The Kraken

There’s tips that work and some that don’t, but when it gets super hot there’s not really much you can do without AC. I do the standard things you should do: doors and windows closed during the day, curtains closed all day on the sunny sides of the house. Then you’re only supposed to open the windows once the outside temperature is cooler than inside. On a typical hot day this is, I find, usually around 9pm. The problem last night was that I went to bed at 11pm and it was 30 degrees in the bedroom. From what I can gather it only came down to below 30 degrees outside from about 10pm onwards. And if there’s no breeze kicking about at that hour, opening the windows doesn’t make much difference. Ah well. One more night of it, Friday looks a bit more reasonable then back to mid 20s and below which is much more manageable.

Stoke’s old bade was dreadful, Stoke’s new badge is dreadful.

It’s a real mystery alright.

I’m not sure if “I advised David Cameron for 6 years” is quite the slam dunk he thinks it is. ‘Austerity, more austerity, here have Brexit, I’m off’ is not the legacy I’d want.

There was talk of him retiring. His goodbye message said something about looking for a ‘fresh challenge’. Whatever that means. A Scott Carson type role would seem most likely although 36 isn’t too old for a keeper so he may have some interest out there. 3rd choice keeper for a Championship keeper isn’t exactly a lofty ambition, and it’s not like he needs the money, so can’t blame him if he’s looking for more game time or a route into coaching.

And I thought Crouchie was a one off in lawyering up. Every day is a school day.

American sports fans are about the worst going in their own ways; the golf lot with their "mashed potato", "light the candle" hilarity are absolutely dreadful. Then you've got New York golf fans, who have proved time and again that they are their nation's most boorish prats.

I don’t like it in the slightest, but I don’t know what the answer is. In an ideal world, a re run of the election, but that’s just not practical or even a good idea in so many circumstances. I was first put off with the idea of it with Blair/Brown agreement. Speculation about it existed for years before it finally happened, I thought the whole thing looked extremely grubby and made Brown look weak IMO. Theresa May called an early election, and Boris Johnson did the same. The less said about Liz Truss the better, and by the time Sunak got his hands on it, the Tory leadership had become a complete farce. So, yeah, it’s a definite weakness when a PM leaves early or gets ousted. As much as people can say that the UK votes for a local MP, the prospective PMs for each party are an enormously contributory justification for voting one way or the other. But, yeah, dunno what the solution is that’s different to what it is now.

That was terrific entertainment. Great boxing. Both of them were just so rapid with their hands.

Ridiculous so far. Unbelievable.

Looks to be a great turnout

Ah, but I’m sure I read on here not long ago by Duckhunter, the a Brexit vote doesn’t matter, it’s what the politicians did with afterwards that is more important. Im sure he’s right, he has rarely been wrong of course. Those politicians eh? Tsk.

The sun/shadow is really quite off putting. Almost as off putting as Scotland’s “defence”. Shambles.

It’s really a joke. 3 minutes ffs.

Yeah it’s no surprise at all. I’ve not really watched many games so far, i’ll watch England but not bothered for many others (saying that I’ll probably watch a bit of Netherlands v Japan). Even the 32 game format regularly threw up some crap group games. The time zones also don’t help matters, unless England get through to the latter stages I can’t see me watching any games like the Jocks kicking off at 2am, and the 11pm games are extremely unlikely. So yeah, so far meh but a lot of world cups are average until you get to the last 16.