New Year Continues...

 

Christmas is over, England, well some of it, has returned to work, normal life restarts and individuals begin to understand what day it is once again.  Traffic shows signs of life, the supermarkets raise their prices and energy bills have gone up again.  Normal UK life.

Already 'spam' messages call my mobile.  Where is Pontypridd anyway?  Thankfully these are marked as 'spam' as clearly this crook is well known.  The electric crooks call to inform me I need a smart meter on both gas and electric, ignoring the fact that they know I cannot install one, and anyway they do not provide gas.  

Interestingly, the family have not called.  Tsk!  This means I have to pay to call them, meanies.

So, as the sky is blue, the yellow thing hangs around in the air, and the temperature drops once again, we march into a new year, not concerned re the dating system but looking to the arrive soon of Spring.  That has been going on in this place for thousands of years, long before the ice ages came and went, long before those standing stones or cursors were created.  Man has looked to the warmer weather with hope and cheered by brighter days.  We have not changed much since those days of long ago.  Basically we remain the same.  I suspect however, we live longer and have warmer homes.  Plus overpriced supermarkets which save us the requirement of hunting deer or fishing for lunch.  

Of course the USA has trouble.  Not only has a man blown himself up outside a Trump Tower in a Musk car, but another ISIS impersonator has killed 14 in New Orleans.  I believe there has been two shootings, involving several people, also.  God bless the freedom of the USA.  

Scottish Football continues to shock, not only did a lousy Rangers side romp home against a feeble Celtic for the first time in 10 years but the Heart of Midlothian won a victory and did not throw this away!  

Onwards and upwards...