Don't believe everything you see on TV.

It's that Dreamies thing. Fluff did take some from my hand this morning as per the commercial but Titch steadfastly refuses to lower herself to such a thing. I am concerned as they have not punched any holes through the walls yet. The commercial must lie! This is the same commercial with a different product name.

And here's another thing..................

Well, I read the first few chapters of "The Card" in bed last night and, what a great book! The movie was fun but the book is magnificent. Also, from reading the synopsis in Wikipedia, the movie leaves quite a lot of the story out. I must try to read more Arnold Bennett.
Ian and Lulu went out for a meal yesterday evening so Hazel and I looked after Corey for a few hours. He's growing so fast, last week he "found" his hands and, now, he is forever grasping and pushing things.
Prompted by the current advertising, I bought a couple of packets of Dreamies for our cats. Fluff was prepared to eat some if they were thrown on the floor but declined to take them from my hand and Titch wants nothing to do with them at all. This, from cats who will normally steal food from your plate if not pushed away.

Books you always wanted to read but didn't

Cover of Mark TwainImage via Wikipedia

I finished "Innocents Abroad" by Mark Twain yesterday. I had wanted to read it for over forty years but it was either not in print or too expensive whenever I went looking. Finally, it turned up in a Twain collection for the Kindle and I got the whole set for free from Amazon. I very much enjoyed the book and now have the rest of the collection to look forward to. By way of a change, I have now begun Arnold Bennets "The Card" which was  made into a film starring Alec Guinness many years ago.


My colleague, the one with the wicked sense of humour, couldn't contain himself when I simply ignored his actions of last week and just had to ask whether I had been fooled or not. I told him the truth, which did not please him too well, and left it at that. Within sixty seconds he was asking me what sort of revenge I would be taking. My reply worried him too as I prefer revenge to be taken cold and with a lot of thought beforehand. I shall now consider my options. A friend has given me several good suggestions but I have it in mind to take a long thoughtful pause now and see what I can cook up that doesn't involve his PC. This will worry him more than anything else.

Coughs and Sneezes spread diseases,

Trap them in your handkerchief.      Sung to the tune of "Deutschland, Deutschland uber alles".

No sooner did I get back into the swing of this blogging stuff than I collapsed in a quivering heap with the common cold. Great!

I returned to work today to find that one of the young gentlemen in my office had swapped my N and M key caps for a laugh. I eventually spotted something was wrong but it took a while as I was, I now realize, touch typing prior to that moment. I now have to think of a really elegant way of gaining my retribution...............

A quiet night in.

Being a Monday, I had a quiet and non-technical evening in mind. Not so, however. I watched some recordings I had on the Sagem unit and then, suddenly, I was informed that the drive had a problem and needed to be re-formatted. Naturally, being a techy man, I took no notice and tried to set up another recording. No chance, recording was now blocked by the O/S. There was nothing unwatched or to keep so I re-formatted and tried again. No chance, the old password didn't work and the Sagem doesn't have a standard password as it has to be set up on first use. I had to do a factory re-set before it would let me into the system and begin again.

I don't have a problem with this, in fact, as the software is very helpful and well designed for all other purposes. And, of course, in my case I lost nothing I wouldn't have deleted sooner or later anyway. My only worry is that someone who is not as tech savvy as me might end up going around in circles if they happened to have the same fault I did. I have now had a look at the Digital Spy forums and it seems as though my Sagem will happily transfer recordings to a stand alone drive so I will be testing that tonight.
Sall had her first paid gig yesterday and, it seems, thoroughly enjoyed herself.

Still busy (After all these weeks).

Things are just beginning to settle down to a dull roar at last. Today, I have actually finished my logs about 40 minutes before home time, which is a first. On Saturday we went to B&Q and bought a new kitchen drawer unit. It's a wide one, 800mm, and very heavy. I spent several hours assembling and fitting it on Sunday and managed to make myself ill in the process. I felt pretty groggy by the time I finally sat down and my tinnitus went ballistic as well. All due, I suspect, to the unusually warm weather at present and the weight of the unit. It's a very nice piece of kit and was fairly simple to put together but it's just so heavy. Metal drawer sides and backs and heavy chipboard bottoms to them with a large front and long handle. I bought it, certain that it would fit where I wanted it. When I got it home, it looked as though it wouldn't fit at all. When we actually slid it into the hole, it was a better fit than I had anticipated so, all round, we are quietly chuffed with the whole thing.

Cobblers!

I went to Timpsons like a good boy yesterday but the manager had slipped out for a crafty pee or something so I retraced my steps and found another shop almost opposite. Cobblers and Keys it's called and very helpfull staff who stagger their pee breaks. Also, they charge a penny less for the same job so that got my attention right away. I collected them this morning and jolly good they are too. My day started badly but it has gradually improved as the day has worn on so I will be going home a much happier bunny than I thought I would.