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Category Archives: Random
Strange women … distributing swords
is no basis for a form of government, so Monty Python would have us believe, but some people apparently believe that Penny Mordaunt’s ability to hang on to a sword at Charles III’s coronation is worthy of her becoming the … Continue reading
Oh! The irony!
Donald Trump can’t raise a $434 million bond so he can appeal his fraud sentence: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68600093 Meanwhile, Ethiopians are able to withdraw far more money than they have from their bank accounts: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-68599027 Anyone seen Trump attempting to book a … Continue reading
It’s time to kick BMI in the head. It really is.
I see the BBC News site has another piece on BMI today. This time in reference to children, who I thought everyone accepted it didn’t work for anyhow. But as ever it all kicks off into a discussion of BMI … Continue reading
Say “cheese”!
Or get someone to clumsily manipulate an image for you? Of course I’m taking about the Mother’s Day photo issued by Kensington Palace. I looked at the photo having read the news that the image had been pulled by various … Continue reading
Spot the muppet
Anyone seen them both in the same room?
“Why should I pay for the NHS?”
What is it with all the brain-dead cretins who say “I don’t use the NHS, so why should I pay for it?” (through taxation, basically). Perhaps they wouldn’t use the NHS given time to plan, but if they have a … Continue reading
Single use plastic for seeds? Really?
My wife gave me a packet of petunia seeds that she’d like me to sow for her today. I was a little confused because there was clearly something lumpy and hard inside the packet. When I opened it I found … Continue reading
Hmmmm: Google
I’ve been redirected to a Google form this morning, meaning I had to log in to Google. I don’t use Google that much, so I was expecting the usual “click on all the photos with a fire hydrant” stuff. After … Continue reading
Driving licence renewal redux
Or “driving licence redux redux”, perhaps 🙂 I posted a few days back out renewing my driving licence and how I can’t do it online because I allowed my passport to expire. I can renew it at a Post Office, … Continue reading
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I am job-hunting
Officially now. I have just submitted my first application. And a very strange thing it is to do. I’ve not actually had to look for work for something like twenty years. In fact I think the last job I applied … Continue reading