Collective COVID Amensia

Inflation has been on the news, and somehow it is now uncouth to point at the major reason.

It was COVID-19, when a lot of the governments borrowed money to support the whole population, and subsequently being conned by millions by opportunistic scumbags.  It was a massive hole that we dug, so we suffered less at the time.

Since it was "so long ago", we shouldn't have to pay for the past mistakes.  

I had envisioned this at the time, and now it has unfolded much like I imagined, I wonder how this inform the governments when this happend next time.

Mistrial by Public Opinion

When a famous company/incorporation, that one has no stake in, hired a questionable staff, who had not commited any criminal activities, why does it have anything to do with general public?

What has the media or any other organisation to scrutinise these companies' internal affairs, in public, with limited facts? 

Mistrial anywhere brings devastation, mistrial by public opinion, orchestrated by media sensationalising incomplete facts is the real problem that we should be dealing with.

Urban Power Outage II

The extra hot weather brough on lightning, and I got a text from the Northern Powergrid to say my power was affected.  Surprisingly I didn't get such message last time.  I checked my meter reading again, it was less than an hour, and more clocks to reset.

Empty Pumps

Fuel situation has not been great.  I saw a very good price pump, but I missed it, as it wasn't too empty.  Then I went back that direction another day, the price was still good, I pulled in, all the diesel pumps were out of service...  They really should just turn the sign off...

By-election Elsewhere

I am not sure why everyone cared about the by-election that is not where we are living in.  One of my friends is actually one of the candidates.  

Outgoing Octopus Decrease

It has finally happened.  Octopus is cutting the output rate to 12p.  I have got to start using more of my own generation...

Winter Olympics Drone Noise

So many of the Winter Olympic videos got this annoying buzzing noise...  Very distracting.

Missing Baby Jesus Figurines

I mentioned about the missing baby jesus figurine, and someone implied that Jesus wasn't stolen, just not been born yet... If that is the case, all Nativity play will not have a Jesus either...

Coop Reopens

Coop has finally reopened after the fire.  It needs some airing out, the only way is to open the doors.  I was playing spot the difference.  They have got some new freezers and moves some baskets around.  I wonder if there will be more changes.

Coop Fire

My local Coop had a fire.  A freezer caught fire  It doesn't look to bad. I guess I won't have yellow labels for a little while.

When the Pool Doesn't Work

So I thought it would be a good idea to go to the pool to cool down, but it didn't go as planned.  There were a few boys making a lot of splashes, and the swimmers are not separated in lanes, so it was chaos...  After some 30 minutes of swimming and dipping, I walked out, dripping again...

Electronic Line Calling

I am not sure it is good or bad that the ELC also make mistakes and that now instead of shouting at the linesman, they have nobody to shout at.

Just remember, computer is equally dumb.

Octopus Home Mini

I have been signing up for the Octopus Home Mini since it came out, twice.  Nothing happened.  When we saw the Octopus stand at Meadowhall, I asked and they said I should just call.  

So I emailed.  After a few days, they finally came back to say they fixed something on the back end and one Home Mini should be on its way, and it has landed!

The live data is pretty good, it is like 10s late, but it is pretty good. Totally don't need to get a inverter dongle.

Pension Basics

I previously have explained the basic concept of pension to my colleagues.  Now it is Sarah's turn.  How can people not know?

Invisible Lights Benefits

So some healthcare professionals are concern that all the new bulbs only deliver visible light, minimise invisible lights, which is seen as wastage, that we are missing out on the health benefits of these invisible lights, namely infrared.  And how they may affect sleep because of their longer wavelengths.

I think it is a little bit nonsense.  He did mention to go out and get some Sun is the best way to obtain the therapeutic benefits of these invisible lights.  Do that.

Elbows Up

Apparently it is not just basketballs do elbows up, ice hockey also. 

FX Volatility

The tariff threats and central bank interest rate movements are really upsetting the foreign exchange market, OR it is the best time to make some bets!

Meatless Supermarkets

The range of meats are disappearing quick in smaller supermarket, possibly because of the shoplifters.  Maybe I need to go to my local butcher afterall...

Currency Hedging

I don't normally pay too much attention on the currency market, until I have some upcoming trips I needed to plan for, suddenly I start hedging my currency.  I previously had concluded that there is no point to hedge the bet, as I don't have a crystal ball, on the other hand, one can easily get sucked into this easy betting...

Mackerel

 

Mackerel has been the top fish in the UK for a long time.  Why aren't they going down in price?  Cod is much further down the list.  Maybe I should ask for haddock next times.