I'll be taking a short break this week.

Our internet and landline phone provider (BT) have suddenly told us we have a 2-day process of completely replacing our existing set-up (that works just fine) with a new one.

Like the rice bowl here it looks/sounds simple … but it might be full or it might be empty promises!!

We have had no choice, and no information as to how the "upgrade" is to be accomplished. Currently we are trying to find things out before we are cut off! But given this sudden arbitrary demand, I don't feel sanguine about the process at all!

So I hope we will be back online soon … but it all depends on British Telecom!

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Just in case you thought that your lazy Sunday afternoon nap had ended up transporting you through some wormhole in space. They are just bright red berries, is all. Bright enough and red enough for Scarlet Sunday, into which they shall sneak with but an hour or so of Sunday remaining.

Have you been a good boy or girl or dino?

“Build back better. Blah, blah, blah.

Green economy. Blah blah blah.

Net zero by 2050. Blah, blah, blah”

...

“This is all we hear from our so-called leaders. Words that sound great but so far have not led to action. Our hopes and ambitions drown in their empty promises.” --Greta Thunberg

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I realize I live in a universe governed by laws that make this shampoo's claims impossible, and yet I still spend the $4.57 on it.

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'It is better for us to act than talk' said US president Obama addressing delegates at the 2009 Copenhagen UN 'Hot Air Wealth Transfer' Conference on the Environment today.

The other 'heavy weight' country, China whose leader Jiabao responded saying that they would make a 'real' effort to reduce its pollution as soon as it can. Meanwhile, gas-mask production has been increased.

The vending machine man lied to my friend.

Flat out lied.

Poor S.

In English, meaning "Work Brings Freedom" it was nothing but an empty promise that all Auschwitz prisoners were subjected to on a bi-daily basis; on the way to and from work.

Kids from adjacent slum collect discarded plastic water bottles to exchange for cash after a campaign rally, Kemayoran, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Pro-Immigration Activists with Cosecha New York, Cosecha New Jersey, and Close the Camps NYC joined undocumented immigrants and community members from New York and New Jersey at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn for a rally on March 13, 2021 to reject the “empty promises” of the Democratic Party and demand permanent protection for the 11 million undocumented immigrants that live and work in this country. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

there was no way inside...

abandoned house at leipzig

Since the handover of Hong Kong, the former British colony , to Beijing in 1st July 1997, the annual July 1 march became a rallying point for Hong Kong's pro-democracy activitists.

The themes of this year include protest against the empty promise of one country two systems, to release Liu Xiaobo and investigate the former Chief Executive , CY Leung for accepting money from UGL

自從香港的主權於一九九七年七月一日移交中國北京政府後，每年七一遊行便成為了市民和平表達民主訴求及對政施不滿的渠道

今年的訴求包括 : 抗議北京政府沒有履行一國兩制的承諾 , 要求釋放中國異見人士、二零一零年諾貝爾和平獎得主劉曉波 , 以及徹查前行政長官梁振英收取UGL 五千萬的事件

17th Oct 2004. The demolition of Broadway in Bradford to make way for a new shopping centre, as seen from the Royal Mail car park opposite.

Pro-Immigration Activists with Cosecha New York, Cosecha New Jersey, and Close the Camps NYC joined undocumented immigrants and community members from New York and New Jersey at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn for a rally on March 13, 2021 to reject the “empty promises” of the Democratic Party and demand permanent protection for the 11 million undocumented immigrants that live and work in this country. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Downtown Brooklyn

Pro-Immigration Activists with Cosecha New York, Cosecha New Jersey, and Close the Camps NYC joined undocumented immigrants and community members from New York and New Jersey at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn for a rally on March 13, 2021 to reject the “empty promises” of the Democratic Party and demand permanent protection for the 11 million undocumented immigrants that live and work in this country. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

This was near an old homestead. Wyoming, USA

Are you naughty?

Empty Promises is a Harold team that honors the pure Chicago style form. Fast, fun, whimsical, and smart, Empty Promises promises to deliver delight and laughter to every stage it hits. Together they discover new worlds in a quick-paced, physical powerhouse of a show. Coldtowne Theater’s Harold standard bearers, Empty Promises, play fast and loose all over Texas.

Pro-Immigration Activists with Cosecha New York, Cosecha New Jersey, and Close the Camps NYC joined undocumented immigrants and community members from New York and New Jersey at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn for a rally on March 13, 2021 to reject the “empty promises” of the Democratic Party and demand permanent protection for the 11 million undocumented immigrants that live and work in this country. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Pro-Immigration Activists with Cosecha New York, Cosecha New Jersey, and Close the Camps NYC joined undocumented immigrants and community members from New York and New Jersey at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn for a rally on March 13, 2021 to reject the “empty promises” of the Democratic Party and demand permanent protection for the 11 million undocumented immigrants that live and work in this country. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

“But today I want to focus on the North of England. So let me be very clear. There is a hard truth we need to address. The cities of the North are individually strong, but collectively not strong enough. The whole is less than the sum of its parts.

