{"id":18454,"date":"2013-03-01T23:33:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T23:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=18454"},"modified":"2013-03-01T23:33:10","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T23:33:10","slug":"day-60-a-friday-feast-of-fings-sometimes-i-cant-resist-alliteration-however-most-of-the-time-i-hate-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/01\/day-60-a-friday-feast-of-fings-sometimes-i-cant-resist-alliteration-however-most-of-the-time-i-hate-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 60: A Friday Feast Of Fings… (sometimes I can’t resist alliteration, however most of the time I hate it!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lots has popped into my head to write about today.<\/p>\n

Five years ago today, I began seeing the lovely Mrs Pitts – that’s clearly an\u00a0important\u00a0milestone in both our lives. It doesn’t feel like\u00a01826 days have been spent with each other, but that’s what it is.<\/p>\n

Also, it is St. David’s Day<\/a> and I came across this lovely maths puzzle which reminded me of our trip to this place in August 2010<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The longest place name in the UK is a small village on the island of Anglesey in North Wales<\/a>. When allocating each letter of the English alphabet<\/a> a numerical value, a=1 b=2 c=3 . . . z=26,\u00a0what is the total value of LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTISILIOGOGOGOCH<\/a> when adding the individual letters?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That was set by 7Puzzle<\/a>, where I gain inspiration for many maths activities.<\/p>\n

Today was the first in a while that I’ve felt almost normal again – I’m still not great, but not bad overall – just in time for the Yorkshire Brass Band Area Championship weekend. I have quite a number of small tasks to complete for work too, but I wouldn’t be going to Bradford with Knottingley<\/a> on Sunday without Mrs Pitts being in my life.<\/p>\n

In F1, we’ve had the first driver change already, with just over 15 days before the first race weekend in Australia.\u00a0Luiz Razia<\/a> told has lost his Marussia<\/a> drive\u00a0because of a sponsor payment problem and\u00a0Jules Bianchi<\/a> will take his place. Also, right now we are in the middle of the final test in Barcelona, which is being shown live on Sky’s F1 channel. Swapping my PPA at work this week to Friday afternoon came in handy to watch this!<\/p>\n

Speaking of Formula One, as usual I’ve entered a free to play fantasy Formula 1<\/a> game at\u00a0fantasyracers.com<\/a>. I’ve created a league for friends of mine. If you wish to join me, the details are:<\/p>\n