Sir Clive Sinclair has died at the age of 81.

He certainly got me and very many others into the world of computers.

Thank you Sir Clive. RIP

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58587521.amp

It's back to the Premier League for Friday Night football. Get your predictions in by 7pm.Good luck

You, as a doctor, need to treat a patient. The patient is the Head of a tribe called the Liars. You have a problem though. There are two tribes in the area, the Liars and the Truth-tellers.

As you journey towards the patient you come to a fork in the road. One of the roads leads to the village called Liar (where only people who lie live), the other to the village called Truth (where only people who tell the truth live).
There is a local at the junction, but you have no idea who he is, nor the tribe to which he belongs.

What four word question, consisting of fourteen letter, should you ask to make sure that you get to your patient without delay?

(Edited to clarify the honesty status of those living in each village).

The donkey told the tiger, "The grass is blue."

The tiger replied, "No, the grass is green ."

The discussion became heated, and the two decided to submit the issue to arbitration, so they approached the lion.

As they approached the lion on his throne, the donkey started screaming: ′′Your Highness, isn't it true that the grass is blue?"

The lion replied: "If you believe it is true, the grass is blue."

The donkey rushed forward and continued: ′′The tiger disagrees with me, contradicts me and annoys me. Please punish him."

The king then declared: ′′The tiger will be punished with 3 days of silence."

The donkey jumped with joy and went on his way, content and repeating ′′The grass is blue, the grass is blue..."

The tiger asked the lion, "Your Majesty, why have you punished me, after all, the grass is green?"

The lion replied, ′′You've known and seen the grass is green."

The tiger asked, ′′So why do you punish me?"

The lion replied, "That has nothing to do with the question of whether the grass is blue or green. The punishment is because it is degrading for a brave, intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with an ass, and on top of that, you came and bothered me with that question just to validate something you already knew was true!"

The biggest waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who doesn't care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and illusions. Never waste time on discussions that make no sense. There are people who, for all the evidence presented to them, do not have the ability to understand. Others who are blinded by ego, hatred and resentment, and the only thing that they want is to be right even if they aren’t.

When IGNORANCE SCREAMS, intelligence moves on.

I am back online with a new laptop.
Tonight's match if from the Europa League group stage. No extra time but all predictions are for the 90 minutes full time score.
Match kicks of 8pm so get your predictions in by 7.30pm.

Can we have Blodwin invited back onto the Anything group.

I think Tony Blair and George Brown should be sued for introducing the 'dash for diesel'.
I received the following and it will to cost me £12.50 to visit relatives.

Australia to build eight nuclear-powered submarines under new Indo-Pacific pact with the United States and Britain. Australia will be only the second country after Britain in 1958 to be given access to U.S. nuclear technology to build nuclear-powered submarines.
Which means the $90bn contract with France will be scrapped.
I'm sure the Chinese are not happy.
Full details:
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/australia-build-eight-nuclear-powered-submarines-under-new-indo-pacific-security-2021-09-16

A little boy and a little girl attended the same school and became friends.
Every day they would sit together to eat their lunch.They discovered that they both brought chicken sandwiches every day!This went on all through the fourth and fifth grades, until one day he noticed that her sandwich wasn't a chicken sandwich.
He said, "Hey, how come you're not eating chicken, don't you like it anymore?"
She said "I love it but I have to stop eating it.""Why?" he asked. She pointed to her lap and said "Cause I'm starting to grow little feathers down there!"
"Let me see" he said. "Okay" and she pulled up her skirt. He looked and said, "That's right. You are! Better not eat any more chicken."
He kept eating his chicken sandwiches until one day he brought peanut butter.
He said to the little girl, "I have to stop eating chicken sandwiches,I'm starting to get feathers down there too!"
She asked if she could look, so he pulled down his pants for her.
She said, "Oh, my God, it's too late for you! You've already got the neck and the gizzards."

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/aug/30/stephen-review-steve-coogan-leads-the-quest-for-justice-in-lawrence-case

Did anyone watch this 3 part series about the Stephen Lawrence murder with Steve Coogan playing the detective who reopened the case? I've only watched the first as I'm on holiday but I found it powerful. Will watch the rest on catch up.

