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Note-no one got it ALL right! You will argue some got more right than others.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56455030

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-56254309

28 Mar 2021 - Daylight Saving Time Starts

When local standard time is about to reach

Sunday, 28 March 2021, 01:00:00 clocks are turned forward 1 hour to

Sunday, 28 March 2021, 02:00:00 local daylight time instead.

Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour later on 28 Mar 2021 than the day before. There will be more light in the evening.

Hope you have all filled it in or are filling it in today

Strange thing I suddenly remembered from my childhood - my Dad and Granddad used to make little cups out of silver paper, put wet cigarette paper on the bottom and then throw them up so they stuck to the ceiling.
In time the paper would dry out and the cups would fall down.
Does anyone else remember this or was it just a family thing ?

This week's BBC Click shows the Police squad that tracks and arrests the text scammers. The scammers even have phone banks, similar to the way that video pirates copied tapes: http://bbc.in/3c19aIT

World Sparrow Day Date in the current year: March 20, 2021

World Sparrow DayWorld Sparrow Day is one of the days, designated to raise awareness of birds, especially of the house sparrow and the ones common to urban environment. This holiday is observed annually on March 20.
World Sparrow Day was created under initiative of Nature Forever Society of India in collaboration with the Eco-Sys Action Foundation of France. The initiative was supported by numerous international and national environmental organizations across the world.

This holiday is aimed to provide a platform for people from different parts of the world working on conservation of the house sparrow and other birds. The participants can collaborate, exchange their ideas on environment conservation and network, that will lead to better science and improved results.

Nature Forever Society created a special Sparrow Award, that is presented annually on March 20 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. This award is presented to those “unsung heroes”, who contribute into environment conservation without governmental funding and do not seek any recognition.

https://www.ailuna.com/world-rewilding-day/

I'm debating (with myself) whether to get one of these. I've currently an Ercol Gina (swivel and recline) but the recline is stuck on the back position and the upholstery is now so hard it's like sitting on a rock. I'm not interested in recline anyway, just the swivel bit which I love. As previously mentioned, I'm of an age where I want a high seat and good back support but don't really want to go down the winged-fireside just yet. I've always thought Stressless were huge things stuck in a corner but I think you can now get small - and always seem to be in leather which I hate. Problem is they are not cheap (cheapest I've found is about £800 in sale to about £1,500) and I go through different chairs/sofas constantly (not an exaggeration, had two sofas since moving and neither was comfortable after a month or so or too bulky for little room). Would be grateful for any pros or cons - thanks.

Our Council have introduced a charge of £40 per bin for period March to end of November. A payment sticker has been provided for those households who have registered.

24/7 media drives our daily lives and many topics that appear on Scooploop.
Can you contribute a headline that has dominated our lives? for at least two days...

And what is your most trusted source of news?

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5 Parrots Get Removed From Public View At A Wildlife Park After Teaching Each Other To Swear During Quarantine.

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Sadiq Khan is considering charging motorists to enter Greater London. Not really fair on those who live outside the London area but work inside it.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/11/khan-considering-350-daily-charge-for-drivers-entering-london.

Any thoughts?

I just signed the petition "Extend the Freedom of Information Act to companies awarded government contracts" and wanted to ask if you could add your name too.

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/extend-the-freedom-of-information-act-to-companies-awarded-government-contracts?bucket=email-blast-17_3_2021_democracy-cfoi-flt-17-march&share=67373c93-8588-4ab9-8e67-70fae77fe98d&source=&utm_campaign=17_3_2021_democracy-cfoi-flt-17-march&utm_source=

I wanted to do a serious message so please forgive me and scroll past if you aren’t interested.
TRIGGER WARNING - Suicide
Yesterday afternoon a young lady in her 30’s who was local to me was posting tweets on a local Slough group. She described her low mood, wrote her thoughts, spoke of her conversation on the phone with her nan and thanked everyone for reaching out to her to help.
She then typed “this next train is for me,” told everyone that her password to her phone was her date of birth, and jumped to her death in front of the train.
Please please reach out to someone if you need help. Scream it at the top of your lungs if you need to be heard. There are so many people who care.
Samaritans no is 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org . Reach out to someone. Please

I was told recently that you can now make your own Will online and submit it to a Solicitor for checking. I think it would be ok if you just wanted to leave everything to a partner and don't have children etc but any more complicated than that and I'd rather get it done professionally. I made my years ago with a local solicitor.

