DESKS

Some quotes: I guess you can see where my sympathies lie.

A tidy desk is a tidy mind.

A tidy desk is a sick mind.

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind – what is an empty desk a sign of?

My room isn’t untidy, it is an obstacle course designed to keep me fit.

TRUMP AND TWITTER

I just read on Facebook an interesting comment about the role of a company to act as a censor. In this case I think it is clear that Trump overstepped the mark by some distance. A more interesting debate is whether this censorship should have been instigated some time in the past.

My front garden

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder!  Whilst many see a front lawn with straight parallel lines as a thing of wonder and order, I see it as a green desert, an insult to the diversity of nature.  Uniform type of grass often sprayed with herbicides and fertilisers.  To further insult the planet it needs to be cut every 2 weeks at least.  I am not sure that there are many more boring and energy wasting activities than mowing a lawn using electricity or petrol.  I wonder what the fossil fuel energy use is in this country.

Wind trivia

Just get this bit out of the way – Farts

The Helm Wind (the only named wind in the UK) is a strong north-easterly wind hitting the southwest slopes of Cross Fell in Cumbria. When a wind blows at a constant speed and direction through a layer of stable air perpendicular to the ridge or peak of hills and mountains, the result is something called a lee wave.

COVID STATS 2 JAN 2021

Not looking good – and if pictures from NYE are anything to go by getting worse!


27.0923.105.1119.115.1219.1222.12
2.1
North Somerset3179177304142134153188256
Cornwall2029479025446679173
Bristol46228350480168137153166217
Chelmsford416891150109431597751878
Exeter28317512816810296117144147
Braintree426058109104462582709910
Plymouth30116150225637292107219
IoW10244178292871110253
Liverpool51656833027697103138171242
Manchester
458466372175175173196208
Sunderland274297309412161151155176267
Newcastle445298284449156160152139147
Swansea

397231368756747696400
Cardiff

301156247629678684460
Glasgow

286275147148146151194
Aberdeen

415861142158174171
Belfast

317213109114140150225
Newry

199118113218244236256
Sandford





82106201
W.Bodmin





06262
Lostwithiel





5599.8190

Local figures show increase, I hesitate to say exponential, but they have doubled in actual number in last week. Cornwall figures seemed to take a hit from half-term holidays and the same for the Isle of Wight. What has happened in Essex in December? There must be an explanation better than a new variant on the virus. Was it Xmas shopping?

Why has the government. … an idea…… – why not get volunteers (young and foolish!) to wear gps monitors and follow them for a week.  Monitor absolutely all their contacts and movements – they would not need to take risks, but maybe could be Uber drivers or delivery drivers – those who have no choice of isolating due to economic circumstances.  This would be so much cheaper than the billions (I cannot believe the figure for test and trace is so high (and they called it NHS test and trace when the NHS were not allowed to participate – corrupt bastards!).

HIDE AND SEEK

Covid cases rising just about everywhere, New Years Eve is tomorrow – so at 6 a.m. the Health Secretary announced the new changes to tiers to ensure everyone had at least a little time to adapt. Except he didn’t. Brexit might be important to some, but life and death is considerably more important to most. So we might get an update on the tears (not a spelling mistake) later.

COVID -2020 – Education

Understanding is difficult. The bozo’s have imposed Tier 4 on over half the country (so far), so you cannot be in a room with more than one family member, but a teacher can spend all day in rooms with tens or hundreds of children. Many teachers are older or with other medical problems which make them vulnerable. But Gove says they must go to work – who does he thing he is General Haig? And this new variant does not seem to be less dangerous given the increase in deaths.

Yes there are huge mental and educational issues – unfortunately The DofE have no ability whatsoever! They have had nearly a year to come up with new exams and qualifications, but have come up with nothing. I have ideas, but a full debate should have been started months ago. The present system has been rubbish for years. But I guess the privileged in their private schools are protecting the status quo.