Captain Kernow
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How much longer, as a supposedly mature and civilised nation, are we going to permit the sale of explosives to untrained and unqualified adults, let alone minors?
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How f***ing horrible the modern world is - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50246335
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I see that ASDA have upped the deadline for signing, allowing the workers another week to sign what few rights they have away. Mainly due, I suspect, to the "unfortunate" national publicity their new contract has received. One might almost think that the authors of the reportedly draconian contract they are imposing have never worked on the shopfloor in their lives.
They say that the new contract is similar to those common in other retail groups, but that's no reason to implement something that will be misused by petty local management.
To be honest, even if we DO have a change of government by the 13th December, workers rights will be low down on the list of priorities, compared with the ongoing Euro-Omnishambles...
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Race to the bottom, it's sickening and it's a symptom of the ever widening gulf between rich and poor in our society. There's a nasty strand of thought that promotes the idea that there shouldn't be a right to fair shares of societies goods that somehow we have to show that we deserve it by earning it. It sets ordinary citizen against ordinary citizen and serves as a smokescreen to those whose vast wealth is generated by the work of others. B*st*rds.
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There now follows a review of the lavatorial facilities on a Class 800 'Abominator':
The location of the lavatory paper dispenser is almost at floor level. This is not satisfactory for a gentleman who wishes to urinate standing up.
The water outlet above the wash hand basin shows a marked disinclination to operate within acceptable timescales.
The adjacent 'hot air' outlet is weak, ineffectual except over unrealistically lengthy timescales and shows a poor standard of character.
The curved sliding door occasionally needs help from guests to fully close.
Review ends.
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I do like sourdough bread but I wish there weren't so many large air pocket holes in it.
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I've spent a hard afternoon shovelling ballast onto glue.
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I'm not prepared to tolerate any more nonsense from the beetroot of the day.
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Why can't all those motorists, who insist on dragging a shed on wheels behind their cars, just stick to the inside lane and keep out of everyone else's way?
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I must warn you all that there are individuals loose in society, who are involved in an activity known as 'spoon carving'. Do not approach any such individuals if you happen to encounter one. Stay in your vehicle and wait for the Horrocksford W.I. to rescue you.
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I'm less tired now and do not require another bath for another few months or so.
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I'm really rather tired now and I still haven't spent the whole evening in the bath.
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Why is it, during weather like this, when good, upstanding folk need to have their windows open, that some anti-social barsteward finds an urgent need to have a bonfire?
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Interesting point here. The increasing advice for this sort of weather seem to be to keep your windows closed and your curtains drawn over the window (provided they are a light coloured material) on the side facing the sun - which we do and it definitely works. Of course it also means that you can/should have windows open on the shady side. advice is also to stay indoors so with luck he might put out his bonfire and go indoors in an hour or so.
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Oh, bolleaux!
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I have departed from convention and partaken of a second hot beverage during the interval between breakfast and lunch.
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Having undertaken one loathsome domestic chore yesterday, this morning I did some cleaning of ground floor guttering, which was actually rather more enjoyable, being out in the open air on a lovely morning.
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Dear Captain Kernow. I have some 3rd floor guttering which could really do with cleaning. As you seem to enjoy this task so much. May I now offer you a cordial invitation, to clean the guttering at my house? You will be offered the beverage of choice, in lieu of payment for your work, of course
But no ladders provided - please bring your own!
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Dear Marc,
You are most cordially invited to pick your most kind invitation up and run with it anywhere you like, provided it's not in my direction! I finished my guttering today and am already dreading the same task next year. Perhaps next time I might use the jet wash again, even though it isn't always as effective and I get soaked each time I do so.
However, I remain most touched by your kind thoughts and feel sure that you will be able to find some dark location where the sun doesn't shine, in which to safely guard your invitation.
Yours most sincerely,
Kernow, Guttering Captain
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I am happy to say that I have now completed that most loathsome of jobs, cleaning and lubricating the coffee machine.
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I'm not quite firing on all cylinders today. I'm considering spending the afternoon in the bath again.
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If you need to do this often, why not invest in some boat/ship kits ? Not one of those daft galleon things that take years to complete. Get a MTB or similar and then you can have fun, especially if you also make a Submarine. When you get fed up with them you can wait until near November the 5th and then fill the little things with Mighty Atom bangers, take them to the local boating pond and ignite thus creating a suitable mass destruction. How do I know this?
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The Italian artisans are still there in Totnes.
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Supermarket shopping. Excellent.
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Not at Tesco where I discovered they have a stupid £30 limit on ApplePay. A week or two back I did not have my card with me so when the Apple Pay on my Apple Watch would not work I made them reverse the checkout until it was under £30 and then do the second lot separately and then a third lot. The queue behind and the cashier were rather pi**ed off to say the least.
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I really have no idea about anything.
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You just get worn down and down until you no longer have the energy or the will to resist.
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I have just been driving behind a van that purports to be delivering automatic amusement machines. I'm not really any the wiser for that experience.
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There are Italian artisans at large in Totnes. They are apparently there to bake bread.
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What is it with the lavatories in the 3-car 165 units? The lavatorial space is very large, bigger than that of a Voyager and yet the actual 'facilities' are crammed into the corner, so that your knees are effectively in the sink!
