Facebook just sent me "Add a phone number to your Facebook account. 249 of your friends added a phone number."
Well if 249 friends do it, clearly so should I. What more compelling reason to do something than "because my friends do it".
I'm sure at least 249 of my friends follow some religion, smoke, cheat on their wives/husbands, evade taxes and lie on Government forms (some maybe do all of them!) so clearly I should do all of those too, according to Facebook.
Um.... no. I'll make my own decisions, thank you.
Wednesday 27 February 2019
Tuesday 26 February 2019
Blow those leaves!
In the before days (i.e. until about five years ago) leaves
were swept up by a chap with a broom.
The operation was largely silent and the only energy used was derived
from his breakfast. Took a couple of
hours. You could chat with him while he
worked, doubtless making his day brighter and easier to bear.
Nowadays we have modern technology. Same chap, but now instead of a broom he has
a leaf blower. Powered by fossil fuels
and thus adding to the planet’s carbon dioxide content, it makes a noise like a
moped struggling to get up Ladder Hill. No
chatting – he has to wear ear defenders, so works in sullen isolation, cut off
from the world around him. And the
operation still takes a couple of hours, during which time everybody in the
vicinity is disturbed by the noise.
Especially if he starts at 6am.
Could someone please tell me in precisely what way this new technology
is an improvement to human life?
Friday 22 February 2019
Whale Sharks & The Castle of Otranto
Two of the new pages on Saint Helena Island Info.
This is the update announcement:
Whale Sharks are important to St Helena! They were previously discussed with Dolphin Watching but now have a page of their own: http://sainthelenaisland.info/whalesharks.htm.
We'd previously mentioned the mystery of the Castle of Otranto, but now we know more so it has a page of it's own: http://sainthelenaisland.info/otranto.htm.
The latest Wirebird census results are at http://sainthelenaisland.info/wirebird.htm#wirebirdcensus
Did Mattie John lose a plot of land in a card game? It seems the story may be true! Check it out at http://sainthelenaisland.info/characters.htm#mattyjohn
Photos of the finished Rock Rose were released recently. We have these and of the work-in-progress at http://sainthelenaisland.info/savedbuildings.htm#rockrose (and also a few of the work-in-progress at Teutonic Hall).
We have a very detailed map by the Royal Engineers from 1872. So detailed we can only show it in parts! See http://sainthelenaisland.info/maps.htm#historicmaps Excerpts appear where relevant on other pages e.g. http://sainthelenaisland.info/longwood.htm
Our newly discovered and named Seamount is described here: http://sainthelenaisland.info/geology.htm#seamounts
This is the update announcement:
Whale Sharks are important to St Helena! They were previously discussed with Dolphin Watching but now have a page of their own: http://sainthelenaisland.info/whalesharks.htm.
We'd previously mentioned the mystery of the Castle of Otranto, but now we know more so it has a page of it's own: http://sainthelenaisland.info/otranto.htm.
The latest Wirebird census results are at http://sainthelenaisland.info/wirebird.htm#wirebirdcensus
Did Mattie John lose a plot of land in a card game? It seems the story may be true! Check it out at http://sainthelenaisland.info/characters.htm#mattyjohn
Photos of the finished Rock Rose were released recently. We have these and of the work-in-progress at http://sainthelenaisland.info/savedbuildings.htm#rockrose (and also a few of the work-in-progress at Teutonic Hall).
We have a very detailed map by the Royal Engineers from 1872. So detailed we can only show it in parts! See http://sainthelenaisland.info/maps.htm#historicmaps Excerpts appear where relevant on other pages e.g. http://sainthelenaisland.info/longwood.htm
Our newly discovered and named Seamount is described here: http://sainthelenaisland.info/geology.htm#seamounts
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