Kate’s allegedly a human (although increasingly right-wing bigots would say otherwise). She’s definitely not a vampire, despite what some other people claim. She’s also mostly built out of spite and overcoming oppositional-sexism, racism, and other random bullshit.
So she’s either a human or a lizard in disguise sent to destroy all of humanity.
Either way, she’s here to reassure that it’s all fine.
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Distractions
So I had a momentary distraction (that lasted about an hour). I wondered if, for our upcoming Thanksgiving, I could coax the RiscPC into providing us with music. The only slight problem was that the RiscPC is 18 years old, and won’t talk to the network properly. It has internet access, of sorts. Despite sporting…
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Preparation is the art of prevarication
So I spent the morning steeling myself for a ring-round of lots of insurance companies. When I insured the Prius I put my ‘no claims discount’ on the quote. Then when it came to sending proof of no claims I couldn’t work out who in hell I should ring. Did I use it on the…
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Wishy Washy
A while back (quite a while, if I’m honest) our dishwasher started to behave in a manner which I considered was unfortunate. It’s on a timer, so it’s meant to run overnight, which it was doing. However, having finished the cleansing of the dishes, it would dry them and then with concerning frequency, it’d trip…
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The Awesome Power
So I’ve given in. I don’t think I mentioned on here, but we finally bought a modern car (lookie, a post at Transport Evolved, where I’m a staff writer now!). I’m planning to cut my hours at my main job to do a bit more agency work; with the theory being that we might be…
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A break of mountainous proportions
Every time we come back to the lake district it feels like coming home. Slipping back into this timeless space; the mountains seemingly exactly the way they were in my childhood. The hours and hours on the motorway blur and then out of nowhere the mountains appear and you’re faced with this truly astonishing beauty.…
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Standards (slipping)
In the majority of the house I’ve worked really hard to do things to a good standard. Not an exceptional standard, but a very adequate standard. We’ve employed good (or at least reasonable) builders who’ve done work that I’ve been satisfied with. Our plasterer was really good, our electrician and plumbers were exceptional. But there…
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Anyone for a list of compromises?
So, many of the cars I was interested in have sold. I really wish people would take down their adverts (and also, don’t you dare sound grumpy at me if you’ve got a personal ad up and you’ve sold the car). Basically the choices in the Hybrid category are, in order of preference: Gen 2…
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Another LJ Crosspost Test
Trying yet another crossposter
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Having a plan
So, I’m aware that I’m complaining about something I shouldn’t be complaining about. Buying a car. Most people don’t whinge half as much as I do about a simple process which is, frankly, a situation I should be grateful for, not one where I should be complaining. I have earned enough that I can borrow…
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How green does your garden grow?
So, another couple of afternoons of work in the garden. Well, part of an afternoon, I’ve made a little more progress. I spent most of Wednesday afternoon burning stuff. We had vast piles of cut-back brambles and cut-back and pulled lyme tree chunks which we could have put in the car and taken to the…