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Home life · Word of the week

Word of the week: Zoom

April 13, 2020April 14, 2020 thecompartmentsLeave a comment

The word “Zoom” has acquired a new meaning for many of us over the last month or so. It’s the name of a video conferencing App or, to quote from its own website, “Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and… Continue reading Word of the week: Zoom

Health · Home life · Notes from West London · Word of the week

Word of the week: Loratadine

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 thecompartmentsLeave a comment

At this time of year my son suffers badly from hay fever. In the early spring there’s something in the air in our part of London that plays havoc with his eyes and nose. It started 11 years ago, when he was four. He left nursery one day with his eyes all swollen and red… Continue reading Word of the week: Loratadine

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Word of the week: Laundrette

March 30, 2020March 31, 2020 thecompartmentsLeave a comment

Last month our washing machine broke down. It wasn’t worth having it repaired so it had to be replaced. While we were waiting for our new machine, we had a few days without one. The last time this happened was in 2006, just after our daughter was born, around the time of our son’s second… Continue reading Word of the week: Laundrette

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Word of the week: journal

March 16, 2020 thecompartmentsLeave a comment

Earlier this month I attended a very enjoyable Reunion Lunch at my old school. It was the first time I have been back for such an event. I have attended all four of my old college reunions – I wouldn’t miss one of those – but since leaving school at the age of 18 I… Continue reading Word of the week: journal

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Word of the week: Invincible

March 2, 2020March 3, 2020 thecompartmentsLeave a comment

Over the weekend Watford beat Liverpool 3-0 in the Premier League. It lifted them out of the relegation places, to the undoubted delight of their fans. Liverpool remain 22 points clear at the top of the table, still on course for their first league title for 30 years. In a preview on Saturday one of… Continue reading Word of the week: Invincible

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Word of the week: Connector

February 24, 2020February 23, 2020 thecompartments2 Comments

Here’s a picture of Connector, a childhood toy that we were given back in the 1960s. As I recall, it was a joint present for my brother and me. Our birthdays are two days apart, so bigger gifts like this were usually given jointly rather than to one or other of us. As the box… Continue reading Word of the week: Connector

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Word of the week: eSwatini

January 27, 2020February 10, 2020 thecompartmentsLeave a comment

As you may have noticed, eSwatini is the new name for the African nation previously known as Swaziland. This BBC Country Profile tells us that it is one of the world’s few remaining absolute monarchies, and that the change of name was announced by its king, Mswati III, in 2018, “a move critics said was… Continue reading Word of the week: eSwatini

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Word of the week: pho

December 30, 2019January 1, 2020 thecompartmentsLeave a comment

Pho, as you may know, is a Vietnamese dish, defined by the Cambridge Dictionary website as “a type of soup … usually containing noodles (= long, thin strips made from flour, water, and often egg) and small pieces of meat”. Pho is also the name of a chain of restaurants here in the UK, describing… Continue reading Word of the week: pho

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Word of the week: Prime

December 9, 2019December 18, 2019 thecompartmentsLeave a comment

Every now and then on this Blog I reflect on subscriptions, most recently in this piece about Netflix (June 2019). As predicted, at the end of our free trial month we continued to subscribe to the service, and still do. Unlike some of the services that I have subscribed to, for month after month without… Continue reading Word of the week: Prime

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Word of the week: car-crash

November 25, 2019December 11, 2019 thecompartmentsLeave a comment

Prince Andrew has been in the news here in the UK. The Duke of York, to use one of his titles, was, until 1982, second in line to the throne. He has now slipped to eighth in line, so unless there’s some 21st century plot to move him up the list, along the lines of… Continue reading Word of the week: car-crash

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