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Car problems, too!

I know Wallace and Gromit, but that's one that must have eluded me...

Now why did I just read "peat"?

How many hit exactly would you be getting for this search string? Mike – I think we can also add DIY, cooking and pets to your list. And weather.

That's a good question indeed. Any of you guys been able to keep track of all we've been discussing over the years?

Mike, I hope your mum will be improving soon. Afternoon all – I think I'll be preparing dinner early today. Though before I do, I'll have to read up on something.

Morning all... Off to work in about half an hour, but will need another cup of coffee before I do. Will report back in the afternoon!

I'd just like to second this statement and hope all goes well for you, Mike. I myself must admit to having hidden my increasing myopia for a long time due to my not having wanted to wear glasses. It turned out contact lenses were better suited for me in any case as I currently have -4.75 diopters on the left eye and -2 on the right. I do have a pair of backup glasses, which I but use only at home.

Morning all... Another day at school beckons, though perhaps I won't have to pull any extra duties this week. Currently having some breakfast and coffee. I also just read temperatures are expected to plummet by the weekend. Fun...

A student colleague at my school told me that math teacher training today includes introductory courses to programmes like http://www.geogebra.org/cms/ . I'm sure I'd have liked to be working with this kind of software when I went to school!

Having just looked through the photos I took yesterday for some quick examples to post, what do you think about these models? This would be a I scale class 150 electric... ...and these are Siemens ER 20 type diesels in O and I scale respectively. I doubt I could ever accommodate any layout in that scale, but having one of these on the desk to look at sure would be nice – if very pricey.

Morning all! Didn't manage to post yesterday due to us having taken a trip to Cologne in order to visit the combined International Model Railway Fair and LEGO Fan World. This had been entirely new to me as I'd never attended any model fairs before, which is why I really cannot make any educated comparison. I took a number of images which I'll see to posting some time soon, but what I can say is that it certainly was crowded! A few retailers were also present, but far as I could see, none had any of the items I'm currently seeking to obtain. Perhaps it's better this way as pay day won't be till the end of next week!

Morning all... With all this talk of precipitation, I checked whether we might be getting any of that, and indeed there is an increasing chance of rain beginning this afternoon. Now preparing breakfast before setting off to work again!

Don't call me Shirley!

Two recent autumnal snapshot impressions from our balcony... And tonight:

Happy birthday to Abi! Was still getting my mind realigned when I wrote my previous posting...

Oh man. Do you know any easy way of increasing the caffeine content in coffee? This is going to be one of those weeks... Though on the positive side, I had a 5th year geography course write an exam today, which went rather well. Given that and the fact that it had been sunny around noon, I then was happy to allow the kids outside for the rest of the lesson as they completed the exam fairly quickly. I personally think it is a perfectly legitimate option to cut 5th year kids some slack after an exam. As I'm typing this, it is fogging up again, so tonight will certainly see me put my feet up.

Morning all... Just wanted to say hi before leaving the house, so I'll save any more elaborate postings for later. Pea souper style fog outside, too.

Afternoon all! I can now finally spare a few moments to chime in after my telegram at silly o'clock this morning... First of all – DD, I completely sympathise with your current situation. I'm not sure whether this will be of any help beyond providing some moral support at least, but I'm thinking of you and your friend. On the school front, it was quite noticeable how student motivation appeared to have eroded halfway through the week. Though I guess the fact of today's classes all having been year 7 and 8 courses will probably have been a relevant factor, too. In any case, I'm now sat down with some pretzels and something to drink to tide me over till dinnertime...

Morning all... Slept well, but am still tired stop. Therefore consuming coffee and able to post telegram style only stop. Happy Hump Day stop.

One in free verse: When I'm feeling tired, Does that mean I am a car?

Morning all! Extra classes at school this week, so wasn't able to say hello earlier this morning. I guess we're now seeing what autumn can do to personnel reserves.

Well, I'm rather pleased by how my classes behaved today. There was nothing aside from the usual degree of (normally) friendly banter between neighbours, which I but can tolerate to some degree – provided they keep working on their assignments and do not cause disruption across the entire room. I did have to have three boys tidy up the floor as they kept dropping paper snippets, but this was about the worst there was in terms of unruly behaviour.

Morning all... Not able to write much due to it being silly o'clock, so I'll get freshened up in a few. Talk to you again some time after noon...

I need to confess that ironing is something I do only as an exception rather than a rule! Then again, I'm not subject to any official dress code at work, so I don't see any problem with hanging my laundry up to dry. We're now back from Leipzig and rather exhausted by the weekend, so I guess dinner tonight will be provided by way of home delivery.