I slept better last night; the sniffle appears
to have turned into a cough. I got up, and immediately opened my Advent
Calendar. For all that I do like my little annual Advent story, and for all
that I don’t think anyone is more amazed than I am at how the story progresses,
I have certainly made a rod for my own back by not opening the windows in
advance.
I looked at a little
Lego signpost with something of a sense of dismay this morning… what could I
possibly say about that? Eventually I had an idea.
I had a shave, made
toast, and had a look at the Internet. It was still there. There had been heavy
(for Kent) snow across the east of the county overnight. I turned off
the lap-top and went to get ready for the morning somewhat earlier than usual.
I scraped the ice off of the car, and with “er indoors TM” off out on
a mission with her mates I got the dogs into the car and drove round to the Repton
estate. We collected the money pot for Dog Club, then went on and opened up.
Despite it being a cold morning there was quite a good turn out for Dog Club.
Morgan and Bailey charged about having a great time. Treacle didn’t really join
in, but I spent quite a bit of time playing “ball” with her which she
seemed to enjoy. As we Dog Club-ed there was a load of messages flying here and
there via WhatsApp about the organisation of Dog Club. It seems there’s issues
about collecting the money pot at the end of the last session, and from here on
it Dog Club will be going cashless.
From Dog Club we came
home listening to Steve on the radio. The mystery year was some time in the
late 1970s… and each clue made me think it was earlier and earlier. Eventually
I plumped for 1977 and was right.
I put a load of washing
in to scrub, and as the dogs snored I made a cuppa. Usually before a late shift
I do so much that by the time I get to work I’m worn out. But what with this
ongoing lurgy I wasn’t feeling on top form, so with Dog Club done, a quiet
morning cuddling dogs suited me.
Eventually I had to go
to work. As I drove up the motorway "Any Questions" was on the
radio in which a panel of politicians, business people and the less
simple-minded celebrities were asked their opinions on the questions of the
day. Some aggressive feminist was up in arms because there weren't enough women
at the COP28 climate talks; she was up in arms because there were any men there
at all. Apparently climate change is entirely a man- (as opposed to woman-)
made problem, as (so she claimed) are all the wars currently raging
round the world and all the wars that have ever raged. Some chap came on and
made the point that Britain has halved its
carbon dioxide emissions since 1990. This was a red rag to a bull to this
aggressive feminist. Had a woman delivered this announcement then it would have
been heigh, ho, pip and dandy. But how dare a man say it?
There was then the
question of who owned the Elgin marbles, Britain or Greece? Another woman on
the panel gave the view of most of the UK; up until doing her research prior to
coming on the radio she'd thought the Elgin marbles were a bag of toy marbles like
those with which children play.
A Conservative
politician then bemoaned how expensive houses were, despite their ridiculously
high prices being a result of the market forces about which he was so
enthusiastic.
Some people do talk
utter rubbish on the radio...
I got to work and
coughed a lot as did my bit. Mind you it has to be said that being too mean to
turn the heating on, being at work this afternoon was much warmer than being at
home had been this morning.
And with work worked I drove home through sub-zero temperature and
fog. “er
indoors TM” had turned the heating on and had sorted out
pizza which we scoffed whilst watching this evening’s episode of “Doctor Who”.
It was watchable, but I’m wondering why they brought back David Tennant; I don’t
see what he’s giving to the show that a new actor couldn’t.
I hope I feel a bit better tomorrow; I’m fed up with
feeling grotty.
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