Fishless aquarium subway vent

The most common lie I tell is that I'm thinking nothing; I don't try to deceive anyone, the truth is time consuming and I just don't want to explain what I'm thinking about.  Imagine telling them the truth. 

I'm thinking about a fishless aquarium subway vent. A project high up on my bucket list. If I built my own home, the air vents would be big enough to walk through, like a small hall way. The air vents wouldn't just be air vents, they would be a fake aquarium, there would be apparent fish tanks with fish swimming in them, but they are just screens, there are no fish or water. The fake aquarium would also reconfigure itself into a small subway with a small train. To access the train you would open cupboard doors in certain areas of the house, the back of the cupboard would be an opening to a tiny station that is 1 by 3 metres, a tiny train that looks like a toy would take you through the air vents to other parts of the house, but the aquarium screens would be switched off so you would feel like you in a subway tunnel. The small subway train wouldn't be a real train, it would be a series of boxes with skateboard wheels screwed to the bottom, they would be dragged along by an electric bike wheel underneath. Each car on the so-called train would be just big enough for one person to sit in it. The train would be powered by metal plates with a direct current flowing through it from one side to the other, about 4 AMps. The metal plates would be screwed to the floor and also steer the train. 

There is a lot more detail to my fishless aquarium subway vent thought, it would take hours to explain it all. For example, the micro train stations would have little seats and train progress displays, glossy A2 sized posters of movies would also be on the wall. There are lots of details. Even the way the aquarium shuts off to become a subway has many details. 

Keep it simple, I'm thinking nothing. 

If I was loaded

Here in Britain if someone is loaded, it means they have come across a lot of money. If I was loaded, I would take all my hobbies to the next level. I would have a work shop where I build stuff and make test rigs and stuff like that. My man cave wouldn't just be a bar in my sitting room like it is now, it would be a whole room full of toys. 

It would be so nice to build a glass cabinet filled with collected toys. I would fill it with micro arcade machines from myArcade.com. I would collect them all. 

I would have all the Evercade games consoles and all the Evercade cartridges in another cabinet. 

No showing off, no fancy cars, just an ability to do all my hobbies nicely and have a nice home to live in. 

Tense Game

On Saturday evening at about 17:00, England played against Switzerland in the quarter finals of the European football tournament. It was a very tense game and went all the way to the penalty stage. We won on penalties. It was a very narrow escape. It reminds me of the movie Indepence Day when they were trying to escape from the alien mother ship and the doors were closing in front of them and they squeezed through the doors just in time before they closed. 

I think the game was more interesting because it was so close. 

I couldn't help but think about the swiss army knife, folding pocket multi tool. Then I was looking up the leather man pocket tool because it works in a similar way. Then I was watching videos of pocket multi tools in general. I went through several videos of folding pocket tools on YouTube. The Swiss make some very interesting things. 

All in the Hands

Many people I know feel a deep sense of dread or they feel frustrated . Here in Britain the center-right voters split into two groups, some voted for the conservative party and others for the reform party. The centre-left had one clear party to vote for, they chose Labour. About half the voting public feel upset about the outcome. The summer here in Britain is quite dark, overcast with clouds and rain. I thought I should share an idea on here to help people keep their chin up a bit. 

Joy as I know it is all in the Hands. If you keep your hands busy, you will get more joy. Making things or drawing things is the way to be happy. 

I draw pictures with pens and pencils every day. My hobby is a gift from God because I have two working hands to keep busy. If you're playing a guitar or building a test rig for experiments, the joy is the same. 

Sometimes I watch videos on YouTube of people building things. I watch other guys build all sorts of things, roller coasters in their back garden, home aquariums and ponds, test rigs for experiments and things like that. 

Use those God given gifts, make things with your hands or use your working eyes to read books. All those things can bring joy. 

The Election

Yesterday I voted for my local MP. They quickly counted all the votes and confirmed who is the current MP for high Wycombe.

It was a landslide victory for the labour party. I think the reason why is because the Reform party siphoned off some of the conservative votes. If the Reform party wasn't there, they would have voted conservative because the goals of the conservative party and the reform party are the same. To stop illegal people trafficking on the English channel and bring down some of the taxes to make Britain more competitive globally. 

The newly formed reform party acted like a wrecking ball and smashed some of the conservative votes. They split the center-right votes into two smaller groups. That is my opinion though, it may not be the truth. There were other things that may have brought down the conservatives, I remember the frivolous spending during the pandemic and the rule breaking in the cabinet. I won't name anyone but it happened too often and annoyed many ordinary people. 

I think if the Reform party wasn't there, the votes would have been very close and parliament would be hung. Perhaps we would be left with a coalition government. It's not my role in society to say who is more reliable or better. I just accept that it happened and observe the truth as I see it. 

Who let my bulls out

In my town there is a local MP candidate that had life sized printed cutouts of himself tied to some of the lamp posts. I thought it was a good idea, for a second I would think It was a real person standing there and look at him. It wasn't long before many of the cutouts were defaced, one had his head ripped off, another was pulled down and stumped on. I feel shame, he isn't even in a party, he was independent candidate. 

I imagined putting a large box in a town square full of bulls. The images on the box would represent different points of view. If people damaged the box because of loss of self control and malice, they would free the bulls and get bashed by the bulls. I would say, "who let my bulls out, who who?". They would blame me for their injuries and I would tell them I didn't let my bulls out, you did. 

I would be like those guys on the internet that prank porch pirates, they take the box and paint or poop flies out on their face. 

What June 2024 means to me

June started off a bit darker and colder than normal but things picked up later in the month. We were all aware that a general election was looming and the start of summer was very political. The exact date of the election was set to 4th of July, the American independence day; they picked a day that is easy to remember. 

The European football tournament started in june and the England team made some progress.  They just squeezed through the 16 group knockout stage and will face Iceland on Saturday. They're doing ok so far. 

I became aware that the Evercade game console company was releasing a bartop mini arcade machine and console hybrid called the Evercade alpha that will take the Evercade cartridges. We only have the specifications and images of what it will look like. I haven't seen any videos of people trying it out. They're releasing it in November I believe. Every 2 or 3 days I will look up Evercade Alpha  on YouTube to see if anyone has been given an early release to try it out for real. There are mixed opinions about the hardware, some people think it won't sell very well, others are convinced it is the best new games console Evercade has made so far and will be very popular. We'll see what happens in November I guess.