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Number crunching while I cannot do much else
I did a maths degree and computer science because I love the synergy of what can be done with number processing. Computers can chew through series without pausing to take a breath: what’s not to like? While I’m physically laid up, and 45 minutes playing with these numbers, I am shattered – I am supposed […]
Posted: February 3rd, 2024 under 42, Driving off the grid.
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How could a footprint tax work?
In 1989, the then Conservative government brought in a poll tax. Rather badly as it happened as couples with a stay at home parent often had a much larger council tax bill each year – indiscriminantly, so the less well paid workers were hit hardest. In May 1991, the tax was abolished and a property […]
Posted: December 31st, 2023 under 42.
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Our way
Of the holiday season, New Year’s Eve is my favourite day and I still have to wait one whole day for it. Having had the feast on Christmas Day (turned out really well, despite some miscommunication), and cleared it and the left overs away (final meal today, largely thanks to visiting friends and relatives), I […]
Posted: December 30th, 2023 under 42.
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Success in 100 minutes of cooking
Monday all went without a hitch. The bird went in to the second of the right time and came out duly. As my beloved husband was doing the potatoes, he did not feel the need to tell me when, so I did forget to take the foil off at the wrong time and he didn’t […]
Posted: December 27th, 2023 under 42.
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Not going out, we’re just staying in
Caught up with an old friend today but took a bit of a risk and cooked something relatively new. Which is always a bit scary not least when you’ve kind of insisted on it (makes my life a bit easier). To make some much needed space in the fridge, I’d already decided to cook a […]
Posted: December 23rd, 2023 under 42.
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Stretching the imagination, but not the waistline nor the budget
So there have been a number of changes in our life, not least the amount of cooking we’re doing at home. Which opens opportunities. Not least in terms of planning in three big areas: reducing waste, reducing waist, and reducing cost. I’m 171cm tall as an absolute max – that is first thing in the […]
Posted: December 17th, 2023 under 42.
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A wonderful time of year
I love Christmas, but before the glorious 12th, I’m a bit down. This is a little new because I didn’t know my diagnosis date for certain for many, many years, but I knew it was around this time before Christmas. I know it’s a bit strange because this all happened a long time ago, 46 […]
Posted: December 2nd, 2023 under 42, Diabetes.
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What did I feel about being diagnosed?
When you are sick, things happen to you and around you. I’d been to the doctor’s recently and went back home in a slightly worse state than I’d gone in because I still hadn’t been diagnosed. The locum GP thought I “didn’t look diabetic to [them]”. Some people think you’re too young to remember what […]
Posted: November 8th, 2023 under 42, Diabetes.
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Perfect, shared moments
I live in the UK. I grew up in a small town, that like many in the UK has grown beyond all recognition. But I have to say, it has larger places down pat when it comes to celebrating Guy Fawkes night. The British are weird. When we have an audacious assault (that fails) against […]
Posted: November 5th, 2023 under 42.
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A bit of a waste of an extra hour…
We are now in British winter time and, as per every year, we get our longest day of the year today as our clocks go back an hour. I have to admit, I spent mine sleeping. I walked to the local corner shop and got my Sunday newspaper before going back home to cook a […]
Posted: October 29th, 2023 under 42, Driving off the grid.
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