After a lifetime with Windows Mobile (WM) devices and phones, I took the decision today to finally ‘jump ship’ and move to the Android operating system. It’s a decision that has tested my decision-making skills for some time now! Should I… shouldn’t I…?, Yes… No… Wait… etc. Why jump? Well, there’s just not that many …
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Category:Milestone
Five Go Mad on the River (sort of!)
Image by Steve Palmer (UK) via Flickr ‘The Boys’ – Ian, Roger, Ralph, David and me met up today for a river trip to The Cock in Hemingford Grey– a sort of Stag Do minus the Stagness. By car, it would have taken just 10 minutes, but by boat, it was much more leisurely! Brilliant!!! …
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Lee’s New Place
Kettering Council did a good job in finding Lee a new place. Today, she officially moves in, having picked up the keys a few days back. It’s a lovely little apartment and in very good condition. Add to that, a lively community and it being only a short walk to the shops, then it’s pretty …
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Now, that’s a shame
It looks like Club Diana, where we held Ann’s surprise 50th Birthday Party has called in the Administrators 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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Family Holiday – Day 4
Hurrah, we woke up to DRY weather! That’s a first this week!!! I popped to the loo and upon my return, Oliver had taken my place in my bed – there goes my lay-in! I had a shower and headed downstairs where Lee and Denis were chatting. Not long after everyone else was up and …
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9…6…3…Zero!!!
Today, the 22nd May 2011, is a very special day in my motoring diary. It’s the first day for about 35 years, where technically, I no longer have any points on my driving licence! From that pants-moistening day back in 1975, where I was caught in Catford, South London, doing 52 in a 30 (eeek!), …
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Bank Holiday Weekend with Ian and Sharon
Image by Steve Palmer (UK) via Flickr The day began early – earlier than planned – Neil rang to say that the M11 was closed in both directions, so we left around 7.30. Lee is cat-sitting for us and looking after the numerous ironing duties – thanks Lee! The plan was to drop into Mum’s, …
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The Royal Wedding
I’m not an avid Royalist – I never felt the urge to wave the Union Jack today, but I’ve got to say, I really enjoyed the whole of the BBC’s TV production – in HD of course! Splendid camera work, a good-day weather-wise (although it started off a bit grey), and I loved Kate’s dress. …
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Lent Boy – Revisited
OK, so today’s the end of Lent, and with a slightly smug look on my face, I can say that I managed to more-or-less* stick to my list of banned substances during the Lent period. Beer, Biscuits, Cake, Cheese, Chinese, Chips, Chocolate, Cider, Coke, Crisps, Crunchy-nut Cornflakes, Curry, Custard, Guinness, Ice-cream, Pastry were all banned. …
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..and so, ‘Bye-Bye Mr Mondeo’
And so, with just a few days until its three-year anniversary, my trusty Mondeo is leaving today for a new home. I’ve always had a close relationship with my cars – maybe it’s a bloke thing or maybe it’s just me but and I WILL be sorry to see it go. It has to be …
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…and finally, the new car is here
After many months of indecision, and a false dawn yesterday, my new car is finally here. More photographs to follow… Another Boy and his Toy!!!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of …
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The Maiming of the Shrew
…or a vole…or a dormouse*. At around 9pm, Biscuit and Bon-Bon had been in the back-garden as normal, exercising their routine Gaddafi-like control over the local residents there. Their reign-of-terror generally includes holding some of the locals hostage and controlling the size of the population through their zero-tolerance policy to foreign visitors. Previously, their most …
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Court in the Act
Well, I do live a very varied life! Today, I accompanied Lee to Kettering County Court. We’ve been in Kettering over 15 years and I never knew of its existence (I guess not-knowing is a good thing in this case!) It’s tucked away in a side street just off the main shopping area in the …
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Ann’s Surprise 50th Birthday Party
Thanks for being there everyone! We had a great time. Ann’s face on arrival, was a picture!!! After what seems like years of planning, Ann’s ‘day’ has finally arrived. The surprise… My thanks to a lot of people for helping me to make it happen… Eddie and Michelle at Club Diana for helping me plan …
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Insignia: Sneak Peek!