And that’s not healthy for our economy. It’s not good for our country. We need a Northern Powerhouse too. Not one city, but a collection of northern cities- sufficiently close to each other that combined they can take on the world”

George Osborne quoted from his speech on the 23rd June 2014 at the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Manchester. www.gov.uk/government/speeches/chancellor-we-need-a-northern-powerhouse

The Northern Powerhouse was a proposal to boost economic growth in the North of England by the 2010–15 coalition government and 2015–2016 Conservative government in the United Kingdom, particularly in the "Core Cities" of Hull, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and Newcastle. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Powerhouse

Critics say the Northern Powerhouse was more of a “Poorhouse” than a Powerhouse and yet another example of empty Southern promises from a metrocentric government with a disproportionate focus on London and the South East. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poorhouse

George Osborne (born 1971) is a former British politician and newspaper editor who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 and as First Secretary of State from 2015 to 2016 in the Cameron government. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from 2001 to 2017. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Osborne

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And credibility diminishes.

Pro-Immigration Activists with Cosecha New York, Cosecha New Jersey, and Close the Camps NYC joined undocumented immigrants and community members from New York and New Jersey at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn for a rally on March 13, 2021 to reject the “empty promises” of the Democratic Party and demand permanent protection for the 11 million undocumented immigrants that live and work in this country. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Pro-Immigration Activists with Cosecha New York, Cosecha New Jersey, and Close the Camps NYC joined undocumented immigrants and community members from New York and New Jersey at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn for a rally on March 13, 2021 to reject the “empty promises” of the Democratic Party and demand permanent protection for the 11 million undocumented immigrants that live and work in this country. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Pro-Immigration Activists with Cosecha New York, Cosecha New Jersey, and Close the Camps NYC joined undocumented immigrants and community members from New York and New Jersey at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn for a rally on March 13, 2021 to reject the “empty promises” of the Democratic Party and demand permanent protection for the 11 million undocumented immigrants that live and work in this country. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

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It was all becoming more unclearer day by day just as the backbiters emerged with no ideas of their own

Pro-Immigration Activists with Cosecha New York, Cosecha New Jersey, and Close the Camps NYC joined undocumented immigrants and community members from New York and New Jersey at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn for a rally on March 13, 2021 to reject the “empty promises” of the Democratic Party and demand permanent protection for the 11 million undocumented immigrants that live and work in this country. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Pro-Immigration Activists with Cosecha New York, Cosecha New Jersey, and Close the Camps NYC joined undocumented immigrants and community members from New York and New Jersey at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn for a rally on March 13, 2021 to reject the “empty promises” of the Democratic Party and demand permanent protection for the 11 million undocumented immigrants that live and work in this country. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Pro-Immigration Activists with Cosecha New York, Cosecha New Jersey, and Close the Camps NYC joined undocumented immigrants and community members from New York and New Jersey at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn for a rally on March 13, 2021 to reject the “empty promises” of the Democratic Party and demand permanent protection for the 11 million undocumented immigrants that live and work in this country. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Pro-Immigration Activists with Cosecha New York, Cosecha New Jersey, and Close the Camps NYC joined undocumented immigrants and community members from New York and New Jersey at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn for a rally on March 13, 2021 to reject the “empty promises” of the Democratic Party and demand permanent protection for the 11 million undocumented immigrants that live and work in this country. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Pro-Immigration Activists with Cosecha New York, Cosecha New Jersey, and Close the Camps NYC joined undocumented immigrants and community members from New York and New Jersey at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn for a rally on March 13, 2021 to reject the “empty promises” of the Democratic Party and demand permanent protection for the 11 million undocumented immigrants that live and work in this country. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Pro-Immigration Activists with Cosecha New York, Cosecha New Jersey, and Close the Camps NYC joined undocumented immigrants and community members from New York and New Jersey at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn for a rally on March 13, 2021 to reject the “empty promises” of the Democratic Party and demand permanent protection for the 11 million undocumented immigrants that live and work in this country. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Pro-Immigration Activists with Cosecha New York, Cosecha New Jersey, and Close the Camps NYC joined undocumented immigrants and community members from New York and New Jersey at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn for a rally on March 13, 2021 to reject the “empty promises” of the Democratic Party and demand permanent protection for the 11 million undocumented immigrants that live and work in this country. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Pro-Immigration Activists with Cosecha New York, Cosecha New Jersey, and Close the Camps NYC joined undocumented immigrants and community members from New York and New Jersey at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn for a rally on March 13, 2021 to reject the “empty promises” of the Democratic Party and demand permanent protection for the 11 million undocumented immigrants that live and work in this country. (Photo by Erik McGregor)