Simon Widdowson

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Did the teacher thing '93-'20. Now doing creative educational things. Also enjoy being creative as an #afol with #lego.
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing" ~ George Bernard Shaw.
'Brickston Life' Photoshttps://pixelfed.de/c/526170936505562294
Lego 'Life After Dark' Photoshttps://pixelfed.de/c/525680110076069944
Settling down to watch a festive classic: Die Hard.
Christmas has officially begun šŸŽ„šŸŒ²šŸ”«šŸŽ„šŸŒ²šŸ”«

Hot on the heels of learning that the Pope is catholic, bears crap in woods and that the COVID enquiry told us that de pfeffel was inept, we now have this breaking news. Who’d have ever guessed this…

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/25/black-friday-discounts-fail-to-offer-cheapest-prices-which-research-finds?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Black Friday discounts fail to offer cheapest prices, Which? research finds

Products sold by retailers including John Lewis and Very among those cheaper outside of November discount period

The Guardian
Genuinely speechless reading this.
Just what does the orange man baby think that Ukraine should be grateful for in that appallingly awful and Russian focussed ā€˜peace’ plan?
COVID report telling us what we already knew.
The clown de pfeffel was totally unfit to be a PM during a pandemic crisis.
Cummings was a toxic aide.
And - unsurprisingly- too little was done too late.

I’m going to say that
the touts will ā€˜sell’ the ticket at face value but ā€œservice feesā€ and ā€œadministration costsā€ will drastically rise, and a new ā€œtransfer of ticket ownershipā€ charge will be introduced.
But they’ll claim the ticket price will be at ā€œface valueā€ of course. They’ve gotta scalp you someway.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/nov/17/reselling-tickets-for-profit-to-be-outlawed-in-uk-government-crackdown?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Reselling tickets for profit to be outlawed in UK government crackdown

Touts – and ordinary consumers – will no longer be able to charge anything more than price at which they purchased ticket

The Guardian
Good to see the odious toad finally admitting that he sold gullible small business owners a barrel full of lies.
If leaving the EU hadn’t caused so much damage to the country, reports like this would be a chance to shout ā€œtold you at the timeā€ to the morons who thought it a good idea.
But we’re all suffering as a result.
At least now the discussion regarding its damage is being talked about, and not being dismissed like the last government kept on doing.

This has been a problem for many years, got worse when cars were fitted with beam adjustment dials.

>> Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night - BBC News

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn971jlpvvro

Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night

Concern over the glare from brighter headlamps is prompting the government to review vehicle design.

BBC News

I really like this #Lego #legoideas submission. Nice feature to be able to open up the building for play, or close it for display.

https://beta.ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/0f755ea8-a2fc-472e-a794-06791ba88bb6

Poirot's First and Final Case: Agatha Christie's Styles Court | LEGOĀ® Ideas

The Birth and End of a LegendStep back to where it all began—and ended! This set celebrates Agatha Christie's iconic English country house, Styles Court.In 1920…