Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 29th August 2025.

29th August, 2025.

It’s officially official: I’ve woken up!

And … ?

I’ve woken up with the word ‘Yockenthwaite’ floating around my head … 

I don’t know why: but do know it’s a village in Yorkshire and a character in Roger and the Rottentrolls.

I’ve also woken up with the theme to Josie and the Pussycats earworming its way through my head.

If I figure out why?

I’ll let you know!

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 29-8-2024 — What the EMF?

29th August, 2024: What the EMF?

Right … Thursday … 

Is the day after Wednesday: but you knew that.

And the day after my Job Centre Case worker suggested a remote job I could apply for.

They even gave me a link to follow.

That lead to a page that said it would be ‘assess my system for compatibility’.

Apparently?

My recent model Mac isn’t compatible with their system, regardless of browser*.

And I can’t use the library computers: as they don’t have the webcams the site tells me I need.

I’m looking at the characters in Brazil, 1984 and Paranoia … and envying their easy life.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 29-8-2022 — Michael Jackson

29th August, 2022.

It’s officially Monday.

In point of fact … ?   It’s a bank holiday Monday.

So … ?

Well, hopefully, the trains will be quiet!

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If you’re in the UK … ?

You’ll know that the Tory party are having a leadership election: after Boris Johnson resigned as both leader and Prime Minister.

Given the energy prices crisis?   Both leadership contenders have been making various claims about what they’d done, if named as leader.

One, Liz Truss, is reportedly looking at lowering VAT, Value Added Tax, on fuel.

Personally?

I don’t think a VAT cut will help.

Because?   I don’t think energy companies will lower their prices as a result.

Instead, they’ll keep prices where they are: as a VAT cut will hand them more profits.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 29th August, 2021.

29th August, 2021.

It’s officially the case … that it’s vaguely sunny out.

OK, OK … sunny … 

And relatively warm … 

With a lot of clouds.

Which is good.

It means that — when I go out to buy some scouring sponges? — I can leave my coat at home.

Coatless or otherwise, though, I’ll be kicking myself.

I can’t believe I forget the blessed things, the last time I was in Sainsbury’s!

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 29-8-2020: Bring me the Head of Saint John the Baptist

29th August, 2020.

Right … 

I’ve officially had a late night.   I’m officially tired … 

But I’ve also seen another episode of Disney+’s The Mandalorian.

It’s a good episode: I’m just not convinced it’s the best in series.

Still … 

As much as it took me a while to notice … it’s nice to see that title linked to that number … again … 

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I don’t know if you follow the news: but I’m sure you’ve heard the news of the death of actor, Chadwick Boseman, the star of Marvel’s Black Panther.

Of colon cancer, at the stupidly young age of forty-three.

I’d only seen him in Black Panther: but came away impressed, both with it, and his performance.

But lord … that’s one hell of a loss … 

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 29-8-2019: Cash

29th August, 2019.

Yes: we have a prorogued Parliament*.

Boris Johnson has taken the step of proroguing — suspending, in other words — Parliament yesterday.

Something that’s usually done during an election, or over Parliament’s Summer Recess.

And that the Johnson administration say is to prepare for a Queen’s Speech on 14th October, this year.

But many — myself included — feel is an attempt to block attempts to stop a no-deal Brexit.

And the day after opposition leaders had agreed a way of doing just that.

It’s also something that’s — apparently — entirely legal.

Personally?

I want my country back.

But am very aware Boris has tied us face down over a barrel, and taken his trousers off.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 29th August, 2018.

29th August, 2018.

You’re right.

You KNOW you are!

You’re looking at that intro video and thinking ‘He’s forgotten to write “INTRO” in the bit where it says “TITLE TEXT HERE.”’

Silly Me!

At any rate, I managed to catch Patient Seven, last night.

It’s possible not the best horror anthology I’ve seen.

But it is fun: and an entertaining watch.

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Just as a quick point?

You’ll possibly realise I’m something of a news hound: following the news of the 3-d printed gun in the US with a certain amount of worry.

The makers, Defence Distributed, believe that selling the designs of three-d printable guns, online is a good thing.

I don’t.

I think a lot of people agree with me.

Including at least one US court: that’s banned them from selling the plans, online.

Defence Distributed have worked out how to get around that.

By selling USB memory sticks … with the plans on them … by mail order … 

There’s always one, isn’t there … ?

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 29-8-2017

Hmmm … Just when you thought the Rail Replacement Bus situation couldn’t get any worse … ?

An extra layer of bad gets added.

As you’ll possibly know, I work in Chelmsford: and get there by train.

Apart from on bank holiday weekends: win there’s a rail replacement service, as various bits of line maintenance get gone.   As has been done, this weekend.

Sunday was the usual mess: Brentwood to Shenfield by bus, Shenfield to Ingatestone by bus, Ingatestone to Chelmsford by bus.

With the usual delays.

Sunday wasn’t  good: but I got to work, AND got home.

Monday?   Yesterday morning?   There was a blivet in the works.

It turns out that — so late on Sunday night that it was at 12·45, on Monday morning — a man was attacked outside Murphy’s Sports bar — five or so minutes from my front door — and is in a serious condition.

In Queens Hospital, in Romford.

Some of the gossip I heard?   Said he’s in an induced coma.

If true, and if the poor sod doesn’t come out of that?

Someone could be be facing murder charges.

For me?   The immediate result was simply the fact that the police cordon thrown up — to let forensics do their job — meant the the rail replacement buses got re-routed.

Not something I was happy about.

And — considering someone’s Twitter feed got quoted on the Gazette’s website — I have to ask … 

Will @EssexPCC be increasing the amount of police doing late night patrols in Brentwood?
Could’ve prevented that happening. pic.twitter.com/bGrdrxYmVs

— Paul Downie (@Cuddy2977) August 28, 2017

Will Essex Police send and extra car down Warley Hill, at closing time?   At bank holidays?

That could be good …

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 29-8-2016

Right … 

It’s Monday.

The day after too 10½ hour shifts.

And the day of another shift: although, thankfully, it’s a 4½ hour shift, over lunch.

Which I’m grateful for: it means I can get home , and get an early night.

After I’ve seen last night’s Robot War.

No spoilers, now: I still haven’t seen it, and I want to be surprised.

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Oh, there was an up side to last night’s long shift.

Back in February, the Brentwood Gazette, bless them, ran a Saint Valentine’s Day piece: a who’s caught your eye piece.

Apparently?   Apparently, a ‘short, dark haired chap, with a husky voice’ short changed someone: who’d asked for extra gravy.

But?   ‘As you’re cute, I’ll let you off.’

Turns out Gravy Girl’s a persistent regular customer: called Terri.

Who’s not too bad, herself, actually.

If she’s back in, at some point?

Remind me to slip her my number.   I can probably take her for a coffee, and see if we can work out who that was.   ;)

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