I suppose "Furry
Face TM" should really spend the nights
in his basket; but I don't really mind if he's quietly snoozing at
the foot of the bed. But I can't say I'm happy with him walking all
over me for much of the night
Over brekkie I watched
the last episode of "Extant". the series started
good, but didn't go anywhere for mnay episodes. In this last episode
basically two thirds of a season's action happened in one episode. I
hear there is to be a second season. I will probably not bother
watching it.
I then spent a little
while playing with a new toy. When geocaching I've been using the app
NeonGeo for some time. It has one over-riding advantage over all
other geocaching technology; the use of decent maps. A week or so
ago something changed which meant that rather than having useful maps
it has completely useless maps. Admittedly Open Source maps are
"industry standard" in geocachical circles, however
in map reading circles they are "crap". So a re-think of my
geo-strategy is in order.
Most people seem to use
dedicated GPS units. I *really* wish I knew why. Without going
into tedious details the things seem to make hard work out of really
simple tasks and they too generally have crappy maps. Everyone who
I've asked hasn't come up with any reason that makes me want a GPS
unit and I'm not going to spend hundreds of pounds on something which
is a backward step.
I've found an app called
Cachesense; I've been giving it a try and seeing how I get on. So far
field trials seem to be going reasonably well.
As I drove to work there
was an
interview on the radio with the chap who was once the top boss of
the NHS. He was concerned that none of the political parties seem to
understand the problems facing the NHS which cannot be solved by
simply throwing more money into a bottomless pit. His words summed up
the fears of many: “So I think there’s a real danger here about
shifting the responsibility for the total funding of the NHS from
politicians whose responsibility it is to deliver the total amount of
money for the NHS to the people who are trying to make the best of
that resource in the service as a whole.”
Personally I suspect this
is a deliberate decision by the politicians. Isn't this the entire
basis of our political system at the moment. No politician seeks to
solve a problem; instead they seek to assign blame to someone else.
I got to work a few
minutes early and went for a little walk. I'd had a report that a
geocache I'd hidden near work had gone missing. It hadn't. It was
where it was supposed to be. I thought it would be; but it was a good
opportunity to try out my new app to log an "Owner
Maintenance"; which is often easier said than done.
As I practiced my
saxophone at lunch time I felt I was being watched. I often get that
sensation as I am often watched.
I looked up, and not
twenty yards away was a vaguely oriental-looking chap who was
contentedly dancing to the music I was making. I must admit I was
rather worried. He seemed so engrossed it his dance that I was
worried what his reaction might be when I stopped. Fortunately
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" has several rests in
the score, so I was able to experiment with dragging out the rests so
he got used to breaks in the music.
Mind you he was *not*
happy when I put my saxophone away at the end of lunch time.
Why is it that for
everyone else a saxophone is a musical instrument whereas for me it
is an idiot magnet?
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