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Well there was that outrageous pass against Fleetwood Town in the FA Cup, and the assist for Mahrez against Watford. So not strictly true.

People that cause unnecessary queuing at filling stations because they either lack the confidence to use the opposite side to their fuel tank filling or are completely unaware of the hose reach on fuel pumps.

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Meanwhile, on a different subject, spectroscopic analysis is not definitively conclusive about whether Betelgeuse is in the core helium or carbon burning stage of its evolution. Some studies conclude that the star is likely in the late stage of core carbon burning, and a good candidate for the next Galactic Type II supernova. Observations of Betelgeuse's pulsation periods and changes in spectral lines during the star's dimming in 2019 and 2020 indicate material movement and shedding, further supporting the red supergiant stage and its potential for a future supernova. For a 15 solar mass star such as Betelgeuse, the carbon burning phase may be as little as 100 years and so it may already have already have gone supernova and we don't yet know, given that we are seeing the star as it was during the reign of Edward IV and the advent of Caxton's printing press. Some astronomers contend that it is somewhere within its penultimate helium burning stage which for a star the mass of Betelgeuse, could be up to 20 million years in duration. I'd suggest ignoring clickbait You Tube or Tik Tok videos that tell you that the star is imminently about to light up the night sky. Betelgeuse is four times the distance that K2-18b is from Earth so in the case of the latter, we are only peering back in time to the reign of Edward VII and propagation of the first transatlantic radio signal. The red dwarf star that it orbits within the habitable zone, is around 2 billion years old. Perhaps in 5 billion years time when the postulated single celled organisms have evolved into advanced sentient beings that (unlike us?) avoid prematurely destroying their civilisation, instead preserving it, they may gaze at and derive measurements of our own star, by then a red giant that has long since engulfed any traces of our own. Only 6% of presently observable galaxies remain reachable meaning 94% already lie beyond our reach. So, even if we traveled at the speed of light, (which according to relativity is impossible since it would require an infinite amount of energy), currently, we’d never catch up to these galaxies. Each year, another 160 billion stars - equivalent to a major galaxy - become newly unreachable. Meanwhile, the 'unobservable universe' which encompasses all that is beyond the reach of our current technology and understanding. is postulated to be at least 250 times larger than the observable universe, or 7 trillion light-years across. The "observable universe" is defined by the distance light has traveled since the Big Bang, roughly 13.8 billion years ago. This means it's a sphere with a radius of about 46 billion light-years, meaning that we can see objects that emitted light 46 billion light-years ago, nothing further. Since the universe's expansion is demonstrably accelerating, all currently observable objects, outside the local supercluster, will eventually appear to freeze in time, while emitting progressively redder and fainter light. Apropos; objects with the current redshift z from 5 to 10, they will only be visible up to an age of 4–6 billion years. In addition, light emitted by objects currently located beyond a certain comoving distance, (about 19 gigaparsecs), will never reach Earth.

As I recall, we played a Europa Conference fixture and the host club, (can't remember whether it was Randers, Rennes or PSV Eindhoven), did their research on our history and unearthed the recording by Jersey Budd which they played pre-match. I may have this wrong...it could have been during the Europa fixtures, but it definitely wasn't Napoli and it was unlikely to have been either Legia Warsaw or Spartak Moscow. Pretty sure it was Rennes or PSV. Anyway, the club quickly adopted it at home.

I have a friend in LA who played in a band with him and the grief has hit him particularly hard. Sadly, he is also suffering from what appears to be terminal cancer.

Papa V Perpetua? - or have I missed another one? Avoid the 'Ancient Foresters' if you can, full of Headhunters.

The question should be, how quickly can you get away from the King Power Stadium?

You can see all of this in the Leicestershire countryside. Jackdaws are actually very common across the UK. They tend to nest in small groups unlike the rookeries you'll see. They like to build nests in tree hollows, but in urban areas any cavities will do, and they particularly like chimney stacks, a wall or an attic. They are very, very intelligent like most of their corvid cousins and can recognise you and even respond to a facial expression. Depending on where you are, you will eventually see ravens if you venture up the Northumberland coast (which is wonderful). Puffins, razorbills, guillemots, shags, cormorants, kittiwakes, and terns are frequently seen along the coast. In the Kielder Forest wild boar are present. It's also part of England's Dark Sky park,

Imagine if the current rumours about the end of the road for the Doctor and the Amazon reboot were actually true - I truly f****g despair. Is nothing sacred or protected? Some of the new era storylines that compromised the history and continuity were bad enough, but a rebrand for a global market would be insufferable. A purple TARDIS for the Tik Tok generation? Reinventing the original story? Harry Styles as the first Doctor. I guess it can't be coincidental that these rumours emerged two days ago. Hilariously this is confirmed by Google's absurd generative AI overview - a feature which they have now been forced to add a disclaimer to.

Rode into work today, slightly premature although it'll be a pleasant 18°C by early afternoon. At 6.30am however it was near freezing. Factor in the wind chill on a bike and a 45 minute ride, by the time I arrived it felt like my fingertips had been individually smashed by a ball peen hammer.