Another
good night's sleep. Over brekkie I spent a little while wrestling
with the laptop. Because I am something of a cheapskate I don't have
MicroSoft Office. Instead I have OpenOffice which does pretty much
the same thing and has the added bonus of being free. However over
the last few months the spell checker has died. I've tried pretty
much every fix there is but to no avail. I tried some more this
morning and it either recognises every word as being spelt correctly
or is thinks every single word is wrong.
So
(despite my proof-reading) when you find spelling mistakes in
these blog entries, that is my excuse.
Being
on a late start I had some time on my hands, so I took "Furry
Face TM" round the park for a walk. We had
what I can only describe as a "near miss incident"
with a jogger. Fudge doesn't seemm to like fast moving things and he
expressed his dislike. The jogger tried to get arsey but I told him
to take his earphones out, look at the world around him, and to try
to avoid running right over the tops of small dogs. Suitably abashed
the jogger went on his way.
Fudge
then got rather wilful. Something in a bush had his attention. I
tried to call him away but he ignored me. He can be quite funny when
he tries to ignore. He takes no notice of what I say, but when I say
his name his tail starts wagging. Clearly he could hear me but was
ignoring me.
We
had what I describe as a "quick" walk but we were
still out for about an hour. Once home "Furry Face TM"
had his brekkie then I ran round with the hoover, organised a
walk for Friday, and set off to work.
I
left for work a little earlier than I really might have done, but
today was a geo-calendar day. I had planned to go somewhere near
Etchinghill, but just as I left home my phone beeped. I had a
notification about a new geocache in Herne Bay. I thought I might
chase the First to Find so I set off to the coast.
As
I drove "Women's Hour" was on the radio. This is a
show about which I have been rather scathing in the past but today's
episode was quite interesting. Mary Berry (of "Bake Off"
fame) was the guest editor. She started off with talking about
the fun she'd had as a child in the Guides. There was then something
about how she loves her garden. Normally a dull subject but she
brought it to life. This was followed with something of a rant about
how texting can never replace a well-written letter, and she ended by
talking about the increasing popularity of all sorts of crafts.
It
was a rather interesting three quarters of an hour, marred only by
the fact that I got to Herne Bay to find that someone had beaten me
to the FTF.
I
made my way to work via McDonalds for a McPiriPiri wrap, a caramel
McFrappe and a McSulk. Mind you I shouldn't grumble; I needed a
geo-find today and I got one.
Once
at work I did my thing. And we had a visitor. The inestimable Soup
Boy called in. He worked with us for a while, and is currently on a
sabbatical with a view to becoming a professional runner. He called
in to say he has decided that he won't be returning to us.
I
was rather sad to hear that; I like my mate Soups, and miss I him.
Soon
enough it was home time. "Game of Thrones" is on in
a minute...
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