Paul J. Newell

@TimHarford I'm not sure of the scale of the intersection between More or Less listeners and Hitchhiker's Guide readers, so just wanted to let you know that your 'know where your towel is' reference was noted ... and appreciated.

@PROPERCORN In the first instance, out of courtesy, I contacted you privately (by email) to inform you of damaged packaging / spoiled product, but you didn't respond. So I am now doing so publicly. Contact me if you would like more details.

@glediator Well done. Now I can uninstall Twitter.

It was my 250th parkrun today and so I got to wear the cape.

@glediator 😮

@MizunoRunningEU I've been running in Wave Inspire for years. The 18s are the first to go through the toes (6 months / 400km running). Before I buy a new pair, can you confirm a defect in the design of the 18s that was identified and has been rectified in later versions?

@RealFakerDoors @BobCremerius @LynAldenContact @harari_yuval Bitcoin is a crime against the environment and completely unworkable as a mainstream currency.

@BobCremerius @LynAldenContact @harari_yuval if people understand any of the things you are saying, even remotely, banking in any form, privatized or centralized, wouldn't exist. but they do, and people have had bank runs and economic panics every 10 years like clockwork. clearly, people *do not* understand what it means.

When I say that Bitcoin is a currency of distrust, I'm just repeating what Bitcoin fans themselves say. There may be good reasons not to trust the banks and governments that create dollars, yens, and other currencies – but that doesn’t change the fact that the preference for Bitcoin is based on distrust of human institutions. Why is this an alarming development? Because the whole purpose of money is to create trust between strangers. Financial devices like currencies, bonds and shares – 90% of which are just data in computers – build trust between millions of strangers, who can then pool their knowledge and resources together, and cooperate. Humans control the world because we learned to do this. If we now lose trust in human institutions, this will limit the amount of money and handicap economic activity and cooperation. I hope that humanity finds a way to build trustworthy human institutions, instead of adopting technologies of distrust. #bitcoin #trust #distrust #crypto #currency #humanity #institutions #money #finance

An off tin of @AldiUK Mixed Beans just ruined a batch of chilli for 6 waiting guests 😔 Gutted. Had to dash for an emergency/expensive takeaway.

@glediator What DOES happen? (and what's a DVD?)

It is 2023 and I have only just discovered what happens when you press Pause during The Muppet Christmas Carol on DVD.

Ukraine takes quick breather while Russia launches counter-offensive against Russia.

@hopper_coffee Nice one, look forward to seeing pictures.

Here’s the obligatory ’keys to a shop’ photo. After years of talking about it, I have finally got the keys to my own premises. I’m going to be living the life of luxury with a roof over my head, a door to keep the wind out and RADIATORS for when it gets cold.

@DirectLine Straightforward storm damage claim. Gave me the round around for nine months. Closed my claim without telling me. Told me I'd agreed a settlement (I hadn't). Told me they'd made a BACS transfer (they hadn't). Won't answer phone - 45 minutes and counting... Avoid!

@sainsburys Some people might say it was @sainsburys that didn't meet the criteria of the deal. Anyway, I see you are not willing to accept the premise of my point (only trying to help). I shall spread the word about the strategy of charging people for not buying something.

@pajone You would need to meet the criteria of the deal in order to receive it and unfortunately without a sandwich you wouldn't meet the criteria. Daniel

Polite notice to @sainsburys and @CostaCoffee. There were no sandwiches yesterday (fair enough) but it was not possible to honour the Meal Deal price (#ComputerSaysNo), so I paid £3.70 for drink+snack whereas drink+main+snack would cost £3.50. Very much a case of less is more.

@sainsburys Completely understand the lack of sandwiches on 2nd Jan. But it makes no sense to charge me 20p for the absence of a sandwich! In fact, in this case, it seems I should be able to get drink+snack+snack for Meal Deal price.

@pajone Sorry about the lack of sandwiches! All products are subject to availability and unfortunately without all items in the meal deal it wouldn't be possible to honour the deal price. Thanks. Daniel

@jackrandallwp @timspector Yes, @jackrandallwp, definitely no difference in population immunity levels from the beginning of a pandemic of a novel virus and 2+ years later 🤔

@timspector And no one had to mask up or socially distance or do any of that theatrical crap that makes no difference. It's amazing how a cold will blow itself out if left alone... If only we'd done that in 2020 we'd not be in a cost of lockdown crisis with rampant deaths from all causes.

Some good news - cases of COVID19 appear to be dropping as we end 2022 as seen by the drop in cases in kids. Sadly colds and flu remain high - thanks for logging on the Zoe Health app

@dl4bnews Simple storm damage claim. 10 months of deliberate delay tactics with no details as to the progress of my claim, with the final insult of closing the claim without informing me. Awful. Avoid @DirectLine.

@hopper_coffee This is indeed a sad day. I have the fondest memories of my visits to Hopper Coffee. It was the highlight of my daily routine when I worked nearby, and genuinely the thing I've missed most since moving away. Best of luck with your new venture. I'll buy you a coffee next time...

@TimesRadio After two weeks it's probably time to tell your Jungle Reporter that it's Mike Tindall, not Tinstall.

@hopper_coffee @mgr1973 About as good as my Twitter responsiveness.

@pajone @mgr1973 You did have lots to begin, but your attendance has been pretty poor of late.

For 7 years I have dragged my coffee machine around and after limping on for the last couple of months yesterday it decided it had had enough. I’m going to be out of action whilst it either gets repaired/replaced.

@hopper_coffee @mgr1973 Oh this is a sad day. I wonder how many coffees I've had from that machine.

@mgr1973 Might do an Elon musk and launch it into space.