Oct 24, 2022The week that you get 100 followers…..I achieved the magic 100 followers last week. Thanks to all. No bells rang, no trumpets souded, the earth didn’t move, and I didn’t feel more or less inspired (sorry). …Medium1 min readMedium1 min read
Published in About Me Stories·Oct 6, 2022About Me — Salisbury WriterI’m retired, someone who was, more like someone who never quite was. I did OK, I enjoyed what I did (mostly) but, looking back, I could have achieved more. I think we all say that don’t we? It’s the old “I could have been a contender” thing. We’d all like…About Me2 min readAbout Me2 min read
Published in Three Minute Thoughts·Oct 6, 2022Abbreviations, Acronyms, Acrostics, and AnagramsLanguage is meant to be a common means for exchange of ideas and information. We complicate matters by having so many different ones, and then so many different dialects and nuances of each one. I can’t change human history and I’m not even sure that a single homogenised language would…English Language3 min readEnglish Language3 min read
Oct 4, 2022Extended Arithmetic (6) — Introduction to decimalsMost of us are more familiar with decimal parts of numbers than we think. If you live in the UK you spend pounds and pence. The penny is 1/100 part of a pound. We write, say £1.50 when we mean 1 pound and 50 pence. The “.50” is the decimal…Education3 min readEducation3 min read
Published in Three Minute Thoughts·Oct 2, 2022It’s not News, It’s ClickbaitI live in a small village of about 60 homes with around 200 inhabitants. When I came to live here 30-odd years ago there were enough morning newspapers delivered that a local teenager had them delivered to him / her (it seemed to be a rite of passage that almost…3 Minutes3 min read3 Minutes3 min read
Published in Three Minute Thoughts·Oct 1, 2022Hyperbole Diminishes us allHyperbole, the exaggeration of a point for effect, hype for short, sadly now a way of life. Once upon a time exaggeration for effect did what was intended, it drew the reader or listener to the intended conclusion by over-emphasis. …3 Minutes3 min read3 Minutes3 min read
Oct 1, 2022Extended Arithmetic (5) — Arithmetic on fractionsWe’ll now look at how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide the fractions that we met in the last article. We’ll start with addition. Let’s assume we want to add two fractions together.Arithmetic5 min readArithmetic5 min read
Sep 28, 2022Extended Arithmetic (4) — Introduction to fractionsSo far we’ve only considered whole numbers, that is 1,2,3, etc and their negative equivalents. These are also known as integers. You may remember that when we looked at division we encountered remainders, where one number is not exactly divisible by another. What if we could have parts of numbers…100 Followers4 min read100 Followers4 min read
Published in Three Minute Thoughts·Sep 26, 2022Fragments of France which fell into the sea….Novelist Victor Hugo, he of Les Miserables fame (the book not the stage show or films) described the Channel Islands as “… fragments of France which fell into the sea and were gathered up by England”. …3 Minutes4 min read3 Minutes4 min read
Published in Three Minute Thoughts·Sep 25, 2022Does No One do a Normal Job Anymore?In an old Simpsons episode Homer lost his job, it seemed to happen regularly. He backed off from applying for a role at a nearby plant because it was for a “Technical Supervisor” whereas he had been a “Supervising Technician” — don’t quote me on the roles, it’s the sentiment…3 Minutes4 min read3 Minutes4 min read
