Coombe Barton
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Everything posted by Coombe Barton
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Mine's on a spreadsheet
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Couple off Deltics worth dropped at the opticians, but happy that things are not changing significantly, and haven't been for four years, to my eyesight.
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... friend has mentioned that I can now say I’m retiring ‘this year” ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2024/01/02/sounds-of-the-season-2023-31-no-covid-data-back-at-work-damp/
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... Back at work again tomorrow. See what the avalanche of emails will bring. I have just about caught up on sleep ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2024/01/01/sounds-of-the-season-2023-30-no-new-covid-data-ppe-again/
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Sorting the bits that Ive been buying to make, hopefully over Christmas - but not touched them until today. Currently trying to classify them and put them in build groups and uniting like items into the diminishing supply of boxes. I did find a whole load of adhesive tape that's other lost it's stickness or the sickness has oozed out of the ends - that's had to go to landfill. As 'Bring in the clowns' has it - maybe next year.
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Happy New Year
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... why is Dominic Cummings, sacked by one PM, considered so darned valuable as a political strategist? ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2023/12/31/sounds-of-the-season-2023-29-no-covid-more-dominic-though/
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Early 1970s - university - crazy Irish friend had a button badge made which read "Syrup of figs sends me."
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... clearing space and getting rid of rubbish, then immediately filling that space up with stuff moved from elsewhere. I’m filling bins but the effect inside is minimal. And it’s all taking time ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2023/12/30/sounds-of-the-season-2023-28-covid-why-has-who-advice-about-masking-not-been-applied/
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Well, you are a regular on ERs ...
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... In March 2020 the Foreign Office wine cellar’s stock stood at 32,921 bottles of wine and spirits with a market value of £3.2m. .... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2023/12/29/sounds-of-the-season-2023-27-flu-and-covid-cases-surge-and-the-booze-may-have-been-on-us/
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Grey and gloomy here And so's the weather
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... the lawn is still in squelch mode, possibly the worst it has been this year, or indeed any year. Rivers and watercourses were high all round, as was the level of the roadside puddles. ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2023/12/28/sounds-of-the-season-2023-26-covid-which-variants-detected-new-wave-to-peak/
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...the dismal weather is not helping, neither is the reluctance of my bum to leave the comfort of the sofa ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2023/12/27/sounds-of-the-season-2023-25-covid-different-enquiry-but/
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Initial plan for today is to get the bum off the sofa, but no urgency
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Not ours
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... late starting since the bum was reluctant to leave the sofa. And must remember it’s Tuesday, and tomorrow is black bin day. ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2023/12/26/sounds-of-the-season-2023-24-covid-vaccination-takeup-not-much-above-50/
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... in the run up to Christmas there seemed to be more bad tempered panic buying this year. The food shops are only closed for one day, dammit! ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2023/12/25/sounds-of-the-season-2023-23-covid-wonder-what-christmas-gatherings-will-bring/
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Merry Christmas, everyone.
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... Now home, in for the duration, supper cooking and doing what I want. Merry Christmas to everyone. ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2023/12/24/sounds-of-the-season-2023-22-covid-nothing-new-and-is-it-christmas/
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Two nights ago on Radio 3 there was an essay on puddings - has been all week - this was about the pavlova - on BBC Sounds - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001tb4s
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... which you're loving doing ...
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... for the season, we have some carols - Gutenberg’s carol - Carol for a line on the London underground - The late sheep dip carol – Typoman’s carol ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2023/12/23/sounds-of-the-season-2023-21-covid-reporting-has-gone-on-hols-the-virus-hasnt/
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Been out for the Santa run delivering. Fortunately found everyone in. Then I felt teh urge and took myself off for a ride out into the sunset. The I came home I sat down before clearing up but fell asleep, So now it's cook, but first to clear up. Supper will be later than planned
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... Some people refer to it as the Sainsbury’s Grand Prix. After venturing out today I could refer to it as the Sainsbury’s traffic jam on the M25 with the Dartford Crossing closed. ... https://johncolby.wordpress.com/2023/12/22/sounds-of-the-season-2023-20-covid-jn-1-new-variant-rapid-increase/
