Captain Kernow
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This looks brilliant! - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-55661351
(but I would say that, wouldn't I?!)
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You will, of course, have come across The Fisherman's Friends?
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This looks rather wonderful - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-55575666
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'Yes, Minister' comes true? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55477424
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Chance of people 'doing the right thing?' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55474533
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They're having the same problem in New South Wales too...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-55471235
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Chance of precipitation, 70%.
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I think I might indulge in some tuneless whistling.
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I'm rather glad I didn't spend the afternoon in the bath, now.
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I might have a fishcake for my tea tonight.
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I am looking forward to another herbal tea later.
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Someone has just exploded what must have been £50 or more's worth of fireworks in about 30 seconds. Fireworks night = serious sense of humour failure here.
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This is a bit more uplifting, in a way - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54780430
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Why are we not surprised? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54776678
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When attempting to send a letter to an address in Germany yesterday, I now find that instead of an 'EU destination' stamp, I now have to put three separate stamps on the envelope, to the total value of £1.45. Of course, there is no £1.45 stamp. You need one for £1.42, then one for 2p and (incredibly, they still exist) one for 1p.
Is this some kind of Bre*it-related farce, I wonder?
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A serious breakfast incident was recorded at Kernow Towers this morning, when a quantity of almond milk was discovered in the Captain's porridge.
An investigation is now underway.
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I have established another fact.
I don't like almond milk in my coffee.
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Vegetable soup.
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Good old Beeb - still chuckling at the prospect of 250 potty-mouthed parrots - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-54340425
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What about the Sugar Plum macaroon, that's what I want to know.
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If the stupidity and selfishness of some people who don't take anti-coronavirus sufficiently seriously isn't enough, there's this - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-54217327
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Or the people filing their teeth so get an asymmetrical smile on TikTok.
It's odd that social media driven stupidity is so easy to replicate - one person does it and they all do it, but if the Government try and use social media to drive home the dangers of a virus it completely fails to hit the target. It seems cretins only listen to other cretins, yet even cretins can tell a government cretin from other cretins.
I see panic buying has returned to London and to fuel it the Daily Mail has posted images of bare shelves. Lets hope this time the supermarkets don't cash in on the panic and actually enforce limited purchasing from the outset rather than wait till pensioners cannot get toilet paper for love nor money.
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Observations re: London make me smile.Apparently London during the Blitz made those who lived there go slightly crazy and enact the similarly daft escapades that occurred on the M25. Crime levels were high and the Black Market thrived.
As a nation it appears from our lofty,mainly senior heights,that this generation’s fiddling hysterically before doomsday....as scripted by Messrs,Vallance & Whitty this morning......in a last gigantic knees up before lockdown.
But I have the uncomfortable knowledge that it’s “our” generation that parented/grandparented this lot and maybe gave them their values?
I’ve just had a FaceTime call from my son who’s this morning returned to face his first group of students....all first years fresh to University in Newcastle....since March. He’s scared.
18 students in a hall seemingly well prepared by staff for the current situation. For now in chairs.One difficulty with that though.....he lectures practically in Performing Arts.
Like walking on eggshells.
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I've just been reminded that Milky Bar rhymes with 'ooh la la'.
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'Fiercely intelligent'. What's that supposed to mean? I've always taken it as a phrase used by those with intellectual pretensions to mean someone who's a bit clever.
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I can only guess that it might be a reference to some people being "sharp" - and quick to spot / point out things - especially perceived flaws in somebody else's reasoning.
I could imagine some journalists (especially the political type), politicians and lawyers viewing something like this as a useful attribute.
Of course, certain others might regard this as a threat.
Some TV advertisers might also regard this as a threat - especially if certain viewers might be able to quickly "unpick" some of their carefully crafted adverts, then come up with subversive adaptations.
I happen to know that some engineers are very skilled in this regard - and generally being quiet, easy going and mild mannered isn't a block to this. In all honesty, this might not come as too much of a surprise to some people - as, in a number of college engineering courses, people are taught to pick apart manufacturers' data sheets etc and design projects based on worst case assumptions.
In other words, some people might regard "worst case design" as a form of calculated cynicism. "You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment."
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If it wasn't so warm, I'd be tempted to spend the afternoon in the bath.
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Roll on winter - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-53571128
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Well, having driven across five countries in the last couple of days, the country that is by far taking things least seriously is Britain, based on what I have seen at first hand.
Every where else I've been sees masks being worn and social distancing adhered to, with politeness and tolerance being the order of the day.
Once again we lead the way.......
Rob.
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I would just like to make it clear that I don't often read magazine-like books on railway stations, unless it's in W H Smith.
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How many bookazines have you read on a train station?
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Whatever that picture's supposed to be of, it looks scary ... .
Anyway, returning to the original question, I don't think I've seen too many bookazines about railway stations.
Of course, that's not to say that some periodicals with history and "modeller friendly" scale drawings of railway buildings might not become popular with a certain clientele - I really have no way of knowing ... .
Whatever the score, I'm sure I must have read some bookazines whilst waiting at railway stations (most likely Birmingham New Street, or Birmingham International) - most likely Modern Locomotives Illustrated, or a layout design spin-off from one of the mainstream model railway mags.
