tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55646378163981139122024-03-28T10:25:03.575-07:00Here I am at the edgeA blog for readers of the unusual, and sometimes controversialAlan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2947125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-82444086742474475902024-03-28T07:21:00.000-07:002024-03-28T07:21:11.934-07:00Are you qualified?<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Flag of Convenience</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HQqyDPAhhll37_YQcluBcjsB_revBwpiQJN6yrzqYbfi8P0_3kfVGL2wEaJj2vM-Hq-hLmLieV0MpVqWM8yUlU-82vqdCeE-CFK9ezSkl2Uz2dQk0E3IqaHoN9FjkbYDBHD9ka9W5mTTbm_l50OYnYaVVrPdehANWLqr4l9Y5G4sHDP2v_zCCwxmhXr2/s300/download.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HQqyDPAhhll37_YQcluBcjsB_revBwpiQJN6yrzqYbfi8P0_3kfVGL2wEaJj2vM-Hq-hLmLieV0MpVqWM8yUlU-82vqdCeE-CFK9ezSkl2Uz2dQk0E3IqaHoN9FjkbYDBHD9ka9W5mTTbm_l50OYnYaVVrPdehANWLqr4l9Y5G4sHDP2v_zCCwxmhXr2/w400-h224/download.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The <b>Baltimore Bridge</b> incident, raises a major concern for me; it not a new concern, but one I have had for many years. What is the concern?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">My concern is the competence of the captain of the ship; especially with the growing number of ships sailing under the <span style="text-align: center;">f<b>lag of convenience </b></span>to get around shipping regulations of the country the ship is registered to.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Many of the crews come from <b>Asia</b>, and have little, if any knowledge of English.</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-76499636782906928182024-03-28T06:35:00.000-07:002024-03-28T06:35:50.963-07:00Baltimore Bridge<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> A tragedy waiting to happen</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZtaLU6UxRn34YWYYrxoFOxF8gyB9SegnEr3F7M8OElHxYQUwRk6vwyDLe4aNNx_7XUcaC5jKOd7x8_EaxKDUluJXRBi09xt8D-zc-NYu4i9Oj3z-46crJwyoDyxC21sqkxvxFHYGYHyCAq-fQ_nXj-TrRS7yvhiOyXdPeePy6SmWNfIXQ74xO-tGThug6/s300/download.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZtaLU6UxRn34YWYYrxoFOxF8gyB9SegnEr3F7M8OElHxYQUwRk6vwyDLe4aNNx_7XUcaC5jKOd7x8_EaxKDUluJXRBi09xt8D-zc-NYu4i9Oj3z-46crJwyoDyxC21sqkxvxFHYGYHyCAq-fQ_nXj-TrRS7yvhiOyXdPeePy6SmWNfIXQ74xO-tGThug6/w400-h224/download.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">My first thought was of how quickly the <span style="text-align: center;"><b>Baltimore Bridge </b>collapsed, it reminded me of a game where you need to remove sticks without toppling the pile.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: center;">My second thought, proved to be wrong after using <b>Google </b>for a little research, was that the bridge could be old, but it was built in 1977. This accident shows again, why you need a competent crew who understand English, I do wonder how some captain's qulify. A few months ago a ship hit <b>Greenland</b>. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: center;">Though the water below is not too deep, if you were not expecting to fall, who would expect to fall, you would hit the water like falling onto a concrete floor.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: center;">On <b>YouTube</b> there are many instances where ships, and lorries have got caught under a bridge; one of the first things I would do when transporting a large container is to check the route for low bridges.</span></span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-19719552890852697562024-03-28T06:14:00.000-07:002024-03-28T06:14:17.471-07:00Before Google<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> De Montfort University</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudzd4g6yQjkKPy7sUNe6A59KSOXf666EJtv54744BRXMQYTu7vYO1j9RaXR-rOLQl6bcAXESrx2jsmvNDgdEz4NZM6MCMWUBzy64tDuzUlAy8ZtIneP0sC5wgmD3RJ7qI_hO38_6vHALp4kRMhwqLkGwN4W01wToqkYGtgrkZKGF-lbDBtaUF_LsiNdXE/s343/download.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="147" data-original-width="343" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudzd4g6yQjkKPy7sUNe6A59KSOXf666EJtv54744BRXMQYTu7vYO1j9RaXR-rOLQl6bcAXESrx2jsmvNDgdEz4NZM6MCMWUBzy64tDuzUlAy8ZtIneP0sC5wgmD3RJ7qI_hO38_6vHALp4kRMhwqLkGwN4W01wToqkYGtgrkZKGF-lbDBtaUF_LsiNdXE/w400-h171/download.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I realise the possibilty of not using <b>Google</b> for reearching the net these days is small. but for several months I used the <b>DMU library</b> for my <b>search engine</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>De Montfort University</b> is an electrical educational facility based in <b>Leicester</b> that specialises in technical drawing.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">For months, I had a recuuring dream about how I imagined the library, I saw wooden bow windows, and beautiful book cases, how <b>romantic</b> was that.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Later, I had a dream which was a little scary; I was walking toward the musuem on a pathway alongside a river, I don't know if such a river is close to DMU, but that is of little consequence. I came to a point where an overhanging tree branch blocked my path, despite being a good swimmer I was afraid to enter the water to pass the obstruction.