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Mick Harper
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Marking Your Own Homework
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It's very nice of you to say so. I have, I admit, been very busy lately.
Just a small point. This is the first time you've sent something like this to me. I expect this is because of the various snafus we've been experiencing hereabouts over the years. But anyway, let me return the compliment. Top marks!
Keep it up.
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Mick Harper
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In: London
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Those of you who been given a scare by something you saw on YouTube should get out that blood pressure thingy you bought several years ago. Yes, it may well give an alarmingly high figure.
However, if you measure it next morning you will find your blood pressure has already gone down from 177 to 172. Now draw a graph with these two points on it (you may have to use dotted lines to get from one side of the graph to the other) and return the blood pressure thingy to its cubby hole. Job done!
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Mick Harper
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In: London
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You are a Victorian gentleman and are planning a trip from your Pall Mall club to Birmingham where you intend to buy some iron foundry or other. You ask Soames, the hall porter, to arrange the tickets.
"By train, sir?"
"Of course, man, how else am I going to get there, Shanks's pony?"
"It's just they've built a turnpike, sir, so I thought maybe..."
"How fast does a Hansom go on one of them?"
"I'm looking, sir... ooh, no, they've built a motorway now, you'll be going seventy miles an hour all the way."
"That's no faster than a train. Besides, I'm not trusting myself to a hansom cab driver, not at those speeds."
"You have to drive it yourself, sir."
"Talk sense, man. First class, smoker, back to the engine."
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Mick Harper
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In: London
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On a point of national cultural differences, I was watching a YouTube the other day made by an American who was testing out some ex-British rolling stock acquired by AMTRAK.
After expressing wonder at seats facing one another, rather than all pointing forward airplane-style, he said, 'Those Brits must be terribly fond of talking to complete strangers.'
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Mick Harper
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In: London
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But now I've thought about it some more, these train sets are always designed to be driven from either end so you don't have to waste a bunch of time shunting the driving unit around every time you arrive at a terminal.
Imagine an airplane where everyone is facing backwards on every other flight. I am now a bit bemused about the whole business.
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Mick Harper
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In: London
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| Thames Water wrote: | Hello, Due to the hot and dry weather, a hosepipe ban is now in place to help protect water supplies and the environment. The ban was announced on 21 July and is now in force.
Please do not use hosepipes, sprinklers or jet washers for any use including cleaning, watering gardens or allotments, or filling any paddling pools, swimming pools or hot tubs.
Some exemptions may apply, for example customers with medical conditions. To find out more about restrictions, check if an exemption applies to you and read our FAQs, please use the button below. |
One of the fierier elements at our weekly 'Demo of the Week' meeting pointed out this means the fuzz won't be able to use water cannons if we decide to march on Thames Water House. "What exactly will we be protesting about?" asked a newbie.
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Mick Harper
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In: London
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My Wes Streeting story on Medium is still at 'nil views' and 'nil reads' after a week. That makes it definitive and it roused me to action. I checked the figures for all the other 731 stories I have posted on Medium (it is Sunday).
Plenty of 'one view/no reads', plenty of 'no views/one read' but only Wes is 'no views/no reads'. Am I down-hearted? Am I buggery. I'm breaking new ground.
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Mick Harper
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In: London
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On Sunday I turned my immersion heater down from 'scalding' (where my bathroom renovators had left it) to 'adequate for washing dishes and householder'. My gas usage for Monday went down from 3 kwh to a quarter of a kilowatt hour.
This will save me so much I will probably be in credit by the time I've got all my government subsidies, and OVO will have to start paying me. Unless I die from food poisoning or scabies.
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