Archive for April, 2019
Bone crushingly tired
My name is Sam J Watkins and since I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1977 at the age of four I have been bone crushingly tired. This phrase was used by a politician returning to the Scotish Parliament after the birth of her child. I had a baby in 2000 and the lowering […]
Posted: April 29th, 2019 under 42, Diabetes.
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Crossrail chief describes the position we are all in
On Friday, Mark Wild, Chief Executive from Crossrail spoke these immortal words – while we understand the engineering, the software is completely new and is performing a complex task. We don’t know how it is going to perform. Today’s computer systems are hugely complex and consist of interlocking pieces which need to work together perfectly. […]
Posted: April 28th, 2019 under 42, Work.
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So, that’s £430 quid saved
On our recent ski trip we discovered we’d lost the driver’s side dipped beam lamp. Which is not exactly a legal position to be in but we were heading home and didn’t have a spare bulb – plus, I think I saw it go when we checked the orientation of the bulbs on our return […]
Posted: April 18th, 2019 under 42.
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There’s something in that fashion
Having finally straightened out all of my finances (no real debt just gaining some wiggle room) and looking at what we’ve done round the house the past 6 years, I’ve bought some blinds to replace the venetian blinds we had everywhere. We’re reasonably lucky: every window upstairs in identical in width and height, so the […]
Posted: April 7th, 2019 under 42.
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Money for nothing
and the chicks for free is the line from Dire Straits. Totally unPC these days but with Brexit and interest rates in the UK finally making a difference to our exchange rates, it makes sense to invest some free time into something productive. Eh, what are you on about? Many moons ago, we asked our […]
Posted: April 4th, 2019 under 42.
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