Cold weather
The last couple of days have been very cold. Yesterday morning was -4C when I went to work, dropping to -6C on the way. This morning was -6C dipping to -7C for part of the journey. Tonight, we are forecast … Continue reading
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Kestral in garden
We had a surprise visitor in the garden this afternoon. I was watching the birds on the food that we had put out, when a couple of blackbirds landed on the fence. One chased the other off as expected and … Continue reading
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Comments on Blog
Quite a while ago, I tried to integrate Blogkomm commenting with this blog and didn’t really succeed. I was looking on the Thingamablog forums a few days ago and saw a post that pointed me to the Notes from James … Continue reading
Census E-Petition update
I have just checked on the census petition that I mentioned a couple of weeks ago [link] and it is now up to nearly 13000 signatures. It is currently the 4 largest petition on the site. The deadline for signatures … Continue reading
Snow
We had snow this morning when we woke up. It was only about an inch and it has gone now, but we may get some more tonight. The forecast has been for cold days since the beginning of the week. … Continue reading
Washing Machine 3
The washing machine arrived this morning earlier than expected, which was good. It took them less than 5 minutes to deliver the new one and take away the old one. It was wrapped in bubble wrap, which kept the kids … Continue reading
Reading Blogs
I subscribe to several RSS feeds for information and news, the list also includes a couple of blogs. The Dilbert Blog by Scott Adams. Scott has a interesting outlook on many things. Some of his posts make you sit there … Continue reading
Washing Machine 2
Went back to Curry’s this morning to buy the machine we chose last night. I don’t normally buy extended warranties on things, but it’s such a pain if the washing machine fails, so I got a 5 year one as … Continue reading
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Washing Machine
When I got home last night, I found that our washing machine had stopped working. I was able to persude it to start by shutting the door very firmly, but it looks like the interlock is probably not working properly. … Continue reading
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Late Christmas
We had a late Christmas this afternoon. We normally finish work at 13:00 on a Friday and work had arranged to take us all 10 pin bowling at Xscape in Milton Keynes and then for a meal afterwards. The first … Continue reading
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