We travelled down to Worthing today late morning on Saturday. The reason? Back in October, we went to a Charity-do for Foster Carers, something that Sharon’s involved with. Our table won the ‘we-come-round-to-yours-and-cook-a-full-meal’ prize. As it turned out, it was Sharon who was offering the prize and so we booked a night’s stop-over at Edwardian …
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Author:Steve Palmer
I got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 - well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be the perfect combination to contribute a few words to the online community. But I'm no Samuel Pepys! If you're looking for deep and meaningful comments on a variety of subjects, then you've arrived at the wrong site! I only pen for pleasure! On average, my posts appear about twice per month, covering family & friends, cinema visits, eating out, holiday experiences and techy stuff. Oh, and as this is my hobby, there are no sponsored links nor adverts here – it's all done with love!
I hope you find it enjoyable, interesting and occasionally, even helpful!
David and Val’s for Goulash
We popped round to David and Val’s tonight. Val had made Goulash whilst Ann made a bread-and-butter pudding. Scrummy! We both reckoned that was the BEST Goulash we’ve ever tasted!!! We watched the ‘Manchurian Candidate’ (Denzel Washington) on DVD – a great film. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my …
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Interview with the new Doctor
Extended interview with Matt Smith – the 11th Doctor! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be the perfect …
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Test Two
Just a second test to see if apostrophes are being uploaded correctly s’s’s’s’s Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed …
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Test Blog
I just installed LiveWriter, version 14.0.3913.522. If this blog isn‘t showing strange characters where the apostrophes should be then it‘s working! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with …
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Firing on all four…
Well, not quite – I still got the mother-of-all-coughs – but I certainly feel a whole lot better today. I even managed to catch-up with most of the work I’d been too ill to look at last week! The biggest difference is that I feel much more energetic and that period of lethargy has now …
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Rare Mike Oldfield footage
As part of the ‘Prog Rock’ season on BBC4, they showed a rare 30 minute live studio session of Mike Oldfield performing Tubular Bells in 1974. I’ve never seen this footage before – excellent stuff!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my …
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Feeling better/Annual Health Check
I woke up this morning feeling much better. I’d had a good night’s sleep and although the cough remains, I’m feel less lethargic and the wild extremes of temperature that I was experiencing, seem to have disappeared. Ironically, today is my annual health-check and I’m also going to see the Doc about trying to get …
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Snow/Feeling Crap
I woke up today to find: Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be the perfect combination to contribute …
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On the mend?
Well, I’m starting to feel a bit better. The ‘sweats’ seem to have stopped and I had a good night’s sleep last night. I’ve still got the chesty cough, but a switch to Boot’s own cough mixture seems to be helping… Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until …
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New Series: ‘Demons’
I watched ITV1’s ‘Demons’ last night – the first episode – it was very watchable and I enjoyed the opening episode. Philip Glenister delivered a first-class performance and I liked the fact it was shot around familiar parts of London. No doubt, the Press will slag-it-off – which is normally a good sign it’ll run-and-run!! …
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Nicki visits…/New Doctor Who announced
Nicki drove up to see us. The plan was for us all to go shopping in Birmingham. Although I’d slept well, I just kept coughing and spluttering from the moment I got up, so I stayed at home and the girls went to Leicester to ‘try-out’ the new John Lewis there. I went (back to) …
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Still feeling like crap!
I thought after feeling better yesterday, I’d be feeling even better today – Nope! I had a very restless night running a temperature. At one point, I coughed so hard, I felt sure I’d find one of my lungs, the other side of the bedroom! I just can’t seem to shake-off this cough…and all the …
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New Year’s Day
New Year’s Eve – Feeling yuk!
Bugger! I really wanted to be better for today. In fact, I think this is the worst I’ve felt. I stayed in bed all day (didn’t get up until 6pm). I’ve still got this chesty cough which makes me sound like I’m smoking 60-a-day..and I feel so lethargic too! Ann’s joining Jo and Janet for …
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Feeling yuk! (Still!)
I felt very lethargic today and therefore did bugger-all. Hope I’m I’m feeling better for New Year’s Eve tomorrow! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness …
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Feeling yuk!
I’m getting worse…sweats, feeling cold…yuk! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be the perfect combination to contribute a …
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Mum returns home/Debbie and Stefan’s for nibbles!
John arrived from RLL Flightlink at about 11 to taxi Mum back home. Apparently, it was a terrible journey due to the sheer volume of traffic. Instead of it taking around 2 hours – it was closer to 3!! We popped into town to have a look around. It was quite quiet and the shops …
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Afternoon Tea with Roger, Jane and Oliver
We left just before 2 and arrived just after 3. The traffic was quite heavy going down, but we didn’t hit any jams. Ken and Celia were still there – they were leaving for home tomorrow. Oliver was in his normal ultra-high spirits – which was great! We exchanged pressies in between Oliver trying to …
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Boxing Day 2008
We both had a restless night again with most of the sleeping hours wrestling with bedclothes and windows – we were either too hot or too cold. I eventually got us around 7.15 and after having a shower, I started to feel a bit better. I can’t seem to shift this cough I’ve developed – …
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Christmas Day 2008
We woke to cold but dry day. We’d both slept badly – too hot- must be the virus! Mum was up first, followed by me, Ann appeared a while later! 🙂 We all a light breakfast and then attacked the Christmas pressys! Because we’ve both been poorly, we didn’t have all the pressys round the …
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A day in bed!
This virus has really got a hold of me. I felt very light on my feet and I was alternating between being freezing cold and having longs bouts of sweating. Yuck! I felt like s***. I didn’t sleep a wink last night and so stayed in bed well into the afternoon. I got up aqt6pm!!!! …
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eBay PDA and a bad day for technology!
The PDA I won on eBay turned up and it looks great. However for reasons too complicated to describe here, after an initial ‘OK’ with the phone, it now won’t recognise the O2 sim card. Bugger! …and my first attempt at restoring all my data failed too with the device freezing in the final stages …
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It got me…!
After being extremely careful for the last week or so trying to avoid catching what Ann has…it seems it finally got me! It began last night – I was a bit sniffy and I woke-up this morning with all the signs of a very bad cold. Excellent! Just in time for Christmas!!! 😬 Humbug!!!! Steve …
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Christmas Tree
I started to put the tree up on Sunday, but didn’t get around to finishing it off. Today I added the lights and the final remaining decorations. Hhhmmm. I think I should have added the lights first! Ann was feeling better today!!!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first …
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Salvation Army – Christmas Concert
Choir Concert featuring Rosi
We drove over to St Barnabus Church, Wellingborough. to see the Choir Rosi’s in perform in the Christmas Concert. Ann was still suffering with her virus which has now evolved into a streaming cold. Mum was in good spirits. I’m glad we allowed a bit of slack in the journey as the parking was a …
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New Cat Groomers
Well, today, we’re trying out a new cat-groomers in Kettering. That’s because the other place seems to have gone tits-up! They’re going in at 12 and hopefully will be back by 3 this afternoon. we really hope they do a good job, as there are no others to use round here. The cats are well …
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Pick-up Mum/Ann still not well
I drove over to Bedford Station to pick Mum up – I dropped into Denise and Steve’s on the way through. Denise made me coffee and forced a mince-pie on me and we sat in front of her open fire in the lounge – lovely! Steve was out getting plumbing bits and pieces and arrived …
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Test
It’s another test blog! from my NetBook!!!!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be the perfect combination to …
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