New Haven Neil

Mrs NHN met up with a retired work-mate today, on her return from Upside-downie land - she brought an immigrant with her, a boat person....well, an Airbus person......wellllll, a Donk really....called Bruce apparently, who would have thought it. He's just young we think, he's not fully grown but obviously related as he doesn't have Eeyore's dozy eyes but the wideawake mischief making Donk eyes. No doubt he'll be in the news again soon. Apparently the spideys and snakey things in upside-downie land were not to his liking, and who can blame him!

Hmm. Preservative (preservatif?) means something else entirely where Jamie lives!

I have been a member of two of those institutes over the years, one the same as JJB would have been in (but NOTHING like as senior!) and the other #cough# CIPD (HR), but I had to present examined qualifications to both - and money of course. The CIPD in particular used to get my goat as the monthly magazine was literally self promotion and job adverts, and a mere ONE page of new case law that was relevant to my practice. I'm now in neither as I don't send them any money. I did manage to pressure wash a lot of the paths, until my hips and back gave up, we'll see if the remainder looking dirty will provoke SWMBO to do the rest - or just tell me to do it. I can guess.......😇

Always liked that angle! Hope your day is going a bit better......

Morning, from a rock that surprised us early doors by being 2c and frosty. Eeuww. Not sure about the morning's activities, it was going to be making a start on pressure washing the garden paths as they are getting rather slippy, but it needs to warm up a bit first. Then some drivelling with friends, which I will have to leave early to attend my diabetic eye review in the Big City. I see the see the speel chucker doesn't like 'slippy' - both it and 'slippery' are in the Oxford English......checked it years ago as a (southern) mate insisted it wasn't a correct word and I should say slippery, so presume it is a north/south divide thing? Regardless, they paths are slippy!

Thirded.

Currently an Icelandic one I think! Chilly NW wind, 9c, grey. Ugh, when will spring sproing?

Morning, from a dull, breezy rock that manages a disappointing 7c currently. Pah. Mrs NHN is off today, this is the start of her working part time, 4 days a week, so she has two Fridays a week now. When I left real employment locking up re-guiding young people and went to work with JB at Trackshack I decided not to work Fridays. This was a mistake, as the day soon merged into the weekend and I felt little benefit from it. As Trackshack got bigger and I took on more responsibilities (Director, technical manager) the stress built and didn't stop just because I wasn't actually physically in work. Running a small business (we went from 3 to 8 employees) is no gentle retirement job I soon discovered. So Mrs NHN has chosen a different route, we'll see how that pans out. Her boss (She's PA to the head of fleet services) is really supportive and is happy not to have important meetings on Wednesdays!

Happens regularly to me. Once had a page three times, but corrected after flipping to another thread and returning. The looooong waits also are not just this thread. getting tired of it now!

....which was my interest in it! It is rather squeezed in, the gradients/clearances are a bit, err, Triang. May need Magnadhesion.

I've always liked the concept of that plan, the reality of space has prevented it being built!

Still very windy on the rock this morning, but a sunny 11c. However, this feels like about 6 😒 Mate H will be here soon for our weekly compare medical notes/put world right/talk trains, so that'll see the morning off, then I had better do some shopping I suppose on the grounds we need to eat.

Not in my case - we don't have those here. Many people keep the same number through successive vehicles, especially if they are of the old MAN type (When MAN ran out they went to the style of AMN 123 them AMN 123 A and so on) we do for the bikes, not that we often sell one, but the cars come and go with what they have. I looked - my car is NMN 554 B ! No point in cloning that one folks, DVLA don't issue those so ANPR spots them rather quickly - we occasionally used to get pulled up for a check in the UK as they also weren't on the computer systems there, but they are now. A friend's daughter who was a student doctor in Lancaster used to get a check if they thought it had been there too long, students have special dispensation not to have to re-register vehicles in the UK if there for over a set period of time.

Yup, I resemble that comment. I recall our family having a Fiat 600 car, AGR 64.......but mine now? Err......HMN something.....

It is........