Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Drinkers 'ignorant' about alcohol
Three-quarters of drinkers do not know a typical glass of wine contains three units of alcohol, a survey for the Department of Health suggests.
And how many commentators including the fellow who wrote these reams know what a ‘unit’ actually is? I don’t know and I don’t care but these people are taking it seriously so might be expected to know of what they are talking.
a typical glass of wine contains three units of alcohol they will say.
But what does this glass of wine contain in 3 measures?
Why units of course!!
What is a unit?
You get 3 of them typically in a glass of wine!
But what do you get?
Alcohol of course.
But what is 3 Alcohols?
3 units stupid.
I give in.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Functions of Music
This year I have mainly been cutting the grass to the accompaniment of ‘Deaf School’ following the recommendation of Icedink. However for the making of beds I find Bonnie Tyler , ‘Holding on for a hero’ very hard to beat.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
A different Boris
At Hay Literary Festival they occasionally have events that interest me.
This year Boris Spassky is to play a simultaneous exhibition against 20 people and so I applied as directed on their website.
Email to HLF
26th April 2008
Good morning,
I would like to play Mr Spassky.
Thanks
No reply
Before the brochure had been published and distributed I noticed on the website that the event was full – no further places. I thought this was a bit much closing an event before the brochure had been issued and so I wrote;
Email to HLF
2nd May 2008
Are you going to bother to reply to this or had you allocated all the places before you advertised it which seems most likely and cant be bothered to answer?
Then on 7th May I get the following from the Festival Director Peter Florence
actually, you were going to get a place as one of the most local applicants, but you're also the rudest, so you won't
To which I replied 10th May 2008
Odd is it not that you were going to allocate me a place when, before you had got round to publishing a brochure, your website said that this event was fully subscribed and there was no point in applying?
But I whole heartedly agree with you that the last thing we want in a chess player is rudeness! Its a pity you were not in charge of world chess when Boris lost his title in Reykjavík it would never have happened.
I do not claim to be a Bobbie Fischer either in ability to play chess or in achieving the necessary level of rudeness, in fact I am struggling now to avoid directly quoting Bobby Fischer for fear that you will not recognise it as a quotation from the master and think I am merely being foul mouthed.
Anyway it would have been nice to play Boris but it is no lifetimes ambition so I am not 'sick as parrot' and to be frank I think your email shows that you have probably been reading some textbooks from the Lifemanship, 'Early Learners' series.
Still good luck with the Festival - Kenn Dodd looks good - rest of it though I am not so sure.
I know the last line will annoy him I am pleased to say.
This year Boris Spassky is to play a simultaneous exhibition against 20 people and so I applied as directed on their website.
Email to HLF
26th April 2008
Good morning,
I would like to play Mr Spassky.
Thanks
No reply
Before the brochure had been published and distributed I noticed on the website that the event was full – no further places. I thought this was a bit much closing an event before the brochure had been issued and so I wrote;
Email to HLF
2nd May 2008
Are you going to bother to reply to this or had you allocated all the places before you advertised it which seems most likely and cant be bothered to answer?
Then on 7th May I get the following from the Festival Director Peter Florence
actually, you were going to get a place as one of the most local applicants, but you're also the rudest, so you won't
To which I replied 10th May 2008
Odd is it not that you were going to allocate me a place when, before you had got round to publishing a brochure, your website said that this event was fully subscribed and there was no point in applying?
But I whole heartedly agree with you that the last thing we want in a chess player is rudeness! Its a pity you were not in charge of world chess when Boris lost his title in Reykjavík it would never have happened.
I do not claim to be a Bobbie Fischer either in ability to play chess or in achieving the necessary level of rudeness, in fact I am struggling now to avoid directly quoting Bobby Fischer for fear that you will not recognise it as a quotation from the master and think I am merely being foul mouthed.
Anyway it would have been nice to play Boris but it is no lifetimes ambition so I am not 'sick as parrot' and to be frank I think your email shows that you have probably been reading some textbooks from the Lifemanship, 'Early Learners' series.
Still good luck with the Festival - Kenn Dodd looks good - rest of it though I am not so sure.
I know the last line will annoy him I am pleased to say.
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