I got up this morning and
spent a few minutes clearing up Sid's turds. As I did so, Fudge
watched from his basket with a most odd expression. I could tell that
he knew it was wrong. Sid however seemed oblivious to his
misdemeanours.
Over brekkie I found
myself enthralled by the Christmas episode of "George and
Mildred" on ITV3. Did people *really* enjoy this
sort of drivel?
I set off to several
streets away to find where I'd parked my car last night. As I walked
the dustbin-men were doing their thing. For once they weren't noisily
making a mess whilst scattering emptied bins all over the pavements.
And they were being civil to passers-by. Obviously they were after
something. Do people still give bin-men a Christmas tip?
I got my car and drove it
home where I unloaded the baby seat and put the box of my stuff back
into the boot. As I did that the fox I saw yesterday walked down the
pavement. As he passed me he glanced up in the same way that I would
nod at a passing acquaintance.
I spent a few minutes
watching Foxy. That animal is completely fearless.
I drove to work; as I
drove the radio spewed its usual brand of drivel. I stopped off at
Morrisons as we'd run out of jam. It was a shame that I didn't
realise I'd left my packed lunch at home as I could have bought some
sandwiches there. I didn't realise that until I actually got to work.
The League of Friends
shop sells sandwiches but I don't like encouraging that sort of
thing. I got some coronation chicken sandwiches from them. They
weren't too shabby (to quote "My Boy TM"
) but I wouldn't tell them that.
Today at work the talk
was all about Chess-Boxing;
a novel sport in which three-minute rounds of chess are interspersed
with three-minute rounds of boxing. In all there are six rounds of
chess and five rounds of boxing; the winner being decided on points,
knockout or checkmate. It is actually a proper sport. I wonder if I
can find any takers for this over the Christmas holiday - it might
make a pleasant change from charades.
After work I set off to
McDonalds. Usually before astro club we go to the McD in Eureka Park,
but today we went to the one on the Orbital Park. If nothing else it
made for a change. I had the chicken strips, or as I prefer to think
of it, McKFC.
And so on to Astro Club.
Over a year ago the committee had actually arranged for the December
meeting to be next Friday, but it seemed that only some of the
committee could make that date. So we met tonight instead. The
meeting was billed as a "social". Generally I read
any club's "social" as "we've not actually
arranged anything" and I went along with rather low
expectations. But I was wrong. Despite a rather disappointingly low
turn-out we had a great time.
Especially with the
custard pie throwing machine intended for five year olds. Must get
one for myself.
Chess-Boxing and custard
pies for Christmas...
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