With an alarm set I had a poor night. I gave up trying
to sleep, got up and watched an episode of "Lost In Space". I
can remember reading on Facebook about how Irwin Allen (the creator of the
original series) once tried to get scientists from NASA involved in the
show. Apparently the scientists didn't want to touch the show with a
barge pole as Irwin Allen was more interested in dramatic effect than
scientific accuracy. Much the same must be true of the creators of the most
recent remake; the plot of this morning's episode involved decontaminating
drinking water by bubbling ammonia through it.
I Wordled from "early" via "peony"
to "penny", then set off to work.
As I walked to my car so my phone beeped. There was a
new geocache quite literally down the road. A mile down the road, but down the
road. A two-minute drive, a rummage round a street sign and I soon had the
thing in hand. And I was First to Find too. Happy dance.
I drove on to work. As I went up the motorway the
pundits on the radio were talking about the most recent round of peace talks
over the
conflict in Ukraine. I'm rather confused with the
whole thing. It is being alleged that Donald Trump is the Russian President's
puppet. If so, why are the Americans still funding the Ukraine war effort?
Perhaps that's what these talks are all about? Perhaps the American involvement
is coming to an end?
And there was talk about the
Jackdaw oil field in the North Sea. Controversial?
Maybe. On the one hand carrying on with oil and gas isn't very environmentally
friendly. On the other hand widespread take-up of electric cars won't be
practical for some years, and what with two loads of madmen squabbling in the
Strait of Hormuz it is quite plain that the UK needs fuel security.
And in any event whatever the UK does or doesn't burn
is just pissing in the wind compared to the world's total use of fossil fuels.
I went into Sainsburys where the shelf fillers were
quietly doing their jobs. There was no shrieking and pointed glances at any of
the customers today. Had someone said something to them?
I got my lunch, some tennis balls for Treacle for Dog
Club, and whilst I was at it I got some dried sprats. That will be a special
treat for Dog Club; I just hope the dogs like them.
I then had something of a fight with the self-service
till. Eventually an assistant that I hadn't seen before came over, gave the
till a hefty clout and the thing started working again. There's nothing quite
like getting technical with it, is there?
I went into work. We had cake. Lots of cake. A
colleague was leaving today and had brought quite a bit I will be sad to see
him leave; if only because that means more late shifts and night shifts for me
to cover.
And one of the bosses is going as well. She applied for
the mutually agreed redundancy scheme whereby she gets a year’s money and goes…
on the understanding she can’t have another NHS job in the next year. She
intends to take the money and retire. Personally I don’t think I’d like that –
I quite enjoy part time working… for now.
Having gone to work I came home again. “er
indoors TM” went off out with her
mates. I put shirts in to wash, and whilst they scrubbed I cooked up a pizza. I
scoffed that, then ironed shirts as I watched more episodes of “Lost In Space”.
“er indoors TM” came
home with a trifle. Very nice…
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