My little dog had a nightmare shortly after
4am; his fidgeting and whimpering woke me. I settled him and he was soon fast
asleep again. Unlike me though. I gave up trying to sleep and got up shortly
after 5am. I watched this week’s episode of “Dad’s Army” in which Private Fraser was found to have a hoard of
gold sovereigns. It passed half an hour, but again the episode’s ending was
rather weak.
I then had a look-see on the Internet. I had an
email to tell me that my Apple ID had been disabled for security reasons. I
wasn’t especially worried; I don’t have an Apple ID. But if I wanted to verify
my Apple account (that I don’t have)
they suggested I went to somewhere on albertsonshomecenter.com. That seems to
be a timber merchant somewhere in California. I wonder if their website has
also been hacked?
The blatant opportunism of these cyber-crooks
amazes me. I suppose enough people must fall for their scams for them to bother
continuing.
I set off to work; it was *cold* this morning. As I drove the radio
boiled my piss. As it does. Apparently there are new rules as to what dangerous
chemicals are allowed in school chemistry laboratories. And schools with
blacklisted chemicals have to get the bomb disposal squads to come and blow
them up. What really wound me up was the attitude of the presenter on the
radio. As with anything scientific or technical the chap *always* tries to make the thing into a joke in a painfully
transparent attempt to cover up his own ignorance.
I got to work; I did what I had to, and
at lunchtime I made a quick getaway. I had some time owing.
I stopped off in Wincheap; the pet shop
there sells fishing tackle. That is another supplier of fishing tackle which
I’ve been unwittingly driving past for five years. Yesterday I whinged about
the prices of reels. Today I got a rather good reel for fifteen quid. I shall
test it out soon.
I then drove on to the hospital at Pembury
where I had a job interview. Do I want to leave my current job? Not really; but
I do feel I’m capable of doing more. Do I want to work at Pembury? I don’t
know. I got there and the interview didn’t so much focus on what the job is
about as on the paperwork that goes behind it. So my wishes may well turn out
to be academic. Perhaps posting a selfie outside the place was a tad premature?
I came home and walked my little dog
round the block. If I don’t take him out the very moment I get home he gets
very over-excited and fractious. And with him walked I then got to have a look
at the parcel which had been delivered. Last Wednesday I ordered a pair of
trousers from eBay. I asked for 42 inch short – they sent 36 inch regular. I’ve
emailed them to say I’m sending them back. We shall see what happens…
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