I
awoke after a surprisingly good night's sleep to find it was 7am. I
liked that. Whilst er indoors TM"
snored I watched more "Earth
2".
Frankenfurter was spreading discord, as is the wont of most baddies.
He was doing quite well until True saw through his ruse.
Interestingly the actor who plays True's father was the sergeant in
"Starshp Troopers"
and does the voice of Mr Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants.
I
then had a go at (or with)
the astro club's accounts. This time they agreed. We have as much
money as we are supposed to have. Probably a million and a half less
than we need; but we are working on that.
We
put on old clothes and set off to a certain farm. Over the summer
during a camping weekend we helped get some duck houses out of ponds.
These duck houses have since been cleaned, varnished, proofed and
generally refurbished and were ready fo re-floating. There was a minr
hiccup when the tractor wouldn't start, but fortunately there was an
emergency back-up tractor on hand to provide a bump start. Having
provided a bump start we had problems findng neutral (such is
life!) so we reverted to the emergency back-up tractor to drag
duck houses to ponds. Mud, cow poo, smelly pond water, rancid ropes;
I love doing the duck houses. I've been involved with floating and
retrieving them for years and wouldn't miss it for anything. I'm told
that "Dreadnaught" (the latest duck at the farm)
is particularly pleased with the floating of his house.
We
came home, and after hosing the mud and cow poo off of
"Furry Face TM"
we had coffe and a Belgian bun for lunch. I was tempted to got for a
McDonalds; in years gone by I would have done so. In years gone by I
was nearly twenty stone in weight.
er indoors TM"
then had a hissy fit. Whilst out this morning she'd taken some rather
scenic photos of me and a small dog both covered in assorted farmyard
gunge. Fiddling with her phone over coffee she managed to delete the
photos. Woops!
Lacking
any decent waterproofs er indoors TM"
wanted to get some. She went to the Outlet Centre. For
want of anything better to do I went along too. I've not been to the
Outlet Centre for ages; and it will be ages before I go again. The
shops there sell stuff that you can buy in Tescos or Asda for a
fraction of the price. I saw one wooden child's toy for sale at
twenty quid which was identical in every respect to something I saw
last week for sale for six quid in the Cheapo Bargains shop in
Wincheap.
I
have long maintained that designer outlets appeal to people who have
money to burn, and have again proved my prejudice. Mind you judging
by the crowds there seem to be a lot of peoople with money to burn.
Finding
myself at a loose end I thought I'd get ahead with my dino-course. I
watched three lectures on how continental drift has confused
dino-ologists, and then got full marks on the subject. I was rather
smug about that. I then put Candy Crush Saga on the PC and slept in
front of it for an hour. And then I had a stroke of genius. It's
always easier to iron shirts when they are wet straight out of the
washing machine. So with er indoors TM"
off to the film night I put shirts in to wash.
The
washing machine is still going. It shows no sign of stopping. I think
it's gone mental...
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