pgn

@pgntwo (22408)

Derry, Northern Ireland

Joined myLot 9 years ago

"I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon, see if I don’t!"(The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Fit the First, by Douglas Adams)

Discussions (279)

pgn's Discussions

Perfect Poem

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 8 Nov 20

I saw this poem used in some election campaign material recently, from a famous modern Irish poet - Seamus Heaney: The Cure at Troy. It was used on this homage to recent events, to close the national news on the Irish state...

poem

power

perfection

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Complex Conditions, Confidently Clarified

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 17 Oct 20

I have a habit of taking the news that I consume from multiple sources. No single source of headlines and analysis can ever give you the complete picture - sometimes you have to get a pencil and paper out and make a few notes or...

covid 19

clarity

confidence

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Build Back Better

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 11 Oct 20

So my question here is: Who thought of it first? Did the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, think it looked good on a hard-hat on a construction site recently? Or did the man who is challenging Trump's...

boris

biden

slogan

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A sharp...

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 6 Oct 20

... intake of breath when I saw this flutter past on my timeline earlier. I had no idea... They're winding us up, right?

names and meanings

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Other Dimensions

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 22 Sep 20

I was looking for something to describe the dilemma the English Prime Minister has created for himself, effectively having to countermand advice given months ago to prevent a spiralling SARS-CoV-2 problem, in Westminster today......

jump to the left

rocky horror picture show

time warp

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Dastardly Double-dippers!

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 17 Sep 20

Now here's a thing... and it's about time the big airline carriers were told to wind their necks in on their practice of cancelling your return leg ticket if you miss the outward leg journey, see the Web page link. The budget...

airlines

travel

no show rule

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Ever had one of those days...

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 29 Aug 20

... where nothing goes right? Up in the morning, step into the shower - find the water's cold? Pick up the green, unleaded nozzle at the gas station, and put several gallons of unleaded into your diesel motor vehicle? Get to...

wrong

up the left

one of those days

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Yet Another Fine Mess...

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 18 Aug 20

"Why is a raven like a writing-desk?", wrote Lewis Carroll once. How would you feel if your work was assessed not using a formal exam result, but by a computer algorithm? That is what happened in all 4 constituent countries of...

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One Bad Apple

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 9 Aug 20

There is a saying, common among the fruiterers' and greengrocers' communities, that "all it takes is one bad apple...". The implication is that, in a box or barrel of good fruit, if one of the fruits is bad, it will turn the...

trust

bad apple

policies

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Beachcombing Brachyura

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 12 Jul 20

A spot of entertainment on our beachfront walk today - a little crab from beneath a seaweed-clad rock. Cute, and very bravely handled by the 10-year old in the party.

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Coming out...

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 5 Jul 20

... of Lockdown So a holiday planned back in January, for 2 weeks at the end of August, to get some exposure to sun, sea and sand in Spain, was cancelled this week. The airline cancelled and is in the process of refunding the...

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Another fine mess...

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 27 May 20

Anyone who watched black-and-white TV will be familiar with the two characters shown here, their infamous catchphrase, and the scrapes they got themselves into (and occasionally, out of too!). Alas, the farce that is politics in...

politics

cards

bnw

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UK Daily Coronavirus Update

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 24 May 20

The UK Gov't has a Daily Update, televised around 4pm UK time each day (simulcast on state radio channels). It's where the UK (or British, there is a difference) public is fed the message that the powers-that-be deem safe to...

covid 19

public announcement

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A Handy-dandy Doublespeak Guide

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 17 May 20

Keep this handy when listening to the daily reports on our country's, or countries', progress against "The Virus" - so true, it hurts!

lost in translation

found again

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Quarantine in song - Lockdown too!

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 8 May 20

Heard this on the radio last night - quite a catchy tune, if MyLot will let me share it out to the community: https://youtu.be/DIQvaBOuvAs

lockdown

covid 19

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Just 3 more weeks... Or maybe more?

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 17 Apr 20

That's what they want us to do. Stay home. Just 3 more weeks. Honest! Yeah, right. Look at the restrictions, the picture might just be legible. That's what a local police officer will have to tell him or her if he or she will...

social distancing

stay apart

do not get sick

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Open Spaces or All Cooped-up?

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 5 Apr 20

The UK Government is having a hard time getting people to understand, and better yet, adhere to, the principle of "social distancing". It's easy: Only go out when necessary - to do essential shopping, or to exercise (only once a...

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Be Positive, Regardless...

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 2 Jan 20

... of the mess the United Kingdom seems to be making of itself. Perhaps 2020 will bring the clarity of vision needed to navigate a path to a better, brighter future, regardless of the way our European Union friends and family...

2020

resolve

positive

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Decadent Decade-end - 2020 Vision

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 31 Dec 19

So here we are, on the eve of a new year and a new decade - 31-Dec-2019 rolls over to 01-Jan-2020. Fireworks for many, perhaps a dash of sparkling wine (prosecco or cava or champagne, depending on your budget), and hopefully no...

new year

new decade

2020

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Apostrophe Catastrophe

pgn @pgntwo (22408) • Derry, Northern Ireland 1 Dec 19

Oh dear - proponents of the correct use of the apostrophe have given up and have shut-up shop, closing down the society that was started to educate people in the correct ways to use this handy punctuation mark. Alas, they say,...

apostrophe

killed

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