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The 2024 US election is eight months away as I write this and what a sorry story it is. The blue corner…. A guy with an objectively admirable record of service and leadership over a long period...

https://swadeology.com/2024/03/2024-us-election/

Introduction I originally prepared this text about losing weight in your 50s for the benefit of a family member who asked me about my weight loss experience a few years ago. I was going to make a...

https://swadeology.com/2024/02/how-i-lost-25-kilos-at-age-50/

Hi all, It seems we had an unwelcome presence here on the website over the weekend. I don’t know how long the little bug has been around, but I first noticed it on Friday. When I started doing ...

https://swadeology.com/2024/01/sorry-about-that/

Tim, from NYC, asks which Porsche 911 he should buy….. A brief question, if I may. If you were to choose your favourite 911 year models from an enjoyment of the vehicle perspective, and investm...

https://swadeology.com/2023/10/a-question-from-a-reader-which-porsche-911-should-he-buy/

We recently took a long weekend indulging in some friendship and photography in Cornwall. The primary purpose of the visit was to catch up with old friends, Mike and Hilary Philpott, who many Saa...

https://swadeology.com/2023/06/leica-virgin-photography-in-cornwall-uk/

Back in January 2014, I wrote a post called Swade’s 7 Investment Cars for Less Than $30,000. It’s been said that classic cars were one of the better-performing investments over the last 10 ye...

https://swadeology.com/2023/06/investment-cars-from-2014-and-their-value-today/

I must apologise for this post taking SOOOOOOOOOO long. It was way back in August 2022 that I appealed to the collective wisdom of this website’s occasional readers, to suggest vehicle options ...

https://swadeology.com/2023/06/so-i-bought-a-car-8-months-ago/

My father was 52 years old when he died. He lived 19,256 days. Today, the 19th December 2022, is day number 19,257 for me. Today, I am older than my father ever got to be. It’s a strange thing,...

https://swadeology.com/2022/12/19257-questions/

I’ve had a number of Alfas over the years. Two Sprints (plus caring for another for six months), two 16-valve 33s, a GTV6 from the mid-80s and….. the most recent one, which I’ve never writt...

https://swadeology.com/2022/10/the-alfa-romeo-giulietta-qv/

As you now know, we’re moving to Sweden. And as I sold my Alfa (quite literally) just five minutes before starting this post, my mind is now on what keys will be in my pocket when we’re livin...

https://swadeology.com/2022/08/help-i-need-to-buy-a-new-car/