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More little kiddies
They were at it again on Friday night. The vandals. I didnt hear a thing, being asleep with closed windows and double glazing, but Cath across the road heard crackings and bangings as of much wood being trashed. Shouted and they ran off. It was my next door neighbours front gate being trashed. Its a wood lath gate, 2inch by 1/2 slats screwed ( Read more... ) -
Snuffle
A lousy sweaty sleepless night, partly due to worries about a puddle of water on the path last night, where I'd had a leaking water pipe a few years ago. I worried and panicked about it on and off all night; irrational. It seemed less this morning, and when i came home last night it had gone. Why am I so worried about silly things that are easily ( Read more... ) -
I hate Vista and possibly Dell too
I've never had a decent laptop; the last one was borrowed from J and I did find it really useful. Oh, and one theat appeared from work, but that went poof. So for xmas I got myself a brand new Dell Inspiron 1525; not the best or the sexiest, and i got a boring black case for it. But it has been pretty much ok for what i need; browsing in front of ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: From A to Z
A angry
B bonkers
C crap at life
D dirty old man
E enigmatic
F fucked up
G gnostic
H hidden (see G)
I irritable
J just pathetic
K Krap
L low self esteem
M masturbator
N naughty boy
O Onanist
P pervert
Q queer
R runcible
S sodomite
T tree lover
U upside down
V verdant
W wanker
X rated
Z zoophile
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New Year
Went into Gloucester for the first time in ages today, Saturday. Went via Sainsbury to stock up on food, after chickening out yesterday evening when I walked down as it was heaving.. I only wanted a water filter cartridge but the queues were 3 deep. This morning at 8 it was empty, but they'd got Hot Cross Buns on sale. Even the woman in the bakery ( Read more... ) -
No resolutions
I don't think new years day is a good day for any sort of major lifestyle changes; its bad enough at any time of the year to make big shifts like that without the added pressure of the season ( Read more... ) -
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Went for a Christmas walk with my new satnav toy, to try and find Randwick Barrow. Its a mile or so away, in the woods, but I've never found it. The area was heavily quaried in the 1900's and is very messed about.
I found the coordinates on Megalithis Portal, and using the little compass tracked it down More or less where I thought, and obvious ( Read more... ) -
Midwinter Blues
All this joviality and good cheer isn't really hitting the spot. The shops are heaving with stuff I dont want and the tv is full of adds for things I don't need or want. Buying stuff doesnt make me feel better, and I'm not going to get dragged into that sort of consumer feeding frenzy. The Sainsbury shop this morning was a bit more than usual, ( Read more... ) -
Cider Making
Back in September when the apples were falling, we picked 2 carrier bags of windfalls, and pressed the juice. I added a bit of yeast and the odd hadful of sugar, and its almost ready!
Its nearly ready for drinking, having drained off the good stuff from the settled out gunk, its down to a gallon.
The remainder I froze, and let slowly thaw out.. ( Read more... )