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A few last lessons from West of Greenwich

Wednesday

There used to be a football team called Blackburn Olympic, who have won an FA Cup

Thursday

Today I learnt that the place where some of my dad’s weirder Singapore photos were taken still exists under the name Haw Par Villa rather than Tiger Balm Gardens.

Friday

I learnt how to make chilli jam without pectin.

Saturday

Cats can let out a claw at a time, although I probably would have thought this I witnessed it.

Sunday

GIMP can be used to create GIF animations after downloading an addin.

Monday

I found an even more general proof of the inability of hexagons to create a ball like polyhedron without the help of 12 pentagons.

Tuesday

Trombone is french for paper clip.

Wednesday

Syphilis was known as the f4ench disease in Germany and Poland, the Italian disease in French. basically named after the nation whose travelloers spread it to a country.

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Lessons

The Last Lessons of August – resolution 2/3rds completed! (9 days for the price of 7!)

Monday

Tony Harrison is not only the name of a tentacled shaman in The Mighty Boosh but is also the name of a playwright and poet.

Tuesday

Chelsea’s 6-0 win at Wigan was only the second top flight english football game with no corners (the first being Newcastle 0-0 Portsmouth in 1931-32).

Wednesday

I learnt how to add youtube videos to our VLE system

Thursday

I learnt how to amend the settings of our VLE in order to use yesterdays lesson.

Friday

I learnt to identify 3 types of edible fungus and made a soup from some of them

Saturday

I learnt a recipe for mushroom pate.

Sunday

The Duckworth Lewis system will sometimes mean a side batting second in a one day cricket game may have a larger target to chase than the first team scored. For example today Surrey needed 292 to beath Somerset’s 290 as the innings had been reduced to 36 overs when Somerset were batting. This meant Somerset had been treating the first part of the innings as if it were a 40 over match not a 36 over match. This needed correcting and resulted in an extra run for the revised target.

Monday

Moles and Gerbils have pups.

Tuesday

Cats are injected in the back of the neck.

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Lessons

August lessons still coming on a daily basis

Monday

I learnt how to upgrade my mobile phone system, and the importance of backing up the phonebook when I do!

Tuesday

I learnt that Arnie says “I’ll be back” in 8 films.

Wednesday

I learnt and am experimenting with the Hippopotamus defence in chess. (Where pawns sit back a bit, the pieces lie in wait just under the water like a hippo. But get too close and the hippo is a dangerous beast… as some claim the hippo defence does).

Thursday

I finally learnt the rules of backgammon.

Friday

Bryan Adams video “Everything I do” was filmed partly around Holford and Kilve in Somerset.

Saturday

Asparagus does affect my urine smell (up to now I had not noticed….)

Sunday

I learnt how to spell béarnaise sauce, easier to spell than mayonnaise in many ways.

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Limerick

A Salutary Tale of Culinary Woe

Sometimes I do think that I,
Need to ask myself why,
I do things that are silly,
Like touching chilli,
Then rubbing myself in the eye.
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Limerick

Practical Advice For Those Who Think Food Presentation is so Vital

If you want to have fish that looks nice,
First rub the skin with plenty of ice,
So it won’t tarnish,
Paint it with varnish,
And serve with a spoonful of rice.