Category Archives: COVID

Life in a pandemic

Being mum

Parenting during lockdown must be hard. I’ve tried to help out some friends where I can to try to share the load. Last week I was told about a resource to help mums cope with having kids at home. That … Continue reading

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Alternative maths

I saw another few posts about toilet paper recently. It go me thinking about the great toilet paper rush, so I did a few sums. For a 50 year old sing super long rolls and scrimping on use they have … Continue reading

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Last supper

6th March 2020. Calle La Calzada, Granada, Nicaragua. That was my last big night out at a restaurant with a big group of people. I can remember thinking “I wonder if we will ever meet again”. Not because of some … Continue reading

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Vaccine race

There have been a lot of coverage of Teodros comments on the fact rich countries are buying up the vaccine supplies. The UK has orders for three times the number of vaccines than it needs. CRAZY!!! Or is it. Look … Continue reading

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MAGA

Struck me today that the message Biden delivered and the message Trump delivered was essentially the same “Make America Great”. The difference was in the definition of “great”. And what a difference. So what does great mean for a country? … Continue reading

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The naked environmentalist

I spotted somebody the other day said they still wear black socks on workdays. As usual my mind wandered – he hadn’t mentioned any other clothes – did he still wear them? Switch to another conversation – about how waste … Continue reading

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That Meldrew moment

“When we had a [Brexit] deal, I thought, we’re saved all the rigmarole and hassle, it’ll work sweet as a nut, but it hasn’t happened,” says Mr Flannigan. Instead, he says, it feels like the clock’s been turned back 30 … Continue reading

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What book will I read?

I woke up with a start. Mild panic. Where is my library card? There is absolutely no way I will be needing it for a few months, and I have not needed it for the last 9 months, so why … Continue reading

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Bee-ing safe

Remember those pesticides that people were concerned could harm bees? We banned them 2 years ago didn’t we? Have you spotted that last week an emergency exemption from the ban was issued for one of them for sugar beet seed? … Continue reading

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Dumb intelligence – the emperors new clothes

Ozzy on University Challenge I don’t understand the question I don’t understand the answer And I don’t know why this is still on TV Some four letter words edited out It struck me that sometimes deep thinking about a subject … Continue reading

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