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Mick Harper
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In: London
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| My vape supplier wrote: | | This is a friendly reminder that your subscription will automatically renew soon. Your next delivery is due to be dispatched on 2026-09-07 |
* The British express the upcoming date of 9th July as 09-07-2026 i.e. day, month, year (which is logical).
*Americans express it as 09-07-2026 i.e. month, day, year (which is not logical).
* My British vape supplier expresses it as 2026-09-07 i.e. year, day, month (which is not logical).
* Except they are called British American Tobacco plc so they may mean the 7th of September i.e. year, month, day (which is logical).
The difference for me is either a long productive life or expiration from nicotine starvation. Which would be more logical?
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Mick Harper
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In: London
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| Continuing, my vape supplier wrote: | Below is a summary of your next subscription order
Order Details:
Charge Date: 2026-07-07
Chilled Mint Classic Flavour Pods
Quantity: 20 |
This would appear to clear up the date question but only at the cost of another ambiguity. As detailed here a few weeks ago (I like to keep you up to date on these matters) they have withdrawn my usual 18 mg/ml pod and replaced it, at my request, with a 20 mg/ml one. But I order them twenty at a time...
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Mick Harper
Site Admin
In: London
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Friday June 12th
Good morning, Mr Harper, we're hear to refurbish your bathroom.
How long will it take?
Ten days and we'll be out of your hair.
Monday June 29th
Finished, Mr Harper, by-e-e-e!
Tuesday June 30th
Popped in to check there are no issues, Mr Harper.
Low water pressure.
We'll have to do something about that. Anything else?
You agreed a safety grab rail on the stair is required.
So we did. I'll see it gets done. Anything else?
You agreed to put the two metal gadget holders back after retiling.
Yes, we did, didn't we? I'll put the wheels in motion.
They were concerned about the cistern lid not fitting properly.
Yes, I know. That'll be on the list, don't you worry.
Friday July 3rd
Any news about the unfinished bathroom work?
I've been on holiday, Mr Harper, I'll phone you back when I'm up to speed.
Monday July 6th
You didn't phone back.
I'm on a survey, Mr Harper, I'll phone you back.
Tuesday July 7th
You didn't phone back.
I've been on holiday. What's it all about?
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Mick Harper
Site Admin
In: London
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Wednesday 8th July 10 a.m.
Any news yet?
What's it all about?
My bathroom renovation.
I'll chase it up and get back to you by lunchtime.
4.30 pm
Any news yet?
What's your name?
Michael Harper.
Oh yes, I see on the computer you need your washing machine plumbing in.
Bathroom renovations.
It's too late now, someone will ring tomorrow.
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Mick Harper
Site Admin
In: London
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What's Your Beach Ritual?
Mine was initially dominated by 'Where's the wind coming from?' Wherever it was coming from, we'd always end up where we were the previous year. [There are twenty or so beaches in Guernsey, and six weeks of summer holiday.]
Near other people or away from other people? This was never quite elevated to a principle. Not on top but not outasight. Next came the 'laying down of the rugs' and the distribution of folding chairs on a seniority basis. I never qualified for one. I was lucky to get a bit of rug but that might just be me and my childhood paranoia recollection.
Then the arrangement of the sports equipment (who remembers Jokari?) and the first ritual uttering of 'Who's going in?' which I could duck out of or 'Who's coming in', which I couldn't without loss of face.
But either way you had to get into your swimmies which involved quite a lot of folderol with large towels with elasticated tops followed by everyone slapping on the sun tan oil. There was no Factor Number in those days. In fact, in the early days, it was margarine wrappers after the margarine had been all used up.
Then, again based on seniority, certain people would depart to the nearest hotel for Mackesons or gins-and-it -- there were rules -- and we beach refugees could do our own thing, collectively or individually. Two hours of true freedom. Three or four, some days.
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Mick Harper
Site Admin
In: London
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I am reading a book in which Toblerone is referred to several times and always with an umlaut over the first 'o'. This gave me a great idea for my upcoming family holiday. I steer the conversation towards our favourite chocolate and someone is bound to say 'Toblerone' at some stage, positively or negatively.
I casually correct him or her, 'Terblerone.' It even lends itself to a curled lip. This will result in maximal amounts of rows and general unpleasantness. The only snag is that I have subsequently discovered Toblerone does not in fact have an umlaut, being the creation of the Swiss Family Tobler. But they won't know this, will they?
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Mick Harper
Site Admin
In: London
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Coincidence or something more?
Stourbridge
Birthplace of Jude Bellingham
Inspiration for Tolkien's Mordor
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Mick Harper
Site Admin
In: London
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Sicilian Vespers Quiz
| Which town in nineteenth century Sicily--where ten per cent of the land was owned by the Church--had a population of six thousand, a cathedral, twenty-nine churches and nine monasteries? |
I don't know, they didn't say.
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Mick Harper
Site Admin
In: London
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I've reached that moment in the Great Cycle of Life when I have to decide whether to clean my keyboard or buy a new one.
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Mick Harper
Site Admin
In: London
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Thursday 9th July
Any news yet?
What's it all about?
My bathroom renovation.
I'll chase it up and get back to you by lunchtime.
Friday 10th July
Any news yet?
What's it all about?
My bathroom renovation.
I'll chase it up and get back to you by lunchtime.
Monday 13th July
Any news yet?
What's it all about?
My bathroom renovation. It's safety critical.
We'll send someone out first thing tomorrow.
Great.
No, wait, it will have to be Friday.
That's too long.
First thing Wednesday.
Great.
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Wile E. Coyote
In: Arizona
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| Mick Harper wrote: | | I've reached that moment in the Great Cycle of Life when I have to decide whether to clean my keyboard or buy a new one. |
You can do a job with those things you are not suppossed to insert in your ear. Every one has cotton buds, leftover as we get wax in our ears.
Cleaning your keyboard is like cleaning your ears, you are really not allowed to use fingers or buds, as it can make matters worse but heyho it will look cleaner even if it has now stopped working.
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Mick Harper
Site Admin
In: London
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Great minds think alike. I had in fact thought of the 'cotton bud solution'. Honestly, I'm not just saying that. I'm not prepared to do it just yet -- I can't find them because of my bathroom dislocations -- but it is firmly on the agenda.
[You still get merit marks towards your 'I helped the AEL' blazer button.]
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