Bev had her hair restyled today! Nice!!!
Angela’s 60th
Although it was a few weeks ago, some of ‘the old team’ met up in London today to celebrate Angela’s Birthday. We all planned to meet at the Thistle Hotel, Lancaster Gate for a few drinks before heading off for Halepi’s, the Greek restaurant opposite. We used to frequent this restaurant quite often when we …
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Jobs, Jobs
Ann got some disappointing news today. The merchandising job she’d applied didn’t even get her a first interview. The senior manager vacancy got her to first-base (of three) – a case-study exercise, but she got the thanks-but-no-thanks letter today. Personally, I thought the rejection letter was dreadful, straight out of the file marked ‘standard letters …
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Val’s PC and MAC
I tried to help Val set-up her Mac laptop so it would talk to her Netgear wireless router. What I hadn’t realised was that you don’t necessarily need a PC connected to the router in order to access the router wirelessly from elsewhere – you just have to configure the router correctly in the first …
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Lucky Escape
Watch this, it’s hilarious!!! The moral of the story – never let someone else dominate the conversation! Lucky Escapehttps://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:hcx:content:atom.com:2f30fb31-a65f-45e6-8c8e-278964fcd24e Atom.com: Funny Videos | Love Sucks | Psycho Chicks & Total Dicks Warning: Contains some strong language Courtesy of atom.com home to a great selection of comedy films
Take-away with Ian and Sharon
Ian and Sharon are on a week’s break and were not too far away in St Neots. So, we drove over there catch-up with them and sample a local take-away! They were staying at Paxton Hill House which contains three self-catering units in the grounds of a large privately-owned country house. We arrived around 6.40 …
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TV: Whitechapel
I just finished watching the third and final episode of Whitechapel from last night. What a gripping mini-series this has been! London 2008. A series of horrific crimes suggest someone is carrying out copycat Jack the Ripper murders 120 years after the killer struck. The clock is ticking as the case turns into a hunt …
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Ralph’s Dad
Karen emailed us to let us know that Ralph’s Dad, Doug, had died. We didn’t know him personally, but Ralph had often spoken about him. He would have been 95 this year – a great innings! RIP Doug!
Valentine’s Day
I bought Ann a single red-rose on a 1 metre stem from The Red Rose Society. I also bought her some Valentine cards (that I’d sent earlier in the week, but Ann recognised my crappily disguised handwriting) plus two from MoonPig, that had customised covers and insides. Ann bought me a humorous cat book – …
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Learning Network/MoonPig/Case Study
After Thursday’s night’s surprise snow-fall I decided that I wouldn’t travel to London tomorrow for the Learning Network Group meeting. It was a difficult decision as Antoinette was going to be running the session and I was looking forward to it. However, the recent weather conditions made driving a real challenge – even to the …
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The White Stuff
In yesterday’s post entitled, ‘Snow Go’ I may have mistakenly given the impression that the snow was on its way out. At a round 4pm today, the snow returned – a little at first, then it got heavier and heavier. By the time I got to the station to pick-up Ann around 6pm, the whole …
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Snow go!
At last, especially after yesterday’s fiasco, the snow is finally melting. It’s been with us on-and-off since it first arrived a few weeks back. Not that it’s been a sunny day today (just 3-4 degrees C here), it’s mainly because the rain is washing it away. Who cares? I think I passed the ‘ahh, isn’t …
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Trapped in the snow!
I didn’t sleep too well last night and was awake at 3am! Looking out the window, I noticed it had snowed a lot – what a pain in the arse as I’m off to Daventry today. I assumed that the journey was going to be bad so I decided to leave a little earlier than …
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David Tennant’s Video Diary
Found this on YouTube – it’s DT’s video diary (filmed on 14 January 2009) as he enters his final year as ‘The Doctor’. Here he talks briefly about the Easter Doctor Who Special, ‘Planet of the Dead’.
