I woke this morning
feeling like death warmed up. I ached all over and I had the world's
worst headache. I wondered if I had this latest bug that is doing the
rounds. I lay sulking for a few minutes then decided to get on with
the day.
Over brekkie I sparked up
my lap-top. The program which I use for cropping and creating all the
blog pictures simply refused to run last night. This morning it was
fine. I wonder what went wrong there. Mind you I had a look on some
of the Internet help forums and this seems to have happened to other
people.
I also had a look at the
geo-map. Unfortunately next Sunday's plans have gone west; the route
I thought would make a good walk round South London looks as though
it would be far better done in a car. I spent a little while
pondering over the geo-map looking for somewhere else, and found
myself stuck on a geo-puzzle. If any of my loyal readers know the
gradient of Noah's Ark please drop me a line.
I popped the lead onto
"Furry Face TM" and we went for a
walk. As we went through Bowen's Field Wetland Park I was surprised
at how wet it wasn't. Then I realised that since I was last there
someone had dug out all the drainage ditches. It is amazing the
difference a few ditches makes.
We carried on to Viccie
Park. As we walked we had a fracas with a Beagle, and met Ralph (the
black pug who is jealous of Sid). On the way home we met
OrangeHead on her way to the park. It is surprising how civil she can
be when she doesn't have her little gang of cronies in tow.
We came home to find road
works in full flow over the road. Pneumatic drills at full power. I
was rather glad I'm not on nights at the moment; aren't whoever's
doing the drilling supposed to give residents notice?
I set off for work, and
having driven for two minutes I did an about turn as I saw "Daddies
Little Angel TM" and "Stormageddon
- Bringer of Destruction TM" walking
toward B&Q. I stopped and bandied insults with them and then
carried on to work. As I drove Women's Hour was on the radio. They
were (seemingly deliberately) giving out mixed messages about
the global
zika virun pandemic.
They started off with
indignation about the announcement from the Brazilian Government that
women should avoid pregnancy because this virus causes microcephaly.
That struck me as a sensible precaution to avoid misery, but an
alliance of crackpots, bleeding hearts and religious nuts then came
on and announced that such advice contravened people's inalienable
human right *not* to have a healthy baby.
And then having given
air-time to these loonies they then wheeled on a proper scientist who
claimed there wasn't actually any proven link between the virus and
the microcephaly outbreak anyway.
I wasn't entirely sure
what I was supposed to think by the end of the article.
I got to work and had a
typical day... as is so often the case on the late shift, pretty much
everything of note in the day had happened before 11.30 am.
Having said that "Gotham"
is on in a little while. I still feel rather rough... hope I stay
awake for it...
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