</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-24260893028506990712024-03-27T02:44:00.000-07:002024-03-27T02:44:05.389-07:00Warhammer Limited Edition books for sale<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> eBay extension</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSshPcrAUJNOQldx0n8PE-YVZWjcnVRSssXsXNXBNH1EQD0SYqIRdjVJYGyv379ioZANYRrunRFw-DL9i_t_97buEnTelj1mFM3Zb_whk7EITxDfbLPROo5uRCBMQY19WT9H-jBX6IoUSzuO9loNS_HHhttZv_6heOopg5Sbb6323eBOBBcEVSbIhnrj1t/s500/s-l960.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="326" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSshPcrAUJNOQldx0n8PE-YVZWjcnVRSssXsXNXBNH1EQD0SYqIRdjVJYGyv379ioZANYRrunRFw-DL9i_t_97buEnTelj1mFM3Zb_whk7EITxDfbLPROo5uRCBMQY19WT9H-jBX6IoUSzuO9loNS_HHhttZv_6heOopg5Sbb6323eBOBBcEVSbIhnrj1t/s320/s-l960.png" width="209" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Over the coming month, I hope to start selling some of my<b> Warhammer Limited Edition books </b>on <b>eBay</b>; I did this some time ago with a little success.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Many of the books are also signed, I never covered the cost I paid, my thinking is I may as well get something back as I never read the books, and there maybe someone who will read the <b>book</b>.</span></div><p></p><p><br /></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-55790228648232324182024-03-25T16:05:00.000-07:002024-03-25T16:05:25.713-07:00Hello Portugal<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Strange New Worlds </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5IV5bvEh5L7JgpdFb3DybIG9vaXudo0gmW1diNtSmI_lfAQlIpooFOh7G5kVifeSJRS78zMHAjLKqsvdwKh873NrJFDU0aK99EsuHYOKHnDCSeqHnE8fWVTyKeBweLKp0BE5IGjOKBEE2xBpI711WWs5tMOKNV0t4B7n0rJDRN9uhwtObttAeUkTHtZJ/s400/knight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="160" data-original-width="400" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5IV5bvEh5L7JgpdFb3DybIG9vaXudo0gmW1diNtSmI_lfAQlIpooFOh7G5kVifeSJRS78zMHAjLKqsvdwKh873NrJFDU0aK99EsuHYOKHnDCSeqHnE8fWVTyKeBweLKp0BE5IGjOKBEE2xBpI711WWs5tMOKNV0t4B7n0rJDRN9uhwtObttAeUkTHtZJ/w400-h160/knight.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">In a world of weirdness, I am getting comments on the <b>blog</b> from a <b>PC Games</b> site is <b>Portugal</b>.</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-92173989171955657202024-03-23T09:34:00.000-07:002024-03-23T09:34:19.036-07:00Asda Boycott<p style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Boycott Iceland</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiBTeZ0FYK1T2LQiSriVU92hDQqQqUq7CVYDaGUXVPFBedK-7RyKdjfFi6dWQARrA_YUHgXC55JKSuZfN3Ti332GCBeeRhUIYXzcYG6GSTdcdVZ_vB0sjvrw2UC77M05jrlgcrWHBnR1KXvtyxVRhyqRD6cJqzhZiXIB6kIsazLQdEt77QflCbz0OsmdH/s285/download%20(2).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="285" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiBTeZ0FYK1T2LQiSriVU92hDQqQqUq7CVYDaGUXVPFBedK-7RyKdjfFi6dWQARrA_YUHgXC55JKSuZfN3Ti332GCBeeRhUIYXzcYG6GSTdcdVZ_vB0sjvrw2UC77M05jrlgcrWHBnR1KXvtyxVRhyqRD6cJqzhZiXIB6kIsazLQdEt77QflCbz0OsmdH/w320-h199/download%20(2).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">With <b>Asda</b>, and <b>Iceland</b> towing the <b>Muslim</b> line and changing sales policy so as to not offend the beliefs of <b>Islam</b>, they are showing their ignorance.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">No matter how many <b>Bibles</b> you study, there is no mention of<b> Easter</b>; Easter is a western sales policy with no base in <b>religion</b>.</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-30727696130396939322024-03-23T06:44:00.000-07:002024-03-23T06:44:29.675-07:00The end of the British Empire<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> I should not be suprised</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxygPAFdzIbLBWQw1vEPiobPDLT_nN8PH5bVRpZ0CQlnMJEuuMRwsKHUE_MVcjvtZ7FHZ-wWA5fnrtHykobFFCtnsesFGp_grtkNVbROYzQ8fq7cmjB9ZC4vPaueuCHQyrh8NMQbvK6URdEhpkiTaG5NgNseSfPUCaxbZTJYNEiVg00ABZ2HUZwOG-MrTJ/s299/download%20(5).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="299" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxygPAFdzIbLBWQw1vEPiobPDLT_nN8PH5bVRpZ0CQlnMJEuuMRwsKHUE_MVcjvtZ7FHZ-wWA5fnrtHykobFFCtnsesFGp_grtkNVbROYzQ8fq7cmjB9ZC4vPaueuCHQyrh8NMQbvK6URdEhpkiTaG5NgNseSfPUCaxbZTJYNEiVg00ABZ2HUZwOG-MrTJ/w320-h180/download%20(5).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">If we disregard the <b>financial</b> status of <b>Hong Kong</b>, and<b> Singapore</b>, and focus on the <b>history</b> of the areas, I should not be suprised both feature highly in my <b>blog </b>readership.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Within my life, 67 years, both were part of the <b>British Empire</b>; Hong Kong was handed back to <b>China</b> as recently as July 1997.</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-53032930221816229062024-03-23T06:19:00.000-07:002024-03-23T06:19:03.100-07:00Was Robin Hood a monk from Yorkshire?<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Very possibly</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2foKLd0SvmAT-OcAqSvBa7pl_lGV2GKEUitKnM6TKBGkuhH3odtipElHQFTmGPFBPYSRFVi3eVvXII2HY75KfpmFJCVWVWj8XwmELY4m590Qc3z2B3h-XS9OxX1Dw7m1v3l_dliLEDYTl7vjZB47FNdvFCXJ-Isflj5cYw5QaBQK6qfWVPe6dVFse3RqF/s381/Thief_Deadly_Shadows_boxart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="261" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2foKLd0SvmAT-OcAqSvBa7pl_lGV2GKEUitKnM6TKBGkuhH3odtipElHQFTmGPFBPYSRFVi3eVvXII2HY75KfpmFJCVWVWj8XwmELY4m590Qc3z2B3h-XS9OxX1Dw7m1v3l_dliLEDYTl7vjZB47FNdvFCXJ-Isflj5cYw5QaBQK6qfWVPe6dVFse3RqF/s320/Thief_Deadly_Shadows_boxart.