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On the rare occasions that I ask the AI system Alexa a question it will always respond by saying either Good morning David or Good afternoon, so I thought I would ask if it uses a voice recognition system. Its reply was ‘I recognize you.’ Must remember not to walk into my office-loft area naked as it could induce a short circuit.

I cut down two very old apple trees in the back garden and had very mixed emotions, my mom bought me the trees over forty years ago and they were small enough for both of them to fit inside my car. But I used the logs to make two reindeer, I have to explain to people what they are, as the legs are too short making them look like Dachshunds. My wife isn’t impressed but as I often say, ‘art is a funny old thing’ and in mitigation the logs were far too short to make something that looked like the real thing. And if a Banana taped to a wall can sell for five million, well I am open to offers, and I will throw in free post and package.

It’s nearly thirty years since my mom died and despite me being a very difficult child I can never remember my Mom shouting at me. She was always so positive and I was so lucky to have parents that were so caring.