Thoughts everyone?

The vaccination is now available for over 50’s
So if you are eligible and haven’t heard anything yet you can go online or phone 119

Of course I have just had mine 😂😂😂

Ok, I’m not usually one for going off on long rants on facebook but let’s face it, most of us have got more time on our hands than usual at the mo.

I’ll caveat this rant with…yeah I know I’m shouting into an echo chamber of mainly lovely, cuddly, like minded friends who don't need to hear my patronising waffle, but this is for the few that might. It’s probably not for YOU, YOU are probably ace.

I’ve also tried to keep it light and thrown in a few 90’s references ‘for the Dads’.

So. Let’s kick it.

Men! Hello. How you doooin’?

It just seems that a few of you having been losing the plot a bit on Twitter.

Following the awful murder of Sarah Everard, women started sharing their stories of street harassment on Twitter.

How did us chaps respond? We made #notallmen as the number one Twitter trend. FFS.

If you’re reading women’s posts about harassment, maybe try being like Mr Ice here.

Stop, Collaborate and Listen.

Before you jump in with a #Notallmen or Men get harassed too. Maybe ask yourself a few questions.

How often have you walked past a building site and had a group of female builders shout ‘nice ballbag!’?

How often do women stop you on your way to work to tell you’d look more handsome if you smiled at them? Or just screamed ‘show us yer dick’ across the road at you?

When you were walking home from school, how often did women in cars comment on your ‘sexy shorts’?

When it’s hot in your office, do you still keep your top shirt button done up, worried that the women might say that you’re gagging for it by flashing a bit of moob?

How often do you scan the crowd on the packed train to work, just to check that you’re not standing near one of those women who wants to rub her fanny against you, again?

I’m guessing that most of your answers were probably No’s.

So before you hit the reply button on a woman’s tweet, stop (Hammertime) and just assume that WOMEN KNOW IT’S #notallmen.

That’s just statistically obvious.

But there’s enough of us doing this shit for it to be a problem.

Yes, men get harassed too. Women know this too.

I can tell the tales of how I’ve had abuse hurled at me for the way I dressed (back in the goth days) or how I was mugged at night for my wallet and phone, or how many drivers of black cabs & white vans have greeted me with a cheery yell of “you fat c**t!”

But, guess what…re-e-wind…shocker…none of those abuses were from women! It was all men.

Fellas, you might reply with a well-intentioned ‘we get harassed too’ to show support or to empathise but, come on, that’s like hearing a woman complain about how much she spends on Tampax in a lifetime and us saying, “yeah, I know how you feel babe, I cut my finger last week and it cost me two quid for a box of plasters”. It’s just not on the same scale.

We (#notall) chaps can still generally go about our days blissfully unworried about the threat that women (#notallwomen) might pose to us.

If we’re in a pub (#notallpubs) and we have to go for a pee, we leave our drinks on the table, never thinking that a woman might slip some rohypnol in it.

We can get drunk at the house party afterwards, never worrying that if we crash out in the spare room, a woman might sneak in and pop a finger in us while we’re asleep and if she did, we might get blamed for it happening because we’d drunk too much.

We don’t tell men that in the summer that their vest & shorts combo makes them ‘look a bit slutty’, so they should expect to get hassled. Or not to ‘flaunt your curves’ in those skinny jeans.

We don’t say to men “You can’t go topless on the beach, it’s obscene and women won’t be able to control their natural urge to attack you”.

We don’t tell men not to walk across Clapham Common at night in case a woman, twice their strength, might leap out and try to murder them.

