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I Don’t Like Mondays

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I said i had a title prepared. This is therefore part one of a week of song title blog posts. So far I have four of the seven nights covered. Linking to the posts will involve a change to the planned menu tomorrow evening, and a bit of violence on Saturday, but Sunday is well in hand. I just need three songs and I’m done. Looks like Wiki is going to be getting a hammering.

I just tried that – there are a lot of Monday titles I hadn’t thought of. There is also a dearth of Thursday songs – I have found three so far and despite David Bowie doing one of them they are universally dreadful.

So it’s the Boomtown Rats for Monday. It could have been Fleetwood Mac, but the addition of “I Don’t Like . . .” makes it much more accurate. In addition, Fleetwood Mac start with Monday but are soon on Friday.

Green Woodpecker

I’m tempted to do a French Revolution on days of the week and change all the names. This was 1792 to 1806. It clearly didn’t catch on. However, they didn’t link them to music.

If you made the first day of the week “Roxette” I think you’d find that feelings towards Mondays changed and there would be a lot more energy about for returning to work.

Grantham Gingerbread

I’m working on the rest, but I’m thinking of replacing Christmas Day with Wizzard Day.

Actually, it’s not a great idea for blogging as I have spent far too much time listening to music and trying to select my new days of the week, when I should either have been engaged in witty banter or [lotting to bring down the current regime. When I sweep to power it’s a toss up whether I sort out the economy or the days of the week first. probably the days of the week because they are important. The economy is a mystery and never seems to improve whatever happens. We always pay too much tax, there is never enough money to run the country and rich people always get richer. There is clearly something wrong with  economics and they need redesigning. Or, taking the example of do many modern leaders, I will just leave office much richer than I entered it, and do nothing to improve life for anybody apart from my family.

I think this will be my Friday choice. the optimism and energy of Roxette has been dissipated by the working week and the reality of despair is setting in . . . But possibly, just possibly, there is a little hope at the end of it all. Personally, I’m looking forward to the end of the week.

Poppies and corn wreath

Photos from October 2016

Some Interesting Coins

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Despite what I say, there are some interesting coins. Some, like the one in the Featured Image, are interesting because of the picture they have on them. Penguins are a guaranteed winner. I mean, who can resist a Penguin?

Here are a few others that I put on recently.  They aren’t quite as interesting as Penguins, but they are considerably better than some of the coins you see around.

 

Falkland Islands 50p
Falkland Islands 50p
Falkland Islands 50p

 

We bought a couple of collections today, including one that had some interesting old coins.

This was one of them.

 

Louis XVI 2 Sols 1793
Louis XVI 2 Sols 1793

It’s a 2 sols of Louis XVI. It appears to be dated 1793, though it’s a bit worn so you have to look closely. It was quite a big year for Louis, on account of him being executed by guillotine in January 1793.  The sol, or sou, was made up of 12 deniers and 20 sols made a livre (pound).

You may notice that this uses the letters L S and D and 12, 20 and 240 – very much along the lines of the UK’s pre-decimal coinage.

The French adopted the decimal system in 1795, being the third country in the world to do so after Russia (1704) and the USA (1787).

This was another that cropped up.

 

Papal 20 Baiocchi 1860
Papal 20 Baiocchi 1860

It’s a 20 Baiocchi of the Papal States, dated 1860. Pope Pius IX is the man on the front. I recall him and the Papal States and Garibaldi from my school history. Unfortunately I don’t recall it well enough to write more about it. I’m going to have to do some reading.