Raymond G. Taylor
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Author living in Kent, England. Writer of short stories and poems in a wide range of genres, forms and styles. A non-fiction writer for 40+ years. Subjects include art, history, science, business, law, and the human condition.
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Free £5 voucher
Dear fellow Beckenham resident, Anyone else reading this may need to adapt for context I thought you would be interested to know that Tesco Elmers End is offering a free £5 (or more) voucher to any Beckenham resident. All you need to do to get this amazing offer is to make a complaint through their new, super-sexy, high-tech, AI chatbot service.
By Raymond G. Taylorabout 14 hours ago in Futurism
Tesco: AI and customer service
Please do not read this article. It is not very interesting. It is just the verbatim script of a conversation I had with UK store Tesco's AI chatbot customer service can'thelpline. I have reproduced it verbatim here just for the record. I will send the URL to Tesco Press reps just for fun.
By Raymond G. Taylora day ago in Futurism
Loving you has only just begun
Expect to see more of this photographic exploration of the Kent coastal town of Margate and nearby areas from me. This is my new home-to-be. Part of the Cinque Ports confederation, which dates back to around 1050, Margate sits at the far north-eastern point of Kent. The term Cinque Ports was first used in the 12th century, at a time when the official language throughout England was Norman French. Over the centuries, this language became assimilated with the Saxon, Danish, Celtic and other languages, evolving into modern English.
By Raymond G. Taylor11 days ago in Wander
City thrice holy
My visit to Israel in the 1990s felt like a homecoming. Don’t ask me why. A quick tour of Jerusalem took in many historic and religious sites. Not least the excavations beside the Western (or Wailing) Wall. Here, becloaked scholars read ancient Hebrew scrolls, praying with their voices, hearts, minds and bodies. Here, Roman street divides modern office and apartment blocks. Here, east meets west, Jew lives alongside Arab. Here the most holy of Christian monuments has a church that is bisected by a line cutting through two walls, floor, ceiling and alter. One side Catholic, the other Greek Orthodox.
By Raymond G. Taylor16 days ago in Wander