Having learned that the car had been delivered to the dealership, we took a chance that it would at least be visible, if we took a drive down there – even though the place was closed. As luck would have it, Dan, the Sales Executive who’s looking after the deal, was just locking-up, and offered …
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Ann’s 50th Birthday
It’s Ann’s 50th today – and much to her dis-pleasure, she had to work (having previously booked it as a day off). On the plus side, it gave me the opportunity to fine-tune my scheming for tomorrow night when I think for the first time in her life, she’ll be speechless!!!! Well, we’ll see! Steve …
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A Pleasant Surprise
I just phoned the dealership to see whether they are still on target for my car being delivered to them on the 28th. To my utter surprise, they said it had been delivered a few days ago. Sod’s Law is such that I’m just so crammed with work and other stuff, I can’t get down …
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The Beginning of the End for ‘Mondeo Man’
The replacement car will be here in around four-weeks, so some activities are required to get the Mondeo ready for its return to the leasing company. The first major activity was to drive over to Paintshield in Peterborough to have the protective film removed from the front portion of the car. It was good to …
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My Body is a *
*Please choose the most appropriate description. In my efforts to move the description from ‘wheely-bin’ to ‘temple’, I am, again this year, taking Lent** very seriously. In 2010 I managed to resist most of the food-stuffs I love, without too much trouble – I’m not sure where the strength came from to do it!, but …
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Wet, Wet, Wet
Ralph’s here this week, for phase 2, weaving his plumbing and project management skills on our ex-shower-room that will ultimately become a ‘wet-room’. There’s not much to see currently except: floor-boards, exposed cabling, plaster-board and lots of empty space!, but he has the vision and we have the cash! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite …
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…and the transformation begins…
We cleared out the tip shower-room this afternoon in preparation for its transformation into a wet-room. It was amazing how many toiletries had piled up in there over the years – no wonder we think the room’s too small! Five types of shampoo, four types of conditioners…and don’t even mention my after-shaves! By 5pm, it …
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R.I.P. John Barry
I learned today that John Barry, the famous composer of all the memorable James Bond themes, died on Sunday. We saw him performing in Birmingham many years ago and the whole event was just fantastic! He’ll be sadly missed as the man who made beautiful and memorable music! Click on the link below and listen …
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Missing – believed spirited away by the Fairies!
Some things in life are undisputable – dropped toast always lands butter side down, socks never match when they come out of the washing-machine and garden hoses ALWAYS tangle when you unroll them – even if you’ve rolled them up perfectly. Here’s another – I NEVER lose things! OK, they might end up being misplaced …
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Hot Male!
Where? Here? Maybe? After almost 20 years of Hotmail ( the original free email service), I finally closed down the account today. Although I’d only been using it as a backup email account for personal stuff in recent years, it all started to go horribly wrong about a week ago. I began receiving over …
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Turning our wet room into err, a Wet-Room!
For a while now, having tried to swing a cat in the shower room – we found we couldn’t! – either we (or the cats) are getting larger or the room is shrinking, whatever is it, there just doesn’t seem to be enough room in there anymore. Add to that, the fact that it never …
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Yo! Sally
I met up with Sally B in Cambridge today. In a change to our normal haunt – Brown’s – I ventured into the unchartered territory of Yo! Sushi – me…?…raw fish..?, surely some mistake! Actually, it was a really good atmosphere – really buzzy – and the food? Well, it wasn’t all on my list …
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New Car 2011–Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 CDTi 4×4
Ok, I officially signed-on-the-line today for my new car. It should here towards the end of March/early April. Apart from the challenge (for just 24 hours!) of the finance deal – in terms of will they or won’t offer it?, the only other difficulty was choosing the colour. I nearly went for silver…nearly!, but …
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Just occasionally… – Part of my ‘nerd alert’ series :)
Just occasionally, even I underestimate the potential of a piece of ‘tech’! Take the Logitech Squeezebox Boom, that Ann bought me for Christmas. Initially I thought, that it’ll be good to be able to listen to radio stations in crystal clear digital clarity, pick-up a few new stations that you can’t receive on an …
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Mae’s Funeral
It’s not one of the happiest days of our lives, as we travelled up to Lincoln today for the funeral. The Service was at 11.30 followed by the burial, and then we all went back to Denis’ for a bite to eat. Ann had made a wreath from cream and red roses which looked amazing! …
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Ooh err Missus (literally!)
I read this in the Daily Telegraph, so it MUST be true! 🥰😀 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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