Archive for August, 2011
Out of office
I’m taking a short summer break from work and blogging. Normal service will be resumed in early September. Don’t work too hard while I’m away.
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Soft sell
“For a better life and a healthier planet”, proclaimed the advertising leaflet that came through the letterbox. I was compelled to read on. A “better life” and a “healthier planet” are noble aspirations. I wondered if the leaflet was promoting a new religion or a miracle cure for cancer. Apparently Kinetico can provide the world’s […]
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Tags: Advertising, Hyperbole
Liquidity
We went to see the Edinburgh Military Tattoo last night. Sitting outside for two and a half hours in relentless torrential rain. When we got home I was wetter than a weeping whale in a Welsh waterpark. The performers were brilliant though, as faultless as you would expect from military tatooists who must work, whatever […]
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Funny
Every year at the Edinburgh Fringe there are more comedians. This is because comedy is the new rock and roll. No one wants to be in a band any more. In the official Fringe directory there are 134 pages of comedy shows, with about 8 shows on each page. Every day most of these 900+ […]
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Tags: Comedy, Curious Directive, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Fringe 2011, festival, fringe
Safe to drink
The discovery of water on Mars will come as no surprise to the citizens of Edinburgh. It has been raining non-stop since we arrived on Saturday. Every building displays the tell-tale black streaks which have so excited NASA’s scientists. The locals already knew that water is the most abundant element in the universe. There are […]
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Tags: Edinburgh, festival, fringe, Mars
Thaw point
As surely as rain follows a heatwave, a nuisance follows a good idea. The plum glut has revealed that the freezer doesn’t work properly. At least, I don’t think that it works properly. If you put something, say 8 bags of plums each containing about 750 grams of fruit, into a freezer and set it […]
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Last drop
Mrs R. was given a voucher by the supermarket. It offered 10p off each litre of fuel next time we filled up the car. It was valid for 2 weeks. I wisely calculated that ten pence a litre is worth a lot more if the tank is almost empty when you fill up. I had […]
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I stuck in my thumb…
The summer holidays have started. I rarely see a teenager around the house before 11am. The long school holiday in July and August was created so that children could help bring in the harvest… after a late breakfast presumably. Plums. We have a glut. The combination of winter cold, spring sunshine and summer rain has […]
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