"Furry Face TM"
seemed rather quiet this morning. He's not tried to sleep on our bed
for some time, and this morning he didn't get out of his basket to
share my toast. He eventually got up to get the small piece of cheese
inside which I'd concealed his antibiotic tablet, and then he went
back to his basket.
Eventually he heaved
himself up and having an hour or so spare I took him for a little
walk. As we walked I let him off the lead where I could, and at one
point he was rooting in an upturned dustbin near Bowens Field. I
called him away, and a spotty, greasy haired oik (with no two
teeth pointing in the same direction) stopped his bike and asked
me what my problem was, and did I want to make something of it. I
told him I was calling my dog and this chap's face went white. He
mumbled something about dogs and not wanting any trouble and
peddalled away as fast as his scrawny little legs could propel him.
I wonder what that was
all about.
Lisa called round and we
spent a couple of hours driving here and there round the county
capturing portals for the
green side. The north Kent coast had rather meagre pickings, but
we did manage to establish control over a huge area from Hothfield to
Headcorn.
The original plan for the
day had been geo-maintenance, and so finding ourselves not a million
miles from Pluckley we parked up in Little Chart and walked my
stretch of the Pluckley Plod series of geocaches. One was wet, one
was missing, most were absolutely fine despite all the whinging
messages I'd been getting. So what if the original log is full but
someone else has put in a replacement log? I'm grateful that people
would be so helpful.
And with my
geo-maintenance done we walked up to the Black Horse for a swift
half, then walked back to the car via a few more caches. I even
picked up one I hadn't found before; I now only have one unfound
geocache within six miles of home.
We came home to have a
quick Ingress round Ashford only to find that whilst we'd been gone
the blue scourge has taken over the town.... I would say more but on
getting home I found myself mentioned in what I thought was a rather
mean Facebook comment. Someone I hardly know (but respect) was
getting fed up with seeing my continual posting about Ingress. I was
then subsequently de-friended over the issue.
What can I say.... what
do I need to say? Seven photos over five days is hardly "continual",
is it?
On reflection I don't
think many people actually understand the whole "Facebook
thing". What is it all about? No one is forced to actually
look at Facebook or to read what's on it. I have certainly never
asked anyone to read my drivel on there.
Facebook is a way to see
(at a glance) what other people are getting up to. It's an
ideal way to keep up with people with whom you might not meet up very
often. I find it invaluable for finding out with what my cousins are
doing. I followed a good friend's journey to Hull and back over the
weekend via Facebook. Personally I *love* seeing what people
are doing because I am fundamentally a very nosey person.
Where people go wrong
with Facebook is that they don't realise it's not supposed to be a
substitute for watching the telly or for reading a book or for doing
things yourself.
What is posted on
Facebook is not intended to be entertainment. If people want
entertainment they might try the cinema or the telly, or even going
out and doing something... astronomy, arky-ologee, blowing into a
saxophone, brewing and/or drinking beer, going for bike rides, going
camping, hugging trees, flying kites, fishing, ironing, hiking,
geocaching, munzeeing, painting (oils, emulsion and gloss) or
even (dare I say it) playing Ingress.
The possibilities are
endless... as I have found out.
Being Tuesday the clans
gathered; this time in Folkestone where the Rear Admiral had invited
all and sundry to use the back passage. For all that I was taking the
mickey I know from experience that it's only when your front door
breaks in the closed position that you realise just how much you use
the thing.
Still, I scoffed his
sweeties and then slept through this evening's episode of "The
100"...
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