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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60213179

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/60201018

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https://www.royalmail.com/sending/barcode-stamps/videos

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https://www.royalmail.com/sending/barcoded-stamps

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https://news.sky.com/story/royal-mail-a … s-12530063

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1,580 Topic by William

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Royal Mail has issued some more barcoded postage stamps.

https://shop.royalmail.com/barcoded-nvis-stamp-set

I notice that the colour of the 2nd class one is different from the colour of the original 2nd class one that was issued in 2021.

https://shop.royalmail.com/machin-2nd-c … mint-stamp

Some of the 2021 Christmas stamps had barcodes.

https://shop.royalmail.com/christmas-2021-postcards

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OO9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPG36qfPLns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjLLG3UIEb4

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I have now found this website.

https://pallant.org.uk/whats-on/masterp … t-gallery/

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1,583 Topic by William

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I was watching a video of an art gallery exhibition, and, thinking that with all that space one could never do such a display in an ordinary home.

I wondered if one could have a scale model of an art gallery.

If so what scale?

I found the following website that has scale models of pictures intended for use in a doll's house, thje scale being 1 to 12.

https://tumdee-dollshouse-miniatures.co … tures.html

So scale models of pictures of quite a size.

Amongst them are some nice pictures, and also some empty frames, so one could produce one's own art.

A scale of 1 to 12 is 1 inch to one foot, which is 25.4 millimetres to the foot.

OO scale widely used for model railways in 4 millimetres to the foot.                       

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1,584 Topic by William

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It has gone up by 54%.

Has anyone noticed, in any of the news reports or what is said in Parliament or in official announcements anything making it clear that it is a CAP on the price, not an obligatory price rise.

It seems implicit in the reporting that 54% will be the price rise.

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Alfred wrote:

The linked article explains:

Forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku, is a wellness trend for relaxing and reconnecting with nature.

Google Translate tells me that shinrin-yoku is a transliteration of 森林ーよく, which is translated as “forest-well”.

I tried that but could not get exactly the same result.

Can you explain what you did please?

I am thinking of trying to produce a prtrait format picture with the characters in the upper-left corner, as there ar some fonts that might contain the characters bundled with Windows 10.

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Well, I suppose if there is a family with one or more children, the main could be split up so that everybody gets a bit and pad it out with some vegetables, such as carrots.

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Alfred wrote:

The other major UK supermarkets seem to prefer to get Valentine’s Day out of the way first.

Tesco has a special offer of a meal for two.

Though I suppose someone alone could have a good feed.

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The thing is, if people buy Easter eggs now, will they need to buy replacements later?

Apparently some people buy boxes of chocolates early ready for Christmas then need to buy a replacement box because having them in the house they cannot resist the temptation to "just have one".

But recursively.

Tesco has some Easter eggs on a Clubcard price until 8 February 2022.

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1,589 Topic by William

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I have just logged onto the Tesco grocery site.

There is a feature on Easter eggs.

What?

Lent this year does not start until 2 March 2022.

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Thank you.

Yes, I keep a daily food diary

For kilocalories I usually consume between 2000 and 2500 each day.

For sugars I keep within the recommended 90 grammes each day, often only having around 50 grammes.

I use an A5 size notebook delivered with the grocery by Tesco. I use one page each day. The notebooks are not expensive and I need a new one every few months.

As most things have a unique kilocalories number within the range of foods that I eat it is only for a few things that I need to write down what it is in words, I usually write just the number. Thus 358 kilocalories 0.2 grammes of sugar for the rice that I mentioned and 153 kilocalories and 19.0 grammes of sugar for the chocolate drink. I keep running totals throughout each day so as not to overdo the sugar intake.

I find keeping a food diary very useful, it may sound like a lot of work and inconvenience but for me it is just writing a few lines for each of my three main meals each day and a quick note if I have something extra between main meals.

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1,591 Topic by William

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Here is a really quick recipe, useful anytime but particularly useful if coming home on a cold day, or at work with just a microwave cooker available. Contains soya, is vegan, no gluten.

Heat a pack of white long grain microwaveable rice in a microwave cooker, 2 minutes typically. I use Tilda white Basmati, 250 grammes.

Empty the heated pack into a bowl or a pyrex jug.

Add 250 millilitres of Alpro chocolate drink. They are supplied in packs of 3 units each of 250 millilitres.

Eat and enjoy.

Going from cold and wanting something tasty and warm to eating in about 3 minutes if one has the ingredients ready for use.

Just over 500 kilocalories.

William

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Some dreamy German instrumental music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZojLzy1y08

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhygZSjTA9M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PglKPp5mRg

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A rather fine video, an instrumental cover of a German pop song with what appears to be a dashboard camera recording of a journey on a road. Only 19 views so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi2ljfUjI2M

I hope you enjoy the video.

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Alfred wrote:
William wrote:

How about changing
Include
to
On including
please?
Still shorter than my original suggestion but removing the imperative of ordering someone to do it.

On reflection, I wonder if ‘Include’ here isn’t really just shorthand for ‘To include’, rather than being an imperative. That aside, I see nothing wrong with changing ‘Include’ to ‘Including’.

Thank you.

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jackneve wrote:

For goodness sake, after means following.
(1) Following: in time - "Henry V was after Henry VI"

No.

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Alfred wrote:
William wrote:

the rudeness accompanying the altered version

I believe the KISS acronym is too much of a cliché for most people to read it as rude.

William wrote:

Your version uses an imperative verb and the abbreviated title could imply breaching someone's copyright.

I don’t think the imperative mood implies anything that wouldn’t be implied by the use of a gerund, but I take your point about the omission of the word “original” and I’ve edited the topic title accordingly.

Thank you. How about changing

Include

to

On including

please?

Still shorter than my original suggestion but removing the imperative of ordering someone to do it.

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Alfred wrote:
William wrote:
jackneve wrote:

I just realised, William's thoughts were of a can of apricots, so it's better that I chose another fruit - no plagiarism there!

Ah, not plagiarism as you acknowledged your poem as after my thoughts.

So, a poem by Jack after some thoughts by William

Maybe pastiche, though not quite.

Though is after only used for paintings and prints and the like?

William

Doesn’t “after” in this sense simply mean “in the style of”? (I find myself thinking of Gerard Hoffnung explaining that he was named Gerard after an uncle, “and Hoffnung after Gerard”.)

After reading your post I found the following.

https://www.lexico.com/definition/after

Use as a preposition, section 5 and 5.1 are not the same.

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jackneve wrote:

William:

On the possibility of producing a greetings card that displays the text of an original poem

William can't you KISS - keep it stupid simple?
A simpler title:
Include a poem in a greetings card.

Ah, but the rudeness accompanying the altered version has curtailed discussion by using offensiveness.

Your version uses an imperative verb and the abbreviated title could imply breaching someone's copyright.

I was most careful in the precision of my wording.

Your sub-editing has distorted the meaning of my suggested title.

Hopefully the administrator will use my suggested title rather than the edited lesser version.

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jackneve wrote:

I just realised, William's thoughts were of a can of apricots, so it's better that I chose another fruit - no plagiarism there!

Ah, not plagiarism as you acknowledged your poem as after my thoughts.

So, a poem by Jack after some thoughts by William

Maybe pastiche, though not quite.

Though is after only used for paintings and prints and the like?

William

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jackneve wrote:

A title - how about "Fuzzy Thinking", or "A Beach Too Far"

How about a competition, one week timelimit?

Memories of January nights

William

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