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Still having fun with my new phone.  It’s brilliant. Got myself a google Nest Mini and it arrived on Tuesday.  I’m paying for it through my phone contract.  I’m having fun asking random things....

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It’s been a time of new tech for me. First of all, yup, new phone. Was that time again. I got an Oppo Reno 2. It’s pretty. It doesn’t actually have anything but the display on the front. The fr...

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First set are random, second the 12 Days of Christmas sculptures, last are from the Cove – Elgin game. Will

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The lunch date was fun.  My nephew wanted a hot dog, but they didn’t have any.  So, he wanted nowt.  My sister got him a cheese and tomato pizza, just in case.  He didn’t want it.  then, he’d tr...

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As you can tell from my last entry, didn’t have the best of ends to the year. Still… Happy New Year! Lang may yer lum reek! Will

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My cousin just phoned to say my uncle Alan died today.  Not sure what of, but I know he had cancer. I didn’t really know Alan that well, what with him living in Lancaster and me in Aberdeen and...

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I couldn’t let that pun go unappreciated. Don’t get too excited about the title.  Yes, I have a lunch date tomorrow, but it’s with my sister and nephew.  She messaged me on FB today to ask if I...

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I’m currently obsessed with a podcast called Fake Heiress. It’s about Anna Sorokin. I’m enjoying it, but I’m not sure about one choice they made. Sunday, I went through to Hartlepool for the cr...

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  Tomorrow, I’m heading through to Hartlepool for a craft fair, in the hopes of finding Christmas presents. Which I’m looking forward to. Been a long while since I was up there. I’m not sure w...

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Exit poll shows a Tory majority of 86. This is Not Good At All. Also, looks like a massive SNP majority in Scotland.  55 seats out of 59. Will

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If you don’t know what I’m on about, look up the hashtag on Twitter.  You can thank me later. Today is an odd news day.  There’s this huge national event, in this case it could literally set wh...

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I phoned home last night and my mother said that when I’m home for the holidays I would be called into service to help her with something on the computer. Now, I expected it to be something to ...

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Yesterday, my toilet decided to stop flushing. Bet you weren’t expecting that start to this entry. Phoned the landlord and he passed my number onto a plumber, who arranged to come round this m...

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On some planets, in some cultures, it’s traditional to celebrate on or near the shortest day of the year. Typical. Celebrating when light is in the shortest supply. Here, however, we’ve got it ...

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Last night was another Frank Turner gig. I was supposed to getting a lift there and back.  Then the person said they couldn’t commit to going because of family issues.  So, I booked a hotel ins...

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Wookie cushion. The Horror Channel is having a classic monster movie marathon today.  So far I’ve watched Dracula and Frankenstein is nearly finished.  I enjoyed Dracula, but my enjoyment of Fr...

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Extra image just cos: You may remember that I mentioned a while back that Boro has a Snowman trail, based on the 12 days of Christmas. Well, it was in the papers today that the Snowmen that ...

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Lauren may have to see a doctor for whatever condition makes her think this is any way acceptable. I don’t know what I did on Wednesday night, but the lurgy is gone.  Now I’ve just got a cold...

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I don’t know if it’s something I picked up at the con, but the past couple of days I’ve been shivery and cold, sneezing my head up and coughing worse than normal (I have a smokers cough). Not h...

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As mentioned in my last entry, this weekend was the Sci-Fi Weekender X. First I had to get there.  Train from Boro to Darlington, fine.  Darlington to Peterborough, first class on one of the ne...

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As mentioned in my last proper entry, this weekend I am in Great Yarmouth for a sci-fi con. I wasn’t planning to write til I get home, but cannot resist showing off my accommodation for the wee...

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Yup, it’s politics. This is an entry that I wanted to write before, but stuff kept happening. When I last wrote on this topic, the Tories had been refused a recess for their party conference. ...

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