If anyone knows what possessed me to put off doing the vacuuming until today, I would be most grateful...
We've had to increase our vacuuming. The tradies are in so they disturb not just dust, but ancient dust. I thought I saw a mist of dust in the air sort of forming into an evil wraith*, but it's probably just me thinking of Mummies. In the event nothing happened because I sucked it up into the cleaner. Then I got my son to take the canister down the back yard & empty it into the star gate portal that we keep there. So now it's some other galaxy's problem.
As for politicals etc : there are many swamps of governance but none so tar-pittish as that at local level. The La Brea pits when they were young could only yearn to achieve the true & ultimate stickiness that local councils have now achieved ( the entombed dinosaurs at La Brea were ordinary Cretaceous ratepayers ). No point tax/soaking the rich 'cos they are the ones in government preventing that from happening ie. why else would they be there ? We don't have The Club Of Lords like in Britain. We have a Senate or five. To get into one you have to (a) have a hall pass issued by a party prefect and (b) enter a lottery - these are called upper house elections - but to stay there requires a level of cunning** known only to the heart of Stalin. As for taxes paying for such things, that is most unlikely. Most western governments are already providing many basic services through heavy borrowings ( aka treasury bonds ). Taxation is merely paying the interest on accumulated debt, or at least that interest repayment not accounted for by further borrowing. So it depends upon whether your current mob are begging for electoral wrath*** ( unlikely ) or whether they will kick the can down the road like all their predecessors ie. yet another bond float to be redeemed upon future taxation. Paradoxically then sovereign solvency presently depends largely upon private risk taking & only very mildly on taxation measures ( for which the low hanging fruit was plucked ages ago ) ......
Cheers, Mike.
* Not Annie shaped, phew ! :-)
** Day 1 they issue you with a rapier sword. If it's not blooded by Day 7 then that's because someone else got you first. This is normal parliamentary process, there being a sluice gutter for each chamber of debate.
*** Collectively we annihilate those politicians that say to us : "No. You can't have it.", so we not only get the politicians we deserve but the debt as well.
( edit ) Murder Of The English Language #8999238 : Fox Sports motor racing commentator 18/06/2017 "That's almost deja vu, just like yesterday."
( edit ) For those that don't like bond floats then your alternatives are ( one or more ) to raise taxes, cut spending, or print money in excess of goods/services created. Well, another alternative is to change a country's political system entirely and redefine the concept of money eg. Cuba.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Day 1 they issue you with a rapier sword. If it's not blooded by Day 7 then that's because someone else got you first. This is normal parliamentary process, there being a sluice gutter for each chamber of debate.
There are two red lines on the floor in the House of Commons in London, which are exactly two sword lengths apart between the Government benches and the Opposition, the Government being on the right from the view from the Speaker's chair. This was to stop them killing each other some centuries ago during heated debates. In fact during opening prayers at the beginning of a Commons session, a practice from 1588 requires MPs and Peers to face the wall behind them. This developed due to the difficulty Members would historically have faced of kneeling to pray while wearing a sword, so they put one knee on the seat in front of them. Members of the public are not allowed into the public galleries during prayers, and it isn't televised.
@Annie - If when you hoover the carpet it feels like mowing the lawn you've left it too long!
Late edit - OMG Britain has been hit again Finsbury Park
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Very sad. Let us hope that any further psychopathy & cowardice is promptly curbed. Such radicals always resemble each other regardless of the banners they stand under.
No Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
The PM is chairing an emergency meeting of COBRA this morning. It is likely there will be extra security outside Britain's 1750 Mosques. Given what Britain has endured in the recent months since the beginning of the year, with terrorist attacks and fires, I am proud to see that there is a defiant "Blitz Spirit" on the streets of our country. We are experiencing in our own way what our grand parents went through in WWII. I am proud to be British and I get so very angry at those that say we won't win. We will win, we have to win, to preserve our way of life.
Our security agencies, the emergency services, and the police are amongst the best in the world, so lets hope that there will be a more peaceful summer for everyone.
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
The PM is chairing an emergency meeting of COBRA this morning. It is likely there will be extra security outside Britain's 1750 Mosques. Given what Britain has endured in the recent months since the beginning of the year, with terrorist attacks and fires, I am proud to see that there is a defiant "Blitz Spirit" on the streets of our country. We are experiencing in our own way what our grand parents went through in WWII. I am proud to be British and I get so very angry at those that say we won't win. We will win, we have to win, to preserve our way of life.
Our security agencies, the emergency services, and the police are amongst the best in the world, so lets hope that there will be a more peaceful summer for everyone.
Will there be any police left to do the normal routine jobs, like investigate and charge criminals?
Not to mention the mundane things like burglaries and traffic violations.
Will there be any police left to do the normal routine jobs, like investigate and charge criminals?
Not to mention the mundane things like burglaries and traffic violations.
Good question. Police numbers have been cut in recent times because of budgetary restraints. But I think now after yet another terrible incident that the public mood is that, police numbers simply have to be reinforced across the board.
This statement today is perhaps the most worrying that I have ever read as a British born and bred citizen.
The Muslim Council of Britain says a growing Islamophobia needs to be tackled. Assistant secretary general Miqdaad Versi told the Today Programme there should be extra security around mosques.
"What we can see and what we have seen is many far right extremists using terminology about getting rid of Muslims, attacking Muslims. We've had petrol bombs thrown at Mosques.
"This is something that has happened and been growing for a long time and we are in a situation where at this moment in time over 50% of the British population think Islam is a threat to Western civilisation, over 30% of young children think Muslims are taking over England."
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Will there be any police left to do the normal routine jobs, like investigate and charge criminals?
Not to mention the mundane things like burglaries and traffic violations.
