Richard Pomfret
@richpomf.bsky.social
Bradfordian, happily exiled in Co.Clare, Ireland. Loves 'a cappella' music, especially from Finland. Former Maths teacher. Loves small choirs (singing and conducting), quiet places, steam railways and Bradford City F.C.
If I had to answer the question 'which, if any, person in the world could be reasonably described as 'garbage'?' it would be Donald Trump. It's hard to find any redeeming features. He is as close to worthless as it's possible to be.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If I had to answer the question 'which, if any, person in the world could be reasonably described as 'garbage'?' it would be Donald Trump. It's hard to find any redeeming features. He is as close to worthless as it's possible to be.
You utterly stupid man! If you slash a price by 100% the price becomes zero. Any more, and you're paying the customer to take it away. What an absolute imbecile.
December 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You utterly stupid man! If you slash a price by 100% the price becomes zero. Any more, and you're paying the customer to take it away. What an absolute imbecile.
It's also very difficult to explain to people why '33% extra free' is actually only a 25% price reduction (approx!!)
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's also very difficult to explain to people why '33% extra free' is actually only a 25% price reduction (approx!!)
Absolutely true - but the problem is that to non-mathematical minds it's difficult to explain. So unscrupulous people throw figures around deliberately to confuse and mislead, often very successfully.
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Absolutely true - but the problem is that to non-mathematical minds it's difficult to explain. So unscrupulous people throw figures around deliberately to confuse and mislead, often very successfully.
Exactly! A percentage is a fraction. Percentages over 100 are fractions greater than 1. If you reduce a price by 100% you are giving away free. Any further reduction (i.e. over 100%) means you pay the customer to take the purchase away! Trump doesn't understand that.
December 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Exactly! A percentage is a fraction. Percentages over 100 are fractions greater than 1. If you reduce a price by 100% you are giving away free. Any further reduction (i.e. over 100%) means you pay the customer to take the purchase away! Trump doesn't understand that.
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I'm just surprised that it's taken the odious Gullis so long. I'd assumed he'd have done it long ago. The thought of him ever having been a teacher makes me shudder.
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I'm just surprised that it's taken the odious Gullis so long. I'd assumed he'd have done it long ago. The thought of him ever having been a teacher makes me shudder.
Trump bombs boats and murders their crew because he suspects them of carrying drugs, but pardons a president who appears to be mixed up in the drug trade. Have I got that right?
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Trump bombs boats and murders their crew because he suspects them of carrying drugs, but pardons a president who appears to be mixed up in the drug trade. Have I got that right?
Can't stand Badenoch - but I do think it's possible to be an atheist and still know what Christianity teaches. And, indeed, to agree with a lot of it in terms of behaviour towards fellow humans.
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Can't stand Badenoch - but I do think it's possible to be an atheist and still know what Christianity teaches. And, indeed, to agree with a lot of it in terms of behaviour towards fellow humans.
Clueless in Clacton surely?
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Clueless in Clacton surely?
Though I think that reading music for 'a cappella' singing is in many ways a different skill. But in both cases, learn to read rhythms first. In 'a cappella' it's no use knowing what the next note is if you don't know when to sing it!
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Though I think that reading music for 'a cappella' singing is in many ways a different skill. But in both cases, learn to read rhythms first. In 'a cappella' it's no use knowing what the next note is if you don't know when to sing it!
That's always a conductor's nightmare - a) the assumption that sopranos always have 'the melody' and b) people who aren't sopranos say they are because they assume wrongly!!
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
That's always a conductor's nightmare - a) the assumption that sopranos always have 'the melody' and b) people who aren't sopranos say they are because they assume wrongly!!
I love the broad-gauge Finnish trains; it would have been better if Britain had adopted Brunel's broad gauge which would then have been the standard. But I fully understand why Finland (my favourite country) feels the need to make the change.
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I love the broad-gauge Finnish trains; it would have been better if Britain had adopted Brunel's broad gauge which would then have been the standard. But I fully understand why Finland (my favourite country) feels the need to make the change.
Me too. It seems that some people actually take a perverse pride in not being able to do something. There are many, many things I can't do, but I don't take pride in that! (Example - people who can sing but resolutely refuse to learn how to read music, as if it will damage their spontenaity.)
November 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Me too. It seems that some people actually take a perverse pride in not being able to do something. There are many, many things I can't do, but I don't take pride in that! (Example - people who can sing but resolutely refuse to learn how to read music, as if it will damage their spontenaity.)
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(And, by the way, if you can say 'any money' you can say 'anemone' - even though the vowel stress is different the 'n's and 'm's come in the same order, which is what people seem to find difficult.
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
(And, by the way, if you can say 'any money' you can say 'anemone' - even though the vowel stress is different the 'n's and 'm's come in the same order, which is what people seem to find difficult.
It's a mystery to me too. IF you can say 'I have a new clear policy' you can say 'I have a nuclear policy'.
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It's a mystery to me too. IF you can say 'I have a new clear policy' you can say 'I have a nuclear policy'.
This presumes they access to the unredacted files. Is that possible? How many copies of the files exist? Do we know?
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This presumes they access to the unredacted files. Is that possible? How many copies of the files exist? Do we know?
Sadly, as there's a good chance he wouldn't be able to get back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Sadly, as there's a good chance he wouldn't be able to get back.
That phrase is both pointless and meaningless. Which sums up Musk.
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
That phrase is both pointless and meaningless. Which sums up Musk.