Paulyʼs Soapbox (Clarkeology)
Heathrow Airport about the only place that is not on fire right now | Paulʼs blog Blog ≫ 2026 ≫ Heathrow Airport about the only place that is not on fire right now Sat Aug 15 Good grief, everything is on fire , wildfires everywhere. Quite a shock when everyone's phone went off in the Potting Shed last night with this emergency alert. Heathrow is not on fire but is flooded instead . No parkrun…
Paulʼs health stats for Sat Aug 15 2026. 🚶 125 steps ❤️ 55 bpm 72.4㎏. Automated 🤖 from Garmin stats.
Paulʼs health stats for Fri Aug 14 2026. 🚶 3882 steps ❤️ 50 bpm 72.4㎏. Automated 🤖 from Garmin stats.
Bin day came and went then | Paulʼs blog Blog ≫ 2026 ≫ Bin day came and went then Fri Aug 14 Count Binface did not win the Clacton by-election. He did get 27% of the vote though. Farage barely won it really, though he got 63% of the vote. When you consider there were no main parties, no serious candidates standing against him (apart from Count Binface) that's pretty weak. The good news is he has…
Hot commuting day | Paulʼs blog Blog ≫ 2026 ≫ Hot commuting day Thu Aug 13 Commuting today. Seven empty seats on this block of eight as I got on the train , and I got the lady in the one seat that was taken to move her bag. It looks weird, she must think I'm weird, we were then sat next to each other in an otherwise empty carriage... I've got my favourite seat alright? Journey to work uneventful…
Paulʼs exercise stats for Thu Aug 13 2026. 🚶 14197 steps ❤️ 51 bpm 72.4㎏. Automated 🤖 from Garmin stats.
Paulʼs exercise stats for Wed Aug 12 2026. 🚶 9631 steps ❤️ 48 bpm 72.4㎏. Automated 🤖 from Garmin stats.
House next door but one is sold | Paulʼs blog Blog ≫ 2026 ≫ House next door but one is sold Wed Aug 12 Next door but two one way sold a little while ago after being on the market for about two years, but now next door but one the other way is sold after being on the market about a month. And then today I saw a removal van at next door. Am I driving everyone away? Not sure they are actually moving,…
Habitat Radius solid oak coffee table / TV stand | Paulʼs blog Blog ≫ 2026 ≫ Habitat Radius solid oak coffee table / TV stand Tue Aug 11 £200 on the ebay , herself says absolutely no flipping way. I have excess Habitat Radius furniture already, not making the best use of it, just filling the house up. I think if I got this I could replace two other things with it though, giving us even more room…
If It's Tuesday, It's Murder | Paulʼs blog Blog ≫ 2026 ≫ If It's Tuesday, It's Murder Tue Aug 11 We're enjoying this Spanish murder mystery on Disney . Spanish but set in Portugal . It's a group of strangers on a coach trip , and there's a murder. The title makes it sound like it's inspired by Richard Osman 's book, but there's no connection. We're three episodes in, they've been around Lisbon so…
Bag time | Paulʼs blog Blog ≫ 2026 ≫ Bag time Tue Aug 11 Friend is looking for a new sling bag, so I have also been looking. And now I'm looking at mine again. Everyone says my pacsafe sling bag 1 is too big, it's not a sling, it's a backpack. I say, one strap, it is a sling. But it does look big for a supposedly five litre bag. This Patagonia one says it's eight litres, and looks smaller . How…
Massive courgette recipe | Paulʼs blog Blog ≫ 2026 ≫ Massive courgette recipe Tue Aug 11 Think I know what I'm going to do with the big courgette / marrow I got free from the potting shed the other day. Marrow borani is a vibrant, Persian-inspired dish made of slow-cooked marrow and deeply savory tomatoes layered over creamy, chilled yoghurt 1 . You can easily streamline the initial step of…
Paulʼs exercise stats for Tue Aug 11 2026. 🚶 9299 steps ❤️ 49 bpm 72.4㎏. Automated 🤖 from Garmin stats.
Paulʼs exercise stats for Mon Aug 10 2026. 🚶 6526 steps ❤️ 56 bpm 72.4㎏. Automated 🤖 from Garmin stats.
Keep losing my headphones | Paulʼs blog Blog ≫ 2026 ≫ Keep losing my headphones Mon Aug 10 This is getting annoying now, is it something wrong with my brain? Last time going for a walk sorted it, I remembered they were in my other shorts pocket, and I'd put the shorts in the wash. Luckily they'd not got as far as the machine. This time, walking did not help. But having another scout round the…
Belle And Sebastian back into the top ten | Paulʼs blog Blog ≫ 2026 ≫ Belle And Sebastian back into the top ten Sun Aug 9 ...into the top ten of my my valuable vinyl that is. Surely as a result of this If You're Feeling Sinister tour, people want a vinyl copy of If You're Feeling Sinister. Black Sabbath are back at the number one slot too, not sure what happened there. The top ten right now: Black…
Pie chart of music listening for this week. black sabbath, radiohead, creedence clearwater revival. SVG fun.
Two messages from my sister in a week! | Paulʼs blog Blog ≫ 2026 ≫ Two messages from my sister in a week! Sun Aug 9 She didn't even swear at me this time! I assumed it was going to be continuing the conversation from the other day, but no, just passing on a message from the holiday makers. And then we got a bum dial voicemail from the holiday makers too. "All right, fair enough You can check on…
Paulʼs run stats for Sun Aug 09 2026. 🚶 14600 steps ❤️ 54 bpm. Automated 🤖 from Garmin stats.
When will ° get promoted? | Paulʼs blog Blog ≫ 2026 ≫ When will ° get promoted? Sun Aug 9 When will the ° symbol get promoted to the first tier of keyboard symbols? The temperature is all anyone has talked about for months (it's going to be 27° today, 27℃), but it's quite hard to access. It's on the second page of symbols on my mobile phone and I have to ctrl-alt-space to get to it on this laptop…