On a roll

It's been a lovely day. The sun has shone and there isn't even a hint of a cloud in the sky. Urban-cub had stayed up at Gatwick overnight but was home with us soon after nine. Ellie had slept until 8, so was still sorting herself out when Urban-cub got in. She was off to spend the weekend with Pistol Pete so there was some packing to do before she left.

The Gorse Fox retired to the study. Though the rebuild of "tawnyowl" was essentially complete, there was some tidying up to do. The most important item was to move "/var" off of the SDCard and onto a separate USB stick. This prolongs the life of the SDCard because most of the writes go to "/var"; it also means that you can have a very large device to host your database and blogging software. The process was a little time-consuming but it went smoothly and left the Gorse Fox with a warm feeling of satisfaction. There are a couple of further tweaks that he needs to complete before he can declare "tawnyowl" finished, but they can wait for another day.

The Gorse Fox has spent much of the afternoon sitting in the garden. He's been chatting, online, with Agent Mulder. We have been discussing when it might be appropriate to rearrange the Jamaica trip (which was due to start this coming Thursday). Our current suggestion is that we might consider September or October '21. Before we make any decisions, however, we would need a degree of confidence that the current pandemic is under control and we have some immunity.

It's quite noisy outside at present. Clearly, there are several celebrations underway for VE 75.

It is fairly obvious that the idea of social distancing has been widely ignored for the sake of a party. The Gorse Fox understands, but does not condone.

VE was a very significant day, even if the War in the Far East was still prosecuted for a few more months. The freedoms we have today are because of the bravery and the sacrifices of that "hero" generation. All we are being asked to do is to sit on our sofas, but apparently, this is too much for the pathetic morons who think the rules do not apply to them yet their very existence and freedom of choice is a gift of that "hero" generation.