Dad, this should have been your 79th birthday.

Miss you.

Still can't believe we laid you to rest.

That's it.  I have had enough of "stream wars" - the ongoing destruction of broadcast TV and DVD/Blu-Ray in favour of moving movies, shows and documentaries onto exclusive streaming services.  All designed to tie you into a subscription.

In this current climate of increasing poverty and the cost of living crisis, it's incredible and somewhat offensive that these companies are still bulldozing ahead with this scheme.

RIP

1926 - 2022 

Only in these times would we see official objections and lobbying to have the name of an infectious disease changed just because some overly sensitive people have incredibly managed to find something to be offended by within the name of the disease.

There is truly no hope for the human race, I'll leave this here for you to decide how offensive it is and how important it is to worry about trivialities such as this rather than focus on prevention and cure of the disease - https://apple.news/AQ2k31AKzSZubggsl7ymIxA.

It never ceases to amaze me how the huge supermarkets control our buying. This seems especially evident to me when there is a national holiday or "special" day.

My first example being Easter 2021. 6 weeks before Good Friday, the supermarket shelves were crammed with chocolate eggs and chocolate treats galore - often with decent special offers. Yet 10 days before Good Friday, the same shelves are cleared of anything relating to Easter and instead overcrowded with summer products, mainly barbecue related.

Well I guess the media have decided that:

1. The covid19 pandemic is over.
2. Boris is not going away any time soon.
3. There isn't as much of a supply/demand crisis as they'd like us to believe.
4. The war on Ukraine is no longer captivating and tragic enough.
5. Nobody is panic buying goods or fuel.

Which means we should kick start a new fire and get everyone wound up about a new subject - slavery.

I have officially had enough of being ill.
After managing to survive 30+ years of nothing more than a mild cold or flu, I have spent the last 6 - 10 months being ill in some form or another.