Selfie???

Steve

Well, the electricity network people claim to have fixed the problem on the local network around midnight last night. However, they haven't yet reconnected my neighbour, who is still using electricity from a noisy generator. The holes in the ground have got bigger and there is now a huge chasm where the pavement used to be along most of next door's frontage. Various utility cables and pipes are now exposed and dangling in the chasm. Will the holes still be there next week? Or next month? Or next Christmas? And will the 'For Sale' sign in the corner of next door's garden attract anyone with that lot going on???

It could be worse. In the early 1990's a violent storm brought down a tree onto the town's main substation. The entire town was without electricity for several days. And we had young children at the time. What fun!!

Steve

Well, somebody had to start the sporting ball rolling, so I've given it a kick and we'll see how far it goes.

Don't panic (yet) about the monthly. This is the weekend when people go out with cameras and photograph the glories of April. Unless the April weather is cruel...
Easy. A football has no ends, unless you're American, Australian or play one of those violent versions of the game that share a name with a famous English public school. A football pitch, however, has two ends. And football itself is a game of two halves (plus extra time, stoppage time, penalty shootouts, golden goals and other things that muck up the TV schedule). Football also has an offside rule, which is thoroughly confusing but completely different to the equally confusing LBW rule in cricket.

Steve

It's going to be a long, noisy night . Next door's electricity supply cable failed last night, causing a power cut for about a third of the homes on the local circuit including mine (3 phase circuit, one phase lost, each phase feeds 1/3 of homes). All except next door got power back within a few hours. However, a diesel generator is now running in next door's front garden to provide them with electricity and network people are digging holes through the night to find and fix the fault. Next door's nicely laid block paving is now in a bit of a mess and there's an ever lengthening hole in the pavement outside. Given the mess of cables and pipes under the pavement, I wouldn't be surprised if they damage one of them while fixing the electrical problem... All together now, "Oh it all makes work for the working man to do". Anyone remember that Flanders and Swann masterpiece?

Steve

Is there a sunspot or have you both got dirty sensors??

Steve

We had rescued or rehomed dogs for 40 years, all black females of uncertain parentage. 3 years ago, when our last dog died, we thought that our dog days were over thanks to Mrs L's deteriorating health. Then a few weeks ago a friend visited with his two greyhounds. And I started wondering whether it was time to have another one... Still a mongrel but not female and not black. He does, however, match the colour of the carpet so dog hairs won't be as conspicuous!

Steve

Today is a good day. After 3 years without a dog, we have now adopted a new-to-us dog from a rehoming charity. A 6 year old lurcher, the biggest dog we've ever had. It has already taken over the settee. Proper doggy portraits to come, if it will cooperate, but for now a quick snapshot will have to do. Altogether now .... ahhhhhh!




Steve

Both. You've got all night ...

Did someone mention beer? There might be a bottle or two of Old Peculier waiting to be drunk tonight...

Steve

Ooh, that's good!

Steve