Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 18th May 2023.

18th May, 2023.

Yes: it’s officially official … 

I’ve finished filling in the online form.

I’m on benefits, so you know.

And frankly?

Managing money as well as I can.

Every saving counts: and every little helps.

But … ?

Every little helps.

Or extra help, helps, I should say.

So?

I’ve applied for what’s called Personal Independence Payments, or PIP: that provides extra help if you have certain conditions.

The ‘Submit’ button got pressed, yesterday.

Hopefully … ?

That’ll come up with something … 

~≈É≈~

As an extra thought … ?

I had this piece from NottinghamshireLive float across my phone’s time line, a couple of days before hitting the button.

A piece that informs its reader of a list of conditions that should make you eligible for PIP.

The list includes the phrase ‘endocrine diseases’: things like underachieve thyroid glands, and type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

I’ve got an underactive thyroid: and type two diabetes.

Those facts — and the piece — were something I felt I had to mention in the form.

Whether that does any thing?

Is a whole other matter.

~≈É≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Mum*, Olga† and Debbi‡ putting in their answers: with Olga and Debbi scoring five out of five, and Mum on three.



Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License and video.

Q1)        18th May, 1900, saw the UK declare a Polynesian nation as a protectorate.   Which Polynesian nation: Tonga, Fiji or New Zealand?

Q2)        18th May, 1944, saw the USSR start deporting the Tatar people.   From where: Crimea, Bukovina or Azerbaijan?

Q3)        18th May, 1944, saw the end of the Battle of Monte Cassino.   Monte Cassino is where: Germany, Japan or Italy?

Q4)        18th May, 1994, saw Israeli troops withdrawing from where: East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip or the West Bank?

Q5)        Finally … ?   18th May is the feast day of Eric 9th of where: Sweden, Denmark or Finland?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Televised hearings into the Watergate scandal started.   On 17th May of which year of the 1970s?

A1)        1973.

Q2)        The hearings were held in which House of the US Congress: the Senate of the House of Representatives?

A2)        The Senate.

Q3)        The scandal attempted to cover up a burglary from, and bugs installed in, the Watergate Complex.     The complex was home to a branch of what: the Communist Party, Republican Party or Democratic Party?

A3)        Democratic Party.   To be specific, the Democratic National Committee, the arm of the party that organises the conventions that name a Democrat presidential nominee.

Q4)        The scandal involved which US President: Nixon, Ford or Carter?

A4)        Richard Millhouse Nixon.

Q5)        Finally … ?   That President was the only one to what: resign from office, get divorced in office or be elected three times?

A5)        Resign from office.

Here’s a thought … 

“Nowadays people say that you must let children be what they are, but when I was growing up the parents defined the child.   And my parents had a definite vision of how they wanted me to be.”

Miriam Margoyles, born 18 May 1941.

(Thankfully holding back … )

And a song …

Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Hello, Mum!!!

†        That would make things easier, Olga.   But — as far as I know — it’s already happening: there’s a chap at Reading University that was pioneering it§.   Not that I think it’s needed.   Our smart phones can be used to keep track of us!   They have to, so we can get a call!

        And, yes: it would be nice, getting a larger benefit.   I don’t see it happening, unless COVID kicks off again.   That uplift was VERY welcome!

‡        Phew!   Glad I got that right, Debbi!   I — vaguely — remember reading about it, when I got my first Mac: that fact you can edit an image’s colour profile on macOS, had caught my attention.

        Would you believe, my copy of Hart’s mentions colour spaces: although it just — briefly — focuses on which colour space gets used, when.

§        There’s an old line of William Gibson’s that springs to mind, Olga; “The future’s already here: it’s just not very evenly distributed.”