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<\/a>At some point during the afternoon, Annabelle discovered one of Penny\u2019s winter hats and, as she is very keen on hats at the moment, decided to put it on. Naturally everyone declared that this was very cute and then Pen suggested that she [Annabelle] was very fortunate that she had not yet discovered Grandpa\u2019s filthily disgusting baseball hat. So, obviously, I had to get it for her. I\u2019ve uploaded a gallery of some of the \u201cleast bad\u201d photos here<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Facebook](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/facebook_unfriend-300x60.jpg?resize=300%2C60\")
I don\u2019t normally pay much attention to the various advertisements which appear when I am working with my Gmail account. It\u2019s like most advertising, I guess \u2013 it\u2019s just \u201cnoise\u201d and now, after several years of using Gmail, I simply don\u2019t notice them. This one, for some reason however, caught my eye \u2013 a free Facebook tool that shows me who has \u201cunfriended\u201d me. My question \u2013 since I have so few friends anyway, how would I know if someone had \u201cunfriended\u201d me and why would I care?<\/p>\n
From the \u201cEvery cloud has a silver lining\u201d department \u2013 an article in the Guardian this week on how consumers are reacting to the horsemeat scandal<\/a>. Nearly a quarter of shoppers surveyed said that they were buying fewer ready meals with meat, the sector where horsemeat has been found most frequently. Given that the ready meals are also one of the more significant contributors to the growing obesity problem in the UK, that\u2019s no bad thing. Interesting, though, that it\u2019s the threat of unwittingly ingesting horsemeat that has put them off rather than the impact such processed foods have on their waistline and general health.<\/p>\n I ran across a clip on the BBC site<\/a> which I found quite fun and which reminded me, in a vague sort of way, of Sandy\u2019s art. This guy works mainly in wood and makes fun, quirky objects.<\/p>\n And finally, in recognition of the\u00a0International day of action<\/a> for rivers and against dams which took place this week, the Guardian posted a little river and dam-related quiz online. Have a go<\/a> and see if you know your Mississippi from your Mekong. You must be able to do better than I did – I only got six right and three of those were complete guesses.<\/p>\n And finally, finally, I discovered that this coming Wednesday, 20 March, is International Happiness Day. Penelope and I are happy most days but we will certainly commemorate the occasion, probably in a manner similar to that depicted below.<\/p>\n And speaking of commemorating special occasions, we hope you all have a wonderful St Patrick\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n Love to you all,<\/p>\n Greg<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My God was it cold on Monday! (And the rest of the week wasn\u2019t a lot better). We had a bitterly, biting north wind which brought a return of the very unwelcome and completely unnecessary, winter weather. The snow consisted of tiny, tiny flakes, rather like miniscule polystyrene balls which came racing at you in … <\/p>\n![\"International](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/international_happiness_day.jpg?resize=525%2C399\")
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