We were promised rain. And rain came in the night. I could hear it on the roof when I went to bed last night. This morning dawned bright and clear though. I went out for a run as usual and thought I might get blown away, so strong was the wind against me.
We had debated going for a Diggle Chippy hike today but decided against it when we checked the weather. So when I saw the clear blue sky this morning I wondered if our decision was a mistake. However, by late morning that wind had blown the cloud in and it was already spitting with rain. Instead of a chippy hike, we decided that we would meet at Granddaughter Number Two’s favourite cafe for her to have a slice (or maybe two) of her favourite chocolate Guinness cake before she goes back to university this weekend.
I tried to book us a table and to reserve some slices of cake for her but I never managed to get through to them. So we took pot luck and met there at around 2.30. Yes, they had a table available, but not the one the small boy prefers, the upstairs table with sofas! (He threw a slight wobbler and very nearly went up the stairs himself to check!) And, horror of horrors!, they had no chocolate Guinness cake. She was able to order a bacon butty though. So it goes.
Next time we go to visit Granddaughter Number Two we’ll have to pick up a takeaway slice of cake before we set off!
So Dominic Raab has resigned because of the findings of the investigation into accusations of bullying. No apologies. It’s interesting to read about apologies in such cases, when they occur. It’s not really a case of apologising as such, more a case of “I’m sorry if people feel offended, hurt, bullied or whatever”. Apologising without accepting responsibility for the offence. The person offended is, in fact, more guilty than the offender!
A friend and I have been having a bit of a discussion about this announcement: “It’s time to say goodbye to those red envelopes. Netflix announced on Tuesday that it would end 25 years of mailing DVDs of shows and movies to its subscribers.
Netflix’s co-chief executive Ted Sarandos said mailing DVDs had “paved the way for the shift to streaming”, but that “after an incredible 25-year run, we’ve made the difficult decision to wind down at the end of September”.
“Our goal has always been to provide the best service for our members but as the business continues to shrink that’s going to become increasingly difficult,” Sarandos said.
Netflix launched as an alternative to video rental stores, allowing customers to rent DVDs that were sent to their homes. The first DVD it sent out was a copy of Tim Burton’s 1988 classic Beetlejuice.
The business model took off, and soon Blockbuster, the biggest video rental store chain, and its rivals were in trouble.
But the shift to streaming has eaten away at the company’s DVD by post business, and accounted for $126m of Netflix’s $31.6bn in revenues last year.”
My friend suggested that CDs and DVDs will soon become collectors’ items, as vinyl records are now. And today he added that he has heard that audio cassettes are going to make a comeback. My friend says he has no means of playing his remaining collection of vinyl, or cassettes if he had any! We are fortunate enough to have a music system which allows us to play some nostalgic stuff on vinyl from time to time. We even have the wherewithal to play audio cassettes. And I do still have a few cassettes that I decided not to throw out all those years ago. We even have a few examples of the compilation music cassettes we used to play to enliven our car journeys to the south coast to catch a ferry to go camping in France. I bet those are collectors’ items themselves by now!
A bit of nostalgia does no harm!
Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone!
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