Has anyone been following the amazing journey of Christian Lewis

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09vx51n

Since the end of the filming of tonight’s programme he has now raised over £225,000 raised for charity

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRxvCn7s/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL7jyXCQ2Zc

Why do eggs come in flimsy styrofoam cartons and batteries come in package only a chainsaw can open ?

Using coloured pencils

https://www.energylivenews.com/2021/09/14/ev-chargers-to-be-preset-not-to-work-on-peak-hours-to-help-the-grid/

Now this will really encourage people to switch - not!

Went to Sutton Marsden today, with a lovely driver from Kashmir (now Woking) who gave me a 35 min speech on the troubles there..still I like to learn, have an inquisitive mind.☺️ He LOVES this country by the way. Nice to hear.
Then later I asked the nurse who was taking my bloods, a bit too tight for my liking on the elastic band😟 if she was Polish. NO RUSSIAN she said loudly! Oh have you lived here long? 20 years. Mentioned my visit there in 80s, and “nice” Gorbachev. Huh she snorted PUTIN is the man and she lived good life in the Motherland growing up, her father was in the KGB. Yes really. Wanted to say maybe that’s why you lived a good life.😆 Thought better not mention the poisonings and submarine in our waters now snooping around. Then she yelled I HATE THE AMERICANS. Everyone turned round, so this crying Polish woman who I had spoken to before, trying to comfort her as worrying about dying and leaving her young son...been there.. shouted out I HATE THE RUSSIANS. I decided this is where I need to shuffle off to the cafe and meet my lovely old lady with the 80 yr old tortoise...left in her Will to the RSPCA. (PS. All the other nurses were from The Philippines and just carried on in their usual quiet manner).😉

A few days ago hubby said he see a man walking down the middle of the road in his dressing gown, holding the hand of a small child. I was sitting in the front room when I glanced up, and see a tall man walking in the middle of the road in a short dressing gown, holding a child's hand. People were walking past looking at him, as its not something you often see. The man just looked back at them as if to say what you looking at, as if it was normal. I've seen woman going up the shops in their dressing gowns and PJs. Never seen a man, wonder if its a new thing.

I have just received an email purporting to be from NHS, offering me (addressed to my email address) a covid travel certificate. If I don't respond in the next 12 hours it will be offered to the "next in line". There is an accept or decline button to click on. The way this was addressed and the "next in line" phrase alerted me and I checked on Google - it's a scam, that, if you accept, goes on to ask for bank details A genuine covid certificate is, in fact, available free on line from the nhs for anyone eligible who applies for it - you can use the nhs app to do this ( not the test and trace app).
Another nasty scam which looks convincing!

Monday night football from the Premier League. Get your predictions in by 7pm.
Good luck

They were explaining about puddings. In particular I was watching the lesson about Spotted Dick.

The old name for pudding was either "Puddog" or "Puddick". Hence where the dick came from. It therefore follows that a spotted dick as we (probably) all know is a dick (pudding) with spots (the fruit). Slap on a drop of custard and you have an old fashion pud.

It, therefore, surprised me when they said that in 2018 the House of Commons changed the name. Gone was the Spotted Dick instead it is called a Spotted Richard!

What! The only reason I can think of changing the name is that the place is full of dicks and they didn't want there to be any confusion.

Ho Hum! Pass me the strawberry Pavlova and I'll show you an Eton Mess!

If you see trouble on the train do you know what number to call

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRHBmws5/

https://www.btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-transport-police/areas/campaigns/How-to-use-our-text-number/

Derek the ventriloquist is touring Sweden and, one night, he's doing a show in a small fishing town. With his dummy on his knee, he starts going through his usual dumb blonde jokes.
Suddenly, a blonde woman in the fourth row stands on her chair and starts shouting, "I've heard enough of your stupid blonde jokes. What makes you think you can stereotype Swedish blonde women that way? What does the colour of a woman's hair have to do with her worth as a human being?

It's men like you who keep women like me from being respected at work and in the community, and from reaching our full potential as people.

