With an alarm set I had a bad night. I barely slept. I
eventually gave up with laying awake, got up and watched another episode of “Lost
In Space” (which has improved quite a bit) before having my usual
root around the Internet.
Having been looking at pond supplies over the weekend
pretty much every advert I saw on Facebook and Google were pond and fish
related. Loads of these adverts were for stuff on Temu… I’ve never shopped on
Temu before and will probably do so. One particular advert made me sit up and
take notice. There was a particularly nice little fish tank featuring a bowl
with an oriental scene featuring a temple, bridge, a little garden with trees…
when you read the reviews it turned out that the advert was actually just for the
models of the temple and bridge (which were in reality only four inches long)
and none of the rest of the stuff in the advert were part of what was actually
being sold.
It pays to pay close attention.
I managed to get dressed without disturbing anyone,
and set off to find my car. For once I remembered where I'd parked it, and I
was soon on my way up the motorway. As I drove I again got cross with the
pundits on the radio. They always have live interviews with people who simply
aren't prepared for being interviewed live on national radio. This
morning some chap was deliberately surprised with a question he clearly
hadn't been expecting. The poor fellow tried to reply with "I - I
- I... think that-that-that... we might-might-might..." as he
desperately tried to think about that which he might actually do. About half of
the interview time was spent with the chap nervously stuttering because he had
no idea of how to reply to questions which he obviously wasn't expecting. You'd
think that with years of experience of surprising people with awkward
questions, the pundits on the radio would have eventually realised that doing
so only serves to embarrass them and waste time. As I've said before the
presenters of the morning's radio show would do far better with either
pre-recording their interviews or not interviewing people who are terrified of
being interviewed on live radio.
Unless it is their intention to embarrass people. (It
probably is).
Meanwhile the Japanese are sending a probe to one of
the moons
of Mars where it will gather a few rocks and then bring them
back to Earth (Australia, not, Japan).
I stopped off in Aylesford where I got some petrol.
the petrol was three pence per litre cheaper than at home, but the diesel was
more expensive. But as my car runs on petrol I wasn't fussed about that (I'm
all right, thank you for asking!) And I then popped into Sainsbury s to get
a sandwich. I stood back for a few moments and watched three shelf-fillers who
were chatting amongst themselves openly laughing at the customers. I thought
about complaining... but that would have been petty of me. Instead I
contented myself by filling the self-service till with loose change which
annoyed the till guardians who glared at me as I did so.
I went into work where someone with whom I used to
work (twenty years ago) had arrived to do a bit of training on the new
computer system we are getting in a few weeks' time. It was good to catch
up.
I did the training, and then cracked on with the day's
work... sadly with the theme tune to the "Police Academy"
films stuck in my head.
I came home listening to Sir Stephen Fry reading the first
of the Harry Potter books. Once home I had a little kip, then “er
indoors TM” boiled up a rather good
bit of dinner which we scoffed whilst watching the latest episode of “Lego
Masters” which by coincidence was Harry Potter week.
We’re now watching this week’s “Bake Off”…
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