Good question. Police numbers have been cut in recent times because of budgetary restraints. But I think now after yet another terrible incident that the public mood is that, police numbers simply have to be reinforced across the board.
This statement today is perhaps the most worrying that I have ever read as a British born and bred citizen.
The Muslim Council of Britain says a growing Islamophobia needs to be tackled. Assistant secretary general Miqdaad Versi told the Today Programme there should be extra security around mosques.
"What we can see and what we have seen is many far right extremists using terminology about getting rid of Muslims, attacking Muslims. We've had petrol bombs thrown at Mosques.
"This is something that has happened and been growing for a long time and we are in a situation where at this moment in time over 50% of the British population think Islam is a threat to Western civilisation, over 30% of young children think Muslims are taking over England."
This is another very sad day for London!
Last night on the News they said that one in seven people in London are now Muslim, that is a LARGE population of one religion influx and is bound to have an effect on the people who traditionally see London as some religion besides that. I'm not drawing any conclusions just saying that that many new people is bound to have an affect on those no longer enjoying their "happy bubbles".
If anyone knows what
If anyone knows what possessed me to put off doing the vacuuming until today, I would be most grateful...
Please wait here. Further instructions could pile up at any time. Thank you.
anniet wrote:If anyone knows
It's called Procrastinating. A large portion of humanity suffers from it.
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anniet wrote:If anyone knows
We've had to increase our vacuuming. The tradies are in so they disturb not just dust, but ancient dust. I thought I saw a mist of dust in the air sort of forming into an evil wraith*, but it's probably just me thinking of Mummies. In the event nothing happened because I sucked it up into the cleaner. Then I got my son to take the canister down the back yard & empty it into the star gate portal that we keep there. So now it's some other galaxy's problem.
As for politicals etc : there are many swamps of governance but none so tar-pittish as that at local level. The La Brea pits when they were young could only yearn to achieve the true & ultimate stickiness that local councils have now achieved ( the entombed dinosaurs at La Brea were ordinary Cretaceous ratepayers ). No point tax/soaking the rich 'cos they are the ones in government preventing that from happening ie. why else would they be there ? We don't have The Club Of Lords like in Britain. We have a Senate or five. To get into one you have to (a) have a hall pass issued by a party prefect and (b) enter a lottery - these are called upper house elections - but to stay there requires a level of cunning** known only to the heart of Stalin. As for taxes paying for such things, that is most unlikely. Most western governments are already providing many basic services through heavy borrowings ( aka treasury bonds ). Taxation is merely paying the interest on accumulated debt, or at least that interest repayment not accounted for by further borrowing. So it depends upon whether your current mob are begging for electoral wrath*** ( unlikely ) or whether they will kick the can down the road like all their predecessors ie. yet another bond float to be redeemed upon future taxation. Paradoxically then sovereign solvency presently depends largely upon private risk taking & only very mildly on taxation measures ( for which the low hanging fruit was plucked ages ago ) ......
Cheers, Mike.
* Not Annie shaped, phew ! :-)
** Day 1 they issue you with a rapier sword. If it's not blooded by Day 7 then that's because someone else got you first. This is normal parliamentary process, there being a sluice gutter for each chamber of debate.
*** Collectively we annihilate those politicians that say to us : "No. You can't have it.", so we not only get the politicians we deserve but the debt as well.
( edit ) Murder Of The English Language #8999238 : Fox Sports motor racing commentator 18/06/2017 "That's almost deja vu, just like yesterday."
( edit ) For those that don't like bond floats then your alternatives are ( one or more ) to raise taxes, cut spending, or print money in excess of goods/services created. Well, another alternative is to change a country's political system entirely and redefine the concept of money eg. Cuba.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Day 1 they issue you with a
There are two red lines on the floor in the House of Commons in London, which are exactly two sword lengths apart between the Government benches and the Opposition, the Government being on the right from the view from the Speaker's chair. This was to stop them killing each other some centuries ago during heated debates. In fact during opening prayers at the beginning of a Commons session, a practice from 1588 requires MPs and Peers to face the wall behind them. This developed due to the difficulty Members would historically have faced of kneeling to pray while wearing a sword, so they put one knee on the seat in front of them. Members of the public are not allowed into the public galleries during prayers, and it isn't televised.
@Annie - If when you hoover the carpet it feels like mowing the lawn you've left it too long!
Late edit - OMG Britain has been hit again Finsbury Park
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Chris S_2 wrote:OMG Britain
Very sad. Let us hope that any further psychopathy & cowardice is promptly curbed. Such radicals always resemble each other regardless of the banners they stand under.
No Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Thanks Mike. The PM is
Thanks Mike.
The PM is chairing an emergency meeting of COBRA this morning. It is likely there will be extra security outside Britain's 1750 Mosques. Given what Britain has endured in the recent months since the beginning of the year, with terrorist attacks and fires, I am proud to see that there is a defiant "Blitz Spirit" on the streets of our country. We are experiencing in our own way what our grand parents went through in WWII. I am proud to be British and I get so very angry at those that say we won't win. We will win, we have to win, to preserve our way of life.
Our security agencies, the emergency services, and the police are amongst the best in the world, so lets hope that there will be a more peaceful summer for everyone.
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Chris S_2 wrote:Thanks
Will there be any police left to do the normal routine jobs, like investigate and charge criminals?
Not to mention the mundane things like burglaries and traffic violations.
Will there be any police left
Good question. Police numbers have been cut in recent times because of budgetary restraints. But I think now after yet another terrible incident that the public mood is that, police numbers simply have to be reinforced across the board.
This statement today is perhaps the most worrying that I have ever read as a British born and bred citizen.
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Chris S_2 wrote: Will there