Tuesday, May 12, 2026
recommended mathew
Gareth seems to want to find a new hairdresser, so I recommended Mathew, and pointed out his little salon. Will be interesting to hear his views.
M
Michael
Seems to be moving from the south to the north, in particular the lake district. Probably the end of his fives career, and a loss for the Tonbridge turnout.
M
haircut
Went to Mathews, to get appointments and came away with a haircut.
T will have one 12 am on Thursday
M
Capsules
Got two lots if capsules, one decaf and one ordinary.
Clever but annotying protection on the tubes.
M
simon's bithday card
hair washing
Both hairs washed.
I realise that a good brush after washing is a good way of getting rid of the dead skin on the scalp. It may be still in the wet hair, but it willnow bruush out when dry.
M
Monday, May 11, 2026
statins
Tricia's statins were there waiting for me at Paydens. Very smooth.
M
podback
Royal Mail collected the old two bags of capsules at lunch time as planned. No issues as far as I can see.
Full marks.
M
Saturday, May 09, 2026
simplifying
I am taking out some of the add-ons that seem to clog up my latest and cheapest tablet.
I think this will help stop some of the annoying reloading of the screen apps.
M
Royal Mail
In ordering the collection of the two bags of nespresso capsules, I got completely messed up with needing to change an existing royal mail password.
Chaos ensued with time limits and character restrictions etc etc.
I think I have sorted it out.
But I am going to put the bags out now in the porch and pray.
It was much easier when it was not nespresso. Perhaps I should have pretended.
M
Friday, May 08, 2026
must contact chris
M
tablet
Seriously cleared out a lot of stuff, to make the system more usable. Initially this seems to have worked well.
M
Thursday, May 07, 2026
more capsules
Seems as if AI can get confused with time, and use out of date stuff, eg recycling ops.
Had better luck with following peoples ads, abd ended up with just taking it to a post office. I just have to flash a bar code thing.
Here's hoping
M
statins
Checking today if patdens has the next batch. Who knows what the ayatem is now.
M
chubman
Wednesday, May 06, 2026
badger problem
The animal, probably a badger or just possibly a fox, was at it again, emptying the caddy onto the pavement. This is despite my wedging it between the wall and the wheelie bin.
I have rigged up a method of hanging the caddy from a shelly bin handle, which should make it much more difficult to mess with.
Just hope the council collectors can cope with it.
M
difficulty speaking
Tricia had difficulty speaking today. Mixture of exhaustion, not eating enough and worrying. Better by the evening.
M
recycle coffee capsules
Waitrose claimed to know nothing in Tonbridge. Was AI dreaming?
M
Saturday, May 02, 2026
Deaths
I guess we have been lucky to have had so few losses from our generation. I think thing are changing with Caroline and Mac in quick succession.
It is sad to loose anyone that one has been friends with, even if one has had little or no contact in recent years. But it is probably wrong to change anything. It is not always best to have updates.
And beware friends who are trying to catch up. Just continue what you are happy with.
M
T reading more
T reading much more freely, which is a huge success. She is a bit uncertain whether to use her reading glasses or not. I am not sure why, but I emphasise the fact that the body is not going to help change anything.
M
hearing aids
Changed the rubber cover and it's washer/dcap. One of the new caps fell off before fixing it, but otherwise relatively simple.
M
hard turnip cores
This says it all. I guess end of season rubbish. Will cut the remaining stock in half to aid cooking the tough bits. I ate it, but could have done better.
M
pruned the azalia
Decided that the stonework should have precidence over the azalia, and did some heavy pruning, lifting the centre of floral gravity. Some off the top, allowing some plants to grow slightly up the slope.
It is a pity that the higher fuschia is still a mess after the damage done by the collapse of a tree on the boundary. Should be much recovered by next year.
M
Rain
Lots of rain, not too heavy, not too continuous.
The ground really needed it.
Managed to shop in Tesco's before it all started.
M
