WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

[Wendyf]

It is worth reporting excellent, if not remarkable service. Our son needed a Birth Certificate to sign up with an Employment Agency, having lost his job of 18 years. He has also lost his adoption certificate, which takes the place of a birth certificate, and it was my job to try and get a replacement. I'm used to ordering various certificates from the GRO but Craig was adopted in Scotland and I struggled to find where to order a copy.
On Sunday evening I emailed Scotland's People, a government website where all the Scottish family history resources are available, to ask advice. Yesterday morning before 8.00am I received a reply with the relevant application form attached, I filled it in, paid the fee online, and emailed it back yesterday before midday.
Craig received the certificates (I ordered 2 just in case) by 1st class post this morning! I was gobsmacked.

[Stanley]

It's good to hear of service like that
There must be people still doing their jobs!

[Gloria]

Excellent Wendy.

[Stanley]

I saw THIS report.
What would it be like to meet one of our closest human relatives from 75,000 years ago in the flesh? Scientists have produced a remarkable reconstruction of what a Neanderthal woman would have looked like when she was alive. It is based on the flattened, shattered remains of a skull whose bones were so soft when excavated they had the consistency of "a well-dunked biscuit". Researchers first had to strengthen the fragments before reassembling them. Expert palaeoartists then created the 3D model. The representation appears in a new BBC Studios documentary for Netflix called Secrets of the Neanderthals, which examines what we know about our long-lost evolutionary cousins, who became extinct about 40,000 years ago.
I've seen these reconstructions before but this is the best ever, so realistic. I believe them.

[Stanley]

The most surprising fact of the day has to be that the Co-op has had no milk for two days. They say it is down to an IT fault..... I shall go early this morning hoping that some has arrived......

[Tizer]

Tyrian purple in beeswax... (The bees deserve it more than we do!)
`Roman snail dye found in UK for first time' LINK
Wikipedia

[Stanley]

That's the first time I have ever seen an explanation of where the Imperial Purple came from Peter. Thank you!

[Tizer]

BBC Week in pictures: 27 April - 3 May 2024... BBC
I noted this caption: A Kenyan girl next to a damaged car in an area heavily affected by torrential rains and flash floods in the village of Kamuchiri, near Mai Mahiu. At least 45 people died when a dam burst its banks in the Rift Valley.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa is caused by two tectonic plates moving apart. They are moving very slowly on our human time scale but all such movements are characterised by earthquakes. Not the best place for building dams, especially when dams can themselves sometimes cause earthquakes. LINK

[Big Kev]

A satirical Facebook page about Scotland. It's been causing quite a stir online, one 'story', claiming that the London Eye was being dismantled and moved to Loch Lomond, caused that much confusion amongst Facebook users that Meta had it tagged as false news (of course it's fake ).
I thought I'd join in with my own 'story'
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/rVHiYbUx9NSWcKvg/

[Tripps]

I'm watching (accidentally) an appearance before a ParliamentarySelect Committe of this lady - Sabrina Cohen- Hatton/

She speaks fluently and well - as you might expect with that CV. I've heard a lot about mysogyny, and protected characteristics, institutional racism, etc etc, but nothing at all about putting fires out or rescuing people yet.

She speaks so well and with such absolute confidence, and a total lack of doubt, that a career in politics or more likely a peerage is almost inevitable. I'm trying to envisage her carrying someone down a ladder, over her shoulder, but completely failing.

[Stanley]

I've read her CV David and she deserves any success she achieves after a start like that!



Muthomi did this pic of us in the Town Square on Saturday. As I said then, I am a lucky man!

[Big Kev]

Lovely pic

[Stanley]

Indeed! As Susan said yesterday, we are very lucky to have Muthomi in the family, a good man!

[Gloria]

lovely pic.

[Whyperion]

Formula 1 sometimes gets mentioned here. So in Miami , FL , USA British Driver Lando Norris in a British Car - McLaren takes First Place for his first F1 win , good speed, good strategy and a touch of luck going his way. Well Done and nice to see a little change for a change.

[Stanley]

I think he has cracked the technique of doing selfies Gloria! Those two kids are gems.....

[Cathy]

Yes a lovely pic Stanley, the kids look like they are full of fun.

[Stanley]

[Wendyf]

Formula 1 sometimes gets mentioned here. So in Miami , FL , USA British Driver Lando Norris in a British Car - McLaren takes First Place for his first F1 win , good speed, good strategy and a touch of luck going his way. Well Done and nice to see a little change for a change.

Great news but please think about those of us who bury our heads in the sand until we can watch highlights on Ch4! I don't watch or listen to any news until then and I didn't expect the result to leap out at me on One Guy at 6.30am this morning!!

[Big Kev]

The technology packed into my hearing aids, the app knows where they are

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[Stanley]

I'm struggling to imagine when I would find that app useful if they were mine.
I suppose the thing that has got my attention is the fact that we seem to be turning a corner in respect of temperatures but oh how I wish we could ditch this constant cloud cover!
Wendy, I seem to have lost all interest in Formula 1 racing. At one time I never missed a race, now I couldn't care less.... Funny how our interests change.....

[Big Kev]

I'm struggling to imagine when I would find that app useful if they were mine.

Other than if I actually lost them somewhere (it shows the last location if the battery goes flat or they are turned off) it's probably something I wouldn't use either. I was just highlighting the technology in something so small. Mine are programmed by my audiologist, based on the hearing tests I had when I got them. The app does show battery levels and can be configured to alert me when they're getting low. The actual devices will 'beep' just before the batteries are depleted which isn't always convenient.

[Cathy]

It says it’s DOC’s Birthday
.
. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOC.

Have a great day.

[Stanley]

I'll join in Cathy even though I am not sure he looks at the site....

[Wendyf]

I'll join in Cathy even though I am not sure he looks at the site....

He last logged in back in September 2018!