For those who don't do Wordle, a quick explanation. It's a simple word game. You get six goes to figure out a five letter word. You put your word in a grid and if you have a letter correct and in the correct position the square turns green. If you have a letter correct but in the wrong position the square turns yellow or orange. If the letter on a square stays black you know that letter isn't in the word.
Yesterday I struggled to get the word and was down to my last go. And the word was one I use and think about every day. It was diary. I did get it but felt a bit stupid that it hadn't occurred to me sooner. I haven't given anything away by telling you what the word was as it's too late to do that puzzle now.
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Yesterday evening I had a meeting with the rest of the committee with our new rector to talk about the future content of the Good News magazine. It was very positive and I'm sure that ultimately some really good things will come from it.
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Continuing my ridiculous quiz answers with another from Tipping Point.
The question was: "In what decade did Elvis Presley have his first British number one?"
The contestant could have passed but she said:
"I'm going to answer this one - 19th."
In giving the answer Ben Shepherd said "we were looking for a decade that's a period of 10 years."
She looked at him with a totally blank expression. No further comment needed.
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What a change in the weather. On Monday I went out with a reasonably heavy coat on. On Tuesday it was a lighter coat and yesterday it was just a T shirt. Where next? Shorts or sandals or more rain? Any bets.
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Thanks for all the comments about my lengthy ramble around Hellesdon. It has been suggested that I might like to do some more. They probably want to see me disappear to the north of Scotland. So armed with my bus pass, look out for some more in the future. Obviously I would like to go to places that have played a part in my life story - some in Norfolk and some not.
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Yesterday was the latest old farts lunch. A couple of amusing jokes/comments that came out.
"My new girlfriend has identified as a refuse bin. Problem is I don't know on what day to take her out."
Is the sale of hundreds of Mac Books an Apple turnover?
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This morning I have a ridiculously early start and I will tell you all about it tomorrow.
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Sad to hear of the passing of author C. J. Sansom. I have read all his Shardlake books and a couple of others as well. I knew he had been ill and it is fitting for a Norwich lad like me that his final book was Tombland about Kett's Rebellion. The book mentions our village (Hethersett) and of course the famous Kett's Oak is half a mile down the road from where I'm sitting as I write this. I have to say that Tombland wasn't my favourite Shardlake book but it was still enjoyable, if a tad too long (IMHO). Christopher Sansom was exactly two months younger than me.