It’s people like you that make others think that all Blondes are dumb! You and your kind continue to perpetuate discrimination against not only blondes, but women in general ... pathetically all in the name of humour!"
Derek all embarrassed begins to apologise, and the blonde yells: "You stay out of this! I'm talking to that little shit on your lap!"

Today's match needs predictions in by 4pm.
Good luck.

that I moved. My location in Scooploop shows Stow Bedon!!!!

Emma Raducanu’s shot at US Open glory will be available to watch on free-to-air television after Amazon Prime agreed a deal with Channel 4 to share the women’s final on Saturday.

The 18-year-old has captivated the nation with her exploits in New York and she takes on fellow teenager Leylah Fernandez in the showpiece event hoping to become the first British woman to win a grand slam in 44 years.

Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service has had exclusive broadcast rights in this country for the final grand slam of the year, but has agreed a deal – understood by the PA news agency to be seven figures – for the match to be shown on both Prime Video and Channel 4, maximising the viewing potential for one of the biggest sporting stories of the year.

The programme is scheduled to start at 8pm.

And it has pledged to reinvest that money into British women’s tennis to help fund the next generation of players.

https://www.facebook.com/100011508247374/videos/361287055739718

It's back to the Premier League for today's match. Get your predictions in by 5pm.
Good luck

Did anyone see the coverage on BBC Breakfast this morning, in particular the interview with the Captain Patrick Connolly of the New York Fire Department.
Although he is a Captain today, Twenty years ago it was his first day on the job after training. He is such an interesting and gentle man. If you can catch up on the programme to see him and hear his recollection it is worth watching.

What do you remember of the day and how did it affect you?
Were you involved in any way?
Did you know anybody involved?

On this day, 20 years ago:

246 people went to sleep, knowing they had a flight in the morning.

2,606 people went to sleep in preparation for work in the morning.

343 firefighters went to sleep knowing they might fight a fire and save a life the next day.

60 police officers went to sleep in preparation for morning patrol.

8 paramedics went to sleep before their morning shift.

None of them saw past 9:59am on Sept 11, 2001.

In one single moment, life would never be the same for thousands of Americans, foreigners visiting America, their families, friends and strangers, both in America and around the world.

Tonight before you go to sleep, in preparation for your day tomorrow, and to honour those who perished, please consider making the decision to never take one second of your life for granted. NOT ONE SECOND.

Be kind - Love intensely - Work hard - Volunteer - Make every day count - Never regret growing older, it’s a privilege that was denied to so many.

God bless those who perished, bless their families and friends and never, ever forget.

Prince Andrew has been served with court papers. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58523119.amp

Mum angry after teacher pours away son’s blackcurrant squash on a hot day

https://metro.co.uk/2021/09/10/bristol-mum-angry-after-teacher-pours-away-sons-squash-on-a-hot-day-15238813/

Armed police 'arrest Afghan special forces commando at Manchester hotel where he was quarantining with his family after being evacuated from Kabul'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9978229/Armed-police-arrest-Afghan-special-forces-commando-Manchester-hotel-quarantining.html

Emma has made it through!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/58511033.amp

Now where have I heard that before 🙄

https://timesnewsnetwork.com/news/world/uk/france-must-take-back-control-barnier-demands-legal-sovereignty-from-eu-in-frexit-alert/

https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/london-underground-tube-vaccine-covid-21521734?utm_source=mylondon_newsletter&utm_campaign=myeastlondon_newsletter2&utm_medium=email

There's a message on my GP's website that they can't book any flu jabs yet as they don't know when they will get the vaccine.

I had a look at my sister's GP's website to see if they are booking and the only thing I could find was about people of 50-64. They are being offered something called Flublok.

50 – 64 Flu Vaccinations

In accordance with national guidelines you will be offered Flublok Quadrivalent (Influenza Vaccine) this year.

This medicinal product does not have a UK marketing authorisation but has been given authorisation for temporary supply by the UK Department of Health and Social Care and the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency for immunisation against influenza. Flublok is licensed for use in the USA by the Food and Drug Administration.

