26th February 2019 - On getting Knotted and Conflation

Thought for the day :"Beware of the weight-watchers website asking if you will accept cookies. It’s a test !"

So, health has been good for a long time now - other than the occasional aches and pains, but seem to have picked up a sore throat and an itchy feeling that I am going down with a cold - which is a bit unfortunate with the weekend away coming up. Unusually for me I dosed up with a couple of paracetamol  this morning when the postman (lady) called at 8.30am to deliver a package which turned out to be some historical patterns for susie.

So - the sun is out again and the weather is still unusually warm - unlike the rest of the world. It was this time last year that the "Beast from the East" hit us with a sudden freeze!!!!

Trump confuses weather with climate change again: 'Wouldn’t be bad to have a little good old fashioned Global Warming right now!' (Independent Jan 2019)

Little more than two months since a similarly misleading conflation, the president tweeted: “Be careful and try staying in your house. Large parts of the Country are suffering from tremendous amounts of snow and near record setting cold.

“Amazing how big this system is. Wouldn’t be bad to have a little of that good old fashioned Global Warming right now!”

In November, Mr Trump conflated seasonal weather with climate change, suggesting chilly conditions meant global warming wasn’t real.

“Brutal and Extended Cold Blast could shatter ALL RECORDS – Whatever happened to Global Warming?” he tweeted.

However, there is always a good side to everything - I learned a new word today CONFLATION.

conflation

Dictionary result for conflation

/kənˈfleɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

1. the merging of two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc. into one.

   
   

   "the forceful conflation of two traditions"

Good to make a daily advancement

In other news I may have to practise my Knot skills...

Some knots that are useful to know

And so on to another day ...
Cheers !