The Traveller and The Suit

This is being written while I’m without internet access, so I don’t know when I’ll be able to upload it. An engineer is meant to be ringing (never mind ringing, just get on and fix it), before 8pm with any luck. If I haven’t heard anything by tomorrow morning, I’ll be ringing the ISP and [...]

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That’s a relief: I’m not disabled after all.

I’ve just been ringing around various companies to see what travel insurance I can get with my pre-existing conditions. There’s the achondroplasia, the hydrocephalus and, after January, there’ll be the fact that I’ve had a kidney stone removed. I was expecting the kidney thing to bump up whatever premium, or to be the sticking point [...]

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On hold

What they say: “Your call may be recorded for training purposes” What I wish they said: “Your call may be recorded for training porpoises”

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Bang, rat-a-tat, boom

After yesterday’s foray into photographing fireworks, I naturally had further opportunities today. For those who don’t know, it’s Bonfire Night/Guy Fawke’s Night/Fireworks Night in the UK and this year it’s the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, when young Mr Guy Fawkes and his gang planned to make the Houses of Parliament go kaboom. I [...]

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More teeth stories

Look, John used to be blonde! This is his first birthday. l-r: Nan, Nanna, John and Granpop – please make sure you admire Nanna’s chic Seventies collar. I had an orthodontist appointment yesterday and I am now officially on nights only for my retainer. I still feel a little odd not wearing it during the [...]

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