I took Mum home today. We had an excellent run. Two hours there and two hours back. No hold-ups in either direction – Perfect! The preparations for the new car continue… The replacement registration number has now arrived so I can put own plate ‘on retention’ until the new car has arrived. The replacement registration …
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Mae and Denis for lunch
Mae and Denis came for lunch. Bev couldn’t make it as she’s in hospital – as a customer this time, not an employee! She’s currently out but going back in on Tuesday. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong …
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Trojan! + Valentine’s Day
I’m not 100% sure how I acquired it but I seem to now be home to the very popular ‘Vundo’ Trojan. A nasty piece of work that creates random-named dll files and hooks into your Browser. The result? Lots of hard disk activity, random adverts appearing for no reason and a very sluggish PC. After …
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Mum staying for a few days
Ann picked Mum up from home as she’s going to be staying with us for a few days. What a horrendous journey – there and back!! Ann left at 9 and didn’t get back until 3.30. Both were frazzled when they arrived. It seems that were a few accidents in both directions that screwed up …
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Roger, Jane and Oliver for lunch
Roger, Jane and Oliver joined us for lunch. Oliver is growing and growing as he approaches the tender age of four. He shows no fear of anything and fascinated by tidying things up and turning things off… Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well …
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Christmas Family Lunch
Phew! Thanks to Rosie and David’s help, we managed to clear-up from last night in record time! We have Ann’s family coming from Christmas lunch today – roast turkey with all the trimmings. We all had a great time, as we don’t get together that often… Bev and Jabe helped in the sink with the …
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Mum’s for lunch
We drove to Mum’s to drop off the Christmas pressies. It’s the last time we’ll see her until we return from our holiday in the new year. We arrived just before 12.15 – it was a slow journey down because of the weather. Still, the food and service at The Crown was as good as …
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Roger, Jane and Oliver’s for lunch
We visited Roger, Jane and Oliver today. Oliver’s certainly growing and he seems more confident each time we see him. We stayed until around 3pm and then headed home. We’ll be be seeing them again before Chrsitmas at ours. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 …
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Roger, Jane and Oliver for lunch
Roger, Jane and Oliver popped in for lunch on their way back from Chester. Ann created an excellent soup – ‘Parsnip and Honey’. 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 (in all …
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AGM for The Old Croydonians
Off to the AGM for The Old Croydonians today as well as catching up with Mum in Bromley. Ann should have accompanied me, but the specialist she’s been seeing for her tummy pains rang to say he wanted to see her. The only day was today at 9.30. Fortunately, the Specialist said that the tests …
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Ann not well
Ever since Ann fainted at work on the 2nd August, she’s been getting pains in her stomach every so often. She’s now seen a specialist who says there’s nothing showing up on the ultra-sound. An x-ray is next, but we don’t think that’ll show anything. The advice she’s been given, is to get to the …
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Took Mum Home/Carmen Jones
We left at around 9 and headed for Mum’s. A good journey back although the Dartford Crossing was pretty busy. Had a coffee with Mum and left around 11.30 heading for London. We had a smooth but slow journey through Bromley, Mottinghma, Catford, Lewisham and got to the South Bank around 1pm. Popped in a …
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Mazzas with Mum, Jo and Janet
We took Mum, Jo and Janet to Mazzas tonight… It was Mum’s first visit there and the first time Jo, Janet, Ann and I had been there as a group for a long while. Good to see Janet making such a positive recovery. Food and service was as good as ever… We’re returning Mum home …
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Visit Mae and Denis
Unusually, I found that my domain ‘StevePalmer.com’ was down this morning. ‘Server Error 500’…I don’t think that the site has ever failed before. Luckily after a swift call the Activ24, my host, it was back up and running by about 11am. We took a drive with Mum to visit Mae and Denis. Mae certainly looks …
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Leaving Worthing/Pick up Mum
