Ouch!

My tooth broke on Friday night. To begin with, I thought it was a piece of bone in the corned beef, but next morning I found that a quarter of my back molar had vanish, and the bit of “bone” had been about that size and shape so…  Well it wasn’t too bad living with it, but of course it needed attention. So I got an emergency appointment at the…

November 1, 2013
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A First World Tragedy

Wednesday was rather sad. I had an bus excursion with people from a cruise ship which went very well. They’re clarly people of superior intelligence and taste, because they laughed at all my jokes. They really enjoyed the rum distillery, too. The owner was delighted with the sales and gave me a bottle of toffee rum as a thank you. I love toffee rum! When I got home I left…

October 16, 2013
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Bad Stuff and Good Stuff

August 31, 2013

Stuff keeps happening around here. The second edition has arrived. I’m glad I paid extra for the better paper, as the photos look much better. I just hope I get my money back. We had a call from my son’s old private teacher. Two of his classmates were having trouble with Tech Drawing. Please could my son join the class on Thursday afternoon and help? She’d pay him. So on…

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Coffee

The residencia has a new coffee machine, which makes rather nice coffee. You buy a token from reception, put it in and press the button for your choice of coffee. Then you see the coffee pouring down the drain, swear, and grab a cup fast enough to catch the second half of the coffee. That’s right – no plastic cups. It’s better for the planet, and anyway I prefer drinking…

August 11, 2012
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