Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Trump
He really has blown it. He is trying to do too much, and will get nothing done. You cannot try and impose tarrifs and fight a major war at the same time. In a war you need the majority of countries backing you completely, not while being in difficult negotiations.with you.
He is becoming a laughing stock, which is not a good idea in a war.
On the other hand the US forces have been impressive, both in detailed information gathering, and in air borne delivery.
M
three cirnered leek
A real pest, but the clusters are much easier to pull up. So best to be patient, stopping seeding, but not budding.
They don't like shade so help taller plants to smother them a bit.
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garden
Did a good chunk of clearing growth. Jolly hard work, and not much to be seen for all the work. However it helps some of the less strong plants to survive.
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Lidl shop
Fab bus jouneys. No waiting at all. Route turning right after zebra is much more attractive and free of people. Noted buses are from multiple companies.
Lydl fine, but I am out of practice in finding things. Cheese section not up to standard, but better than tescos.
No thick peel marmelade, though advertised.
Salmon is salmon. Not sure how to cook.
Mibile app worked, no problem. I get the list on line.
M
Monday, April 13, 2026
Female blackbird collecting nesting material by steps.
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laptop problems
Not sure what was going on. Could not restart.
Unplugged as much as I could, and it did start. Investigating.
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House sparrow
There have always been some around the neighbourhood, particularly top of Boyne Park and far end of Somerville gardens, but not in our front garden. Together with a Hedge Sparrow and 4 goldfinch. The latter obviously liked one of our plants seeds. Not sure which.
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Nasty bug.
Tricia now recovering from nasty bug. Probably from Jono, who came on Monday for Creed session.
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Site.
The front walls are nearly finished, as they only have to touch the top floor, and they are only a couple of layers away..
Bricks uniform colour, and perfectly acceptable.
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pergola ?
J and S have new feature, right in the centre, half way along central thoroughfare.
Ticket office? Hide the street lamp?
Their success with climers is limited, so don't bother to check this space.
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payment problem
I have worked out the nat west problem with payment for my ebay battery purchase. It wanted me to use the passcode for the poco machine, which is long enough.
Now I cannot get my toshiba to start proprly. What is happening?
M
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Sue around again
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Huawei watch
The watch has finally corrected the move to summer time.
The problem was making the right connections.
I did not leave the strap with the laptop for long enough. It probably has set times when it tries to make the connections, and cannot be hurried along.
I probably should have physically connected the watch to laptop, and this can only help in making the connection.
Anyway worries are over until the next time change.
M
pm
I think the key here is to realise that it all is managed by the watch, listening out for time stamped signals sent out by other devices nearby. Its presence may not be even noticed. It may work with all sorts of gadgets, such as communication equipment, periferals, clocks, other watches etc.
ag4
This is probably the smallest battery. It is used in the clock present from the guys in the states when I retired from Unilever.
I hate the huge variety of packages that ebay offer. It is very difficult to make up ones mind about which is best. The price range just shows how bad it is.
M
Bitwarden
It wants to update something. But cannot msnage it. All looks a bit unsafe.
I will wait
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NatWest codes
In trying to pay ebay for a battery, I got into paying with nat west. Should have been easy, but they took me a long way round. Firstly getting me to their site by getting me to scan some image. Which scanner? My examples did not work. Eventually found one that did, and indeed this got me into a nat west login screen. Then asked for various characters in things I should know. Fine, except the very last asked for the 17th character. There is no code this long!! Abandoned, and will visit the bank on monday.
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Bus shelter
A strange framework has appeared next door, at the top of the garden stairs up the middle of the back garden. Presumably for climbers.
It will do nothing to improve the garden, and make it even more difficult to make a good layout.
It is truely a folly.
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swollen glands
We both have them this morning. Presumably Jono is carrier.
Taking it easy today, with any shopping delayed to tomorrow.
Might even have a wood fire in play room.
M
Friday, April 10, 2026
Sue?
I have not seen Sue for a while. Her car is in the drive. Jonathon is around but mostly indoors.
Gone abroad?
M
stroppy receptionist
When trying to get statin pills for Trisha, she insisted that I already had enough pills. There was little proof of this, in that she does not know what the chemists have done.
In this case the prescription had been broken into three parts, and only two had been collected in an attempt to avoid a shortage. The third was actually still at the chemist.
There had been a shortage at the chemist, with only one pack rather than two. This pack was to be used as general emergency, and they could only offer 8 tablets on day one. On day two they could offer the remaining 24. And the second box was to come later. This second box was actually still at the chemist, but had been forgotten by me, in all the rush and confusion.
The insistance that 'I' had the pills was not helpful. She should have deduced that either the chemist or I had the remaining pills.
M
Thursday, April 09, 2026
urine history
If I have a dodgy urine pipe, then one should ask the question about what other things it might be responsible for.
. The pain, which led to tamulosin
. The night difficulty to pee completely sometimes, during the cycle of having the cancer injections. I would drink a lot of water to stimulate the biggest pee.
. The bed wetting period just before entering Pembury
There may have been other symptoms, I have not remembered or considered.
M
keyboard
To get the keyboard to work on a small tablet, you should use it in a vertical position. Otherwise you will be missing the keyboard.
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spider
I caught in the top bathroom a very large spider and chucked it outside the kitchen door.
I am a hero, of course.
I could see it running away.
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hair wash and shower
Tried to wash my hair yesterday in the shower. It basically failed to work.
On thinking about it, I think the water pressure must have been a problem. Next time I should check the downstairs loo, as this is often a good measure of what is happening.
The water is ok from the roof tank, but not from the mains.
Everything seemed fine in the shower unit itself. Just little more than a dribble.
M
statins
Tricia's statins should be ready for collection tomorrow. Only time will tell.
Anyway when we are there to see Creed, we can check the progress, both in the practice and the pharmacy.
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lots of buses
Went to paydens this morning and am catching a bus to tonbridge now. There seem to be masses that I have not seen at tescos. Are they skipping the centre of town? They tend to be longer distance, and maybe dint stip so often.
Anyway shows a time for the castle.
M
Wednesday, April 08, 2026
tesco survey
Just too complicsted to complete without errors. Abandoned. I hope they can see the aborted drafts. Not sure if they should publish anything, but the info could be availble for them, but not others.
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changed bags
Catheter bag change done smoothly.
Still a bit uncomfortable.
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Jonathon back.
No real info, other than he still looks stiff in his movements. Did not spot Sue.
Looked as if he drove.
The building works will have advanced a lot since he left. Is very good from our view, but must be a shock for him.
M
version problems
The rate of change with all suppliers is making it difficult to operate efficiently. There are just too many problems and issues with things, particularly security changes.
I thing I should move somethings onto the ipad, as the most stable and complete solution.
This can be extended to apple in general with some confidence.
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gardening
Did quite a bit of work in front garden, particularly outside the study.
Not sure if earth has recovered from whatever problem the ground had.
A lot more work needed.
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lydl success
All went pretty well. Bus from stop nearest the crossroad going. Only a small wait both ends.
Lydl fine.
Return trip took me to monson road.
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