it, tweeted it, copied ASH. ;)

Dick_Puddlecote said...

Definitely. "Drinks soon" is my favourite phrase. ;)

Dick_Puddlecote said...

Thanks for the kind comments, much appreciated :) (so make that 21,463 now)

Tony said...

Congrats buddy!! This is a mighty fine blog, here's to the next five!

JonathanBagley said...

My favourite mag. Keep it up Dick - or whoever you are.