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Christmas Fayre

by Ian Posted on December 8, 2006

Cloudy Night
We went to the school’s Christmas Fayre this afternoon after we picked the kids up. They got to see Father Christmas for the first time this year and won several prizes on the different stalls. It must have been good, because nearly 1 and a half hours had passed when we left and I had no money left.

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Christmas theme

by Ian Posted on December 8, 2006

Cloudy Night OK, it’s not much, but I’ve changed the images in the header to more seasonal ones. I’ll see if I get time to make more changes before Christmas.

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Nativity Play

by Ian Posted on December 8, 2006

Cloudy We went to see our daughter’s nativity play (Toby’s Christmas Drum) this morning at the school. The play went really well, but she was quite upset, because she wanted to be the angel that gave Toby the drum. Unfortunately, she hadn’t mentioned this to anyone until about half an hour before we left for school today.

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Whisky

by Ian Posted on November 10, 2006

Last night I was thinking about New Year and thought that I had better replenish my stock of Glen Morangie 18 Year Malt. However after some investigation, it doesn’t appear that they produce this any more. I find this amazing if this is true; the 10 Year malt is enjoyable, but the 18 is something special and something I have seen the New Year in with for a few years.

Out of frustration, I emailed the distillery to confirm is production has ceased. I hope not, otherwise I will have to find a new favorite whisky. I have tried their wood finish whiskies, but enjoyed the 18 year better.

[Edit] I did receive a reply suggesting that I should be able to buy it from an online off-license or if I forwarded my postcode, they would send me a list of local stockists. I guess there were no local stockists to provide as that was the last communication I received.

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Missing Posts again

by Ian Posted on November 10, 2006

Cloudy Night OK, this time its an even longer break without posting. I’ll add in the missing ones and try to keep up again.

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Car Window 3

by Ian Posted on October 31, 2006

The car was collected this morning. I made sure that I wrote on the paperwork that I needed the car back by 4:30. I had a governors meeting this evening and so wanted no mistakes.

At 3:40, I rang for an update and was told that the car had just been run out of the workshop and just needed tidying up then they would give me a call to pay for it and get it back to me. I reminded them that I needed it back by 4:30.

At 4:05 I paid for the repair and was told the drivers would be bringing it back. At 4:50, I rang the garage to find where the car was, only to find that the drivers were on the way back from a long delivery in Leighton Buzzard. I think I may have lost my temper a bit, and he would find out what was happening and ring me straight back. 15 minutes later I rang back, now just a little bit angry and was told that someone from other department was helping out and had just left with the car. I would suggest that 25 minutes later when the car arrived, after what is at most a 10 minutes journey, I probably had been lied to again.

By this time I was running late for my meeting and sitting near stationary in roadworks for 25 minutes didn’t help.

They had obviously made a big effort to tidy the car up as the old part was in a box on the passenger seat. My opinion of Steven Eagle Toyota hasn’t improved from last year’s hassle with the MOT certificate.