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I think the interview went okay â I really hate answering that question because I never really know. They seemed like nice people, and the job sounds good. They seemed impressed that I managed to arrive at the office okay…
Continue readingBella and Arthurâs Road Trip didnât start in the best way, thanks mainly to the bloody Bicester firemen stuffing the entire middle of Bicester collecting for Children in Need. It was then a slow old journey down south (although not…
Continue readingIn the last half hour before leaving work for my holiday next week, I saw a job advertised which looked promising. At home, whilst packing and getting ready for band tonight, and so without the time to devote to application…
Continue readingAfter the late night yesterday we didnât really get going particularly early today. When we did finally get ourselves moving, we really moved. Taking our bikes up to Burnham Beeches we cycled amongst the leaves and kicked fallen leaves. I…
Continue readingThe title of todayâs entry good well include references to secret assignations and back rooms of public houses. Around 12 noon I pitch up at Emmaâs country cottage whilst she is out at work doing the Saturday morning shift, but…
Continue readingAnother Sunday, another sunny day, and another (bike) trip down memory lane. This time round, Emma and I go out on our bikes along the Bucknell Road and over the M40 to gaze upon an old (possibly listed??) watertower that…
Continue readingEmma arrived around lunchtime and we headed out straight away for the University owned Harcout Arboretum to soak up some autumn colour. Slightly disappointingly, there wasnât so much colour – or at least no where near as dramatic reds as…
Continue readingApparently the exchange rate from pounds to dollars is at its highest for 27 years. What amused me was hearing the English woman interviewed saying that with so many good deals around she wished she’d brought a bigger suitcase. Hang…
Continue readingI weighed myself this morning. I appear to have lost another ½ stone – that’s one full stone in about 7 months! 🙂
Continue readingMy place in band history is assured. In stop flash news the Vale of White Horse District Council have awarded us a grant of £900 to allow us to buy new banners with the colour scheme and logo as described…
Continue readingOn Saturday, the glass cover on my mobile phone cracked, and during the course of the week it has been disintegrating still further. Tonight I have succeeded in fixing it, thanks to the replacement glass arriving from my ebay seller…
Continue readingJust took a call from Emma, and so wandered down the corridor to talk out of the way of the silent editors working on the OED. When I started chatting I was the only person down there, but by the…
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