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Life in a pandemic

The stats for today show…

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

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Twas the night before…

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

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Appropriating poverty

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

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Number dyslexia

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

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Missing Christmas

Actually – I won’t miss anything. But a lot of people will. I started thinking about alternatives. On Christmas Day – take the phone number of a friend and change one number – call it and wish whoever answers a … Continue reading

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Selling my good name

In Facebook there are various settings for your friends lists. You can let anybody see the, you could let friends see them or you can keep them private. But my personal details are on your friends list. Have you asked … Continue reading

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We get the life we choose

I went out for a long walk the other evening. A train passed – about half of the passengers did not have masks. I passed several wine bars, pubs and restaurants and looked through the windows. People were loud – … Continue reading

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It’s the way I tell ’em

BBC has changed the lead story tonight to say the PM hopes not to have a new lockdown. Earlier today all of the news channels were saying “PM refuses to rule out another lockdown”. Quite a normal comment, you hear … Continue reading

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Christmas concern

Interesting reading about the concern a lot of people have about the Christmas break. There are some interesting models around – so I ran one. A typical Christmas day with 8 people that manage to avoid touching, just sitting together … Continue reading

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Our man

… in Havana was on today. I remember I studied it at school – it was one of the books I really enjoyed. So I watched it. And I wasn’t disappointed. Yet again I realised how much I prefer a … Continue reading

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