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Dear All, I checked that there wasn't a thread for September. So here it is.

I'm midway between using Blunders' laptop to get access to the printer and casting off this one. The problem is the Macafee firewall which won't let me send docs to the printer on this laptop and problems with getting the Windows firewall to switch on. Because I knew the electrical people would be t...

We sometimes have a warning that nasty plastic deposits are landing on the beach. Since the Bristol Channel is fairly busy with cargo ships, we take it seriously and don't take our dogs on the beach. We warn other dog owners of the same thing. The nicest beach we can use all the year round has a cau...

I'm glad your cousin's widow is unaffected by the miasma, GLO. I expect the children will be back at school soon so that should reduce the nuisance value a little. Have you any preferences as to colour/paper? I've gone as far as buying paint, but will have to get someone in to do it. My attempt on m...

When I first came down here, and before that, I decided that living in a 3 bedroom house in a city was a waste of a good house that a family could live in, so when I found this place, I was really pleased with it. It's quite small but it's big enough for me. It's a pleasant part of the world so I'm ...

Yes, being able to see things happening is quite wonderful. Maybe imagining it is just as good - better since your imagination is clearly well up to it. OH's description of an amateur production where the throne began to swing to and fro very slowly, and when the messenger ran up to say that "T...

I hope you find somewhere nice, GLO. Did you mean the Green Goddess? That would be fairly troublesome. Diana Moran I think. I'm glad I don't go to airshows if that's what they're like. Maybe when he's grown up that child will realise that just giving a present is enough. It doesn't need enforcing. O...

I can just open the tailgate and say "In" and she jumps in and either lies down or stands up to watch the journey. She tends to sleep on the motorway stretches, but likes to supervise the variable bits. Cassie is better behaved in the car than in the house, in that I can leave her there wi...

Did she use the carry box or did she try just putting him in the car with her? I think they are perhaps more likely to take to travelling. Cassie can wriggle out of her harness before I can get into the driving seat. She'll wear it to go for a short walk, but the moment it is attached to a seat belt...

That is one cat and a half. Sure your name isn't Simon?

If they recondition the buildings, that might be a good thing, but if it's only scene building it could be a great Eastern version of Portmeirion which I hate because it's all front and no substance.

I'm sure there will be new stars coming up. Or there will be an influx of Afghans to swell the team. Parish mag almost off my hands. Last proofreader to still to check in. I popped back after Church to extract violin and music from the car and don my walking shoes. But I came in here to finish off m...

He's been again, and the traffic was horrible, so before he pops back to make a box to hide the pipes, I've sent him on a diversion. The main road is gridlocked because of the Annual Show at Dunster. I went to take my friend out on a drive. We went up to Dunkery Hill, and looked down past the multip...

It's good to keep the links going. I'm sure they miss her horribly and having you around eases is a bit. My BP with suppressors was within limits yesterday, but I had to skip doing it this morning because I was off out to Orchestra rehearsal. Someone stole 10 minutes from me this morning. The shower...

Brian, in the face of a little dismissive comment from the blood pressure supremo at the GP practice, I got myself a Braun BP machine. It is a Braun vitalscan3, but you use it on your forearm about 2 cm above the wrist. The other thing you also have to do is to raise it to the level of your heart. I...

Plumber having his hospital appointment today but has sworn by a stack of bibles to be here tomorrow. He fell seriously ill when a lavatory exploded on him and he had a number of infections including Hepatitis A. He was fit as a flea before that. After I last posted, I saw that he had been in yester...

I'm getting tired of this. Plumber had to go to hospital for a blood test because the one he had last week didn't work so that's two whole days wasted. I know its 20 miles away, but it shouldn't have taken more than half a day. Yes, I'm being unreasonable. The NHS takes its own time.

You're obviously the expert. Some people do suffer more pain than others. I'm one of the others. Paracetamol brings it down to bearable while walking. Maybe I was lucky with my stick and chose the right size by luck. It's battered and bent but does the job. I woke to hear the rain pattering down. To...

Maybe gentle exercise of the motions that cause the pain until you get past the point of pain would help. It's what I do, and seems to work for me, but of course we aren't all the same. I'm sure you are just as brave as I am in other ways. I'm going to have to ring the plumber's boss tomorrow and ex...

I've been searching for a missing email that was showing as unread, but tracked it down this morning, and it wasn't important like the Garden club item for the parish magazine. These email add ons that drive you mad! This one was in "Smart views", Windows live has chosen to have two inbox ...

Well done for trying. I was too tired and went back to bed. The Rector had posted that he had seen some meteors on his walk, but he's nobbut a lad.