Well folks, what a fantastic weekend we had. We have been so blinking busy of late that we just needed a weekend when we had nothing on. And this weekend was that weekend.
Saturday AM was spent as a Parent-and-Child science morning at Maggot 1's school, which was greatly enjoyed by all. The school have been working on capturing the children's imagination, and they have done this by delivering a box of unknown stuff to each class (even teacher did not know what was in the box) for them to do experiments. Any experiments.
So on Saturday, we were presented with a whole load of trifle-related ingredients. Whole trifles in tubs, squirty cream, those funny little finger buscuits your gran puts or put in to her trifles, custard and a lot of other incidental ingredients. There was also proper science stuff like pipettes, stop clocks, thermometers and other stuff that, had we been wearing one, we would have definitely put in the pocket of our white lab coat.
Our goal was simply to invent an experiment. The science lady asked us to think "what changes, and what stays the same", and with a few words of encouragement from the school science lead, off we went.
Our first experiment was to test the absorbency of finger biscuits with various different liquids. Surprising the vinegar was the most absorbent. Who would have thought it? Or really care?
Our second experiment was how far different amounts of cream on a biscuit splattered when a 1Kg weight was dropped from a height of 30cm. That was really just coz we needed to make some mess.
The rest of the day was spent at home, doing stuff, some of it even classifiable as chores, but all making us feel more in control and with some important things off our to do list.
Oh, and of course there was a footy match to watch. More words have been written about that already than had previously existed in the whole history of the planet, so I will keep my comments brief.
1. How we played - not bad, could do better, key players performed under-par, so look out world when they have a good game.
2. The USA goal - poor old Green, reckon he has the strength to recover, is probably an OK goalie, and certainly did a great save in the second half. Having said that, I am a Pompey fan, so not too unhappy if the big man Jammo gets the next game.
3. Will we win the cup - doubt it. Happy to hope. That is the English curse. Always looking for hope to triumph over experience.
Have a good week.
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