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">A recent theory has put forward the idea that Robin Hood was a monk from <b>Yorkshire</b>, why do I have no problem with this?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">If, BIG if, he did exist, which is yet to be proven. I see no reason for <b>Robin Hood</b> not to have been a monk.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yorkshire is close to the birer with Sherwood Forest where he is supposed to have lived, if people went on crusades to the <b>Middle East</b>, a walk to Yorkshire from <b>Nottingham</b> is not too hard to vigilise, especially as many people were transient, and went where there was work.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The reason I believe he did not exist is his name, Robin Hood, Robin/ Robyn was a common name in the <b>Middle Ages</b>, and Hood could have been given as a name to a person wearing a cowl such as monks do.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unlike Richard i, and his brother King John, there is no proof that Robin existed before the story written in the 13th century. Maid Marion does not appear until the <b>Victorian era</b>, they loved their <b>romantic heroes</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The village of <b>Robin Hoods Bay </b>is no more than another <b>Victorian romance</b>, he never landed there; you have to remember that another <b>Victorian resort,</b> <b>Bridlington </b>is close.</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-2803528613216932132024-03-23T02:55:00.000-07:002024-03-23T03:01:20.692-07:00Why I don't vote Labour<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> They are a pack of thieves</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghurf96q_yCvZLx7eyqhYK86m76fhkqhAzmpWBqfkLDtL5styNmJINibQwVnawCKQ3jZ1O-X4vWmziGXxLrMoYMXzXn9r3KsYbJTnsVN1QkwiYrnZAv8bdnt4HLeoaY2kcXpf19D1E_ywqRqi8ZEQouCr5nYF-RpgJwOY4rDH5MqLTp_KLiZQsKxIZgQc0/s300/KJ.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghurf96q_yCvZLx7eyqhYK86m76fhkqhAzmpWBqfkLDtL5styNmJINibQwVnawCKQ3jZ1O-X4vWmziGXxLrMoYMXzXn9r3KsYbJTnsVN1QkwiYrnZAv8bdnt4HLeoaY2kcXpf19D1E_ywqRqi8ZEQouCr5nYF-RpgJwOY4rDH5MqLTp_KLiZQsKxIZgQc0/w400-h224/KJ.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I was able to vote, at the age of 18, I did vote for the <b>Labour Party</b> for two elecetions; I thought they were for the working man but that soon changed, how?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">During the late 1970's, the party line changed as they were tun by the Unions, and each time any <b>Trade Union</b> asked for a pay rise they got it, this lead to endless strikes, and a horrorific <b>inflation</b> rise.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Contrary ti popular theory, <b>Margaret Thatcher</b> saved the UK, she didn't break the <b>Miner's strike,</b> their leader<b> Arthur Scargill</b> did by asking more than the country could pay for coal. The situation became so bad, it was cheaper to pay for coal from <b>Sweden</b>, than to mine ours, add to that he had his men working three shofts on double pay, and the seams soon died off; the only coal we get from the <b>UK </b>now, is called sea coal where the seam has collapsed, and the coal is found on the beach.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">In more recent times, <b>Bristol City Council</b>, which is run by Labour, made me redundant with their zero-hour contracts; this was compounded by the Chief Security, who was a former <b>Chief Inspector</b> in the <b>Police </b>made me walk to a museum on sundays thorugh snow when he had several people with cars offering to change.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I became classed as <b>disabled</b>, Labour cut my payments by 1/3, I fought the cae with the help of the <b>Citizens Advice Bureau</b>; they case was won, but the money lost while fighting the case vanished,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Several years ago, we were forced to relocate, a good thing looking back, after a fire. I was awarded a part=pension payment for my services to the council. Because a person was more concerned about tellling his friends his holiday plans, he didn't relay the message that we had moved, so I was paying double rent, for four months out of my pension. I was told, over the phone, that the money would be repaod once the issue was rexolved, that was a lie; I lost over £4,000.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">They also support various<b> terrorist</b> organisations, are <b>anti-semetic</b>, and now bow to their Muslim masters publicly.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can see why<b> I DON'T VOTE LABOUR</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">In my eyes, they are a bigger pack of theives than <b>Robin Hood</b>, and that says a lot.</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-71907333783649941612024-03-22T13:29:00.000-07:002024-03-22T13:29:22.070-07:00Was I a good writer?