Weekly Roundup, Friday 26 April 2019
Good morning I’m doing things a little differently today. I’m sending out the newsletter as usual, and then I’ll send out a separate article later on Friday morning to make it more noticeable for all. …
April 2019
A Compulsive Obsessive’s Guide to Checking If Your Flight Will be On-Time
Not that I’m a compulsive obsessive about anything. Oh no! But…… In the terrible world of air travel, and the surrendering any sense of control over one’s environment that one is required to do prior …
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Weekly Roundup, Good Friday 19 April 2019
Good morning I hope your Good Friday is off to a good start, and your Easter Weekend will be spent most pleasantly, including, for the Christians among our readers, some extra time pondering and being …
A Dispassionate Commentary on the Notre Dame Fire
Social media erupted in a frenzy of virtue-signaling this week, with people who wouldn’t normally be seen dead in a church professing their absolute utter grief at the Notre Dame fire in Paris. People who …
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Join Our Special September Tours
Good afternoon I am sending this out as a special bonus mailing, because it is a special topic – the chance to join our new September tours – two new itineraries that we’ve not operated …
Solving Amazon’s Fake Review Problem
Amazon complains theatrically that it is doing all it can to stop the flood of fake reviews that infest its site, but clearly the most casual of glances shows its feeble attempts to be almost …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 12 April 2019
Good morning An unplanned, but interesting (I hope) attached article today, being a review of a third emergency car battery “jump-start” unit. Unlike the two reviewed last week, this one works well and I can …
An Emergency Car Battery Starter That Actually Works
Last week we reported on two small rechargeable batteries that claimed they could be used to jumpstart a car with a dead battery. One of them utterly failed to do so, and the other one …
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Weekly Roundup, Friday 5 April 2019
Good morning I hope you had a great April Fool’s Day on Monday. This year, more than previously, I found myself struggling to tell the jokes from reality. For example, this story about a tiny …
An Emergency Battery/Starter for your Car
We’ve all had a dead battery surprise us in our car. There’s nothing worse than when you’re running late, you get into your car, attempt to start it, and instead of the engine happily springing …
