Goggle Box

Posted on Fri 29 September 2006 in general

Thursday nights seems to be the best TV night so far. Started from "Dragon's Den - Where are they now", Extras, and Mitchell and Webb all the way to "This Week" which is back now the wheels of democracy are rolling again after the summer break.

Question Time was quite amusing …


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Technology Failure

Posted on Thu 28 September 2006 in general

I am now about 4.5k poorer which means now would not be a good time to experience redundancy. The new doors were fitted today and my house is now fully wrapped up in double glazed goodness. There will now undergo a retraining period to get used to doors that …


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Almost done.. and something about books

Posted on Wed 27 September 2006 in general

There has only been one guy the last two days but he's made good progress. All but the kitchen sunlight and the doors are now installed. It turns out the windows have been replaced at least one anyway as the old sash mechanisms are still in the frames. Thanks in …


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Glass

Posted on Mon 25 September 2006 in general

I'm working from home this week (helpfully missing the Labour party conference impact on travel). The double glazing people are in smashing out the old windows. So far they seem to be making good progress although there have been a couple of close calls with shards of glass. Hopefully all …


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Food, Snakes, Vampires

Posted on Sun 24 September 2006 in general

We went to the Gaucho Grill on Thursday before the cinema. Much as I enjoyed it for my birthday the selection was limited because of the size of the group. With just Fliss and I we had the whole menu available and the personal service of a waitress bringing the …


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