New bit of tech on the horizon ….
One of the interesting things we learnt following the surprise discovery of the abandonded well in the back garden not long after buying our house was what lies below us. As the well went vertically down for over 50 feet you could easily see the layers it passed through. These were a metre or so […]
I hate Woke
As I spend too much time living off (the mainstream media) grid I have only recently found out what Woke means and now see it as modern day puritanism. (As ever, Monty Python got there first – “nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition”)
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We live precisely 3 miles from the mid point of the runway at Liverpool John Lennon Airport. I have known the airport for many years back to the time is was called Speke and had several flights a day to Heathrow and the Beatles coming & going to the delight of huge numbers of fans. […]
Shout it from the Rooftops !
It is not often that you get a good news story which is ‘good’ without qualification. In this case it can be described using a combination of the following key words & phrases – ‘manufacturer‘ – ‘global market leader‘ – ‘fashion led product range mixing timeless classics with urban chic‘ – highly competitive prices’ – […]
Pork production in Denmark
tading standards (or is it Food Agency ?) has recently busted a pork producer in the West Midlands (they always seem to be in the W Mids) for wholsaling “visibly decaying” pork products (I suspect the visual bit is that green slime that off meat can get rather than a load of wriggling maggots). I […]
Gary Lineker
In a few hours time, MOTD is due to be broadcast without it’s normal cast of players (ex) in one of the most farcical situations involving two national institutions – our world renowned national broadcaster & our leading football pundit. Both parties have been supremely stupid by digging themselves into holes that, like all decent […]
Strikes, Strikes, Strikes
The wave of strike action that is currently ongoing in the UK raises numerous issues, some that are specific to one group of workers but others relate to the situation overall. Poor Reporting This applies to all the disputes and indeed many other news events and this is that the reasons that have led up […]
Close Call
Taking anorakky to a new level I have started occasionally watching livestreams of aircraft takeoffs and landings at Manchester Airport. There is a surprisingly large audience for this content and there are 5 different people producing these livestreams meaning that on most mornings and afternoons there is likely to be one in operation. They all […]
Qatar World Cup Stuff
In early 2021 The Guardian published an investigation into the fate of some of the many migrant workers that were recruited mainly from the Indian sub-continent to help with the construction of the stadia and other infrastructure. The results were shocking in that the estimate of deaths was put at just over 6,500 since work […]