We watched the 1995 BBC production of Pride and Prejudice in all its Blu-Ray glory this afternoon (five episodes today and one yesterday!). In my view, it’s still the best adaptation ever produced Not sure about the transfer to Blu-ray though – it looked decidedly grainy in places, and it also had a very strange …
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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!
Lazy Sunday Afternoon
…and the morning too! Unusually, neither of us had that much to do today. I got the books ready for Nick, my Accountant (it’s my end-of-year), whilst Ann attacked the shower-room armed with an elbow full of grease – and the oven, with a chicken full of err.. chicken! Lee and I caught up with …
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Lee and Ann go Flat hunting
After dropping the cats back, Lee and Ann went flat-hunting in Kettering. The reality is, we think, that Humberto will never come out of the care-home. So, our suggestion is that Lee will move out of Cromer once she has found somewhere suitable round here. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not …
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Cats in…Back out…
Image by Steve Palmer (UK) via Flickr Lucky pussies ehh! Ann dropped them over to Patsy‘s for their regular bath, blow dry and comb-out – as always, they put a tremendous fight when we tried to get them into the cat carriers! Patsy had pulled her back, so we were only expecting her to comb …
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Julie’s Rules
Popped around to Julie and Tom’s to try and deal with a problem Julie was having with all her emails automatically going into the deleted bin! It turned out that a ‘rogue’ rule was to blame. Technology is wonderful, isn’t it??? Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post …
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Result!
BA is NOT our favourite airline! Over the years they’ve consistently managed to fall well below our expectations whenever we’ve flown with them. Against better judgement, we chose to travel with them for our recent holiday to Barbados. When the return journey went t***-up and we had to find another way to get home, they …
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Chris, Gill, Steve and Denise – Get together
I was out all day in London. Meanwhile, Ann and Lee performed miracles in the kitchen. The gang arrived just after 7 and as a result, we stuffed ourselves silly on all the homemade grub that had been prepared. Scrummy!!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until …
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TV: Doctor Who – Series 5
The trailer for the new Doctor Who series premiered tonight just after Total Wipeout. Apparently the new series starts on April 3rd. It all looked a bit weird and ‘too busy’ for me, but when I heard that it was best appreciated in 3D, where it’s currently being shown in cinemas, I could see why …
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London calling!
What a busy week! Six-days too. Today, I’m off to London for one of our regularish LNG meetings. Luckily, Denise has managed to find us a semi-permanent home in Holborn (at least for this year), so that’ll help preserve the LNG funds. Nice one Denise!!! Today, we’re recapping assertiveness techniques courtesy of Angela. Steve PalmerI …
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TV: EastEnders at 25
The soap celebrated 25 years on-air tonight with a live episode. The BBC hype machine went into overdrive leading up to the event – you couldn’t go anywhere on BBC TV without a reminder at every possible opportunity!!!. Viewers were heard singing the theme tune and being asked for their opinion on the ongoing plot …
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PC Fix
Popped over to Paul and Sue’s to attempt to fix Sue’s PC. For no reason at all, it had started to pop-up warning messages about viruses and spyware attacking her machine. No matter what they tried, they couldn’t get the message to stop appearing. What was interesting was, that it wasn’t their normal AV program …
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Lent Boy (2010)
I’m in ‘Lent Mode’ getting ready to give up all the things I really like to eat, for the 40 day period. This year, the list is longer than 2009 and includes: It’s been 15 minutes and so-far, so good! 😉 Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post …
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Film: Avatar 3D
We finally got around to see Avatar in 3D at the Odeon in Kettering. UNBELIEVABLE! Even if you’re not a sci-fi fan, or you never go to the cinema or you only see one film a year…check it out! ..and be careful you don’t trip over your jaw on the way out!!!! Steve PalmerI got …
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Ely Ely Oh!