Please read the Flublok Patient Information Leaflet and this statement on the gov.uk website : Gov.uk: Flublok Vaccine

If you have any concerns having read this, please use eConsult to raise these with us. Please note due to maintaining Covid safe practices, we will not be able to resolve these concerns at the flu clinics, so please do not attend an appointment if you are not 100% sure that you will have the vaccination.

Hello,

Have you seen this?
https://bit.ly/3DELCWa

Thousands of bank branches and ATMs are disappearing from high streets across the UK. For many, losing their local bank isn’t just an inconvenience. Elderly people, rural communities and people without access to the internet are being cut off from vital banking services - and easy access to their own money.

But we have a chance to reverse this trend - and keep these important services open: the government has launched a consultation on how to protect our access to cash. It could include new rules to make it harder for banks to close branches if it cuts people off from services. And they’re asking the public to have their say.

But you can bet that banks who want to put cost cutting before the communities they serve will be feeding in too. So that's where we come in. If thousands of us sign a huge petition asking the government to put in place legal protections to make sure we keep our access to banking, sending a powerful message - and drowning out those who want otherwise.

Will you join me and sign the petition today?
https://bit.ly/3DELCWa

This one looked very authentic. I realised it was a scam when they asked for my bank details. Covid passports are FREE via NHS app.
Received text message :-
NHS: We have identified that you are eligible to apply for your Covid Pass. You can apply this here: https:// vaccination-proof-id.com/apply/passport (space added as best not to open)
From phone no. 07306 406086
Be careful out there, so easy to get caught

Seems that summer has come to an abrupt end! Just about finished our BBQ.

It amazes me the lengths we go to in imposing PC onto our society.

Wing Commander Guy Gibson, VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar led No. 617 Squadron (the Dambusters) on a daring and legendary raid on the German dams in the Ruhr on the night of 16/17 May 1943.

19 Lancaster bombers and 133 crew took part in the raid, resulting in eight aircraft and 56 crew being lost.

Gibson had a pet black Labrador dog which he adored, they were constantly together. He even took his dog flying at times.

Whist Gibson was taking part in the raid, his dog was killed by a car - a lovely homecoming for Gibson after completing one of the most daring raids of WW2. The dog was buried on his return to RAF Scampton in a special grave that is lovingly cared for and maintained to this very day.

Enter PC and the Government with its complete saturation of society at all levels - the dog's original headstone shown on the left hand side of the image was later considered so obnoxious a name that the headstone was replaced minus name by the one one the right hand side.

My feelings ? Unprintable !!

There's a new Scooploop event for Photo London, a photography festival at Somerset house from tomorrow until the weekend. Just posting here in case anyone is interested, or wished to share it with the photography loop.

https://www.scooploop.com/thread/photo-london-photography-festival

Bananas are among the world's most popular fruit.

Bananas are also fairly nutritious, and contain high amounts of fibre and antioxidants.

Over 90% of the calories in bananas come from carbs. As the banana ripens, the starch in it turns into sugar. For this reason, unripe (green) bananas are high in starch and resistant starch, while ripe (yellow) bananas contain mostly sugar. A medium-sized (118 grams) banana contains about 105 calories.

The greener the banana is, the greater the content of resistant starch.

Resistant starch has been linked to several health benefits :

Bananas are a good source of several nutrients, including potassium, vitamin B6, vitamin C and fibre. They also contain various antioxidants and plant compounds.

Bananas are high in fibre. Unripe bananas are also rich in resistant starch and pectin, which can provide numerous health benefits.

Taking 24 grams of banana starch each day for 4 weeks caused weight loss of 2.6 lbs (1.2 kg), while also improving insulin sensitivity in patients studied.

Bananas are high in potassium, which helps to lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease.

Bananas are a good source of magnesium, a mineral that plays hundreds of roles in the body. Magnesium may protect against heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

Unripe, green bananas are rich in resistant starch and pectin, which may promote digestive health and reduce the risk of colon cancer.

Eating a moderate amount of bananas should not raise blood sugar levels significantly. However, diabetics should be careful with fully ripe bananas.

Bananas don't seem to have any known negative health effects, but they may cause allergic reactions in some individuals with latex allergy.

Although bananas are unsuitable on a low-carb diet and may cause problems for some diabetics, overall they are an incredibly healthy food.