Monthly Archives: December 2020

I was watching “Would I lie to you” and I noticed something odd. There are two options: “It is True” or “It is a Lie” “It is a True” does not work, neither does “It is lie” – but we … Continue reading →

There are a lot of people that are saying they would be better than Boris. They would have made sure fewer people had died, they would have kept us in Europe/negotiated a better deal. But it is just words. The … Continue reading →

Horrible times. But one thing I can say – there are people I have got to know since staying in the house that I would never have got to know so well. When this is ended I will be a … Continue reading →

It was interesting listening to the different views on the BREXIT deal. Some say hot, some say not. Some say both. SNP will apparently oppose the deal. I wonder what happens if they get their way and Scotland loses all … Continue reading →

There have been a lot of war films on TV recently. I try to avoid most of them, but I watched one tonight “The Sound of Music”. Yes, I know it comes across as a sugary sweet love story, but … Continue reading →

There have been several versions of A Christmas Carol on this year. I like the version with Alastair Sim. It was on yesterday. As I was watching it I thought about how the term “Scrooge” has become linked with being … Continue reading →

that somebody is working on Christmas to provide you with information. We are not talking about providing statistics to government. We are talking about providing information to you, the public. Somebody in the civil service is working at that on … Continue reading →

I’m ready for it…. How many people will be looking out some of these tomorrow? After all – we all know Christmas is about a big meal – eating all those forbidden treats. It is the season of over-indulgence – … Continue reading →

Appropriation can be defined as “taking something such as an idea or custom from a group that they are not a member of and using it yourself”. There are a lot of examples around us. I always remember the most … Continue reading →

Doesn’t exist! Why? Because lex implies it relates to words. The proper term is dyscalculia. I had a friend that thought he had it – maybe. What he described was a condition where two numbers often got exchanged in his … Continue reading →