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Text messages received out of order
Some confusion and problems resulted when, of 3 text messages sent to me from the same sender, the first message was received after the second and third message.
I have found the following interesting extract on Wikipedia:
“Various studies have shown that around 1% to 5% of messages are lost entirely, even during normal operation conditions, and others may not be delivered until long after their relevance has passed.”
So my wife’s confirmation-of-receipt messages (ie “Ta”) don’t sound such a silly idea after all.
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Dressy casual
I’ve been invited to a birthday party and the dress code is ‘dressy casual’.I had to look it up!
It appears that the look I should be aiming for is something like the guy on the left. I don’t really think this is me!
But I’ve found some other ideas at
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-dressy-casual-mean.htm
and
https://oscaresque.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/ss09-dressy-casual/
There’s plenty of time to decide…
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Saturday’s Guardian magazine
What an interesting Saturday Guardian magazine!Sophie Heawood’s article on lying is fun was amusing. I laughed out loud at the idea of telling one’s child that the ice cream van only plays music when it’s run out of ice cream!
Bim Adewunmi has a crush on Frasier Crane. I think this is a healthy crush to have.
Actor Jonathan Price in the Q & A says the most important lesson life has taught him is ‘that it will be OK’. I like that.
My face was stolen online was a fascinating read on how the writer’s face was used by someone else to construct a false online identity.
The main article on Ed Miliband was interesting and sympathetic. There was also a long article, with some nice pictures, on heroic dogs, though I wasn’t interested enough to read the text. I skim-read an article on excessive fitness.
Finally, I was perplexed by an advert for Coca Cola describing Coca Cola Zero as having zero sugar and zero calories whilst Diet Coke was described as having no sugar and no calories.
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Prezzo, Banstead Surrey

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Hampton Court
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One thing always leads to another….
Google and the browser took me from one computer language to the next, from Mercury Autocode to Algol 60, then on to the very strange language APL (here there was a diversion after I came across an APL programmer I played badminton against many decades ago), then on to FORTRAN, then on to Prime’s operating system Primos (which, unbelievably, was written in FORTRAN!). Such memories – I could go on and on!
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Vaclav & Lena – Haley Tanner
The Adventures of Vaclav the Magnificent & His Lovely Assistant Lena, by Haley Tanner, is a curiosity that I nearly gave up on around the 100-page mark – but fortunately I didn’t!Two children, Vaclav and Lena, become inseparable and dream of becoming famous magicians, when one day Lena disappears.
Set among Russian immigrant families living in Brooklyn, this is a tale about childhood and love, and is a charming read.
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It’s wet outside
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Drawing Boundaries: How to Keep Your Blog from Complicating Your Life

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