All Quiet on the Western Front It is nice to have a day off after yesterday's tumultuous question in which I asked whether Kate Middleton was dead . I had record viewing numbers and a number of colourful and varied comments about my subject material. This page, yesterday's, will be a continuing story as I hear more evidence which so far is pretty damning . I've also said that if I am wrong and...
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Kate Middleton – is she dead? “Kategate??” BEING UPDATED
An exploding news day "the day began like any other" Samuel Pepys, my exemplar, was normally occupied with his day-to-day affairs of business but when the Fire of London came along his attention was diverted and his diary-writing affected. And so it is in this case so don't worry I'm not going to turn this into a political magazine but it is in my view very serious and paradigm changing, hence...
24 ways of greeting people – which do you use more often?
There are many variations that English and American speakers use, and each expression means slightly different things. Expressions are also context relevant #1 Good Morning/afternoon/evening The earliest known use of the phrase good morning is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for good morning is from around 1450, in Sege Melayne. good morning is formed within...
How to run meetings… plus developing this site
Developing this website And now some therapy for me and my website, this is the one you are now reading. I'm trying to make this website a model of good practice and accessibility. I have decided to have monthly meetings with my day-to-day service provider. This is beneficial for many reasons or so I have found. As I go along I notice small items that do not work as well as I would like to see....
Mothering Sunday
A new church experience I left early for my 10:30 am service and stopped off at Porky's which is my ultimate working men's class cafe hoping to have a coffee and a snack or two but when I arrived, the place was full. To the Methodist Church as I entered at 10:20, 10 minutes before the service, there were one or two people sitting in the church. The final number at the start of the service was 12...
Bitcoin – a delicious headline- A seed swapping day
For a few years now I have heard about Bitcoin. This evening I listened to a 90-minute presentation by John Bush who is associated with his site Free Academy. The presentation was exciting in that he had complete control over his subject matter, gave the talk at the same time as looking at the comments and did some juggling with slide presentations. Currently my main discipline with figures is...
Welcome to The World of Brian Snellgrove
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Inspired by Samuel Pepys’ Diary 1633-1703