I went to bed right after
"Game of Thrones" last night and slept for seven
hours but still woke feeling rough. Over brekkie (shared with my
dog) I watched another black-and-white episode of "Dads
Army". I thought I'd seen all of that show so many times,
but I don't remember these black-and-white episodes at all.
I struggled to then check
out social media; for all that I've wasted money on AVG I-click
maintenance I still get the lap-top frezing with warnings about
unresponsive scripts.
Sometimes it's quicker to
take the battery out of the thing and re-boot it than it is to wait
for it to respond.
As I drove to work I
listened to the news on the radio. Despite the fact that it's only a
month since the Conservatives won the General Election, the pundits
are forecasting doom and gloom for them. Apparently it's all to do
with the Euro-referendum. Not all of
the Conservatives are united on the question of whether or not
the UK should remain in the European Union.
The feeling is that
whichever side wins, the losing side won't be happy and there will be
an irreconcilable rift in the party; probably fuelled by UKIP who,
despite having only secured one seat at the general Election are
already mischief-making for this upcoming referendum.
To my mind this entirely
illustrates what's wrong with our so-called democracy. Once every
five years we each get to vote for a local MP; and we can only really
choose on the broadest terms. Most people will find they side with
one candidate on education and health matters, but agree with another
on foreign and social issues. No candidate really stands for all
that we want.
And the MPs themselves
are in the same boat. Nominally of one political party or another,
they too only really agree with their party's policies in the
broadest terms. many of them disagreeing on many individual policies.
And consequently we have
a government hopelessly divided on what is possibly the most
important issues of the year, if not the entire term of the
parliament.
Meanwhile my bank has
seen the writing on the wall and is preparing
to abandon the UK. Seriously cutting their investment in Britain
they are looking to shed one in every six of their employees and take
their money elsewhere.
It gives me no pleasure
to predict they will be the first of many businesses and companies to
do so.
Being on the early shift
meant for an early finish thus giving me a few minutes spare after
work. I did a little shopping; specifically that shopping I should
have done on my day off yesterday.
To HomeBase for the
hose-pipe fixings; to Pets at Home for a new lead. Fortunately I had
some three-quid-off vouchers for Pets at Home. Admittedly I had to
spend over thirty quid to get the bargain, but I just made up the
difference in dog food. Effectively I've got a week's scoff for
free... if you overlook the fact I had to buy a new lead.
I got some petrol as
well; I've been getting through a lot of that lately.
Once home I took "Furry
Face TM" out and we put the new lead
through its paces. It seems to to the trick - let's hope it lasts.
Usually Tuesday sees a
gathering of the clans. What with one thing and another enough people
were indisposed to persuade us to postpone. Which in retrospect was
probably for the best; I was still feeling rather washed out. So I
experimented streaming stuff from my phone to the telly via the
intermediary ChromeCast. Its amazing what you can do with that
thing...
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