The General Chat Thread (2024)

So FINALLY, after 43 and a half years living here in Venezuela, I got invited to a British Embassy function, thanks to a new friend (also a Brit married to a Venezuelan) who put my name forward (thanks, mate!)
Today is/was Remembrance Day, to remember the 20 million deaths in the 1st World War. That was a heck of a lot of people dying for no particular reason.
Anyway - met the ambassador, met the chef, met the military attaché, met some friends, ate cucumber sandwiches and egg salad sandwiches (hadn't even seen them since I last played cricket at Blackheath in 1980) and had a wonderful time.
The ambassador asked me how I'd slipped off the radar for 43 years.
"No idea!" I said.
"Not a problem," he said, "because now your on the list, you'll never, ever get off it!"
:laugh: :laugh:
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SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
So the question is, do I take advantage of having slept really well last night by going back to bed until my 9am lecture? Or do I take advantage of having slept really well last night by turning the laptop on and studying?
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Sleep if you feel tired. Don't sleep if you don't. :o_o:
That sounds like a Confucian conundrum, but it's what I've been doing for the past 25 years. If I'm really tired, then bed. (or even better, watch a political discussion - that'll send me into sleep heaven). If I'm not feeling tired, I just carry on until I DO feel tired.
 
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