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22/02/22
« on: Tuesday, 22 February, 2022 @ 03:20:32 »
Fifty four new cases of coronavirus confirmed yesterday on Kefalonia by EODY, five on Ithaka

Today's bank rate:
1 GBP = € 1.1655
1 USD = € 0.8563

Based on Alpha Bank exchange rates, these are widely used by exchange agencies in Greece.
Other banks likely to offer a different rate which may be marginally higher or lower.
Banks and foreign exchange offices normally charge standard 2% commission.
You may get a better rate changing your holiday money in advance at e.g the
Post Office.
NB: some f-ex agencies advertise "No Commission".
Invariably, they deduct commission before they (don't) advertise the rate.
Foreign exchange offices are businesses, not charities.


Ten day weather forecast for Kefalonia:
This is an overall forecast, due to the mountainous terrain the weather can be very localised.
Updated forecast @
weather.com

Day, Date   Hi°/Lo°   Wind sp   Wet   Forecast
Tue 22/02   14°/09°   18 km/h   91%   Rain probable
Wed 23/02   16°/09°   20 km/h   08%   Sunny
Thu 24/02   15°/08°   18 km/h   03%   Sunny
Fri 25/02   15°/09°   13 km/h   03%   Sun & cloud
Sat 26/02   15°/09°   14 km/h   63%   Showers probable
Sun 27/02   13°/08°   25 km/h   82%   Rain probable
Mon 28/02   13°/07°   23 km/h   71%   Showers probable
Tue 01/03   13°/08°   15 km/h   12%   Mostly sunny
Wed 02/03   14°/09°   14 km/h   07%   Mostly sunny
Thu 03/03   15°/10°   15 km/h   13%   Sun & cloud


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Re: 22/02/22
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday, 22 February, 2022 @ 03:27:55 »
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Birmingham hit by 3.2 magnitude earthquake
The West Midlands was last rocked by a major tremor more than 20 years ago

An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 has struck the West Midlands.

The quake was at a depth of 10km (6.2 miles) and hit 7km (4.3 miles) northwest of Birmingham at 10.29pm, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

It is not yet known whether the earthquake has caused any damage to the surrounding areas.
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/birmingham-earthquake-latest-b2020124.html


Magnitude   ML 2.8
Region   ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Date time   2022-02-21 22:59:29.0 UTC
Location   52.55 N ; 1.97 W
Depth   8 km
Distances   171 km WNW of London, United Kingdom / pop: 7,556,000 / local time: 22:59:29.0 2022-02-21
9 km NW of Birmingham, United Kingdom / pop: 984,000 / local time: 22:59:29.0 2022-02-21
https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1099308

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Re: 22/02/22
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday, 22 February, 2022 @ 03:32:38 »
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Drivers face fuel shortages as workers at UK's largest refinery vote on strike action
ExxonMobil's Fawley refinery produces one-fifth of fuel used on UK roads and faces the threat of shut-downs

Britain’s largest oil refinery faces the threat of shut-downs owing to strike action amid a row over workers’ pay....
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/02/21/drivers-face-fuel-shortages-workers-uks-largest-refinery-vote/


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Re: 22/02/22
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday, 22 February, 2022 @ 03:35:08 »
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Greek Man Kills American Wife in Yet Another Femicide in Greece

Police arrested a 69-year-old man in the city of Ioannina, Greece for beating his American wife to death on Sunday in yet another femicide recorded in Greece.
https://greekreporter.com/2022/02/21/greek-man-kills-american-wife-femicide/


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Re: 22/02/22
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday, 22 February, 2022 @ 11:56:06 »
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‘Completely contradictory’: NFU leader attacks UK farming policy
Minette Batters says industry is in crisis because of government failures over staff shortages, Brexit red tape and cheap imports

The government has shown a “total lack of understanding of how food production works”, introduced “completely contradictory policies” on farming, and risks “repeatedly running into crises” through the lack of a post-Brexit plan for UK farming, the leading representative of British farmers will say today.

Minette Batters, president of the National Farmers’ Union, will make a scathing attack on ministers’ failures, unprecedented in recent memory in its ferocity from a farming leader.

Her withering assessment of the government’s actions reflects widespread anger and alarm among many sections of the UK’s farming and food production industries, one of the country’s biggest manufacturing industries and employers. Farmers have suffered from plunging exports and reams of new red tape owing to Brexit, staff shortages as EU seasonal workers have left, and the prospect of floods of cheap low-quality imports after post-Brexit trade deals.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/22/completely-contradictory-nfu-leader-attacks-uks-farming-policy


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Re: 22/02/22
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday, 22 February, 2022 @ 12:51:00 »
Does anybody else think todays date 22/2/22 is one to note in the never happen again in your lifetime?!

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Re: 22/02/22
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday, 22 February, 2022 @ 14:38:16 »
Groundhog day?

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Re: 22/02/22
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday, 22 February, 2022 @ 14:42:06 »
Still talk of a 'new' Argostoli-Poros road, allegedly involving sixty bridges and bypassing villages. Budget of sixty million euros claimed.

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Re: 22/02/22
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday, 22 February, 2022 @ 15:13:27 »

https://youtu.be/wBDLRvjHVOY?t=1

"The film is set to release in the UK and internationally on June 22nd, 2022, coming to North America two days later on June 24th, 2022." - that's according to The Scotsman. Other sources give 24 June as a worldwide release date.


Not my favourite singer/actor but will probably be a big hit.


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Re: 17/02/22
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday, 22 February, 2022 @ 20:34:03 »

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Re: 22/02/22
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday, 22 February, 2022 @ 20:42:58 »
Does anybody else think todays date 22/2/22 is one to note in the never happen again in your lifetime?!

Having done 010101 020202 .... 121212 I'm rather blase about today

It may get better remembered as a new fact to add to those schooltime perrenials Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo and Poland
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Re: 22/02/22
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday, 23 February, 2022 @ 00:00:32 »
Today's coronavirus count on Kef/Ithaka: 63/28

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Re: 22/02/22
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday, 23 February, 2022 @ 00:08:39 »
Hailstones covered Vathy, Ithaka, this afternoon, left it looking as though it was under a coating of snow.

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Re: 22/02/22
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday, 23 February, 2022 @ 00:19:03 »
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Fossil of largest Jurassic pterosaur found on Skye

The world's largest Jurassic pterosaur - a 170-million-year-old winged reptile - has been found protruding from the rocks of the Isle of Skye.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60407928


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Re: 22/02/22
« Reply #14 on: Wednesday, 23 February, 2022 @ 07:55:45 »
Does anybody else think todays date 22/2/22 is one to note in the never happen again in your lifetime?!

Especially at 22.22 in the evening.

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Re: 22/02/22
« Reply #15 on: Wednesday, 23 February, 2022 @ 19:43:05 »
Does anybody else think todays date 22/2/22 is one to note in the never happen again in your lifetime?!

Especially at 22.22 in the evening.


OK girls, how about this!?!

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Judah Grace Spear was born at 2:22 a.m. on Feb. 22, 2022 (2/22/22), which also happened to be a “Twosday.”

Fittingly, little Judah came into the world in Delivery Room No. 2.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/judah-grace-spear-born-twosday-222-on-2-22-22_l_6215596fe4b06e1cc586a296

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