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Snowpocalypse, Winter 2010

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Due to the rather cold and snowy weather last week I was unable to go to work. We were open on Monday, but then it snowed hard Monday night. Our valiant ground staff managed to clear qthe site …


However then it snowed again and undid all their hard work…



So we remained closed while the bad weather passed over, and after hiring a JCB for a few days the site was declared safe to return today on Monday.

Here are some huge icicles hanging over one of the glass porches at work.



While trying to take those photos I tried an old Canon A85, however I think there’s something wrong with its image sensor…

Pass the pipe cleaners, I have a cold…

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After last week’s fun at Retrovision I started to fell a bit grotty on the journey home. A bit of a sore throat down one side, nothing too special. During last week this slowly started to grow into a bit of a cold. I don’t think it was flu, just what the NHS likes to call “flu-like symptoms”. Creative use of my large beer making thermometer (under my armpit!) showed I had a normal temperature, and I most definitely didn’t have the runs – quite the opposite in fact.

So I did the sensible thing, and went to work all week, ensuring maximum exposure to young people and those with other diseases. It spread around our office quite well. My voice was going so I had fun squawking at the students. You see, while I could have had the week off (and next time my voice escapes, I think I will) I actually felt OK. I sounded much worse than I was, although by Friday I looked like something that should be shuffling about trying to eat brains. I would have taken Friday off if it wasn’t the handin deadline for both of my A-level groups, and the day I needed to take all my year 11 work home to mark.

I was not a happy bunny on Friday. We will not discuss Friday further.

I spent all yesterday in bed. Last night wasn’t so fun, while sleeping with my mouth open I managed to suck a lump of what I assume was fluff into the back of my throat. This triggered a bit of drama that had me rushing to the bathroom. Still, it also cured the nausea I was feeling after eating tea.

I think I’m better, my neck doesn’t feel like there are two marbles stuck in it and I can breathe fairly well through my nose.

Now to do all the housework from last week. My kitchen looks like I’ve tried to feed an army, and there’s no food left in the house. I’m off to Sainsbury’s to spread illness and disease to all I meet.

Seems I get this every 2 or 3 years, so next time I get a bad one should be 2012…

Very chilli

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It got a bit cold last night. So cold that I had to pile an extra three layers onto my bed to keep me warm. We also had the first frost last night so I made the decision to move my chilli plants indoors where it’s warmer. I’m pretty amazed that they’re continuing to produce peppers, and that they’re big, bright, shiny red peppers too. The last plants I grew produced loads of fruit, but then dropped dead. Perhaps I can keep these plants growing all year.

Hopefully bringing the plants indoors will also produce more spicy peppers.

Welcome to the freezer

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My house is so cold! It’s one of those red-brick victorian terraced houses that had no insulation because it wasn’t invented back then. Also, with a fire place in each room who needs insulation? Just chuck another log on.

Only this is 2008 and all the fireplaces have been bricked up, which is a shame. There is central heating and it does work, in every room except the front room, the kitchen and my bedroom – conveniently the three largest rooms in the house. Well I lie, the heating works fine, it’s just not enough to heat the rooms effectively and I think it’s down to the crap insulation.

I have a thermometer in my bedroom, the highest it gets up to is 16c and that’s during the day when the heating isn’t on! At night it drops to about 10c, with 6c being the lowest recorded (ever slept in your fridge?).

After coming home today I found a letter from the landlord saying they want to arrange a house inspection at some point. In anticipation of this I have done some tidying up. While picking up some random stuff from my bedroom floor I noticed this behind my chest of drawers…

Isn’t that nice! For the curious, here’s a closeup…

Needless to say the heating has been cranked up some more and the timer altered to run for longer. There’s also a fan heater whirring away up there now in an attempt to dry the room out. I think I’m on a losing battle though, what with the space under the house containing a large pool of water…