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No.. we had hymn books. But I did show Mr 7 and Ms 5 the (Janet and?) Allan Ahlberg version of When A Knight Won His Spurs (I think it's called The Headteacher's Hymn) a few weeks back. Which I slightly regretted when I had to (1) explain the joke and (2) sing both versions repeatedly..

A flyer, mostly in red and green with Christmas baubles etc. Text reads: Come and Sing this Christmas with Cambridge Harmony Chorus A series of 3 workshops Monday 10th, 17th and 24th November, 7:30pm Followed by a performance at Mill Road Winter Fair Join our fun, friendly female a cappella group as we learn "Winter Wonderland" in four part harmony Please email cambridgeharmonychorus@gmail.com to register and with any questions Only £10 for all 3 sessions! Christ the Redeemer, Cambridge, CB5 8RS Free parking on-site

Is there anyone following me who is likely to be both keen to do more singing and available in Cambridge on a Monday night? If you fancy trying singing Winter Wonderland in our ladies chorus, this is happening in November (see flyer/alt text for whens and wheres)

Mmm. Where I am (Cambridge..), if it doesn't fit in the letter box (or sometimes even if it does) it quite often gets left on the doorstep... Royal mail are pretty reliable, but all the other delivery services, not so much. (And it's not even always *our* doorstep) Even when we're at home.

One for @girlinthe.bsky.social this week..

You know, I was wondering exactly this. I think it may have been superseded by the whole irradiation bit..

You can achieve scorched earth 'merely' by burning off all the life with conventional fire.. or you can nuke it and then it's scorched and also radioactive?

I can see that the beading rights at that point would be a motivator!

Did that mean that there was less footage than final episode? So.. title sequences? What else goes in?

Since I don't know for sure that @girlinthe.bsky.social has seen this, it is necessary to repost. I think @wobblygoose.bsky.social would also appreciate it.

I misread that as 'pursue statutes' which... would be a different sermon again.

Oh, look! There you are!

... but when you're talking about complicated and/or difficult subjects you need thinking pauses, and if you're doing something else as well (sewing, knitting, painting, washing up...), you don't just spend those pauses looking at each other. I guess another one is driving, looking out the window.

Someone, I think it was Terry Pratchett in Monstrous Regiment, described 'women's work' as (roughly) "backbreaking, monotonous, and social" (referring to doing laundry). I'm not sure it is so much the embedded bias against talking about feelings (tho I'm sure it's there)...

(I had to look up the refuge nation flag.. I think the refugee Olympic team just use the Olympic rings, but there's an orange/black/orange flag someone designed in about 2016. No one is going to recognise it, but it looks a bit like a RIB motorboat..)

Hang up a refugee nation flag next to it? Or progress pride would probably also annoy them?

I'm pretty sure we called ours 'heat proof mats' because they Definitely Weren't Asbestos Now.
Mid 90s Suffolk.

Splutter!

This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”

Top: a sandal from which one of the straps has been chewed Below: an ankle boot with half the tongue torn out and one side mangled.

It's possible that dubbinning my sandals and @sciansell's boots last night and then leaving them in the conservatory to dry was an error. We forgot to shut the outside door, and when we came to look this morning only half each pair was in inside. The others were in the garden, I'm blaming the fox..

Dunno.. I certainly lied to Facebook. I didn't think it was any of their business, but I got bored of being asked. Can't remember what I told Google.

They reduce their environmental impact by increasing the margin on the tat to optimise the profit-per-g of the first use plastic?

Well, y'know, got to keep him from just wandering off..

I've been explaining what bluesky is to Mr 7, and showing him some of my posts. He wanted to know if I had recommended The Lookout, and when I said yes, wanted to know if I'd said the staff are very friendly. I said, not specifically, but I can. So I am. The staff are lovely.

Foreground: two primary school aged children in blue t-shirts play with magnetic tubes on a steel ball run wall. Background: just visible behind a dagger barrier, a man with a ponytail is sitting on the floor in front of part of a science exhibit he has taken down from a wall mounting.

Sometimes, we go on family outings. Sometimes @sciansell.bsky.social goes on exhibit maintenance trips. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference.
In related news, the kids are having an awesome time at The Lookout in Bracknell Forest. Highly recommended. (Also has a really super play area).

Awesome! Have fun.

Snuggly, perhaps..?

Ah, lovely. Will look out for it :-)

Oh, yeah. It'll take another 10 years to filter into practice. If we're lucky.

Oh, crumbs. So I will..

I wonder if things could be improved by getting that check associated with the transaction in the sender's account so that they can show it to their auditors rather than insisting on a 'proof' I could cook up in half an hour if I felt like it..