Monday 18th February

No cats on any window ledges this morning…so the day got off to a fairly normal start. The Politician was off early for a series of meetings this morning and a “public hearing” this afternoon.

 The TTS Minister was “on the stand” to answer a series of questions….the subjects included Ash, Asbestos, the bus service (if that’s the right word to use…not much of a service if you live in St. Mary’s according to the old man), road resurfacing (another of Dad’s pet subjects at the moment), Skip sorting areas, Taxi regulation (or over-regulation), Drains and Scrap merchants……..so just a normal day at the office then.. They were all still talking after the meeting apparently…

One car made it as far as the scrap yard this afternoon…..and a few “comments” on the internet from people who spotted the boys towing said car down Victoria Avenue. They were given a “ticket” by the guys at the yard that supposedly entitles the owner to £9.10….If the “blonde from Australia” wants to come and pick it up her money it can be found in the till at the Hungry Man!! 

Another car to go tomorrow and then the fun really starts…..how to clear various other bits of “unwanted debris”. Scrap metal, old toilets, sinks and baths....old plasterboard, various “plastic items” that we can’t burn…..calls will have to be made to ascertain the best option….a man with a “very big skip” looks favourite at the moment. That just leaves the last of the unwanted farm machinery….again, the scrap yard looks like it will be seeing more of us in the coming weeks. Other bits of equipment may well find a home among our many farming friends….

Dad may be going to Bordeaux….there’s a small group going down there to look at an Asbestos recycling facility…..the old man gave the TTS Minister such a hard time about delays in visiting the factory that the suggestion was made that maybe he should go as well. He was asked if he speaks French….apparently “he can read menu en francais” so he may have been given the job.

Mother has started sorting out books for the bookcase today…so there was quite discussion about what was, and what wasn’t, suitable to put on display. Some of the books we have we would never want to admit to reading!!  We discovered a book entitled “60 years our Queen”…turns out it’s book that was owned by GreatGrand Pops, and still in an homemade brown paper cover to protect it. We need book ends…so a visit to our local antique shop is on the cards….we also need tables for the lamps that were moved to make way for the bookcase. Isn’t it funny how you move one thing and all of a sudden the whole house needs refurnishing!! Dad is well impressed.

Bex had a call to do an emergency stint at work tonight…she’s too kind…boys would have politely told them that they “were busy doing other stuff”. She’ll be tired tonight after she gets back, but somehow a small helping of a rather good rice pudding has been left for her….we wonder if her “calorie counting iPhone” will have mum’s rice pud in the programme? Dad is not finding the diet easy…..in desperation he apparently only bought ONE chicken and mushroom pasty for lunch…..wonders will never cease.

More sun tomorrow, but a bit of sleet and snow on the forecast for later this week. The joys….. 

Two questions....

Question 1….Is it possible to play badminton with a broken fingernail?

(Answer….. NO!!!)

Question 2....Is a car male or female?