The oximeter didn’t
pinch quite so much last night, but it certainly wasn’t comfortable. And again
I was up and about by silly o’clock. I watched some Family Guy and some South
Park, and had a look-see on line. Not much was going on so for want of anything
better to do I did a virus scan on my lap-top. It was as well that I did; I
found loads of viruses. Woops.
With it still
being far too early to go to work I disassembled the fish pond filter and put
the stinking components into soak for the day.
I finally set off
to work at 7.30am feeling that I’d already done a day’s exertions. As I drove
the talk on the radio was all about the Culture Secretary who had resigned
overnight. Despite having been cleared of wrong-doing by the investigatory panel
she’d clearly made enemies of the media and a witch-hunt had ensued.
She was right in
saying that all the fuss was distracting people from running the country; it’s wrong
that unappointed newspaper journalists can decide who has political office in
this country.
And so to work
where I had a rather good day. On the way home I stopped off at Chilham Koi
shop to get new filter medium for the pond filter. They wanted over forty quid
for something which I thought would be over-priced at a tenner. Needless to say
I didn’t get the stuff.
Once home I took “Furry
Face TM
“ for a walk. As we walked my piss
boiled just a little. If my dog does a turd and I don’t clear it up I am liable
for a fine of a thousand pounds. Horse riders have taken to using the footpaths
and cyclepaths of South Ashford and I can clearly see that no such fines apply
to horses. It’s beyond a joke – every horse turd is bigger than my little dog.
And there are a *lot* of horse turds.
I then put the
fish pond filter back together and turned the pond on for the summer. Seven
years ago when we dug the pond I was full of enthusiasm for it. Now I am
seriously considering filling it in. I can’t afford to keep upgrading the
filter to keep the water clear; the filter stinks. Fish poo reeks so bad I
nearly throw up when cleaning it out. And I don’t have time or inclination to
do anything pond-related any more.
I’ll give it a few
months and maybe shut the thing down for good in the autumn…
And this evening I
did the final exam for my on-line course “Internet History,
Technology, and Security”. I got eighty-two per cent. I was pleased
about that. It’s been a very interesting course – I can thoroughly recommend it…
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