I slept well last night, and woke far later
than usual. Still far too early, but later than usual, which was a result. It
was rather cold when I got up. I made toast, watched more “Peep Show”
then had a little look at the Internet. Someone on my Facebook list was jetting
off on yet another holiday. I have a theory about holidays… a holiday is
cheaper than turning on the heating. It must be.
Taking care not to sit
on any dogs as I got dressed (they get under-arse as well as under-foot)
I set off to find my car, and spent a few minutes scraping the ice. It was
particularly frosty today, but what do you expect in January?
I decided against a
Munzee mission today. My heart wasn’t in it. Pretty much every hobby I’ve ever
got involved with that involves interacting with other people has one big
drawback. The people with whom I interact. In every other such hobby (the
snake club, the astro club, geocaching, scouting) there are those who
contribute to the hobby, and there are those who sit back and take advantage of
those who contribute to the hobby. Sadly I’m finding I’m spending upwards of
twenty quid a month on Munzing and I’m beginning to resent doing so.
Today I was working at
Pembury, so I left home early. The last few times I was there I found my
journey hindered by endless road works. Today there was only one set of road
works which I drove straight through. Mind you I did find myself faced with an
idiot in a white van coming head-on at me in Sissinghurst. The idiot in the
white van seemed rather hacked off that I was driving on the right (as in
“correct”) side of the road.
As I drove I listened
to the pundits on the radio spouting their drivel. Much of it was immediately
forgettable, but I was disappointed to hear that NASA has postponed its planned lunar
landing by a year. I don’t remember the first Moon landing, but I remember
Apollo Thirteen. As a lad the Moon landings were exciting and a vision of the
future. A future which turned out to be something of a let-down. I expect
people will walk on the Moon again in my lifetime, but I’m sure I won’t live
long enough to see people walking on Mars.
There was also a lot of
talk about the Post Office computer scandal. It would seem there’s now calls
for the people who made the computer system to be held accountable for the
thing’s failures. Personally I can’t help but think that the blame lays with
those who didn’t test it properly. Does anyone remember the NHS “Connecting for Health” project of fifteen
years ago when the people who made the Post Office’s errant computer system
contracted to made an NHS-wide computer system… eventually admitted they
weren’t up to it and didn’t
get sued for wasting public money.
I got to work and didn’t
have the best of days. I did my bit
whilst grumbling, and was glad when home time came. Having driven straight in
this morning the A21 was bunged up this evening so I cut cross country. As I
drove the radio told me it was broadcasting the evening comedy show. I was glad
it had told me; I wouldn’t have realised. “Clare in the Community”
was on the lame side.
“er indoors TM” boiled up a rather
good bit of dinner which we scoffed whilst watching the last episode of “Outsiders”
and then we found a rather random show about Bill Bailey swimming with whale
sharks.
I wouldn’t mind doing that… I’d have to go to Australia
though. I probably won’t. It’s not the money, the problem would be leaving the dogs
for so long…
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