test please delete

[eek]

Back in 1997 there was period of a couple of months when the only documentation on Microsoft’s website of the JavaScript implementation in Internet Explorer 3 was a Word document about VBScript, written in French

At the time Microsoft was trying to kill Javascript any way they could (and for good reason as even the name was and still is a marketing rebrand / lie).

And this isn't a documentation issue - it's a Microsoft product not following it's own specifications (I've been told it will be fixed on Feb 3rd but I'm not holding my breath).

[DoctorStrangelove]

Back in 1997 there was period of a couple of months when the only documentation on Microsoft’s website of the JavaScript implementation in Internet Explorer 3 was a Word document about VBScript, written in French

Plainly put there by an admirier of H2G2 in "Beware of the leopard" mode.

Glorious day.

Walk walked, during which a woodpecker was spotted

Great Spotted Woodpecker (D. major) - Woodland Trust

Considering the amount of woodland locally, it's amazing that I very rarely see a woodpecker.

I saw a green woodpecker resting on a gravestone in the cemetery up the road a bit.

Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) - Woodland Trust

[xoggoth]

and fed the birds with yet more bird seed and fat balls

Me too. Quite a few pheasants wander round my bird table clearing up the seeds the little birds have dropped. The male pheasant now hangs around outside my kitchen door waiting for me to come out with a handful. Hello Mr P.

amazing that I very rarely see a woodpecker

Birds seem to come and go for no obvious reason, Used to see quite a few in my garden but not seen one for ages.

[NickFitz]

Lunch has been a bowl of zingy chicken & lentil soup, with the thick ends of both a wholemeal loaf and a sesame bloomer. All very nice

Well sunny out now

[WTFH]

On Saturday I had started the process of making marmalade - halving the oranges, squeezing the pips out, slicing the rind, then leaving it to sit for 24 hours.
I forgot about it on Sunday, so started it off again this morning.
3.5 hours on the Rayburn, then during lunch, added the sugar, boiled, added whisky, and now have 8 jars of the stuff

[DoctorStrangelove]

That's brought back some memories of the Strangelove parents busily engaged in the process of making marmalade.

Kept 'em busy & quiet I suppose.

It was very nice marmalade that used to get widely distributed.

As did the surfeit of runner beans, tomatoes and cabbage later in the year.

[NickFitz]

I had a Wispa. Then I had to get up and go to the kitchen to put the wrapper in the bin. This proved to be the straw that broke the camel’s back, and while I was up I put my shoes and coat on and went down to Wilko’s (about halfway to the Chinese) and bought a wastepaper basket for the living room - something I’ve been meaning to do ever since I moved here in 2004

Turns out it was worth waiting fifteen years though, as it was reduced from £4 to £2.50

I notice Sainsbury’s are selling exactly the same bin but in their case it’s reduced from £6.99 to £4.65

The simple pleasure of throwing something into the new wastepaper basket from several feet away endures

[ladymuck]

The simple pleasure of throwing something into the new wastepaper basket from several feet away endures

How good is your aim?

[NickFitz]

How good is your aim?

Usually pretty good, though a knotted-up cheese & onion crisp bag ended up about three feet away from the bin earlier

[WTFH]

The simple pleasure of throwing something into the new wastepaper basket from several feet away endures

Many moons ago I had a game on my phone which was just that. Except there was a fan involved on some levels that would blow the paper.