Staines Part Simon’s Number Plus One! (Blog 422)

Today I went to Staines to get my oldest niece a present! (And to get a milkshake). How many times have I been to the place, now? Well, Simon’s number plus one. If Simon’s number is a super massive number, that makes Simon’s number plus 1 an extra super massive number, but as Simon’s number is ABSOLUTELY huge, the extra one really hasn’t changed things much at all. So is the word ‘extra’ justified? I guess yes and no, maybe? I’d have to ask a mathematician, but I do have a fear he’d call me an idiot and tell me stop wasting his time. Some people aren’t as openminded as me. Not as innovative in the world of maths or science. As my niece will only be 14 in a few days time, I didn’t think it made much sense getting her a card mocking how old she is, even if the cards were at least trying to be lighthearted, so I settled for a cartoony card that can appeal to almost everyone. Unless they hate cartoons, but only an exceptionally miserable person would look at a cartoon and growl in annoyance, and I don’t think anyone in my family is like that. Apart from my dad, I mean. He once got annoyed at me for making the sink dirty, but actually that was because of him. You can’t reason with such a person.

For I think the first time ever, I bought my niece a pop CD that wasn’t released prior the year 2,000. I’ve got her some Abba, Spice Girls and a retro greatest hits album, it’s time for her to enter the 2020s with some Taylor Swift. Does that mean I’m going to enter the same era and carry my mobile phone with me for more than two minutes a day? Dear God, no. I walked to the Alice In Chains section to see if they had the one album I didn’t, but after grabbing the about 7 albums on sale, turns out they didn’t. They did have ‘Dirt’, but yeah I have that. Making things worse, the album cover is highly questionable and it didn’t make me look good as I was looking at it. The fact I had maybe 5 copies in my hand looked particularly bad. In the end, I got an album by prog band Threshold. Yep, near the end of the alphabet. I’ve decided that sometime in the near future I’m going to have two music collections: One featuring purchases from the year 1,999 to the year 2,024 or 2,025, after that and with my 2nd group, I can start afresh and add music without having to shift everything around for hours!

Saving the best till last, I got myself a shake and a muffin! As explained a while ago, I’ve stopped getting petrol station shakes as they really can’t compete with the one’s that I’m obsessed with. As my saying goes, once you go to Staines, you never go to the petrol station agains. If that’s not snappy enough for you, how about ‘once you go Staines, you never go agains.’ The tradeoff of course is the latter needs an explanation, but I guess if it gets said enough it won’t need one in the end. That’s assuming the town’s shakes become legendary, and I think they should. ;) Earlier in the day I went shopping locally to get various foods, etc. I also bought Gillette Mach 3 Razors. They are razors that go three times the speed of sound! I’m not sure if my face will be able to handle that actually I’m scared, but as of yet, I actually haven’t seen the things move at all. Maybe they need batteries? Nope, I don’t think so. I guess I’ll find out how to reach crazy shaving speeds soon, though. If they don’t come with instructions, it should be obvious. Having said that, I really would think they’d be more expensive. And… bye!