A bit of a technology day today… Spent some time at Julie’s sorting out a web-site she’s working on. Helped Mark manage his ‘free downloads’ that he’s currently editing. Will be chatting with Angela tonight about a problem she’s got with her online banking.
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.
Wireless access to the Internet
This is strange! I seem to be picking up an UNsecured NetGear wireless connection. This Blog is being written using it. It’s obviously a neighbour’s. At first, I thought it was coming from T and J’s house…but they’re away at the moment – strange! I must find out who it is and tell them…
Follow-up my car break-in
The Police came round today to offer us the the option of sending my wallet away for extensive forensic examination. Unfortunately, what we hadn’t realised was that the examination would probably render the wallet useless, so we declined (the wallet had been a gift from Ann to me many years ago). I took the Officer …
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The Globe Theatre with Ralph and Karen
We took the 9.23 train to London today to do a little shopping (an electric knife and a replacement mini-blender from John Lewis). We then met up with Ralph and Karen to see ‘Othello’ at the Globe. Great performances all round especially from Tim McInnerny (Lord Percy/Captain Darling from the Blackadder series) Cor, what a …
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My Lucky Day!
Surprise, surprise! At around 12 noon today, a guy and two boys knocked on the door. They’d found my wallet from the car incident a few days ago! Well, that’s a start! I mentioned that the briefcase had gone missing as well, just on the off-chance they had seen that too – they hadn’t! I …
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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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Car burgled?
This is very strange! Got up early this morning to travel to Manchester for a meeting. When I got in the car I noticed that the small change I’d left in the centre console was missing. Anyway I didn’t think much of it at the time. Then I recalled that I had closed the centre …
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Mae’s Condition III
Heard late last night that Mae had been discharged, that’s good news!
BBC iPlayer launched
A few days ago, the BBC announced it was launching its ‘iPlayer’. It’s a clever bit of software that allows you to download and watch BBC TV programmes for up to 30 days (I think) after they’ve been broadcast. After that time they disappear from your hard disk – must be magic :)) The downloading …
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R and S
Heard today that R and S are splitting up! :((((. I think I was in shock for the rest of the day!!!!
London Blog
Spent the day in London today. Left home around 8am for my first meeting but Stuart McL cancelled. Arrived at the Novotel, Waterloo around 11am, so I guess that wasn’t a bad journey. Stuart cancelling left me time to do a bit of work and try out the new laptop wirelessly (again!). This time there …
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Significant Technology Blog – First wireless blog from London
Travelled down to London today to see Chris W my IFA. Thoughts of retirement or more practically semi-retirement is on the agenda! Took the new laptop with a view to do a little work on the train and investigate wireless connectivity. Easy-peasy! Grabbed a seat in the Novotel at Tower Bridge and logged onto ‘The …
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Monthly meal with David and Val
We went to lunch at ‘Edwards’ near Crick today with David and Val. Initially, it was just about warm enough to sit outside, but as time passed it got colder and the table next to us was very noisy – so we moved inside! Ann had Haddock with Spinach whilst I went for the Roast …
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Cats’ Grooming/Shopping/Denise and Steve’s for Dinner
Took the cats over for their normal grooming regime. Only this time, we didn’t have them bathed. They still looked great when they came out! And, it only cost 50 quid this time. Money well spent!! On the way back from dropping off the cats we went shopping in town. Wow, what a spend up!!! …
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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…
Impromptu Meal Out…
This was nice! Ann decided that a visit to Mazza’s (our fave Indian) restaurant was in order. So, we picked up Jo and treated her. The place was packed as normal..and the food was excellent..as normal! 🙂 (They’ve recently switched over the hand-held PCs for taking the orders).
Laptop Delivered
Well, after years and years of surviving without a laptop, I finally had to make the decision to buy one. It’s a Dell…but more importantly it’s a ‘sensibly priced’ Dell! :)) It comes with Vista Business on it – which’ll be very useful in helping me to understand how this new OS works. See the …
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Dell PC – Fixed!
11.00am – Thanks to two very helpful people at Dell – one a specialist hardware engineer and one a specialist in software – it looks like the problem is solved – see yesterday’s blog. I don’t think any of us are sure WHY the problem ocurred in the first place, but the consensus seems to …
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Computer Trouble… (Dell)
If there’s a case for leaving your PC switched on all the time – this is it!!! Powered-up this morning to find that the Dell PC was crashing when trying to load ‘explorer.exe’ – probably the most important file under XP. It even does it in safe-mode!!! To compound things, system restore doesn’t seem to …
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Rosi and David’s Blessing
We went to Rosi and David’s ‘re-taking of their vows event at a local school. We got their about 5pm. It was great to see them both and it’s the first time all the neighbours have been together for ages. We cluibbed together and bought them some nice plates. A great ‘service’ – very relaxed.. …
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Tolethorpe Hall – The Importance of Being Earnest
We went to Tolethorpe Hall tonight to see ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ with Jo. Met Chris and Pete M there. …an EXCELLENT production! …even though the weather was wet again!!!!
Day 2, Holiday – Alton Village
A crappy day weather-wise. Woke up to SOME sunshine, but it deteriorated rapidy to rain, rain and more rain! Then the sun came out! So, we had a lazy morning, reading and me catching up with various podcasts including the excellent WhoCast covering episode reviews of the recent series – series 3 – of Doctor …
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Mae’s Condition II
Still no change in Mae’s condition… ☹
Day 1, Holiday – Alton Village
We both had a lie-in this morning. We then drove to the town of Ashbourne for a look round. It’s a lovely place with plenty of little independent shops. I treated Ann to six necklaces and we then stopped off in a olde-tea-shoppe for tea, coffee, scones and tea cakes – yummy! We then drove …
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Day 0, Holiday – Alton Village
Finished at my client in Daventry and then drove to Alton to meet Ann. We’re staying at ‘Alton Station’ – very ‘twee’. I arrived at around 6.15, briefly said hello/goodbye to Bev and then Ann and I went for a meal in the village – ‘The Bull’s Head’. Service was pathetically slow, but the food, …
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Mae’s Condition
😢😢 Heard today that Mae had been moved to Intensive Care after the operation.
Bread Maker Blog!
Our new super-duper bread-making machine arrived on Friday, but I didn’t get a chance to work out how to use it until today. Made by Panasonic, it seems to do everything and will make an extra large loaf too! It’s even got a separate chamber for adding fruit, nuts etc that get added automatically. Tried …
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