The Benefits of having kids/Chinese by Candlelight/DVD: Edge of Darkness
We’re still covered in snow here, so we decided that at some point we’d have to clear the drive to get the car out for later in the week. Ahh, the benefits of having kids – watching them grow, acting as a 24/7 taxi service for them in their teens, providing financial support with no …
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TV: Sneak Peek – Torchwood, Season 3
Looks like Neil at Digital Spy has got his eye on the ball. On the website they’re showing this clip of the forthcoming new Torchwood (mini) series: ‘Children of the Earth’. Torchwood clip – Children of the Earth (not able to embed the clip) It all looks VERY spooky!
Jo and Janet for Supper – well, Pizzas actually!
The roads and paths round here are really bad. They’re either covered in snow, covered in ice – or worse still, both! Using the car is completely out of the question and there have been a number of examples on the news of people losing control of their vehicle and the car ending up in …
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Camel CDs Resampled
Mouse-over the Album covers for titles and release dates I had a bit of time on my hands so I resampled all my Albums by Camel. I’d quite forgotten how good they were! There was also a practical reason for doing so – ever since I learned that …
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This is snow joke!
Looks like the snow is back with a vengeance!!! When I looked out of the window at 5am, there was just a light dusting …now look at it! It was impossible to get the car off of the drive, so I wasn’t able to get Ann to the Station. Karen measured 5.5 inches next door…but …
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TV: Minder
Five have re-commissioned the iconic series ‘Minder’. This time round it stars Shane Richie (surely everyone’s natural choice for the part) as Archie Daley – nephew of Arthur, and unknown (to me) Lex Shrapnel as the cabbie-turned-minder, Jamie Cartwright. It looks like a lot of the filming has been done around London and there are …
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Divine Intervention?
Just when we thought that the only option for Ann was to take the redundancy package, she was contacted by a colleague who recommended she apply for a specific senior manager position. Let’s see how it turns out…
TV: Being Human
I caught up with ‘Being Human‘ a new series on BBC3 that follows the lives of three flat-mates. The twist? One is a vampire, one is a ghost and one is a werewolf. The series came about after a successful pilot a while ago although, many of the main characters have different actors playing them …
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Test Blog
This is a test blog from the PC in the Den using ‘Windows Live Writer 2009’. Looks like it’s working! I also managed to install it successfully on my NoteBook and NetBook today. I’ll be trying out the new features in the next few days and weeks.
It’s snowing…
The weather could hardly be more of a contrast to our holiday over the last 10 days. It’s been minus 2 degrees C here for most of the day and I don’t remember the last time it snowed so hard and for so long (all day!) Most of the south of England has come to …
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Test Blog
I’ve just upgraded to Windows Live-Writer 2009 and I want to see if it’s all upgraded properly including that ‘bug’ that mis-interprets apostrophes. If this text’s apostrophes look OK, then it’s working!
Gill Washington – RIP
I heard some very sad news today. When we got back from holiday last night there were two messages on my voicemail from Sean, Gill’s partner, asking me to get in touch. I finally managed to call him today and heard that Gill had died of a sudden heart-attack (just over a year ago). I …
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Bookworm!
One of the nice things about going on holiday, is that I get chance to catch-up on my reading. I managed to get through three this time!
Holiday in Oman – Day 5
We left the gorgeous ‘Al Waha’ hotel today. We certainly won’t forget it – it’s been a superb stay – probably one-of-the-best hotels or even the best hotel we’ve ever stayed in. Service, food, facilities have all been first-class! We’re now heading for the Golden Tulip Hotel near the Airport in Muscat. 12.30pm. The taxi …
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Holiday in Oman – Day 4
We got up about 8am and headed for breakfast at about 9.15. Looks like another hot day here in paradise but it’s our last full day here today. After breakfast, we asked for a tour around the rooms in the other two hotels. The other two nearby hotels are ‘Al Bandar’ (slightly posher) and ‘Al …
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Holiday in Oman – Day 3
An early start – we were both up at 7.00am as our tour to the Capital, Muscat goes at 9.00am. Just time then to sample the extensive breakfast menu by the pool! It’s a private tour – just the tour of us and a local with a car – perfect! ‘Ali’ was our guide in …
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