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Come on now, own up. Who has never heard of Numpnet Thrubwell?  This is a small village and civil parish in dairying country on the western edge of Bath and North East Somerset, in the county of Somerset, England. It is about 15 km south-west of Bristol. The name is believed to mean 'the Grove at the village well' from the Celtic nemett and the Old English wiell. Within the parish, the Fairy...

There is lots of good material on the Internet I am increasingly interested in the phenomenon of 'reels' which are brief videos during which someone makes very profound points or shows interesting and amusing episodes e.g. a dog doing somersaults into a swimming pool. They are well chosen by Facebook and can indeed become addictive.  They also appear on X. I sometimes watch the reels for half an...

My son works in Mumbai as a International Primary School teacher and is with us for a few days. It is interesting to note how when a visitor arrives, we are prompted to do something that we would not normally do in an effort to decide what the visitor would like.  In consequence we visit places and do things that we would not normally do. This normally works very well because it reintroduces us...

Today has been a day of preparation and of tidying up for this weekend's conference. When I am at the conference I will not have access to my computer so anything that goes wrong with my new site that I'm parading around I won't be able to do anything about it. So I've engaged my good supporter David who is an administrator of the site and we agree that I can call him up in case of problems and...

An unexpected exposure to an extreme disfigurement A very busy day today before I start, I've been watching a program on neuro fibromyalgics and this wonderful  lady from Trinidad is going to go to Los Angeles to be treated for this condition which covers her whole body. She inherited this disease from her father, and at the age of 45 the condition covers her whole body. She has found a...

First off I will talk to AI to get some sort of perspective as a starter: In general, being a member of the Islamic faith is synonymous with being a Muslim. The term Muslim simply means “one who submits to God” in Arabic, and it refers to someone who believes in the core tenets of Islam: the oneness of God (Tawhid), the prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ, and the Qur’an as divine revelation. So, can...