<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> The answer depends on how you qualify good</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdPvDDFgqhTKEr7Wdo31_8GfXAJWs4dC3k0PgpOO4ve6zAykznxy3ypXOzJHkbUzcWpbzGX1-LnwFCw632zunqNj5awol35b5_VfOTveo7G4_Pw0YhVYMgA1XbLG1Fju0uoMo3-g4icdA1CPQNFA1IPm60qZrsLn4r2WQUZlSnRp1jC42yAJmirZSqwsx/s270/Evil.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="187" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdPvDDFgqhTKEr7Wdo31_8GfXAJWs4dC3k0PgpOO4ve6zAykznxy3ypXOzJHkbUzcWpbzGX1-LnwFCw632zunqNj5awol35b5_VfOTveo7G4_Pw0YhVYMgA1XbLG1Fju0uoMo3-g4icdA1CPQNFA1IPm60qZrsLn4r2WQUZlSnRp1jC42yAJmirZSqwsx/s1600/Evil.jpeg" width="187" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-large; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This question has so many variables it is almost impossible to answer.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">We must quantify good against <b>successful</b>, and the general view against my opinion before we go further.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The general opinion is I was a good <b>writer</b>; I could keep my readers guessing from the start to the last period of the last sentence of my <b>short story</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Was I a <b>success</b>?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is the burning question.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">According to my sales on <b>Draft2Digital</b> I sold on average 18 <b>eBooks</b> a month over my 10 year period, yet my earnings were less than 1/10th of what I should have been paid.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">If I was to go by sales, I could class myself as a bestseller, as far as <b>Indie writers</b> go, but as my royalty payments were so small I never thought of myself as a<b> bestselling author</b>.</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-88689450758426508342024-03-22T12:59:00.000-07:002024-03-22T13:02:21.233-07:00Going back to my original passion<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> I will leave writing for those with money</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyaPH8j-2NegQOUvxbe-yzH7SuLhsgvnRIsoGAo8UT1kc_7iP4ydHn4mWOaGME_XI4DvNwBh8jhfK6ASQ6Rdy34YMXyC69bSGyjUdIIIzioV3304G1QLyPY4ervfRvvzHpnQY8W9t9wIqoX8qyb0Pa8-d85x6XXoZkKhmG4AbbDS7w9A8KAv63cHSasVe6/s1255/s-l1600.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1255" data-original-width="713" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyaPH8j-2NegQOUvxbe-yzH7SuLhsgvnRIsoGAo8UT1kc_7iP4ydHn4mWOaGME_XI4DvNwBh8jhfK6ASQ6Rdy34YMXyC69bSGyjUdIIIzioV3304G1QLyPY4ervfRvvzHpnQY8W9t9wIqoX8qyb0Pa8-d85x6XXoZkKhmG4AbbDS7w9A8KAv63cHSasVe6/s320/s-l1600.png" width="182" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am turning the clock back, I am returning to my first passion of <b>reading</b>. I will leave <b>writing</b> to the people who have a good<b> education</b>, can afford the <b>publicity</b>, and have the coutage to beat the odds to get a contract.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I can't say I am disaapointed, that would indicate at some point I felt I would <b>succeed</b> as a <b>writer</b>; I was never that person, even when my <b>science fiction</b> series was selling well.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don't depart empty-handed, I learned a lot, and also had many of thoughts confirmed during my time as a writer.</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-58368914951239349552024-03-22T12:47:00.000-07:002024-03-22T12:47:07.571-07:00I could write a book<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> On why not to write</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_8sgJcdaGphmKAXW1AHDEeVh5RZ8pxwKnDzwbgOCJm-gPv5w5GQNIgdNBpDY2MQISXT3VamFjAfSmQM912o50dPR7P4xrQMJyQn5bFu2rP9o5qGI0lE8PyjcqaccNczW76v5pxLprjRSE0cPgEIw4Lk_8eJA8gLZSiSbo5C_vBkMfhVVe1nGv2xvZd-a/s183/A-Writer-in-Time.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="115" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_8sgJcdaGphmKAXW1AHDEeVh5RZ8pxwKnDzwbgOCJm-gPv5w5GQNIgdNBpDY2MQISXT3VamFjAfSmQM912o50dPR7P4xrQMJyQn5bFu2rP9o5qGI0lE8PyjcqaccNczW76v5pxLprjRSE0cPgEIw4Lk_8eJA8gLZSiSbo5C_vBkMfhVVe1nGv2xvZd-a/w201-h320/A-Writer-in-Time.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I know I could <b>write</b> a <b>book</b>, that would not sell; the book would be about the many reasons not to choose the path of a <b>writer</b>.</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-37062684130702052462024-03-22T04:59:00.000-07:002024-03-22T04:59:49.593-07:00My eBay store is not going to be enlarged<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> No expansions planned</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGg99RtnZ9bB1plz3_TY6FomvJHWQg9lo6g9565IScrkB6FhYXKnDp_o0xd5dAi6GSPCJp1ZvLvPsTJEWbXU5EixPGXPb-DFxIRpen_KAymF2PYP7OQwBOOVSmE89qFu6u6pzPJ9-k3rZlnS5eTJ0aGGghCKxdyUTjQTJRp6PlzUb7APfd-g9hOfpPHqge/s196/s-l960.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="196" data-original-width="144" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGg99RtnZ9bB1plz3_TY6FomvJHWQg9lo6g9565IScrkB6FhYXKnDp_o0xd5dAi6GSPCJp1ZvLvPsTJEWbXU5EixPGXPb-DFxIRpen_KAymF2PYP7OQwBOOVSmE89qFu6u6pzPJ9-k3rZlnS5eTJ0aGGghCKxdyUTjQTJRp6PlzUb7APfd-g9hOfpPHqge/w294-h400/s-l960.