A friend that we have not seen for ten years was asking after our menagerie today. I caught her up on the news and in that process I realised that Nell is now eight years old, not seven as I had been thinking. We really should stop believing her to be the pup of the …
Author archives: Scattered Thinker
A Puzzle and a Struggle
Managed to catch Ted asleep in his new bed yesterday. The signs are good that he may choose to sleep in it when he goes travelling. The awaited exhaust mounts came in today’s post at last. Hearts sank when we saw the state of the packaging, which had been resealed in Orkney. However, despite being …
To quote Corporal Jones:
DON’T PANIC! I woke this morning to the realisation that we have moved from “Ages to go; loads of time to prepare” to “OMG, I’d better get my skates on!” In fact, panic stations are just around the corner. How did that happen. How did I let so much time slip by in an orgy of …
Saved by the bell
The dog charity has been in touch to say that the person wishing to re-home their dog has regretted agreeing to have somebody come and photograph it. My services are not required and I am saved from melting at the sight of its big soft brown eyes. Phew. I’m disappointed really. I had been looking forward …
Catching up with the 21st Century
I have mentioned before that we are not really au fait with modern communications technologies despite our early adoption of IT. We have remained stuck in our 1990s mud to a large extent. I have also mentioned that we now have a need to get up to speed and to find a way of maintaining communications …
Ups and Downs, On and Offs
Our next trip is still very much up in the air. OIC were extremely helpful yesterday in organising replacement ferry vouchers from Transport Scotland for my lost ones , though Transport Scotland have not been quick to answer my request for the new voucher numbers in advance of their delivery. This somewhat stymies the booking …