Category: taking for granted
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water
This week we have had some plumbers working on our house. In order to plumb they have had to turn off the water. I didn’t think it would be a problem… but it has become one as the day has gone on. The kettle was filled with water before they started. The coffee machine was…
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the unwinner is…
So the Academy has made its awards. Oscars have been given to the winners. The nominees who were not chosen have put on their best ‘I’m so pleased for the winner, it was an honour just to be nominated’ smiles. The speeches have been speeched, the thank-yous have been thanked, the tears have been shed.…
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Bless their little cotton socks
I have spent most of today at Baptist House in Didcot at a meeting. More about that one day but what was lovely was meeting up with old friends and former colleagues from the time when I worked there. At the moment the BUGB staff team is undergoing significant change and I feel for all…
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recapturing an attitude of gratitude
We live in a world that is moving at breakneck speed. I don’t just mean the speed with which we are hurtling in our orbit around the sun, or the speed at which our planet is spinning. The pace of life itself seems to be accelerating, enabled by advances in technology, innovations in organisational techniques,…
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tellyvisgone
Today a nice man from Sky is supposed to be coming to fix our tellybox. This should mean that we are once more able to access far more channels than we will ever watch. For the past week we have been ‘slumming it’ with Freeview, which still has lots of channels that are caught effortlessly…
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fireworks
Modern technology is like a fireworks display. A new gadget is launched and technophiles like me go, “Ooooh!” An updated version of an existing gizmo or piece of software is released: “Aaaaah!” Something completely innovative comes on the scene: “Wow!” And the release of each new electronic firework seems to be relentless. I find myself…
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appreciate me now and avoid the rush
We have recently had some unexpected deaths in the music industry. Tragically Whitney Houston and Davy Jones have both died prematurely. Understandably their music has received significant airplay on the radio following their deaths by way of tribute to them. What I am still trying to get my head around is that (and this seems…
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patiently impatient
Dear Bloggists Today’s apparent silence has been because someone had broken the internet. Or at least the part of it to which we are supposedly connected. This is becoming a frustratingly frequent occurrence. I am impatient for them to fix it. Isn’t amazing how quickly we assimilate technology and start to rely on it? It…
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little things…
Isn’t it amazing how something simple can make a big difference? I have had to admit that I need to use reading glasses when I read with my contact lenses in. This is only for when I am reading from books or newspapers, but the ‘off the peg’ reading glasses I bought from a well-known…
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apologies
Sorry to anyone who was relying on me blogging something profound yesterday. I had a day off.
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