So come on men (#yesall), let’s ‘Man Up’ (#yesiknowthatsashitphrase) and admit that it’s us that’s causing this problem, not that women aren’t doing enough to stay safe.

If a health warning is needed:-

"One in four people worldwide are dying from conditions caused by thrombosis, making it a leading global cause of death and disability. When a blood clot forms in an artery or vein, it can lead to heart attack, stroke, or a life-threatening clot in the lungs or leg."

Actually it's puzzling that the EU countries have discovered so few cases that coincide with having a flu jab.

Just in case people haven't noticed ....... There is a Scooploop managed Current affairs and Politics Group out there.......
Maybe it's the description putting people off !!!!!!

...... Current Affairs and Politics

Discussion group fielding the topics of the day. We’re looking for intelligent insight.

Latest pictures - Shamima Begum seen in Western clothes as she seeks break with Isil past.
She was only 15 when she left to join the Islamic State and has been through a lot.
Should she be allowed back into the UK?
Your views !!
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/14/exclusive-shamima-begum-seen-make-up-western-clothes-seeks-break/

For this Mum

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-court-trial-iran-b1816942.html

Don't depend your happiness into a person . Happiness must start within yourself.And now I challenge you all guys to say I ALWAYS LOVE YOU SELF❤.

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Regardless of political allegiances, we should all be concerned at this latest move to stop free speech.
https://www.politics.co.uk/comment/2021/03/11/silencing-black-lives-matter-priti-patels-anti-protest-law/?cmpredirect

Sad to hear this gentleman has passed away. He said some real gems whilst being the voice of F1 ,including “there’s nothing wrong with that car...except it’s on fire” and “This would have been Senna’s third win in a row,if he had won the two before” lol

A new scam method people should be aware of.
Two-Factor authorisation is the process of requiring secondary authorisation to make a key change such as password or bank details. Banks and other organisations will send a code to an email address or telephone to ensure the genuine user is aware of the change, but fraudsters have identified ways to beat this process.

Fraudsters have been contacting fraud victims purporting to be from the bank/organisation, they state that to verify the call and pass through the security process they will send a 2FA code to the victim.

At the same time, they go through the password reset / bank change process, which automatically sends the code through. They then ask the victim to read the code back to verify their identity, which they can input to the system and bypass the control.

TLDR: NEVER ever give out your password or a 2FA code over email or the telephone.

Visit the Radio Garden and plant some seeds. Traverse the globe, and click a dot to listen to the radio station there. Should you get a security warning, that is because the site is HTTP and not HTTPS, which, in this case, is nothing to worry about: http://bit.ly/3rF54vu

As requested

Following on from part one

Fed up to the back teeth - make that the toenails - with the spew of 24/7 news and low grade TV offerings?

Please share your fondest memories of the best TV programmes and real personalities that you treasure.

Brought on by remembering Captain Kremmen, created by Kenny Everett.
ALL in the Best Possible Taste!

The Internet Archive 'Wayback Machine' at http://web.archive.org/, allows you to go back in time to see a website on particular days in the past. Type a web address in to the search box. then choose a year in the time bar, then select available dates.

I am planning a holiday somewhere around August time but have been met with some disapproval from people I have spoken to. I was thinking to go somewhere not too far, maybe around the Lake District for a long weekend but am now unsure. I know nobody has any idea what is going to happen but after the latest announcement I had hope for a short break. What I don't want is to book and lose my money or to be acting selfishly by looking to go away. Is it too soon to be considering?

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Just a reminder of how clever we are..

This article was on Peter Hitchens’ page in the Mail on Sunday yesterday.
This is not the first time I have heard that deaths have been recorded as due to COVID-19 when it was thought they were due to other causes.

It was claimed in another post that this ‘Government’ is doing a good job. No doubt, that’s what they want you to think. Could it be that a higher reported death rate from COVID-19 helps to justify the panic measures that resulted in the first lockdown and diverts attention from other activities or inactivity?

