Getting back into the Swing of things...

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Time to start posting again - but unsure as to what, given that most of my time seems to be caught up in the Twitterverse or scrabbling about at home.

Was thinking of using this as a reviews thing but then all the venom that that would no doubt create would cause me issues.

Then I thought, what about your building projects, what about that? Of course that is an idea but it's not exactly what Beyond the Launchpad was set up to be.

I'm giving myself a window until the new year to start thinking what next.  Any ideas - well, you know where to comment...

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