Category Archives: COVID

Life in a pandemic

Difficult

The big news is that Captain Sir Tom has died of COVID. Everybody is sad. Everybody is paying respects. But slipped in to one of those reports was the news that he had recently been on a bucket list holiday … Continue reading

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New year – new goals

It might be a month in to 2021, but I have only just got the final information to tot up my carbon footprint from last year. I had decided to offset some of the year (well I did have a … Continue reading

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Presidential

The purpose of the president is not to wield power but to draw attention away from power. I forgot how good it was… I am wondering if we are experiencing something like the “shoe event horizon” – with all of … Continue reading

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Nailed

At the enter of Vienna there is an attraction that I seldom saw people attracted to. The name is “Stock im Eisen” – roughly translated a staff made of iron – Nagelbaum. See the protective cover round it just above … Continue reading

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Bonus blog

Decided on a bonus blog tonight. I’ve noticed the BBC are reporting stuff I blogged a day later. So here is the BBC news for tomorrow. “Why did the EC redact the delivery date from the AstraZeneca contract?”

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Chilling

Today has been a quiet day – waiting for my broadband to be upgraded (twice the speed for £6 a month less – same company). So I only did a little bit of work and watched a few TV programmes. … Continue reading

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Tempting offers

I’ve noticed that there are a lot more ads appearing in my Facebook feed recently. Tonight I had an advert for a care home. I also had a bank, my doctor, a newspaper, BBC, a holiday company, private education company, … Continue reading

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There once was an EU

The argument over vaccine supply is growing, how hot will it get? Countries in the EU were apparently getting ready to purchase vaccine deliveries when they were persuaded to act as one (better together). However this seems to have delayed … Continue reading

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I’ll be back

Apparently there will be a second coming of Trump. The conspiracy bots are suggesting this will happen by 4th March. The UK was reported as “the worst” in terms of COVID deaths today – while there are actually several countries … Continue reading

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Perspective

On the Bards day I thought I would add another of his works. For the English it is about sitting in a church behind a woman dressed up posh and watching a louse crawling around her hat. The last verse … Continue reading

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