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diamond geezer | Homepage | 31.01.22 - 12:00 a.m. | #
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30. I find the rules of the garden birdwatch very frustrating. Living by a wood I see a constant precession of interesting birds from the window, but as they rarely land in the garden in favour of the large trees adjacent, I can’t count any of them.
Dan | 31.01.22 - 7:10 a.m. | #
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30: I walked the Stort Navigation towpath on a beautiful day that just doesn't belong in January.
31: Wind and rain to see in the day. Finally some winter-type weather.
THC | 31.01.22 - 7:11 a.m. | #
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3: that's except for viewers in Scotland, who get their own bank holidays.
5: I think I've mostly got the hang of our induction hob, but still occasionally leave it on 'max power' for a few seconds too long and end up with it all boiling over.
martin | 31.01.22 - 7:24 a.m. | #
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13 - I've listened to all three of your recommendations. Two are excellent but I thought the comedy was a thoroughly disappointing anachronism.
15. Thank you for the recommendation; I will watch it later as it sounds rather splendid.
16. Hear! Hear!
27 - I'm mystified by the praise that has been heaped upon this novel, and presume it may be primarily due to the popularity (and influence) of it's author.
Frank F | 31.01.22 - 7:27 a.m. | #
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16 - with the willful destruction of Dr Who for political reasons, the influence of Stonewall and being selective in what facts they include in their news coverage, I have very little sympathy for the BBC. Why should I pay a propaganda tax?
30 - Having heard parakeets for a while, I finally saw one in the garden, a large green bird is easier to spot when trees have no leaves.
Still Anon | 31.01.22 - 7:31 a.m. | #
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9 Never ceases to amaze me the number of jobs that have just ceased to exist
Putters | 31.01.22 - 7:36 a.m. | #
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5. I agree with you about the difficulties of switching from cooking with gas to cooking with electric. Much less responsive, much less convenient. For me it makes cooking much less pleasurable than before.
13. I remember the Aberfan disaster, seeing the live outside broadcast news reports from there. In those days it was very unusual for news items to be covered in that way. The black and white images we saw just emphasised the scale and awfulness of the tragedy. At our East London school we had a collection for the families of the victims.
IanD | 31.01.22 - 7:56 a.m. | #
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5. Maybe I'm over-privileged, but I'm surprised anyone would install a non-induction hob in 2021. Induction solves these problems - no heat from below and instant response.
Jonathan | 31.01.22 - 8:11 a.m. | #
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5. What you need is an induction hob but it is probably too late to tell you that. I don't understand why conventional electric hobs aren't banned on safety grounds (especially so in rented accommodation) but they are more expensive.
Pedantic of Purley | 31.01.22 - 8:25 a.m. | #
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21 - My Scottish grandfather would hang his head in shame that I had to look up what a first-footer is. I'm not sure that anyone different has set foot in our flat since the New Year.
Chz | 31.01.22 - 8:50 a.m. | #
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24. My final packet was opened last week and still has four left. There is also a large jar of mincemeat in the cupboard, should I ever get around to making my own.
Man of Kent | 31.01.22 - 9:40 a.m. | #
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5. The only way I could cope with an electric hob was to treat it as if it was a solid fuel stove and control the cooking speed by moving the pan.
Sarah | 31.01.22 - 9:43 a.m. | #
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14 is there any point in staying inside to avoid pollution? It's not like your flat has it's own air supply..
Adrian | 31.01.22 - 9:50 a.m. | #
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3: This bunching of public holidays is reason enough on its own not to add St George's Day to the list.
Jonathan Wadman | 31.01.22 - 10:01 a.m. | #
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Today's highlights have to be (30) the onomatopoeic "intermittent magpie" and (5) the masterful outline of what cooking by electricity is all about.
cau1khead | 31.01.22 - 10:04 a.m. | #
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16. It sounds like Still Anon is already paying a propaganda tax, but to the Daily Mail.
Mike | 31.01.22 - 10:19 a.m. | #
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9. The increasingly restrictive paywalling of public assets like census records is a bugbear of mine. I know digitisation and whatnot needs to be paid for, but I would much rather a public body served me public documents. Scrolling away on the microfiche machines in a gloomy Aldwych basement might have been inconvenient, inaccessible, antediluvian, but it had a musty thrill all of its own. And it was completely free at the point of delivery. 35 years on, I'd love to download census data files in bulk and have a good fossick, just for fun. We now have the technology, but alas..
jpmac | 31.01.22 - 10:22 a.m. | #
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14 - I too stayed in on the Fri and Sat, but ventured out on Sun. Cue sneezing fits and sore throat.
