Category: old blogging

hmmm – FTSE100 down 130 points, on top of all the falls over the past few weeks. I wonder if it is such a good idea to have my endowment and pension both linked to shares? Guess I should be taking a long term view, and besides, what would be the point of cashing in now? Would just compound my losses, so best to sit on it and hope things improve.

ooo – and it is Fi’s birthday today! happy birthday mate!

TPL update – a really very good 40 points, taking my total to 776. No matches this weekend. This score combined with recent performances by my team could see me vying for a Champion’s League place, although I’d have to return some stunning results to get anywhere near the top spot.

how much rain did we have last night?? lots is the answer to that, all on top of the snow which fell late yesterday. And all this just as workmen have begun removing the network of pipes around Chichester – I checked the level of the river on my way in to work this morning, and it is just at the bottom of the flood marker, but it will take a day or two for all this water to filter down through the chalk and into the river itself. Parts of the A27 around Westhampnett were coned off this morning, and there were great floods across the road in places. Not good – just when things were starting to dry out a little. Certainly the level of flooding here at the nursery is approaching the levels we saw in late December.

out last night for beer – on my own. ho-hum. did bump into Paul F and Ian briefly in the Royal Arms on the way home. and also had a chat with the eternally lovely Simone, Becs and Claudette in W2.

well, the snow that was falling earlier has now turned to rain with a dash of sleet thrown in. it is still cold. I want to go somewhere warm and sunny – would anyone like to whisk me away?

I feel cheated

it is cold and wet. I wonder if spring is ever going to come this year.

dilemma. I’ve been eyeing up my quote at the head of the blog (the one about “if at first you don’t succeed…”) and thinking about changing it. today, two ideas have presented themselves:
from Ian: “the grass always seems greener on the other side, but you still have to cut the grass”
and from Rachel‘s sig file: “that which doesn’t kill you makes you stranger”
you decide: Ian’s idea, Rachel’s idea, the status quo or perhaps you have an idea of your own?

busy busy busy today, hence sparse blogging. will try to do some at home tonight.