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March 2009

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The Time Was When

08:40:01 is about to face the morning in a new place of work… 09:00:48 … arrive at 9 and get paid to read my book on Scotland for an hour… 🙂 09:02:27 … arrive at 9 and get paid to…

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The Time Was When

08:40:01 is about to face the morning in a new place of work… 09:00:48 … arrive at 9 and get paid to read my book on Scotland for an hour… 🙂 09:02:27 … arrive at 9 and get paid to…

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Where there’s muck…

The title to this post should really have been My First Freecycle. With a nice new veg garden but the claggiest of claggy soil I wanted to get as much nutrients into the ground as I could, and as cheap…

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Changing Plans

With some regret I’ve just cancelled our honeymoon to Namibia. It’s been a tough decision for both of us but with my uncertain job future it’s the only sensible option. We have about half the money we need, with some…

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Signing On

It’s been a funny ol’ start to my new unemployed status. The last time this happened, Tuesday 1 May 2007, was similarly bright, sunny, warm and distinctly spring-like, and it has been the same today. It takes the sting out…

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A Countryside Drive

Tesco was hideous today. It’s my own fault. If I’d got my act together and got there early I would have been in and out, job done, in no time at all. But I didn’t, and I hadn’t. It was…

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The Time Was When

08:59:21 has ordered the wedding rings… 09:14:13 is listening to ‘Everyone’s Got Corgis’ by To Learn. Make of that what you will… 15:32:44 wants to draw

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The Time Was When

08:59:21 has ordered the wedding rings… 09:14:13 is listening to ‘Everyone’s Got Corgis’ by To Learn. Make of that what you will… 15:32:44 wants to draw

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The Time Was When

11:30:03 @janerawson Does this mean that there might be a whole army of near-identical Jane’s out there. Would they all be librarians I wonder…

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The Time Was When

11:30:03 @janerawson Does this mean that there might be a whole army of near-identical Jane’s out there. Would they all be librarians I wonder…

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The Time Was When

09:43:08 has now secured the garden against leg deficient puss cats escaping into the wilds of next door… 🙂 21:28:36 @ianshepherd Nellie, she of only 2 3/4 legs, went missing for three days, but thankfully returned to us last night……

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The Time Was When

09:43:08 has now secured the garden against leg deficient puss cats escaping into the wilds of next door… 🙂 21:28:36 @ianshepherd Nellie, she of only 2 3/4 legs, went missing for three days, but thankfully returned to us last night……

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Speed or Cost … or Quality…

My days at work this week are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (or the days that Eddie doesn’t work). That said, I was technically ‘in work’ as in ‘in the building’ for some of today anyhow for I had an interview,…

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Downstairs/Upstairs

A new week, and a new start in the labyrinth of OUP. This time, dear readers, you find your intrepid explorer upstairs in the old building flooded with natural light but still with an absence of view. I’m working full…

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Last Supper or Birthday Celebration?

It was supposed to be a birthday dinner for Emma’s mum, but her Dad was insistent (in his usual demanding way) that this was ‘The Last Supper’ as next Wednesday he was going ‘under the knife’ to have his prostate…

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