Notices by Helen Graham (helengraham@ieji.de)

been to my new place ,works just started on an access track as it had no road access and the house roofs been covered to protect it until its re thatched ,the steading (outbuilding) is busy getting a tempory roof as that also has to be thatched ,the view from the land behind the steading towards the sea and me in front of the house for size,the house is a traditonal white house,built around 1810 or so ,now houses usually get dormers and a modern tiled roof

@kennethb @JoshuaHolland I agree,you can tell from his eyes and how he interacts .I just think they could have avoided all the health arguments with Harris she would have stood in total contrast to Trump then .Though the fact Bidens a honorable decent human being (as his life shows) would in an ideal world be enough to keep him in power

@JoshuaHolland As far as I can tell as somone outside the US Trump is far worse than Biden for gaffs etc and his politics aside stupider and less experienced .But I do think Biden ought to have pushed Kamala Harris into the spotlight more and possibly have run as vice president to her .That would have got rid of what seems to be (again to an outsider) the only real weapon against Biden and contrasted their candidate with old man Trump and as a woman as opposed to a sexist ,rapist.

@randahl I have said in another post about this how worrying I find it that book burning has become a vote winner in the US ,regardless of the "side" your on politically its always historically been a sign of worse things to come,censorship and as you say next its people.Because theres no point burning peoples expression of their belifes and thought if your going to leave them freedom of speech and dont remove the source of their ideas by destroying the people.Thats how its always gone

@CloudyMrs Pretty sure its the fuel ,we rarely buy supermarket fuel and the local fuel is excellent ,but we went an unplanned long drive and put in almost 2/3 of a tank ,Within a few miles we parked to let the dogs out,and the car wouldnt start,we got it started and got home ,next day it struggled starting and wouldnt restart when we stopped.Breakdown man said fuel issues and garage cant find anything wrong mechanically.Loads of locals said they or someone they knew had similar issues

@CloudyMrs I suspect because the car normally gets good fuel so much bad fuel (possibly watered down as Tescos have a bad rep for that we discovered ) has given it the car equivalent of indigestion.I guess most customers either have always used it so the cars are less likely to struggle,or more likely dont use it which seems to be what everyone we spoke to does,so its tourists and long haul customers who might not know the problem

@CloudyMrs Putting in fuel at Tescos ended any chance we had of doing a Christmas shop ,the cars still in the garage ,probably will be until New year as this is a busy time for the areas only garage ,we are considering asking them to drain the tank and get rid of the rubbish fuel