We had an early-ish breakfast and left Worthing about 8.30. Drove to Mum’s and arrived around 10am. We then headed straight for home and we’re indoors around midday. We spent the rest of the day catching up with bits and pieces. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post …
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Lazy Day with Roger and Jane
We didn’t do very much today. We spent the morning reading the papers, whilst Oliver watched his Wallace and Gromit mega-DVD. Jane and Roger decided to take Oliver down to Wicksteed Park and that gave us chance to get the house back into shape and prepare the lunch. Ann prepared a really good Spanish-style tapas …
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Festival of History 2007
We took Roger, Jane and Oliver to the ‘Festival of History’ at Kelmarch Hall. It’s an annual event full of, err…history! Jesters, Knights, Romans, Vikings, Queen Elizabeth 1, Biplanes, (one was piloted by an 84 year old!), Triplanes, Tanks, Donkeys…the lists goes on.. We took a picnic and the weather was fantastic! A great day …
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Roger, Jane and Oliver for the Weekend
Roger, Jane and Oliver arrived tonight to spend most of the weekend with us. They had a good journey and got to us around 9pm. 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 …
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Day at ‘Millbrook’/Ann not well/Mae recovering
I had a really enjoyable day at Millbrook today. This was courtesy of one of my clients. As their web-site says… “Millbrook is one of Europe’s leading locations for the development and demonstration of every type of land vehicle, from motorcycles and passenger cars to heavy commercial, military and off-road vehicles”. I managed to Drove …
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Mae’s Condition III
Heard late last night that Mae had been discharged, that’s good news! 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 …
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Mae’s condition…
Heard tonight that Mae was sitting up in bed reading! That’s good news considering her condition earlier in the week and last week was very poor… 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 …
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Mae’s Condition II
Still no change in Mae’s condition… ☹ 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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Mae’s Condition
😢😢 Heard today that Mae had been moved to Intensive Care after the operation. 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 …
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Queenie’s 90th Birthday Lunch
We had a bit of a lie-in in Mum’s guest suite at the flat. Caught up with the newspapers and a few Mags and then it was off to Queenie’s Birthday Lunch – a short drive away at Brasted. The journey was made more difficult by major roadworks in the area forcing us to take …
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Mum’s Birthday Meal
We took Mum and Queenie to the ‘Beefeater Crown’ at Bromley Common for their Birthday Meal and met up with Debbie, Neil and the Kids there. Food was excellent (as it was last time!) We nearly got away with a very cheap bill at the end as ‘Steph’ our waitress charged another table’s bill to …
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Bev for lunch
Spent most of the morning processing the pics from yesterday’s wedding. Popped over to Tom and Julie’s to try to sort out their DreamWeaver problem. No luck, but I have an idea for next time! Bev popped down to join us for lunch. It was good to see her! Nice phone Bev!!! 👍 Roast lamb …
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Weekend Away – Day 3
Today, it’s raining again and so it looks like we’ll do very little today – suits us! A good hearty breakfast and a lightish lunch! – All in all, a perfect weekend apart from the weather (which, as we left, started to brighten up…typical!!) We got home around 4pm Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite …
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Weekend Away – Day 2
A really lazy day today, helped by the fact that it rained ALL day! We took a short drive to ‘Van Hage’s’ a local gigantic garden centre nearby. For the rest of the day we just ate, drank and caught up with the newspapers. We watched ‘Black Book’ on DVD. It’s about Nazi occupied Holland …
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Weekend Away – Day 1
Typical Bank Holiday weather – grey with rain! We took Mum to lunch at ‘The Crown’. It was excellent! We then took her to the Churchill Theatre to see ‘The Rat Pack’. I’ve seen them before in London and they were excellent! We then left for Roger, Jane and Oliver’s for the rest of the …
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Busy Easter Weekend – Day IV
Today, we helped Lee and Bertie move back to their caravan. We needed to take two cars because there was so much stuff to take back and Lee wasn’t up for driving (yet) after her operation – and she wasn’t going to let Bertie drive (much to his annoyance!) We had a superb journey there …
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