Category Archives: COVID

There was an old woman who swallowed a fly…. In France a man using an electric fly swat has managed to blow up half of his house. I just had to start with that. I have been thinking about environmental … Continue reading →

I went for a walk today, down to the beach. I found a nice nature walk around the lakes that I had driven past without seeing for years. It was interesting walking through the village. I get the impression that … Continue reading →

The film Waterloo was on tonight. It was the story of how we managed to give Napoleon a well justified thrashing. Tomorrow we can watch Sharpe giving him another thrashing in Spain/Portugal. We are all proud of the way we … Continue reading →

One of the policies Tony Blair tried to push when he was in office was mandatory ID cards. There were all sorts of varieties and flavours of it. There were ideas of using things like phones and travel cards to … Continue reading →

On 21 May there was breaking news – Donald Trump was asked about working with countries like China on vaccine production. He said “We’re willing to work with anybody that is going to get us a good result”. Today there … Continue reading →

While a lot of people have complained about the songs at the end of the Proms, and others have complained about those complaining. But one thing the words do emphasise is the roll played by this country in the development … Continue reading →

My food delivery came – just in time (one teabag left). I’ve been looking into the precautions against virus infection today. There are a lot of sensible rules out there. But the thing that strikes me is the way people … Continue reading →

Next week looks like it is going to be busy – catching up on all the stuff that I couldn’t do while locked up. First thing will be my grocery delivery. But I am looking forward to my midnight walk … Continue reading →

Okay, I’m late, but I was kept up to the early hours by some reprobates last night. Greenbelt staff ended up leaving the keys to the tent with them. I’m sort of glad, since it gave me a chance to … Continue reading →

I am not going to say much tonight. First a video. The sub-text to this is interesting. The world goes on whether the USA takes part or not. Okay, a bit of “Peace in our time”, but the message from … Continue reading →