The three of us (Ann, Nicki and I) took a drive to Ely today. I haven’t been there for a gazillion years. Parking was pretty straightforward – a dedicated car-park for the Cathedral, our first stop. As we walked from the car, we suddenly realised how cold it was – but worse was to come!! …
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Nicki here for the weekend
Nicki joined us tonight – she’s been on holiday this week and staying ’til late Saturday night and then driving home. I’d quite forgotten that we hadn’t ‘done’ Christmas pressies with her (as we didn’t see her over the Christmas period) and it felt really strange doing this in February! She also bought us some …
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Stamford/Avatar (almost!)/Mazza’s
Stamford We took a drive over to Stamford for a few bits of shopping. Boy was it cold!!! We managed to get everything we were looking for, and Lee even picked-up a couple of ‘Frank Spencer’ style hats. Nice 🙂 Lee also bought us some silver ornamental cats. We were back by 2pm, with the …
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Actor, Ian Charmichael dies
Those of a certain age will remember Ian Carmichael, a British actor who specialised in playing ‘upper-class twits’. He died on Friday, aged 89. I’d recently watched him in the 1960 film: ‘School for Scoundrels’ – which was hilarious!!!! Related Articles Veteran actor Ian Carmichael dies aged 89 (telegraph.co.uk) Actor Ian Carmichael dies at 89 …
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Chish and Fips!
A busy, but ultimately enjoyable day. It didn’t start off that way though! For no reason, at about 11am, we lost all connections to the internet for about an hour, just at the point where all the stuff I’d been working on in the morning needed a connection to complete the job. Strangely, email was …
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TV: Doctor Who – Series 5
I’ve heard that the new series begins in March. Rumour has it the titles of the first three episodes are: 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 …
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Family get-together
We almost had everyone – Bev couldn’t make it because she was working, and Mum’s health is suffering at the moment and so she fancy the journey. Ann and Lee drove over the Waitrose to pick-up the food, whilst I finished tidying-up the house! So just Mae, Denis, Roger, Jane and Oliver arrived for lunch …
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Mum’s health…
We’re starting to get concerned (again) about Mum’s health. The ‘patches’ that the Doctor gave her a while ago, to ease the pain with her other hip now don’t seem to be helping much at all. Combine that with her falling into the TV and then into the fireplace on Friday has meant she’s in …
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Let Them eat Cake….
I seem to have spent the whole week eating! One of the benefits (or curses, if you’re dieting) is that with Lee staying with us, I get a lunch-time meal too. Well, I managed to avoid that today because I drove down to South Mimms to meet-up with Simon H for a business catch-up and …
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Mazza’s
It would seem that the best Indian restaurant round here – Mazza’s – has started a delivery service!! 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 …
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USB iz Gr8!
You know me, I can’t go a week without a dabble in technology! How’s this then, for something really neat…and useful too! Ann’s car came with a ‘usb port for music’. After briefly reading the manual (boring!), I ordered an 8Gb stick from Amazon in a nice ‘girly pink’ (about 20 quid)and then copied a …
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Ann’s new car
Probably not the best weather for photographs, but here are the first batch… (click on them for larger version…) 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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Ann’s new car is here…
Excellent news! Ann picked up her new car today. Well, it’s almost the same, apart from the wheels and Ann’s had a body-kit added too! Yum Yum!! 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 …
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Busy…Busy!
Image by Steve Palmer (UK) via Flickr Yes, it’s another one of those Saturdays where it’s all go-go-go!! First off, me over to Peterborough for a hair-cut, then back to pick up the 5 ton of holiday dry cleaning! Ann and Lee then headed over to Waitrose, shopping complete with the cats who are going …
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Meal with David and Val
If it’s the weekend, it must be The Wheatsheaf at Titchmarsh! 🙂 …well, it feels like it, as we were there last Saturday too! This time, it’s our regular monthly meal out with David and Val and I reckon if they don’t change the menu soon, we’re in danger of having tried everything on it …
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DVD: Star Trek
I’d been to see it at the cinema in May last year. Lee’s a fan, and hadn’t seen it, so with Ann away tonight (who’s not a fan!), it was the perfect opportunity to see it in all its blu-ray glory. Having watched it again, I’d say it was a very watchable film – even …
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Lunch with Dave B
I drove over to Market Harborough today to meet-up with my friend Dave B. We’d tried to meet back in early December, but the appalling traffic for Dave as he headed south on the M1 meant I ran out of time waiting for him. We parked up at the top of the high-street in Market …
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