Caroline | 31.01.22 - 10:47 a.m. | #
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2. A lack of comments about this day may prove you right!
4. Uh-oh or oh no?!
9. I'm fine with it being pay-per view. Why should everyone fund the interests of a few? Have looked up an address for someone but trying hard not to do so for my own tree or I'll spend the GDP of a small nation!
10. Everything's going up except wages!
30. Saw the greatest number of Dunnocks this year (4) and, while not in the garden itself, one from the pair of local Red Kites obliged by passing over the roofline opposite!
Cornish Cockney | 31.01.22 - 10:48 a.m. | #
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5. Should have got an induction hob. They're brilliant. (I know you are in a rented flat, so it wasn't really your choice.)
James | 31.01.22 - 10:51 a.m. | #
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25: Which City Hall? Does the glass testicle have a new name?
Graham | 31.01.22 - 12:43 p.m. | #
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5: Perhaps a separate induction hob might be an option.
MK | 31.01.22 - 12:43 p.m. | #
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16. "propaganda tax". A tax on having a really good look.
Paul | 31.01.22 - 1:11 p.m. | #
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13. "A new Punt and Dennis sitcom" are six words to strike fear and dread into the soul. What is this, 1992?
David | 31.01.22 - 2:12 p.m. | #
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I'll restrict my comments to the general downfall of society:
1) Midnight cacophony on 1st Jan is at least explainable, the firework season here in E17 seems to stretch from October to January with regular salvos
6) Stacking on bins is another anti-social behavior that is worryingly commonplace
17) Where's Greta Thunberg when you need her!
22) Assuming you were walking on standard paths (and not 10 foot tall) this would be breaking the law
29) I hope they took their bottles with them when they left!
TomH | 31.01.22 - 2:17 p.m. | #
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9, you can access free census data from the FreeCen or Family Search websites, though admittedly only transcriptions, not the original images.
To get free access to the images you will need to be a member of a public library. Most public libraries offer subscription-free access to the census images on Ancestry and some have Find My Past as well.
JohnC | 31.01.22 - 2:20 p.m. | #
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9) As the family history documents can be forwarded on by email to other members of the family, with a careful bit of planning, a lot of people can see the results obtained for just one download fee.
popartist | 31.01.22 - 3:33 p.m. | #
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28. I don't record my scores on Popmaster but I do know my scores vary between 3 points and 30 points, unfortunately mostly at the lower end, but it does generally depend on how favourable the bonus questions are.
I tend to know it is not going to be a good score if I can't answer either of the first two questions.
Barry | 31.01.22 - 4:00 p.m. | #
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11. Lucky you...if you were in the US, you'd have to pay £186 for 20 lateral flow tests (usually sold in packs of two for £18.60). Supposed to be getting four free ones per household (regardless of how many people live in the house) from the government this month, but they haven't showed up yet. Better late than never?
Mary | 31.01.22 - 5:19 p.m. | #
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30 Do you hear a ‘dawn chorus’ of bird song from your flat?
Gt | 31.01.22 - 7:12 p.m. | #
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4 - hope this is only a minor buggeration
11 - being the second member of our household to go down with Covid, our family gets through more than 20 tests a week!
13 - if you havent already listened to it I can certainly recommend Aberfan Tip No 7. Spending some time in Merthyr for work I took the opportunity to walk the disused railway route that takes you past the memorial garden. All very evocative.
22 - I still remember catching a night bus into London many years ago around 5am mainly full of cleaners, security staff etc and sitting next to a middle age lady reading a porn magazine
kerspatula | 31.01.22 - 7:31 p.m. | #
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31 - If there is any natural justice left in British politics, you shouldn't be able to repeat that sentence in the February "unblogged things"
Frank F | 31.01.22 - 10:27 p.m. | #
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7. Candlemas is the second of February - but fair play to you, keep the lights up until at least the equinox.
Nigel | 31.01.22 - 10:31 p.m. | #
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31 - hard to judge, ideally a new leader would want to blame any bad local election results plus the increase in NI on the previous PM.
Also be careful what you wish for.
Still Anon | 31.01.22 - 11:12 p.m. | #
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Days which have not inspired comment:
8 12 18 19 20 23 26
(but the majority have, cheers!)
diamond geezer | Homepage | 31.01.22 - 11:59 p.m. | #
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18: I saw my first green UK plate yesterday on A34.
scrumpy | 02.02.22 - 1:11 p.m. | #
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11. Mary - You can sometimes get free lateral flow tests from libraries, gyms and other civic type buildings in America. I found this out after smuggling some NHS branded Xiamen tests into the country for my family
Other Barry | 02.02.22 - 10:32 p.m. | #
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