{"id":19760,"date":"2013-05-12T21:34:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-12T21:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=19760"},"modified":"2013-05-12T21:34:24","modified_gmt":"2013-05-12T21:34:24","slug":"day-132-a-short-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/12\/day-132-a-short-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 132: A Short Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve already written about today&#8217;s <a title=\"Spanish Grand Prix 2013: Race\" href=\"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/2013\/05\/spanish-grand-prix-2013-race\/\">Spanish Grand Prix<\/a> and produced <a title=\"Spanish Grand Prix 2013: Championship Standings\" href=\"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/2013\/05\/spanish-grand-prix-2013-championship-standings\/\">graphs of standings<\/a> in the two championships.<\/p>\n<p>The race was ok, nothing special. A very tactical race &#8211; the only problem with that is they tend not to be very exciting to watch. Sure, there were 82 <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Pit stop\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pit_stop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">pit stops<\/a>, but that&#8217;s too many really. Some drivers stopped four times, effectively turning their 66 lap race into 5 sprints of 13\/14 laps. The race never settled apart from two lulls in action which again, is no bad thing, but really hard to follow.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the rest of the day was spent working on a \u00a0little job for <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Grange Moor\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grange_Moor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Grange Moor<\/a> band and playing at a concert for them in Grange Moor. The band sounded good and it flew by.<\/p>\n<p>My aunt posted this photo of me on Facebook from my first Christmas back in 1983. Highly embarrassing but that didn&#8217;t stop me making it my profile photo or posting it on here!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19791\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/946241_566731803358973_408109034_n.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19791\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/946241_566731803358973_408109034_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/946241_566731803358973_408109034_n.jpg?fit=800%2C523&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,523\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Me in &amp;#8217;83\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Me in &amp;#8217;83&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/946241_566731803358973_408109034_n.jpg?fit=800%2C523&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19791\" alt=\"Me in '83\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/946241_566731803358973_408109034_n-300x196.jpg?resize=300%2C196\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/946241_566731803358973_408109034_n.jpg?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/946241_566731803358973_408109034_n.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me in &#8217;83<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to say I&#8217;ve done more. But, I haven&#8217;t. Tomorrow sees the first of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Year Six\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Year_Six\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Year 6<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"SAT\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SAT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">SAT tests<\/a> &#8211; nothing that involves me though as maths doesn&#8217;t happen until later in the week. Stress levels may well be quite high, but all will be well. 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The race was ok, nothing special. A very tactical race &#8211; the only problem with that is they tend not to be very exciting to watch. Sure, there were 82 pit stops, but that&#8217;s too many really. 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