Dad of 3 (including twins). Chess and water polo player. Actuary and longevity consultant, interested in data viz.
Joined February 2012
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Here's a chart I knocked together to compare the sizes of different countries using nested squares - idea from @MooseAllain's son.
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Watched my twins doing a dance show - there was a toddler behind me who kept asking his dad “has it started yet?”
When it started he switched to “what’s this one called?” then after about 3 dances: “OK Dad, is that it?”
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New favourite excuse…
Giving my daughter (17) and her friends a lift to a birthday meal - one girl was holding forth about who’d said what to whom at school earlier, one of the others said: “Can you say that last bit again? I forgot to listen!”
Ooh I got a thing through the post! Completely forgot about it till recently (I think I remember someone saying something about deadlines…) #DouglasAdams
Switched on the TV and the Hundred cricket’s on - anyone know why the team playing in green have red on-screen graphics and vice versa? Very confusing for the casual viewer!
Overheard at the pool this morning:
“Mum, why do we have to have swimming lessons? Why can’t we just sit down and talk about water?”
Looking forward to playing some polo in the pool over the summer! @hitchinsc
The outdoor swimming pools in Hitchin and Letchworth are set to open later this month, in time for half-term and hopefully plenty of warm sunny weather! thecomet.net/news/23508852.o…
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@ejhchess - more to Stevenage than you might expect?! Not sure why visitors care about "relatively affordable housing" though...
There's more to Stevenage than visitors might expect. The town, which is currently undergoing a £1bn regeneration project, has excellent rail and road links, relatively affordable housing and cycleways. hertsad.co.uk/news/23391250.…
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My wife’s managed to break her finger - at the minor injuries clinic she got this letter about a review from Virtual Plastics. Any ideas what’s happened to outcome 4?
Spotted the rainbow bench the other day when walking from the doctor's with my child - it brightened up our day!
North Herts Pride: Love conquers all sees rainbow colours on Windmill Hill - a wonderful legacy from much-loved and much-missed late Hitchin councillor Judi Billing
hitchin.nub.news/news/local-…
My kid just told me they'd read up to page 377 of their book and my stupid brain immediately gave me "When a Knight Won his Spurs"... hymnary.org/hymn/ESoP/377
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@Herring1967 what is this heresy? #FoodAndMilk
From Almond milk and oak milk to the lesser-known hazelnut and banana milk, food scientist Rosemary Trout analyzes each and every plant-based milk.
@timkeyperson @alexhorne @markwatson Did the work - surprisingly, finding Ms Pitstop at the controls of a plane took rather more than 90 seconds...
I was 'mountaineering' up our garden slide using a stretchy skipping rope. My sister let go of her end of the rope which hit me in the unmentionables - I spun round in pain and headbutted a garden chair, opening a cut right next to my eye which almost needed stitches.
So I'm stuck in a and E again.
Please QRT this with the stupidest way you've injured yourself (because I've got plenty to share)
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