I rolled my eyes as I read Facebook this morning.
Someone I know had posted about how Earth would "lose gravity"
for seven seconds on Aug. 12, 2026 — leading to "40 million deaths from
falls" among other cataclysmic outcomes. It was claimed that NASA knew
all about this and was working on "Project Anchor" organising
special preparations for this cosmic event.
However simply typing "Project Anchor"
shows you that it is all a load of bollox. Why are people so
quick to spread this drivel? Are they so stupid that they believe the
conspiracy theories, or too lazy to take two seconds to do some fact checking?
And I was amazed to see that my MP had written to the
Transport Secretary to complain about Operation Brock. Up till now he has been
constantly kissing the government’s arse… clearly the Prime Minister’s shaky
position has given him some courage.
I took the dogs out. As we drove the pundits on the
radio were interviewing some idiot from OFCOM.
Apparently kids are still accessing all sorts of things on the internet that
they shouldn’t (including hard-core smut). The idiot being interviewed
was adamant that the internet providers had been severely sanctioned… but when
pushed she admitted that “severely sanctioned” was effectively a
telling-off, and being asked not to do it again. The obvious answer would be to
shut down the offending companies but that would go against the companies right
to allow kids to access that which they shouldn’t.
I found myself reminded of some of my old
schoolteachers. We actually liked and respected those who wielded the slipper (when
they had to) and laughed at those who tried to reason with us.
We got to the woods. The other day I mentioned that I
try to walk different routes… It occurred to me that no matter what route we
walk, the last mile is always the same. So today we walked a very different
route. As well as the usual shenanigans we chased a rabbit (it might have
been a hare) and chewed a deer’s backbone.
As we walked I had my Map My Walk app running. I’ve
mentioned how the thing disagrees with my watch about the distances we cover. Today
it thought we’d walked half a mile less than what my watch said, and it thought
we’d taken five minutes longer to do so.
It also has issues with its own timings. As I complete
each mile it tells me how long I’ve been walking for, and how long it took me
to cover the most recent walked mile. So in theory when I complete the first
mile, the two times it announces should be identical. In practice they are *always*
different. How does that work?.
Today we walked somewhere between five and a half and
six miles. In that time we saw three other people, and all of those were within
a couple of hundred yards of the car park.
With walk walked we came home where Bailey had a wash
(with soap!). “er indoors TM” was
having an office day so I just made myself a cuppa. I had an Aldi kit-kat with
it. I like those – imagine a kit-kat but with good chocolate.
I Munzed, Wordled from “earth” to “agree”
in three goes, then set the dishwasher going and had a look in the garden.
I mowed the lawn. I bionically burned the weeds. I had
a little look at the new water feature thingy. I *think* I know how I
might attach a water hose to it. I shall have a trip to the pond shops
tomorrow. I marked some more trainee work, and then feeling rather worn out I
made myself another cuppa and watched more of “The Handmaid’s Tale”.
I had a little kip, then “er indoors TM” returned.
As we scoffed dinner we watched the final of “Race Across the World”.
Italy to Mongolia… it was quite a trip. I wouldn’t mind a guided tour round
Mongolia if only I could be sure the dogs were looked after…
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