Many people seem to think the initials in Fender‘s newly reintroduced HM Strat stand for Heavy Metal.
I’m not sure that’s true.
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Prevent What?
I went on an Adult Education course this evening and the poor chap running it had to start with the usual safeguarding stuff including Prevent.
He set me up beautifully though by asking what might cause radicalisation to which I of course offered, “Reading the Daily Mail”.
Bend Me Shake Me Wheel Me
These new wireless controlled furniture wheels could be really useful if you want to move your fridge next to your bass guitar amp.
The only issue I can see is that they’re ‘autonomous’ so you could wake and find your bed in the bathroom.
On reflection that might be a washing machine rather than an amplifier which does raise the question whether they’ve invented the wireless water pipes to make moving it feasible.
I suspect the market for these isn’t the average UK semi-detached and there may be good uses for them but I am a little wary of computerising things for the sake of it, particulaly as homes are already pretty ‘smart’ as thy are. Mine has a thermostat I turn up if I want it warmer and down for cooler. The door is secured by a key in a lock & there are switches that turn on the lights with just a flick. All without the worry of being hacked or having to change the lot if the supplier goes bust.
BBC English
Means something different these days.
And On The 2th Day
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Yes it may take a little extra effort but I like my spreadsheet dates with …st, …nd, …rd, …th.
Ladies And Gentlemen The Next Labour Leader
I believe another future is possible – but we have to fight for it.
That’s why I’m standing to be leader of the Labour Party.
Join me and together we can – and we will – win: https://t.co/7LQiNItoDU pic.twitter.com/hZQaDBmx3M
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) January 4, 2020
And more left wing than most realise. But don’t tell the Labour Centrists that.
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From The Department Of Uncomfortable Truths
“Several years ago, a team of Smithsonian Institution and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service researchers combined data from dozens of previous studies to estimate, as rigorously as possible, how many birds are killed by cats each year in the contiguous United States. Their results were startling. After carefully quantifying cat populations and predation rates (and the uncertainty of both), the scientists calculated that domestic cats pounce on one billion to four billion birds a year in the lower 48 states, as well as 6.3 billion to 22.3 billion small mammals and hundreds of millions of reptiles and amphibians.”
From a Neurologica Blog article about the extent to which Wind Turbines cause bird fatalities.
Once More With Feeling
Though an arbitrary moment in space and time the New Year is traditionally when goals are set for the coming rotation of the sun. My exhaustive list:
- Get to next year.
Winterval Bonus
Enjoying the traditional New Year’s eve meal of whatever the supermarket was knocking out cheap to clear the shelves of festive stock.
It’s All Done With Mirrors
And clever use of perspective making the very tall Mick Fleetwood look of similar size to the dwarfs gathered around the tree.
