Matthew's Journal

I happened to read an article on some of these new gins that are all the rage these days, and I was struck by the variety of ways the reviewers thought the various gins should be combined with tonic - varying from 1:1 over crushed ice to long with pink grapefruit and cracked black pepper. So, how do you have your G&T, by preference?

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For a bonus question, tell me what gin you think I should try...

Voting begins tomorrow...

[Poll #1786346]

After some debate in the pub, mister_jack and I were unable to agree on this key question in biology, so I figured an LJ poll should settle it...

[Poll #1755400]

antinomy has kindly offered a chocolate prize for the person who best predicts the turnout in the AV referendum next week. Since they can't run polls, I'm conducting the poll instead. The first poll below lets you select the outcome to the nearest 5% (and is viewable by everyone), the second free-entry box is visible only to me, and will be how the winner will be selected.

Voting closes "late" on the 4th of May - i.e. antinomy will vote as late on the 4th May as they are actually awake, and I will discount any votes received after theirs. There may be a prize if you predict the outcome precisely. In the event of different turnout figures, I shall go with what the BBC report. My decision is final :-)

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[Poll #1735404]

We were playing Articulate this morning, and there was some discussion of whether particular clues were allowed or not. We thought an LJ-poll might be entertaining ;-)

[Poll #1706921]

Please vote in the poll before checking the correct answer (or viewing the text below the cut)

[Poll #1626278]

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[Poll #1604843]

Rule 34, if you've not encountered it.

I found myself wondering the other day whether there is a common expectation of which of a pair of taps was the hot tap, and which the cold (absent any indication)...

[Poll #1597388]

I inherited our current Hoover from my late grandmother, and it's beginning to show its age - I was cleaning up last week before a house inspection, and the carpet still looked like it needed hoovering, even after I'd hoovered it! So, it is time to replace it. The obvious options would be a Henry (the cattery I worked in had these, and they seemed pretty good, although some seem to want to use bags, which is a definite minus), or a Dyson. Dyson's are considerably more expensive (but also more shiny, and if I order online they'll recycle my old Hoover too). So...

[Poll #1575327]