{"id":22010,"date":"2013-11-01T23:17:55","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T23:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=22010"},"modified":"2013-11-01T23:17:55","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T23:17:55","slug":"day-305-when-no-decisions-were-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/01\/day-305-when-no-decisions-were-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 305: When No Decisions Were Made."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have no clue where today has gone. Done a lot of things, seen a lot of people, but not actually made much progress on significant things. The <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Geocaching\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geocaching\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">geocache<\/a> we found today was in a lovely location. The sun setting over a small lake\/pond thing in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Bradford\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bradford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Bradford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22012\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Harold-Park.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22012\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/harold-park\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Harold-Park.jpg?fit=2448%2C3264&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1383318278&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00034399724802202&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Harold Park\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Harold Park, Bradford. Earlier. (Click to enlarge)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Harold-Park.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22012\" alt=\"Harold Park, Bradford. Earlier. (Click to enlarge)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Harold-Park-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Harold-Park.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Harold-Park.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Harold-Park.jpg?w=2330&amp;ssl=1 2330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harold Park, Bradford. Earlier. (Click to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Which is a shame really, as that means the weekend needs to be filled with stuff that I wouldn&#8217;t ordinarily want to fill the closing weekend of a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Academic term\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academic_term\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">half term<\/a> with.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, on <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Graham Norton\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Graham_Norton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Graham Norton<\/a>, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Jeremy Paxman\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeremy_Paxman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Jeremy Paxman<\/a> was talking about his Great Uncle who died in the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"World War I\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Great War<\/a> of World War One. And that made me think about the centenary which is clearly coming up next year. It&#8217;s a thing that is history. It&#8217;s not living memory anymore. Three quarters of a million men were killed in that war. It isn&#8217;t something to celebrate, but is something to commemorate. I&#8217;ve no idea what should be done, but it should be<\/p>\n<p>Today is the first of November, which means we are approaching the closing run of this project, 61 days left. It&#8217;s made me think about what to do next. 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Done a lot of things, seen a lot of people, but not actually made much progress on significant things. The geocache we found today was in a lovely location. The sun setting over a small lake\/pond thing in Bradford. 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