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New Hampshire ‘State House’ — Tour Tips To Get Most From Visit.

by Anura Guruge
on June 24, 2023

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I used to volunteer at the ‘New Hampshire State House‘.

These were crib notes that were given to us so we can lead visitor tours.

I am trying to get rid of a bunch of old documents & came across a number of still useful guides from the State House. This being one of them.

I do NOT want to get rid of them BEFORE I capture & PRESERVE them ONLINE. Hence this.

My only goal is to make sure that at least this copy these useful (timeless) crib notes will remain on the Web for posterity. Kind of my own personal archiving system for the State!

These notes are pretty useful. Read through them.


This is a GUIDE that I previously posed. Click to access that post.

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‘Facts About New Hampshire’ Booklet Published By The ‘N.H. State Senate’, c. 2012.

by Anura Guruge
on April 2, 2023

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I used to volunteer at the ‘N.H. State House’. That is probably how I got this cute little booklet. The sticker on the front says this copy was from ‘Senator Sam Cataldo‘ (who served from 2012 — 2016).

I am trying to get rid of a bunch of old documents & came across a number of still useful guides from the State House. I do NOT want to get rid of them BEFORE I capture & PRESERVE them ONLINE. Hence this.

My only goal is to make sure that at least this copy of this booklet will remain on the Web for posterity. Kind of my own personal archiving system for the State!

A lot of useful & neat stuff in here. Check it out. Enjoy.

‘Netflix’ ‘The Crown’ Season 5 — Having Just Finished Watching It, I, For The 1st Time, Have MIXED Feelings.

by Anura Guruge
on November 14, 2022


Click to ENLARGE. From ‘Netflix‘.

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Click to ENLARGE and read here. Wikipedia.

I definitely ENJOYED it — & that, alas, is part of the problem.

It is so well scripted & produced that you easily lose fact that 70% of what is being shown is SPECULATION! Yes, based on what happened — but imagined … fictionalized. We will never know what actually was said behind those walls. That is the problem. Just even take something simple: the private conversations between the Queen & then Prime Minister ‘John Major’. Of course they took place. That is a fact. Yes, they must have discussed the issues portrayed by Netflix. The problem is that we don’t know what was really said. What is shown is MADE UP. But, it is so cleverly done that you can easily lose sight of that.

This applies to everything. Yes, we have all heard the ‘Tampongate’ tape. But, all the talk that went before that & after — is all make believe. YIKES. That is the problem. I not really complaining. Just concerned that too many of us may have got lulled into thinking that all this dialogue is based on reality.

I don’t know how to fix that.

I am a HUGE fan of the series. Of that there is no debate.

I have learned a LOT from the Series — & for that I am grateful.

This was also the case with Season 5. I knew very little about the ‘Fayed’ family. Also the details of the ‘Martin Bashir’ deception! Wow. I knew the broad-brush version of the events, but not the EXTENT of the fraud. I was shocked & disappointed. Not worthy of MY BBC!

I loved the portrayal of P.M. ‘John Major‘. I always liked John. I think he got star billing.

So, the bottom line is that I loved Season 5, but am concerned that too much ‘faction‘ got woven in, very cleverly, as fact rather than possible fiction.

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