I slept well; I woke when one of the dogs wanted a stretch
and felt the need to push against me with all their might. I wish they wouldn’t
do that.
I made toast and had my usual peer into the internet. My
colleague who is currently in China posted some amazing videos of the
night-time drone displays that took place last night in honour of yesterday
being China’s National Day. I had no
idea that the first of October was a big thing in China. I was reminded of when
we took the cubs to Canada and on one day found that absolutely everywhere was
closed - no one told us that the first
Monday in August is a big holiday for them.
Steve and Sarah had been on a daylight outing on their
holiday – a Turkish river trip is a rather pretty outing.
I’d like a little holiday… it’s a shame I’m skint.
I munzed and Wordled and got ready for our walk.
There was a minor disaster as I started the car. It told me
there was an error with the automatic stop/start system. Whenever I stop the
car and put it into neutral the engine stops, and when I put it into gear it
starts again. It saves fuel and reduces my carbon footprint (or so Skoda
claim). Fixing that would be more money that I haven’t got…
We got to the woods about two hours later than we did
yesterday; at about the time we were coming home yesterday. The car park was
very busy, but once we were away from the car park we walked for four and a
half miles and didn’t see anyone. We didn’t see any deer either; that’s the
first time for quite a while that we’ve not seen deer. There was a lot of
crashing about in the trees though. High up in the trees. Squirrels or birds?
Something was making a lot of noise.
We came back to the car, and as I drove home I realized
that the automatic stop/start system was working again. I shall have to keep an
eye on that.
I got home and made us both a cuppa, then had a little
pootle in the garden. I pruned the plants in the big pond’s bog filter. I
suspect that their roots could do with pruning too, but that’s a job for
another day.
I had a spot of lunch, then thought better about more
pootling in the garden. Quite frankly I’m fed up with the constant aching.
Instead I then spent a while looking at the house’s
buildings and contents insurance. Our current provider is stopping providing
insurance and is handing it over to LV. Are LV any good? I don’t know. All I do
know is that when we had electrical issues last Christmas we were told that the
home emergency policy didn’t cover us. When I complained I was told that we
were covered, but no refund was ever made for the emergency electrician I had
to call out.
I wrote up some CPD, then
taught myself how to play backgammon. Have you ever played backgammon? I’ve
been meaning to find out how to play it for years… I haven’t missed much.
And I signed up for (and started) another Coursera course. Digital
Footprint…"the data you leave behind when you go online”. As
someone who has been all over the Internet pretty much since it started my
digital footprint is quite immense. Have you ever Googled yourself? If you look
closely there’s photos of me with snakes, looking through telescopes, drinking
far too much, in Star Trek costumes, in a mankini, with cub scouts, walking
through the countryside, with dogs, and even occasionally performing a blood
test… that’s the kind of guy I am. But I know that whenever I post anything to
the Internet it is there for keeps. That’s why this diary is far more of a
hagiography (look it up!) than a biography.
It would seem that quite a few people are ashamed of who
they used to be and are frightened about what they might be perceived to be… …
Like all Coursera courses, this one is rather interesting. I’ve passed the
first module.
“er indoors TM” boiled up a pasta
bake which we scoffed whilst watching more episodes of “Destination X” which
is getting rather competitive now that the contestants have started doing the dirty
to each other.
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