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Unless there are some offers to buy <b>DVDs</b>, my store on <b>eBay </b>will not be exapnding in the foreseeable future. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have over 60 DVDs for sale, some including <b>Shah Rukh Khan</b>, <b>Salman Khan</b>, and other names from <b>Bollywood</b> today, but there is little interest even with stars.</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-74940945140582672002024-03-21T14:07:00.000-07:002024-03-21T14:07:07.687-07:00Bollywood's sexism is annoying<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Some of the ladies are superior to the male actors</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6L0wtvuFaUqSx4yp_N43FFq4yWeY7ngitu4Hajtn2CdNsEmFZUZw9Xwclw6hhkHExHZKQpeKA038sQ3fZUOjcO4LNbx8cYLZH2rFMlFj12qVpAb7a-DSNCkvbTW31fceQqEZD2OkzutaaGE2G6PbdFfddw4BS7SRdEcUsdiyqFm9tAdg6V6mWFxDbDQkd/s900/Untitled-design-2022-02-08T153548.262.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="900" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6L0wtvuFaUqSx4yp_N43FFq4yWeY7ngitu4Hajtn2CdNsEmFZUZw9Xwclw6hhkHExHZKQpeKA038sQ3fZUOjcO4LNbx8cYLZH2rFMlFj12qVpAb7a-DSNCkvbTW31fceQqEZD2OkzutaaGE2G6PbdFfddw4BS7SRdEcUsdiyqFm9tAdg6V6mWFxDbDQkd/w400-h223/Untitled-design-2022-02-08T153548.262.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The way <b>Bollywood</b> headlines it's films is both offensive, and degrading to many of the actresses</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">In my view, many of the actresses in the <b><a href="https://hereiamattheedge.blogspot.com/2023/01/indian-cinema.html" style="background-color: red;" target="_blank">cinema in India</a></b>, are equal to, if not better than the actors they appear with, but are treated as no better than a pretty face; in some cases, they are in a film so they film has some degree of selling.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Hollywood duting its heyday, they had headlinerrs such as Clark <b>Gable and Carole Lombard</b>, and <b>William Powell and Myrna Loy</b>. Though the male lead is first, the title reads as a pair; in Bollywood, the title would read male lead, second male lead, female. By adding the comma, you are saying this person is lower in status than the person before. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the case of <b>Salman Khan</b>, I find it hard to believe actresses such as <b>Raveena Tandon</b>, <b>Vidya Balan</b>, and <b>Rani Mukerji </b>are classed inferior.</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-91889975859737106372024-03-21T13:25:00.000-07:002024-03-21T13:25:57.814-07:00I lost my faith in publishing<p style="text-align: center;"><b> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Why don't I join Writing groups?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3NGP9uOfu5dFztVokP4MjEfvQ3yFfk5d0Tl_AT2M9dXhcAOIPujF4u3j98ESpK4ID_ME8F4Wkzf9LhFnnHPe6WIqzLJoJ5l4Eqng2XsGKL0v1hb51Iy3pCTN15FU8PDzgwDVyyRRUsATqMo1GSJemqI_8gYM6g-fsRoUkK2MLKfYjPscHDB2WO2Z8EFdn/s703/jadu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="410" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3NGP9uOfu5dFztVokP4MjEfvQ3yFfk5d0Tl_AT2M9dXhcAOIPujF4u3j98ESpK4ID_ME8F4Wkzf9LhFnnHPe6WIqzLJoJ5l4Eqng2XsGKL0v1hb51Iy3pCTN15FU8PDzgwDVyyRRUsATqMo1GSJemqI_8gYM6g-fsRoUkK2MLKfYjPscHDB2WO2Z8EFdn/s320/jadu.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are many reasons why I rarely join a <b>writing</b> group online; though my friend in<b> Seattle</b> sends me links.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the main reasons is over the years, I have found many of the sites are a <b>scam</b>, out to make money of <b>writers</b> who believe the site will help them. The only people who benefit are the people running the site, you usually get asked to buy their books to help sell your <b>book</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another reason is I find the sites do depressing, when I read teports of book sales, and think how I struggled for over a decade before I realised the <b>Draft2Digital </b>network was keeping most of my royalty fees.</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-72674637724143379902024-03-21T11:46:00.000-07:002024-03-21T11:49:45.356-07:00Ridiculous yet true<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> The stupidity of Muslims</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkn43sGosSj9PMmNb0XPsRoV_nVW4mF-24R31Eb1Q5NNJO7MPcobZbEIAMwOLkMtWVDNJeUMKAfFG5nrAEW62gcvbnioLVEQWJ2g2uzkgp_fEBoXRz-vfAYCU7-ckV_PxnmYMSHTqVY8nngdFyHPFuSqr47hljRZ8gQcm42sCqbIx_3LsSaNhmKvJT3_C/s282/download%20(2).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="179" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkn43sGosSj9PMmNb0XPsRoV_nVW4mF-24R31Eb1Q5NNJO7MPcobZbEIAMwOLkMtWVDNJeUMKAfFG5nrAEW62gcvbnioLVEQWJ2g2uzkgp_fEBoXRz-vfAYCU7-ckV_PxnmYMSHTqVY8nngdFyHPFuSqr47hljRZ8gQcm42sCqbIx_3LsSaNhmKvJT3_C/s1600/download%20(2).jpeg" width="179" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The two tales I am about to tell, did happen.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">A young girl went to college, then University, and got a <b>degree</b>, what did she do with her <b>education</b>?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Better the life odfwomen in a male-domunated world, no.