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I made the mistake of trying to buy some online postage today. I’ve got 4 cards for overseas and I thought if I printed the “stamps” now I could get them away frst thing and save myself some queuing . “It’s Easy with Click and Drop!” Hmmm. So easy that I’ve already had to inputContinue reading “It’s a Dogs Life (8)”

Well it seems I have come to a hiatus in the moving process. There is of course still plenty to be done. However until the final legal pieces are in place (“a formality, a mere formality..”), the torrent of paperwork at least is on hold. There will of course be the giant undertaking of changingContinue reading “It’s a Dogs Life (7)”

I am not normally prey to maukish sentimentality, but I do harbour a (hopefully) hidden ocassional weakness in that direction. Also, for someone strongly grounded in rational pragmatism, I manage to embrace a supersticious belief that sometimes, if you look, the universe sends you signs, pointing the way (or maybe a way). Well the houseContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life (6)”

[Reorded voice] “… We are especially busy helping our customers with their mortgages just now…so it may take longer than usual for you to speak to an advisor… Thank you for your patience…the average wait is 30 minutes…. We are espec….” This was my third attempt in one morning to reach a bank, any bank.Continue reading “It’s a Dogs Life (5)”

I went back to work this week. After seven months of furlough it was a bit of a shock to the system. However I’m only on restricted hours, not the full rolling 24 hours a day that is the joy and delight of shift work in the public transport sector. I’m not really complaining, IContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life (4)”

Where have I been? Has the law of averages finally overtaken me? What happened to the rest of the photos? I did promise something musical, of course if I’d recognised this would be Halloween I might have promised something spooky… sadly I have something rather more mundane to offer… Seven months I‘ve been on furlough,Continue reading “It’s a Dogs Life (3)”

The idea of a qualification in gazebology has been a long standing joke from the very earliest days. of Dfest. But for all that, there is definitely a skill set, a degree of practical acumen, that you need to have if you’re going to throw up a working (semi-safe) stage, kitchen, sound tent, and maybeContinue reading “Its a Dog life (2)”

Well I’ve had seven months of furlough, could have written a book, composed a symphony, learned to read Sandskrit, but no. Mostly redecorated, did some cycling, wondered whether I’d have a job to go back to and wasted too much time online. Now, when I’m going back to work, I decide to start the webpageContinue reading “It’s a Dogs Life”