Check Vehicle MOT, Tax, Insurance of any vehicle online -

https://www.aph.com/community/holidays/check-road-tax-licence-endorsements-and-mot-online/#insurance

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/come-clean-about-the-damage-caused-by-your-farmed-salmon?share=71d84bb3-51d8-4aea-a15a-938500d23991&source=twitter-share-email-button&time=1615049334&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=twitter

One of the reasons for signing:

"I live next to a Salmon smolt farm and watch them pour up to 1000L of FORMALDEHYDE directly onto live fish 7 days a week for 9 months a year because the fish are so diseased. I watched last year as they took thousands upon thousands of dead diseased fish away in dustbins. Our life now is horrendous because of the fumes and stench of rotten Salmon. The loch is dead of all life with no native fish left at all. This is a horrific business."

Lady And The Tramp was a favourite childhood film, the first I ever saw in The Odeon Barking.

Sources tell me that the film is disturbing to those who "woke up" recently.
The Siamese cats, German Dogs, Mexican pooches and overweight Italian chefs are all in the worst possible taste.

Please offer your thoughts on Disney cartoons like Snow White, Dumbo, Bambi and any others that have corrupted a whole generation please?

I am really shocked how many people say they are not going to have the jab - there are hundreds of them on FB - some that I previously thought were sensible people, imagine how many there must be nation wide.

Once the hoo-ha is over and Megan Markle has climbed back into her box, will we ever hear from or about her again?

She's going for broke today to try to destroy the family she thought was her gravy train. Unfortunately she didn't get what she thought she should have got. Her aim to be a real American Princess wasn't on the cards, so she's gone to the Queen of America to complain.

As I understand it the Queen of Strop will be asked by her best friend to spill the beans on how brilliantly she managed to bully her Royal staff and get rid of people for no real reason.
Oops! I'm just getting a message that she won't be asked that after all!
Perhaps she will be asked about the joke where Harry is being asked in an interview "Do you feel dominated by your wife?" to which she responds, "No he doesn't".
No, I'm informed that one won't be asked eiither.

Well, I guess that whatever happens, her Royal Duchessness won't be welcomed back by her husband's family and hopefully this will be the last time we hear from her.

Holidays

Census day is 21 March.
Has everybody received their Census letter ?
I have not.
I will complete my Census online -
https://census.gov.uk/

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Whilst the Granny brigade advocate that tomatoes cause Gout, the rest of the world`s nutritional experts say that tomatoes are the best health food in existence.

They are apparently a miracle food in helping to prevent Prostate Cancer and provide benefit against a whole load of other ailments, plus supplying the body with vitamins for a healthy lifestyle.

So, stuff yourself with tomatoes and die of old age..

The greener the banana is, the greater the content of resistant starch. Resistant starch has been linked to several health benefits :

Bananas are a good source of several nutrients, including potassium, vitamin B6, vitamin C and fibre. They also contain various antioxidants and plant compounds.

Bananas are high in fibre. Unripe bananas are also rich in resistant starch and pectin, which can provide numerous health benefits.

Taking 24 grams of banana starch each day for 4 weeks caused weight loss of 2.6 lbs (1.2 kg), while also improving insulin sensitivity in patients studied.

Bananas are high in potassium, which helps to lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease.

Bananas are a good source of magnesium, a mineral that plays hundreds of roles in the body. Magnesium may protect against heart disease and Type 2 diabetes.

Unripe, green bananas are rich in resistant starch and pectin, which may promote digestive health and reduce the risk of colon cancer.

Eating a moderate amount of bananas should not raise blood sugar levels significantly. However, diabetics should be careful with fully ripe bananas.

Bananas don't seem to have any known negative health effects, but they may cause allergic reactions in some individuals with latex allergy.

Although bananas are unsuitable on a low-carb diet and may cause problems for some diabetics, overall they are an incredibly healthy food.

Normally when I receive a letter addressed "The Householder", I would throw it in the paper recycling without opening. The envelope said 'Census' so luckily I opened this.
No papercopy with envelope were enclosed. Have you received one and will you go online and complete this?