Category: Thoughts
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Something From Nothing
I love the latest crop of adverts in my card games. Apparently, there is a new photo app that can take a blurred poor quality…
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Let Me Summarize
I have found a lot of factual books contain about an A5 flash card worth of content. It is a wonder that they manage to…
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Too Much Smart Tech
The other day I ended up in an argument with my digital assistants. I was telling Alexa to turn on the lights. She replied, rather…
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The Greatest Goal
I was playing a game today. It has Zen in the title, so I guess this is a Zen quote. It says, ‘There is no…
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Titles
You’re probably expecting me to announce that I have received a title in the New Years honours and it was just delayed in the post.…
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Smiling Under Pressure
A Tribute to The Women & Men of the NHS In January I was taken by ambulance to A&E at North Tees. This is my…
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No Actual Gameplay Shown
A year or two ago when I was a child. Yes, a year or two. Don’t be rude. There used to be a particular advert…
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Over The Top
“I live, only to make you happy.” OK, so maybe that is a slight exaggeration but the latest customer service scripts are becoming a bit…
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Going Up In The World
“It needs to be 120cm from the mattress,” a pause, “oh, it’s not.” Listening to the OT saying this under to the bed technicians, while…
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Patience of a Saint
I have often wondered at the patience of my Alexa devices. I sometimes wonder when someone gives Alexa several timer commands and occasionally changes one…
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Avatar
If you have seen the movie Avatar, you will know it’s about a man in a wheelchair. I only said that as a joke. One…
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Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry
Have you noticed that script writers have thrown away an old book? No, I haven’t discovered it and started to use it. The old book…
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Cinder
Have you noticed that some people love to clean; I won’t say obsessed by it. They just seem to love it. While the rest of…
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Stranger Than Truth
We have been watching Vera, the ITV detective series, not some random lady down the road. It’s amazing how fast everything moves in a detective…
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Incey, Wincey, Spider
I woke this morning to a rather fast visitor. Not a welcome one at that. I was reading on my tablet and I caught a…
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Ship Ahoy
I feel like a captain on the bridge of his ship. Yes, that’s right, illusions of grandeur. Yesterday, for the first time, I was able…
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It’s All Downhill From Here
In case you are thinking I’m becoming maudlin, don’t worry. I had a dream, now it sounds like I’m about to start a speech. I…
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Blondes Have More Fun
I don’t know if it’s true that blondes have more fun, not being one myself. I have a fair bit of fun and I have…
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When Did I Become Old?
We had Mary’s niece and children visit yesterday. Two wonderful lads, 8 and 5 years old. As I watched them play, chatted to them and…
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Saving The Best ‘Till Last
I realised the other day, why I was always picked last in sports at school. Yes, it’s that recent I can still remember it. The…
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