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E numbers

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:30:28 +0000

Mental note number one: Add E numbers to List of Things to Worry About.
Mental note number two: Remember to take specs to supermarket. So I can read damn E numbers on damn labels.

Putting the boots in

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:17:50 +0000

We have the good fortune to live next door to a football referee.
And no, he doesnÃÂ¢Ã¢ÂÂ¬Ã¢ÂÂ¢t wear spectacles.
And no, we have no reason to suspect he may need them either.

Keeping cool

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:16:26 +0000

THE daughter is in London on 10 weeks' work experience. Work is cool. The social life is cool.

The state of her bank account is really not cool.

And tonight we get a phone call.

She and three pals have found a cool holiday at a cool price.

Big questions

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:24:41 +0000

The rest of the world seems focused - as they always are in August - on A-levels and how easy they supposedly are. And how when it comes to getting a string of A-grades to your name, they're a cinch.

Well, they can get on with their debate. Personally, I have more important things to worry about. Like whether to buy my own personal A-level success story a 13.5tog duvet - or will he need a 15togger?

Potty. Or what?

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:41:05 +0000

I tell the son there's no way we are going out in the rain at the dead of night to stand in a queue in Asda. Or worse, to stand in a queue outside Asda. He says there's no way he can wait until tomorrow morning. He has to have the book. And he has to have it now.

And anyway ...

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:20:34 +0000

I tell the son I need the computer. And anyway, he's been on MSN long enough. There's a limit to the time he can sit there, square eyed, talking nonsense to people. Talking the same nonsense to the same people he spoke nonsense to last night and the night before. And the night before that.