I finally succumbed and bought a TV a couple of weeks ago for the Cambridge apartment. So far, very little on terrestial TV has caught my eye (I tend to use the radio function more) but that Cillit Bang commercial is a bit wierd. Low budget, badly made commercials going out at prime time and what’s with the name Cillit Bang anyway? However, someone has made a Cillit Bang FAQ, so now I can stop wondering.
“Wow, snow!!!!”
It started to snow yesterday evening, unfortunately it didn’t last the night but it was fun while it lasted. My neighbours, who are from South America somewhere seemed to really like it!
Drinking with a mate in my local boozer yesterday evening when a regular propping up the bar suddenly needed some support herself. She collapsed onto the floor and started having a fit. Another customer went to her aid and asked the bar maid to call for medical help. What happened next amzed us.
The barmaid said something along the lines of “no, she’ll be alright, this often happens….just put this [damp and dirty] tea towel under her head till she feels better”. The poor lady then lay there in front of the main doors while several regulars stood over her - drinking and smoking - discussing her condition. I wonder how I would have reacted if I had walked into the pub at that point and seen this?
A short while later we left and went home for dinner, my friend purchasing a very nice red wine and an even better dessert wine from Bachanalia to accompany our meal. Mmmmm, wine.
Vodka much better today. Wooziness all gone, she removed her bandage herself and I have maanged to get most of today’s tablet inside her.
It’s great when she does one of her great big 180degree yawns now: just the one fang tooth and her breath is a lot fresher too.
Took Vodka to the local vet last week. I hated doing this in Orkney since it meant a long drive for her and so a lot of earache for me. Now the nearest vet is just 5 minutes drive away. Last week she got her annual jabs and a quick “once over”. A consequence of the once over was that she really needed her teeth cleaning which requires a general anasthetic. I took her to the vets for this operation this morning. She wasn’t a happy camper, no food for 12 hours and then a drive. Ive also asked for a micro chip to be fitted in case she gets lost in the future.
I was expecting to get a phone call around midday telling that she was fine and could be collected. Instead I got a call at 10am which didn’t bode well. Two of her teeth would need to be removed, that broken fang (canine) tooth that always did so much damage to whatever she bit and a molar at the back somewhere. This was to prevent future infections in those teeth. I gave the go ahead and looked forward to a few more hours of peace.
I eventually collected Vodka at 4pm. A very sorry looking cat. Patches of both front paws shaved (one in a bandage) , stitches in the mouth, an incessant mewling sound and a lack of coordination. The nurse looked even worse having had to put up with Vodka for several hours “she doesn’t like us at all”. I received instructions on looking after Vodka (keep her indoors for the night, take the bandage off tomorrow and give her one of these [bloody big] tablets every day for a week”.
Back home Vodka looked even more pitiful and sorry for herself and I regretted taking her to the vet at all, not least because I was over £167 poorer and now had an unhappy cat.
My thanks to Buckingham and Stanley for the superb job they did fitting a new clutch to my car recently. It’s just a shame they forgot to tighten up the starter motor which fell out while parked in Tesco Leytonstone car park this evening. My thanks to the AA man who identified the problem:
“It’s you starter motor Sir”
“Broken?”
“I couldnt say Sir”
“Oh?”
“Perhaps if I fit it back in place we can tell”
“What?! Is this consistent with having a new clutch fitted?”
“Yes mate”
It’s the first time that I’ve ever called the AA out and they have actually fixed a problem rather than just towing the car somewhere.
Anyhow the car was sorted and I got a nice breakdown report to take to Buckingham and Stanley later this week.
US rivals condemn Bin Laden threats. Bush and Kerry condemn the new Bin Laden video. Why doesn’t Kerry just ask Bush “why is this man still alive and at liberty?”.
Waiter Rant and Something Requisitely Witty and Urbane. I wonder if there is are any British ones?
I was stopped by a nice American lady yesterday who asked me for directions to Kings College because she was having trouble with her tourist map. I looked at the map for about 30seconds before I said “Ma’am, this is a map of London”. To be fair, it was open at Kings Cross. Oh how we chortled. I then gave her the necessary directions and off she went.