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We just have to do something to return the ball over the net. It's just a long rally. I sent yet another email to Ofgem today, because there's nobody on the phone on Wednesday afternoon. I think there's someone in their office who got annoyed that I got on to their fraud department "just in cas...

Yes, August has gone, and a nice fresh September has arrived.

Anything can happen and probably will.

I've been and gone and had my hair cut. It will be a while now before I can put it up, but it wasn't looking good. After that, I went into Minehead to buy a replacement for my temperamental bedside light which would have lasted longer if it had used the proper bulbs. I had only been able to get a pa...

Sorry, I've been busy with the magazine. But before that we had an orchestral gig at the church. That went well. I worked for the Council for a time. Birmingham ran its own employment agency - a leave reserve but contributing to the Council pension scheme. The boss in the section where I had my desk...

Fuses are there to protect the person from danger of a malfunction, and the system from scrambling. You could have one of those solar lights that comes on if anyone goes near it. It is usually weatherproof, but finding someone to fix it might be a problem. You need a Handyperson to be able to fix th...

My cleaners come tomorrow and I've done most of the tidying. Just the washing to bring in before I go to bed, because it is really going to rain in the morning. I got tired of hoping my bedside light would work and I could turn it on and off from my bed. I changed the bulb but it still doesn't work ...

This is the month when it's assumed that everyone is on holiday so there's no point in trying to do anything. Even the birds are knackered from raising as many families as possible. The grass is yellow and sere. Otherwise all the traps set by Government are ready to catch the unwary, so it's time to...

Your Demon neighbour will either come home and get fuzzed, or stay away out of your lovely hair. If you look at Google Maps, you can find local plumbers. I had a look, but I don't know who the cowboys are (Nee Plumbers?) . Perhaps if you ring the Polish Centre, someone will know someone to come, dig...

Yes he did, but it was in 1999. I got an insurance payout because it was at work and my employer was a self insurer. The Finance bod asked what was in the bag. I said that among other things, there was a photograph of him. I had been up north on a Finance training day, and it had struck me that deal...

When you said 'lost' I thought you meant permanently. Curled up in the middle if the dining table suggests he didn't want to miss anything food related. When I was accosted then deceived into opening my car window a little to pacify a raging stranger who then opened the door and grabbed my bag, I fo...

Has the plague of little girls returned? Perhaps it was a kid's party that got out of hand. I remember a well respected professor who as a primary schoolboy regaled my daughter and her other friends with a terrifying HP Lovecraft story at her 8th birthday party. I hope your neighbour enjoyed the str...

How exciting. Let's hope the police take an interest in your troublesome neighbour. That pretty one clearly stayed long enough to listen. The pension people will have to produce a death certificate to get away with not paying and we both know that's not possible. Is it the right house number? I hope...

When I was working in Sales for BT I once achieved by persuasion, a shared line between one family called Gilbert and their neighbours called Sullivan. The originals didn't get on too well I believe. I've received the bulb collection catalogue already. I'll have to order early not to miss the Byzant...

The Hesperus was the ship you may have been thinking of, but that was the one where the captain tied his daughter to the mast but died before he could untie her, so she died too in the wreck. I thought it was actually the Fighting Temeraire, being towed to the breaker's yard, in JMW Turner's paintin...

I am now. It was a Pulmonary embolism. Lots of lovely heparin injections then tablets. They did lots of scans so there weren't any nasty surprises lying in wait. It's lovely to be back. It's much quieter. No TV. No excitement over last years championship draw. Even though I knew the road, the ambula...

I've been to the doctor (yesterday) and am going for an xray later this morning, if I get there. Had a pain in my arm this am so rang 999 feeling guilty as one does. But the doctor said they have equipment they can use to see if they need to take you to hospital. I thought of you and your strokes. H...

I'm sorry, I've been feeling grim. Barely able to move from pillar to post without having to stop to catch my breath. I think I have a lung infection, because the Olbas oil seems to be working. Going shopping yesterday was a bit of a nightmare but I got the essentials. Leslie Thomas's novel "Th...

Yes it is the Morning Lay led service. My brother liked his Dinky cars. He was never enamoured of Matchbox, which were clearly not intended for children to play with, but for forming a collection of replicas. We once gave a friend a red Ferrari in a matchbox, because we couldn't afford a real one. W...

I've been to the rehearsal for our orchestra for 18 July. Because we have a trumpet in the group we played in an easier key for him, not the one I was expecting. Your map was much larger scale than the one I expected, or is normally available through the Ordnance Survey. There are very precise maps ...

Privet doesn't need extending. Ours suddenly made a bid for outer space in one season. My husband had a fear of heights - or ladders, but had at least a foot advantage in height and much more in reach. Was the Coronation coach supposed to go in a matchbox or was that full size? I'm sure you can find...