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SunshineGirl

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USA vital economic statistics as of 5 November 2024. GDP (change on previous year): 2.7% Consumer prices (change on previous year): 2.4% Unemployment rate: 4.1% Just in case there is an outbreak of amnesia 🙂

We've got our two youngest nieces staying this weekend

My daughter is busy in the living room organising them and laying down the ground rules 🙂 She is naturally gifted with young children. That comes with 10 years experience of living in childrens homes. Tonight she is covering bathtime and stories.... See More »

Woman in Buckinghamshire finds enormous mushroom

Puffball, weighing over 5kg. Feeds her whole family for a week and still has leftovers in the freezer 😌

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Guinness shortages

Diageo, UK distributor of the black stuff, is reported to have placed limits on its supplies to pubs in the run-up to Christmas, claiming that demand has soared by 20% as a result of online influencers and the recent Autumn international rugby... See More »

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The Eve of St Nicholas

Waiting for my daughter to fall asleep and trying to decide whether to put treats or coal in her shoe. It is a marginal decision after some crazy behaviour today 🥴 But I will probably feel more disappointed if we can't give our gifts. I have... See More »

Farmers behaving badly

A 57 year old man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after driving a tractor at speed through the centre of flood-hit Tenby Wells, causing several shop windows to be smashed by the wake. British farmers: no road tax, no fuel duty, no... See More »

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It's not easy being a dwarf planet

This is Haumea, one of five dwarf planets identified in our solar system. She is too small to have a proper global atmosphere, so gravity has pulled her into an egg shape. She spins so fast that her day lasts just 3.9 hours. And to cap it all,... See More »

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Number one rugby fans

My daughter and niece were out supporting a school friend at their rugby match. They got back about half an hour ago and attempted a "quiet" transit from the front door to my daughter's bedroom 🤫 I know this because anything my daughter attempts to... See More »

Chapter 4, Dostoevsky's "The Idiot", starts:

"All three Yepanchin girls were sturdy young ladies, tall and blooming, with magnificent shoulders, powerful bosoms, and strong, almost masculine arms; as a consequence of their health and strength they naturally enjoyed eating well on occasions,... See More »

Gary Gensler steps down as chair of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

. . ahead of the change in administration. Gensler was responsible for 46 enforcement actions against cryptocurrency operations in the past year. The Commission's work led to the successful convictions of Sam Bankman-Fried and Chanpeng Zhao for... See More »

Speaking truth to power

My daughter has recently started a vocational health and nutrition course at school. Through a work contact I managed to arrange for the marketing director of a well known restaurant brand (that happens to be HQd in our city) to give a talk to the... See More »

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset... See More »

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I was at a conference in London at the start of the week and had an evening out with some of my younger colleagues. I like hanging around with the 20-somethings because you don't feel obliged to drink alcohol and an evening out is often based around... See More »

Yesterday I found a hedgehog in the road . .

. . going round and round in circles. I scooped him up and popped him over the hedge into a field where hopefully he will not get run over. I wondered if he'd had a stroke. But then it occured that he should probably be hibernating by now. Perhaps... See More »

The meek shall inherit the earth

Part time vacuum cleaner salesman and resident of Singapore, Sir James Dyson, criticised Chancellor Rachel Reeves for withdrawing 100% agricultural property relief from estates worth more than £1 million. From April 2026, inheritance tax will apply... See More »

Kemi Badenoch elected new leader of the Conservative Party

First black person to hold that role, succeeding Rishi Sunak, the first non-white leader. Stand by for the ironic spectacle of the daughter of immigrants arguing for the dismantling of our immigration system 🙃 She says she will offer shadow... See More »

Assessment of UK autumn budget

No huge headlines, everyone seems marginally disappointed, financial markets have not (yet) blown up . . all in all to be judged a success 👍 Difficult to detect a unifying theme. The government pins hopes on facilitating economic growth and using hi... See More »

Last night watched three episodes of Prof Brian Cox's new TV series Solar System, with my daughter who was completely gripped. For those who are unaware, Cox is a British academic and former rock star who presents popular physics programmes in a... See More »

Four hours into half term holiday and my daughter managed to get herself grounded

🤦‍♀ She went out when she was asked not to, switched off her phone, and was rude to my wife when she eventually came home. I was out working at the time. Got a text message saying I needed to enforce the sanction next day. Thanks 🙄 Daughter very... See More »

Shortly after 2am on Tuesday morning we were awoken by the sound of a woman in the street outside our home having an animated conversation with a friend on speakerphone. Her friend had an ailment and the woman was offering "medical advice" that my... See More »

Moldova votes to join EU

Despite "unprecedented interference and intimidation by Russia and its proxies", Moldova backed proposed constitutional changes and a commitment to joining the EU. In recent weeks money has reportedly flowed from Moscow. Ilan Shor, a Moldovan... See More »

Pink wedding accomplished

All went according to plan. Those who were meant to get married found the right person and no innocent bystanders were harmed 👍 Our daughter and niece pulled out all the stops as bridesmaids . . perfectly behaved (during the ceremony and photos at... See More »

Quiet night in?

Ever since we began fostering her nearly two years ago, our daughter's Friday afternoon routine has been almost completely unaltered. Slam front door - Hurl school bag in corner - Start to change out of school uniform - Start furiously doing... See More »

Last night my daughter asked me to sign off her online school diary: a daily record of the homework she has been set, feedback from teachers, extracurricular pursuits, etc. All good until I came across an entry for Tuesday lunchtime: 30 mins... See More »

And then there were two

In a shock reversal of fortune the bookies favourite for the Conservative Party leadership contest, James Cleverley, failed to make it to the final stage. So members will be able to choose between Kemi Badenoch ("5%-10% of all civil servants should... See More »

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