Saturday, July 11, 2020

The local convenience store and the local butcher deliver our food for next week. We swab every item down with disinfectant, just to be on the safe side – my god, what a crazy world we live in!!!

Lois gets an hour-long call from Gillian. Gillian and Peter are very old friends of ours – we have known them for nearly 50 years. Their son James, and also James’s wife Vicky, both caught coronavirus at the start of the lockdown, and neither one has fully recovered yet, after 3 months.

It’s strange that Peter, James's father, was infected by some sort of Chinese flu virus 45 years ago whilst on a business trip to China, and he has suffered from ill health ever since. Could it be that this original virus harmed Peter’s immune system, and that his son James somehow inherited something of this? We don’t know, but it’s an odd coincidence.

While Lois is on the phone, I do the latest London Times crossword from my book. There have been a spate of stories in the media recently about crossword editors who are serial killers and leave clues to their murders in their crosswords (source: the influential American news website, Onion News).

And then, as recently as last year: 

PLEASANTVILLE, NY - Expressing consternation that law enforcement officials remained unaware of his insinuations, New York Times puzzle editor Will Shortz on Tuesday expressed frustration that police had not yet solved patterns of hints and droll clues in his taunting crossword puzzles that reveal the locations of 40 years’ worth of murder victims. "Of course, I assumed that at least one detective at one point over the last four decades was smart enough to resolve one of these cases," said Shortz, who also suggested that victims' geographical coordinates could be determined by analysing the sudoku puzzles in the Sunday edition. “These riddles lead to an entire cemetery for bodies for anyone wise enough to find them” he added.

I study my own finished puzzle for today, and conclude that this particular crossword offers tantalising clues to a gruesome murder in the Welsh county of Dyfed (27 across), a killing with an ideological motive (“martyrdom” – 8 down). The victim was probably a Eurosceptic (13 down), of blood type (20 across) “E” (short for Eurosceptic: there are many examples of blood-type E among elderly UK residents), the victim having been stabbed in the back (28 across). I will email the local County Constabulary later with my theories.

the crossword I finished today, which is pointing to the gruesome

martyring of a Eurosceptic in Dyfed, South Wales.

Afternoon:  for Lois a first read-through of her periodical, “The Week”, which gives a digest of the last 7 day’s news; for me, this means a nap on our bed, followed by a ride on my exercise bike.

a recent (Thursday) picture of me enjoying a nap: it's not as recent as today's

picture (not yet available), but is essentially showing the same degree of smugness

We spend the evening watching TV, an old episode of “Peter Kay’s Car Share”. John and Kayleigh work at the local supermarket. John is a manager, while Kayleigh works on the cheese counter. They live near each other so John drives Kayleigh to work each morning.

In tonight’s episode, when they reach the supermarket staff car park, Kayleigh spots that John has got mud on his trousers and she tries to get it off with spit. Unfortunately a co-worker, Barry, sees the incident. This is bound to add fuel to the fire of the rumours going around the staff that John and Kayleigh are enjoying a frantic sex-life.

Poor Kayleigh!!!!

Poor John !!!!!

22:00 It’s 10 o’clock and here we are in bed.

Zzzzzzzzzz!!!!

Danish translation: Lørdag den 11. juli 2020

Den lokale nærbutik og den lokale slagter leverer vores mad til næste uge. Vi skyller alle genstande ned med desinfektionsmiddel, bare for at være på den sikre side - herregud, hvilken skør verden vi lever i !!!

Lois får en times lang opkald fra Gillian. Gillian og Peter er meget gamle venner af os - vi har kendt dem i næsten 50 år. Deres søn James, og også James 'kone Vicky fangede begge coronavirus i starten af ​​nedlukningen, og ingen af ​​dem er kommet sig endnu.

Det er mærkeligt, at Peter blev smittet af en slags kinesisk influenzavirus for 45 år siden, mens han var på forretningsrejse til Kina, og han har lider af dårligt helbred lige siden. Kan det være, at denne oprindelige virus skadede Peters immunsystem, og at hans søn på en eller anden måde James arvet noget af dette? Vi ved det ikke, men det er et underligt tilfældighed.

Mens Lois er på telefonen, gør jeg det seneste London Times krydsord fra min bog. Der har for nylig været en række historier i medierne om krydsordredaktører, der er seriemordere og efterlader ledetråde til deres mord i deres krydsord (kilde: det indflydelsesrige amerikanske nyhedswebsted, Onion News).

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PLEASANTVILLE, NY - Ved at udtrykke betændelse over, at de retshåndhævende myndigheder forblev uvidende om hans insinuationer, udtrykte New York Times puslesedaktør Will Shortz tirsdag frustration over, at politiet endnu ikke havde løst mønstre af antydninger og drol-ledetråde i hans sprudlende krydsord, der afslører placeringerne af 40 års værd for mordofre. "Selvfølgelig antog jeg, at mindst en detektiv på et tidspunkt i de sidste fire årtier var smart nok til at løse en af ​​disse sager," sagde Shortz, der også foreslog, at ofrenes geografiske koordinater kunne bestemmes ved at analysere sudoku-gåderne i søndagsudgaven. ”Disse gåder fører til en hel kirkegård til kroppe for enhver, der er klog nok til at finde dem” tilføjede han.

Jeg studerer mit eget færdige puslespil for i dag og konkluderer, at netop dette krydsord giver fristende ledetråde til et grusomt mord i det walisiske amt Dyfed (27 på tværs), et drab med et ideologisk motiv (“Martyrdom” - 8 nede). Offeret var sandsynligvis en Eurosceptic (13 ned), af blodtype (20 på tværs af) "E" (forkortelse for Eurosceptic: der er mange eksempler på blodtype E blandt ældre UK-beboere. Jeg vil e-maile den lokale County Constabulary senere med min teori.

Eftermiddag: for Lois en første gennemlæsning af hendes tidsskrift, "Ugen", der giver en fordøjelse af de sidste syv dages nyheder; for mig betyder det en lur efterfulgt af en tur på min motionscykel.

Et nyligt (torsdag) billede af mig, der nyder en lur

Vi tilbringer aftenen med at se tv, en gammel episode af ”Peter Kay's Car Share”. John og Kayleigh arbejder i det lokale supermarked. John er manager, mens Kayleigh arbejder på ostedisken. De bor i nærheden af hinanden, så John kører Kayleigh på arbejde hver morgen.

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I aftenens episode, når de når supermarkedet personale parkeringsplads, Kayleigh opdager, at John har fået mudder på hans bukser, og hun forsøger at få det ud med spytte. Desværre ser en medarbejder, Barry, hændelsen. Dette er bundet til at tilføje brændstof til ilden fra rygterne, der går rundt om personalet om, at John og Kayleigh nyder et hektisk sexliv.

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Stakkels Kayleigh !!!!

Stakkels John !!!!!

22:00 Klokken er 10, og her er vi i sengen.

Zzzzzzzzzz !!!!