I
had a rather bad night’s sleep. Fudge woke me with his whimpering at 2.30am. He
was restless and panting and wouldn’t settle. Eventually "er indoors TM"
hit on the idea that he was too hot and she turned the fan on. I suspect he had
the guts ache from where I let him lick out the oven tray we’d cooked last
night’s fish on. We (me and Fudge)
eventually got back to sleep about 4am, but I was awake again at 5.30am.
Over
brekkie I watched another episode of “Uncle”;
much as I like the show, this one was rather far-fetched. I suppose most TV
shows have to be.
Overnight
a row had raged on various geocaching forums on Facebook. Geo-HQ have decided
to single out the world’s best four thousand
geocachers
based on the quality of the caches they’ve hidden. They refuse to disclose the
exact criteria they’ve used, and now they appear to be surprised that something
so potentially divisive has turned out
to be actually very divisive. I must admit that bearing in mind the effort I
took to create my twenty-one Wherigos might have given me a chance, but no luck
for me. Surprising really when you think that a bloke not five miles up the
road has made the grade, and he’s only hidden three of the things..
Admittedly
I’m probably just sulking, but together with the geo-debacle earlier in the
week (when they archived one of my hides
for no valid reason) I feel absolved of the need to hide any caches ever
again.
As
I drove to work the pundits on the radio were interviewing a representative of
an American pharmaceutical company. They weren't happy with how some of their
drugs are being misused. Apparently no one told them that some of their drugs
are being given (as massive overdoses)
in lethal injections in executions. It was hinted that the companies might
effectively get rid of the death penalty by stopping the manufacture of certain
drugs, and now unproven drugs are
being used for executions.
An
interesting point. I wonder if these people really do think their product is
indispensable? Have they never heard of the firing squad?
There
was also talk of driverless
lorries on British motorways; one driver will drive his lorry as per usual,
and simultaneously drive two others by remote control. Sounds a bit dodgy to
me...
I
got to work for the early shift and had a busy day. Busy, but good. And then
home again. I did the ironing whilst watching a film. “Still Crazy” is a good film; I’ve seen
it before. But on this watching I realised that the young girl in it looked
familiar. Wikipedia
told me she is the woman in “Detectorists”,
and was also the lead character in “Tipping
the Velvet” which is another favourite of mine (for obvious, if base, reasons).
I
really should have an early night… I’ve got another early shift tomorrow…
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