Tuesday, June 16, 2026
shaving
I think the Waitrose own brand of razors just shows the change in the market. The Gillettes of this world are struggling to have a significant difference on the own brands.
They are still too expensive, but competition should deal with that in near future.
I will chuck some of my reused blades.
M
Vitamin d
I reckon that the surgery have effectively ignored my request for vitamin d3. Their system cannot have any safety net. Basically If anyone fails to respond, it is ignored. There is no safety net or check. They would never spot themselves that it is failing, depending on the patient to act. I doubt if there is any unique identifier associated with it.
Now they may be casual with d3 because it is freely available at small cost. But that is not an excuse.
I feel that the traing day actually took preference in this case, which just shows the slackness of the people involved.
M
Beech
Rob's beech tree needs to be cut down. I reckon the council will accept responsibility, but not give it much priority. It will take them a climber, a rope loped high on a main branch, a big lorry, and some free falling of the main trunk.
A days hard work of say three men on this site.
Say 5 grand?
It may just have some value, to offset the costs.
But I doubt if anyone will be in a hurry.
M
where are my sunglasses?
I seem to have lost two now, leaving me with just one. This is very stupid. They must be somewhere.
M
Breadmaking
Provided you are careful, you never have to wash the tin in water. Just wiping with a dry cloth is all you need to do. The paddle can be a slight nuisance.
M
crossword
The independent crossword has a set of actions that are supposed to help you fill it in quickly. However they just get me in a tangle. To play it without this add-on, just start in a browser, preferably not chrome, and load up the page you want.
It has some automation, but it is much less intrusive. You may want to dampen the sound as well.
I doubt if you need be on-line once you've started.
Basically when you type a character you know where it is going to move to for the next, and you don't need to watch it.
M
Monday, June 15, 2026
plants
They have done a spurt, and some are getting really big. It is wonderful to have some jungle again.
Did quite a bit of pruning to the Budlia, outside the kitchen, keeping it above guttering, and not obscuring view of garage fencing.
Amazing quite how much dead old branches and twigs there is insie the plant.
M
washed my hair
In a bath.
This went pretty well, and I managed the getting in and out without incident. Secret it to have lots of water, and not to take the plug out, until you are out.
The catheter did not seem to have and problems.
I think a day time event.
M
Sunday, June 14, 2026
herring gulls
Starting to see these land on chimneys in the road. Not ours yet.
I think they are now a protected species, and might be tricky to get rid of. I think we may be lucky and should be able to deter them. So far their preference is for the sticklers and victoria house.
M
swifts
Regularly see these while having tea in the back garden. High up, and have not seen them prospecting for a long time. Used to breed in the roof, before it was reroofed.
M
turds
The diggings for roots that the badger did, are now being used for turds. Presumably the same individual. I assume badger. I guess the soil and myself will at some point benefit. Looks a bit sordid.
M
passageway
The flowers are rapidly filling the passage, making it difficult to walk smoothly along it. Wonderful. Such a contrast with what is over the fence.
Though the Ukrainians are leaving some of my invasive plants to spread, such as the yellow iris. This is wonderful. Some seeds appear able to spread, with the prevailing wind, and start the process with new species, which is very hopeful.
Why they cannot do something to the exposed concrete dam baffles me. Just covering with rough gravel would transform things.
M
double cream
Botched the cream buying. My make do efforts with the left over chicken were just about acceptable, though strangely green.
M
Audi drivers
The strange return from across the channel, before setting out again, lead me to believe that J is not yet allowed to drive after his brain op.
If it was just a surface skin problem, I am sure nothing would have happened. He was caught out, and probably is now temporarily banned from driving anywhere.
Hence the often strange parking. Sue does not like turning the car round in the drive. Also he seems to like doing unnecessary manoeuvres in the fiat.
Could all be just my imagination, but it is entertaining.
I still wonder if my warning to Sue, was actually correct though then unknown to her. Maybe she will tell me one day.
M
Saturday, June 13, 2026
perfect plants
It occurred to me, that the specimen plants from posh growers tend to have a short dense flowing period. And no mad isolated flowers away from that period. In other words, they are very boring most of the year. And expensive.
The plants in the front next door fit this down to the ground.
It would be ok if they are wheeled in and out of the bed. You need a much bigger 'out of season' area to cope with this.
When they get larger, it is going to be very boring with no soil showing, and wall to wall leaves with no flowers.
M
bum jabs
The g9d news is that my bum jabs are starting next Wednesday at 10.30. So free buses, and no delays in startup.
M
Friday, June 12, 2026
Timing
Put my requesr for vitamin d in to reception on paper at mid day.
Went to collect at paydens on friday mid day. Nothing.
Apparently thursday was a traing day for the whole surgery. I guess some were preparing on wednesday.
So may just be dealt with today, and available on monday.
I think they would be better to have training days Tuesday. That gives possibly quicker delivery for problems/needs that occurred over the previous weekend.
M
Adam
Adam's last regular fives evening.
Had a good discussion with Gareth about Jay's and Oaks.
M
Thursday, June 11, 2026
landslide
I was just thinking about how next door has a tendency for the land to slide down to the road, and apparently ours doesn't. It occurred to me that it might be just down to roots. We have plenty of roots in and under all areas of the front garden. Next door has for a long time had basically a waterproof surface, so no roots and relatively dry. There has been only small changes recently, and most of them have been right at the bottom.
I wonder how they could improve this. The passageway down the side above the gate is useless, but just below would be fine. I would just drill a number of holes though the tarmac. This would be beneficial for the bank between the properties and encourage root growth from our side all the way down to the road.
The other side of their property is more difficult, and their only hope is dependent on what the builders do the other side. Since there is a big underground carpark, I doubt if anything is possible.
I forecast the death of all the trees along the bank at least up to the side gate.
My solution would be to construct a flower bed joining the house to the bank, moving the car parking to our side. Turning round may become a problem, and backing up would be a problem. But on could have porous tracks for the wheels into the bed.
Alternatively buy space in the underground car park, and remove all the tarmac. Not sure what to do with the charger. But the flats have exactly that problem anyway so let them solve it for you.
When we have driverless cars, the problem disappears anyway, because you just tell to change itself.
And tell it to park elsewhere overnight. That is if you bother with owning your own car.
M
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
no record of me
The NHS at pembury are excelling, as they cannot even find me on the system at all.
There are apparently many dr sha's in the hospitals here and in Maidstone.
I am now outside the room where he is. He is with a patient. I am expecting a very short discussion about restarting the bum injection.
I am perfectly happy with the side effects that I have had before.
M