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enlighten the world to see <b>Muslims</b> as not being <b>terrorists</b>, no.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">What DID she do?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">With all that education, she was going to take <b>Nestle</b> to court as her Topic bar had no nuts LMAO.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I would have taken the case to court, to show her how many bars of<b> chocolate</b> the firm makes per hour. Not forgetting, the loser pays the <b>court </b>costs.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Story 2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you thought that was funny, this is better.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Several years ago a Muslim man hacked a site called <b>TravelWest,</b> he thought it was a site for all travel in the west, how silly is that.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">TravelWest is a <b>Bristol</b> travel firm that people in Bristol have not heard about, so the effect was lees than zero.</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-22151613963868837732024-03-20T04:57:00.000-07:002024-03-20T04:57:57.604-07:00The year of the Cyber Crash<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> How much faith do you have in Cybersecurity?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_AjyZUDt3MBN8z4BSNsr70CvnniZWnJAugGcGD-lr5DQEjUaIQXXY1GwrSgY3JgYuZaqOUhkXzyCCveIygGrbpoJFgDF4jP4Qm0BW5NsDHhQpz7Vz5xB9hhnRJwHRJczGEL1pCmLr37igvbtSKpTBhROV-EI6dpxy3MBETY_n4G_eE2PPMZt4TWgF96b/s1200/logan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="1200" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_AjyZUDt3MBN8z4BSNsr70CvnniZWnJAugGcGD-lr5DQEjUaIQXXY1GwrSgY3JgYuZaqOUhkXzyCCveIygGrbpoJFgDF4jP4Qm0BW5NsDHhQpz7Vz5xB9hhnRJwHRJczGEL1pCmLr37igvbtSKpTBhROV-EI6dpxy3MBETY_n4G_eE2PPMZt4TWgF96b/w400-h226/logan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last week, a young lady contacted me on Twitter, this made me laugh, I am almost old enough to be her grandfather so I had my thoughts on why she contacted me. I was right, she wanted me to sign up for <b>Cryptocurrency</b>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">There is no way I will go anywhere close to going digital; a man in <b>Newport</b>, <b>Wales</b>, throw out an old <b>computer</b>; on the hard drive he had over £5 million in his digital wallet in shares, so what did he do? He contacted <b>NASA</b> to try to find his computer in a waste dump.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">One reason I don't want to get in involved in the <b>SCAM</b> is every transaction you do gets flagged by the <b>police</b>, crypto is linked to worlwide <b>crime</b>; it is so bad, <b>China</b> banned trading it, if they ban it it has to be bad as they have more links to <b>Cybercrime</b> than anyone.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another reason is there is so much activity, the computers needed use as much electricity as <b>Belgium</b>, and <b>Switzerland</b> combined and raise the temperature of the planet by 3 degrees each year.</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-62045802580476054662024-03-20T04:33:00.000-07:002024-03-20T04:33:08.306-07:00Job losses<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Panic in the Cybersecurity realm</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzpyXtb_HgGH9bHnqDqUb9tKsnMD31Z-pWjOVDZ5y6gctdzAFgsjYlVZxOFFBPp5jLLaLwxyjWGdrn7BEtqv3mDHGG-nY_A2xvsnGo6bE7R_sWP_uVaNW55eUBBIrjGwmQss45G87QectlT_B_QguAaRB2rlqHUr-nAMJj9iGri48qu3uy26FEe_PjfNKM/s275/download%20(8).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzpyXtb_HgGH9bHnqDqUb9tKsnMD31Z-pWjOVDZ5y6gctdzAFgsjYlVZxOFFBPp5jLLaLwxyjWGdrn7BEtqv3mDHGG-nY_A2xvsnGo6bE7R_sWP_uVaNW55eUBBIrjGwmQss45G87QectlT_B_QguAaRB2rlqHUr-nAMJj9iGri48qu3uy26FEe_PjfNKM/w320-h213/download%20(8).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wouldn't be surprised to hear of masses of <b>job losses</b> in the <b>Cybersecurity</b> realm soon. Large companies such as <b>Facebook</b> are getting hacked weekly; the casual user most ask themselves is it worth the cost if a major <b>company</b> get ne hacked?</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-39739508718673661982024-03-20T04:16:00.000-07:002024-03-20T04:16:09.627-07:00Who is next?<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Cybersecurity firm panic</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8JIUvGGbFhvm8ugwovHmuQ0Ux3Y6yqz2kf7H0d4Vd7D68bPPjymNBgN1OjpuTmcx7NEZMXUCAQ371LrkAS4PYitZgaYrOnOlkyqtyXZ7dYVIg6BL9UeH1uQLd_PDOtutZyuVKo-U6lr2YmRoTxM3wRZFNsvhSndkw2OMb2wcsC2efYVs-hiLrXjiRYYr/s282/download%20(2).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="179" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8JIUvGGbFhvm8ugwovHmuQ0Ux3Y6yqz2kf7H0d4Vd7D68bPPjymNBgN1OjpuTmcx7NEZMXUCAQ371LrkAS4PYitZgaYrOnOlkyqtyXZ7dYVIg6BL9UeH1uQLd_PDOtutZyuVKo-U6lr2YmRoTxM3wRZFNsvhSndkw2OMb2wcsC2efYVs-hiLrXjiRYYr/s1600/download%20(2).jpeg" width="179" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I always doubted the value of <b>Cybersecurity</b>; if somebody wanted to hack your pc, there is little you can do.