Month: October 2010

Good morning.

Our clocks finally changed back this weekend – I presume yours have too (apart from those of you in, for example, Arizona and the People’s Republic who have the good sense not to be taken in by this nonsense). I had kind of lost track of when it was due to happen but fortunately the technology in our house tells us when these things happen which is a great relief. I know I go on a bit about the lack of consistent logic when it comes to those who try to justify the artificial manipulation of time but I did have to laugh last weekend. Apparently, Pen’s folks thought the clocks went back last weekend. On Sunday she took them and Molly for a stroll around the reservoir and, at one point, she asked what the time was (Ms Playchute does not wear a watch). Pen’s mum replied that it was five past four; her father said it was five past two. It turns out that Beryl had wound her watch forward an hour while Oz had wound his back. So, in actual fact, it was five past three and guess what – it actually didn’t matter and made no difference to anyone. Amazingly, there were no additional hours of daylight and neither Beryl nor Oz “saved” or “lost” anything. Even more amazing? This morning Molly started asking for her walk at 7.30 instead of 8.30 – doesn’t she realise? Continue reading “31 October 2010”

Good morning and welcome to another Sunday.

Ms Playchute was on the verge of calling out the doctor for me on Friday – she was convinced I had gone stark, raving, barking mad. Her expression of disbelief, doubt and distrust was etched across her face when I told her that I was about to go outside and clear out the gutters. Continue reading “24 October 2010”

Good morning to you all.

A history lesson for you this week, (much of the following has been stolen from Wikipedia but since I am tolerably familiar with the subject matter, I can vouch for its accuracy on this occasion).

I went to yoga at the gym in Banbury on Wednesday morning and, after the session finished and I was feeling suitably stretched, I wandered in to town to run a couple of quick errands only to find the town centre overrun with dark, swarthy individuals of a nefarious and shifty appearance – and that’s just the women. On Wednesday Banbury’s  Michaelmas Fair opened. Continue reading “17 October 2010”

Good morning to you all and a happy 10-10-10.

So, a bit of a weather update for you. Following last week’s “good cop, bad cop” pattern, we had a grim day on Sunday, Monday was pretty reasonable; Tuesday was awful, Wednesday was pretty good and then Thursday was . . . oops! It was pretty good. Friday, a bit overcast and the forecast earlier in the week for Saturday was sensational – bright sunshine and temperatures approaching 70 degrees. Alas, I’m afraid to say it was not to be. Saturday turned out to be overcast and cool. Still, today’s forecast is . . . sensational! Bright sunshine and temperatures approaching 70 degrees. Hmmm, we’ll see how it works out: as I look out the window the sky is . . . grey and dreary, just for a change. Continue reading “10 October 2010”

Good morning to you all.

This week the weather has been playing a game of “Good cop, bad cop.” We’ve had some wonderfully splendid days followed by a day of unremitting downpour, only to be followed by another splendid day. Tuesday was lovely; Wednesday it rained. Thursday was bright and sunny; Friday it poured. Yesterday was gorgeous; today it is wet and grim again. And, the forecast for the next few days is more of the same – good day, bad day, good day, bad day. What’s up with that? Continue reading “3 October 2010”