Whitey Grandad

On hearing this news I’d settle for a goalless draw today. The big question is whether Che is going to be fit for Friday.

I developed unilateral tinnitus some twenty years ago and now I just have to live with it. Mine was caused by using a PC monitor that was too low for me meaning that my neck erector muscles were in constant tension. Over time the nerve signals through the dorsal cochlear nucleus got mixed with the auditory ones and I am constantly hearing the nerve commands as sounds. It won’t kill me and I have to live with it but I would love to hear some silence so anything that can be done to preserve hearing is to be encouraged.

Che will be out of contract.

Exactly. With a population growth of around 1% a year annual GDP growth needs to be at least that just to stand still (per capita).

I’ve just spoken to my daughter. She said that the vivid colours were only apparent in her phone and were much less intense to the naked eye. She had to set her phone camera to night vision. There is a chance that they will be back again tonight.

They are not normally easy to photograph and you typically need a tripod and fifteen to thirty seconds of exposure. It’s strange to think that they are probably happening above us right now but are washed out by the daylight.

This is a pale impression of what I saw in Norway on 19th March. Not easy to photograph from a moving ship in sub-zero temperatures on an Android phone. What I saw with my eyes was very impressive. Great hanging curtains of shimmering green light which the phone tries to override. I later looked up the correct settings but we didn't see them again.

It's the Day of the Triffids all over again. It turns out that she rang me but I missed them. I think I was putting the bins out. This was about 9pm and I didn't notice anything. I think she had seen a forecast. This was in Chandlers Ford and shee lives only 200 yards from me.

And I missed them. My daughter took some good photos but didn't think to ring me. My bedroom faces south. It's the Day of the Triffids all over again.

Remarkable. I went on the Hurtigruten coastal trip in March from Bergen to Kirkenes and back but the skies were cloudy most of the time. There was a spell of about twenty minutes as we were nearing Tromsø though and we saw quite an inspiring show. So much that I want to go looking for them again next winter.

If Sulemana or Mara start then the semi final will be over before the second leg.

Yes, but that’s the point. The task is the same but the mind starts to get involved.

What, all six of them? I have spoken to many more Americans than that and their views are very different to yours.

Yes, I know that. I was referring to a time before VAR. incidents such as these are one of the reasons that I hate it.

I’m more old school. Accept the on field decision, deal with it and move on.