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This year, proves my point, so far<b> Facebook</b>,<b> Meta</b>, <b>Messenger</b>, <b>Leicsestershire County Council</b>, <b>Sainsbury</b>, <b>Tesco</b>, and now <b>Greggs</b> have been hacked. If these people with money to buy the next gen <b>technology</b> can be hacked, what hope is there for the regular <b>computer </b>user?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">It does make you think, who will be next?</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-8839545111439998182024-03-19T16:49:00.000-07:002024-03-19T16:49:33.556-07:00Not Whitby<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Mousehole</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HAHDHIOhlPgwBkOcBuN3ZKJqUyDz2y1aYQ_zM4Ju4VMEJDCAezvzq38V6I_9R6iT0sdbO53HHJW-gudK0_8z0GIXL68kI6VB1eG_ZEn0pDfOc_NqWCKsWnEbMG5d3DiVnGQVhHdS5fadPCS5n-tFgprErEijNbuTABCvvNsdl-o04k8oejknPLSVJTvi/s500/Mousehole.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="500" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HAHDHIOhlPgwBkOcBuN3ZKJqUyDz2y1aYQ_zM4Ju4VMEJDCAezvzq38V6I_9R6iT0sdbO53HHJW-gudK0_8z0GIXL68kI6VB1eG_ZEn0pDfOc_NqWCKsWnEbMG5d3DiVnGQVhHdS5fadPCS5n-tFgprErEijNbuTABCvvNsdl-o04k8oejknPLSVJTvi/w400-h209/Mousehole.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">A copy of this <b>oil painting</b> hung in my parent's house for decades' I love the painting, the frame could have been nice if it had been varnished, not given a coat of white gloss paint.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Each time I viewed the painting, I tried to think where in Whitby it could have been painted, I hvae been to <b>Whitby </b>many times; I had an uncle who lived there.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">No matter how I tried I couldn't revall a sight like this in Whitby - I'm not suprrises - when my mother died, and the painting passed to me, I had the opportunity to research the painting, and its location.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was painted at <b>Mousehole </b>(prononounced Moussel) in<b> Cornwall</b>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">No matter where it was painted, I am in awe of the men who built the gates, tose divers were many genaerations before the <b>SCUBA</b> equipment designed by <b>Jacques Coustea</b>. I was given the opportunity to go <b><a href="https://hereiamattheedge.blogspot.com/2023/01/underwater-photography.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: black; color: red;">diving </span></a></b>with a friend I had in the RAF, I politely declined. I was a good swimmer, but I have a thing about having my face covered, I can't use a face mask and snorkel.</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-25473462790471235652024-03-19T07:04:00.000-07:002024-03-19T07:04:33.769-07:00Canada roars into second place<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Lowest blog figures</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJwcULq1osvUohdQkE30CFNbTQeypkpdPTgXkwPAGxhR8tNcZz68Or5hhSO-kMUmejJ8z7M1Rxkyg6SidrTxXf9f3njg_4k4B6VjngJ6-hXQQVz6kCrTZlLt_4UGAP72RWdbZUFTQ7Ocq0Rp3tuD_JuHfXcvvJ5DY4N4XtuZyRkandR_2ZVSrOeGlQPj3/s184/Debbies-beau-original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="116" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJwcULq1osvUohdQkE30CFNbTQeypkpdPTgXkwPAGxhR8tNcZz68Or5hhSO-kMUmejJ8z7M1Rxkyg6SidrTxXf9f3njg_4k4B6VjngJ6-hXQQVz6kCrTZlLt_4UGAP72RWdbZUFTQ7Ocq0Rp3tuD_JuHfXcvvJ5DY4N4XtuZyRkandR_2ZVSrOeGlQPj3/w202-h320/Debbies-beau-original.jpg" width="202" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Disregarding the amount of readers in <b>Hong Kong</b>, for this <b>blog</b>, <b>Canada</b> leads the field; which shows how few readers I get, when second place gets only 15 readers a day.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">With less than 100 readers a day is it surprising I feel <b>depressed</b> about <b>writing</b>?</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-41690451363794512452024-03-18T04:27:00.000-07:002024-03-18T04:27:50.440-07:00Alan Place - model maker<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Modelling</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56OWgVsrGAQsG6sjiNjjoB1a4aLkGroGlP4y-AaeNopGRrcXY-A7QbChXbyl1l32QzSb0CFNH0-3nafBwLeDMqYv2cu4K3PqKls9O8mwfy8cRxPW_auo-vrgMI6zyA7427id65osrI6vmB56jq5YPOYjWu64XVLucuLFdiSwH8aOjWIPpAfRS354mKNjp/s1490/1951-ariel-square-four.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="1490" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56OWgVsrGAQsG6sjiNjjoB1a4aLkGroGlP4y-AaeNopGRrcXY-A7QbChXbyl1l32QzSb0CFNH0-3nafBwLeDMqYv2cu4K3PqKls9O8mwfy8cRxPW_auo-vrgMI6zyA7427id65osrI6vmB56jq5YPOYjWu64XVLucuLFdiSwH8aOjWIPpAfRS354mKNjp/w400-h266/1951-ariel-square-four.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">In my younger days, I did a lot of<b> modelling</b> - not thar kind - I used to be an avid <b>model maker</b>. Two things, other than having a family stopped me, difficulty with my <b>eyesight </b>at close range, and my hands devolped a tremble.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of my earliest models was an <b>Ariel Square 4;</b> shown above. I have always been a <b>motorcycle </b>fan, than a car fanatic, I also enjoyed watching trains, not the newer engines.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had some hilarious moments, such as leaving a model under a lamp to dry the glue, and ending up with droopy wings.