From the friction of business to the harmony of a bright blue suit ... here are some off-chart observations and a few off-chart adventures for you too from a day away from the business.
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This was superb. Well done David Byrne. It was such a clever & feel good show. So brilliant that I have booked to see it again in July & this time I shall take my 17 year old daughter who had never heard of Talking Heads but is now being educated fast.
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Liking the beach that has landed in my garden and on my car today in Bath, UK. Or is it dust stirred up from all the wars. #sahara
Rather enjoying the atmosphere and interest of Substack right now. I have started to post and would be lovely to have you as part of the community ... neilcoxon.substack.com
Twitter. Blue sky. Linked-in. Facebook. Instagram. Blogging. Substack. Confusing isn't it?! Anyone got a great summary ... Or is it just horses for courses?
Station sign at Bath today says all train tickets are "off peak" this week. No mention when you buy using their app last week! Spoke to train manager & he said yes the app is bad, but it's no worse than any other train service app!! Great strap line: "We are no worse than any other train company!"😂😱
Just nipped to my local Garden Centre to get some advice on how to hang the baubles on my Christmas Tree. They told me to try another branch ... 🎅🏻😂 Merry Christmas!
Today's quote of the day from William Morris “Don’t have anything in your house that you don’t know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”
They get worse for Christmas! @therealwoody.bsky.social
So @teamlabouruk.bsky.social want growth. Running a business for 20 years & I am clearly not a 'working person'. They have taxed me through NI increases, pension relief, dividends, inheritance tax, savings, mansion tax because I did my house up, oh & also entrepreneurial tax 'if' I finally retire.
"Core inflation, which excludes energy, food, alcohol and tobacco prices, rose by 3.4 per cent, down from 3.5 per cent in September." Says @thetimes.com ... So it is still prices going up and the exclusions are what affects most people anyway!
Time for a flat white from my new bean to cup machine. Loving the indulgence, but unable to nail any barista artwork! Yet. Just read that some coffee a day is good for you too ... www.thetimes.com/article/c7fb...
Absolutely no parking on the no parking here ...
Collins Dictionary informs us that 2025’s “word of the year” is “vibe coding”, the amateur practice of using AI to write computer code. I love watching how our use of words has changed over the years ... but I still don't understand what a 'meme' is!
Never grow old. Daughter seems to have created a pumpkin of those potato faces that were available for tea when I was a child!
Can you tell what it is yet?
My plant did another thing ... at the same time as the previous thing.
What are these things I spot before me ... @therealwoody.bsky.social
Was approached by a man today who told me it was me in the painting of the Jolly Drinker at The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. I will let you be the judge of the similarity of the painting & the description!
Oh no. They get worse! PS are you moving?!
"In England, one partakes of elevenses at 11:00 a.m. sharp. Tea or coffee is served, perhaps with a biscuit. A perfect accompaniment is a light, yet informative, read such as the Monthly Jotter. Probably the finest jotter in the western hemisphere." themonthlyjotter.substack.com/about?utm_so...
Big research on why Skipping is not an Olympic sport, why it is so efficient (does one leg get a rest while the other does 2 steps?) and why grown adults don't skip more into town or to get a bus! We also concluded it is impossible to be sad while skipping!
If you have a new conker & beat someone who has a three’er. Does yours become a four’er, or do you become a one’er.
Much dispute over this rule here!
I believe the former, but that could mean eventually someone’s conker could become a 5 million, 4 hundred thousand, & forty two’er! What say you?
Please verify you are Human. Favourite ever from eBay today with "Find all creatures that walk on four legs".
My plant did a thing ...
Are you serious?! After millions have been spent getting to this point ... This will not end well, similar to Dyson walking away from his Bath University of Innovation idea ... @bathsupporters.bsky.social apple.news/ARO6tXEhWQ9O...
I know @eberlin.co.uk will be sharpening his pencil and preparing an email as he prepares his bid for investment in Morrissey's interests in The Smiths.
If you know me well, you will know I love the outdoors & one of my quotes says "no creative idea ever happens at a desk"! Well, tomorrow, I have been invited to attend, with an open mind, an outdoor 'untamed off-grid session' with some other people, mostly unknown to me. I shall report back.