</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-13998564053761646182024-03-18T04:06:00.000-07:002024-03-18T04:06:06.606-07:00Nutan - Miss India 1951<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sibling rivalry</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeXZAvG7RiinAYSZfHXRQ_62vq-bklN-8QmsoUXOD0AOHkpJLXAM4QNDUNwm4iex1Nrwr-guOnAUwuLEgxVKGgGEybYYjrb_4PYbi9JABEwTgDGsybnQMe1H3Sr5Ci_ViKmPZlQrrhxCiTFxPIbF4zlQLgz5El-9sMEDrwIJ3UiwO-UxikOMS3EKUg16HK/s320/Nutan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="237" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeXZAvG7RiinAYSZfHXRQ_62vq-bklN-8QmsoUXOD0AOHkpJLXAM4QNDUNwm4iex1Nrwr-guOnAUwuLEgxVKGgGEybYYjrb_4PYbi9JABEwTgDGsybnQMe1H3Sr5Ci_ViKmPZlQrrhxCiTFxPIbF4zlQLgz5El-9sMEDrwIJ3UiwO-UxikOMS3EKUg16HK/s1600/Nutan.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">In her teens, <b>Nutan</b> was told by her mother, that she was considered unattractive compared to her sister <b>Tanuja</b>, and would have trouble finding a husband.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ35yFnO37tQeZKYp3pje6B5TKzv5V_LjtOGzHGcc_H6VzqNXBQYRRTqovsAO36fvSQ2OWYz7JfbzsRlOqjtOuAPJT6-riqJmEf_DkP7uqWLeaBgaWltspDFIinaYIscWABUuxSWQk19eyK6Ik-ygczQBLl8zQJH1NskZOAzGqdJwJbufEPR-fc_Ya4UXg/s481/article-202211921220676926000.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="481" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ35yFnO37tQeZKYp3pje6B5TKzv5V_LjtOGzHGcc_H6VzqNXBQYRRTqovsAO36fvSQ2OWYz7JfbzsRlOqjtOuAPJT6-riqJmEf_DkP7uqWLeaBgaWltspDFIinaYIscWABUuxSWQk19eyK6Ik-ygczQBLl8zQJH1NskZOAzGqdJwJbufEPR-fc_Ya4UXg/s320/article-202211921220676926000.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of the two ladies, I prefer Nutan to her sister, apparently, so did many people as Nutan won the first <b>Miss India </b>in 1951.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">As for success, Nutan held her place alongside <b>Nargis Dutt</b>, <b>Meena Kumari</b>, <b>M</b></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>adhubala</b>, and other great actresses of her era.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tanuja?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">At best, a very mediocre actress who struggled, and who is best known as the mother of actress <b>Kajol</b>.</span></span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-86211386489245167942024-03-18T03:51:00.000-07:002024-03-18T03:51:49.234-07:00Egypt is going bankrupt<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Too many ongoing expenses</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWuze__TUsGWjusKE_Idudu3VYusrHtraCCwZJNOFydkJG0oOFvatgFvCHhyCGI2gDRldIsVR_gYAewXLrHmaAEVtBd3EC5uA47mnsvf91ftXRKDtgjuMsGtHfFCQsjKZlOsWtcwUaavXJJQhwvn81oyzu5DRqDEi5tAO8lJf8PIVpWmIWW1uGvTiZOG4/s220/TM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="119" data-original-width="220" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWuze__TUsGWjusKE_Idudu3VYusrHtraCCwZJNOFydkJG0oOFvatgFvCHhyCGI2gDRldIsVR_gYAewXLrHmaAEVtBd3EC5uA47mnsvf91ftXRKDtgjuMsGtHfFCQsjKZlOsWtcwUaavXJJQhwvn81oyzu5DRqDEi5tAO8lJf8PIVpWmIWW1uGvTiZOG4/w400-h216/TM.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Because of various factors within <b>Egypt</b>, the country struggles to keep afloat, and they have more problems now than in the last decade. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The latest problems concern the discovery of the<b><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"> main street of Alexandria</span></b>, they found it, but it is over 20 feet below the water table. They need the pumps going all day, everyday or the site will flood within two hours.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">The other problem concerns the ever-expanding opening date for the <b><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"><a href="https://hereiamattheedge.blogspot.com/2023/09/a-silly-idea.html" target="_blank">Grand Egyptian Museum</a></span></b>, outside <b>Cairo</b>.</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564637816398113912.post-37783578954956180462024-03-17T15:40:00.000-07:002024-03-17T15:40:38.725-07:00A new low for me<p style="text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A slight difference in weight</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXDeFYalnRNKNC_pztRwwAlLYqoMo6uMqh2Unam3Mdeit6ydkbvBb4sXbikaFnW2bzVzoMm1RciAkEkAi9kg-oCnojnzjyWBqvADreYQRFf6EA_C__F0JA3bj3n_K1eZ1ksJwwU0Mbb0QJYkyCcFq8z1AwNHWBcAWdzB-zMWIBenYwm8r3S8kAaM8H2hl/s720/2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXDeFYalnRNKNC_pztRwwAlLYqoMo6uMqh2Unam3Mdeit6ydkbvBb4sXbikaFnW2bzVzoMm1RciAkEkAi9kg-oCnojnzjyWBqvADreYQRFf6EA_C__F0JA3bj3n_K1eZ1ksJwwU0Mbb0QJYkyCcFq8z1AwNHWBcAWdzB-zMWIBenYwm8r3S8kAaM8H2hl/s320/2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am now the lowest weight I have been for over 20 years. I didn't go on a<b> diet</b>, or have any set plans on <b>weight loss</b>. I put the loss of<b> weight</b> to a change in how I <b>cook</b>, and cutting down on sugar, as I drink very little coffee these days, comapared to what I used to.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have to admit, I was concerned that as I don't go for my walks, the weight would build up, but it hasn't</span></div><p></p>Alan Placehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130182828401844802noreply@blogger.com0