Tag Archives: date night

Miss Minnesota

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Gary

BT is driving me a bit mad. Our broadband connection keeps disappearing and the phone is all crackle and pop. The main problem is that you can only talk to a machine when you ring the fault number. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Dates and builders

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Gary

Today was a very important morning. I met with Dave, the Builder to discuss last minutes bits and bobs and to decide on a start date. Most of my questions (which were actually Mirinda’s) were things to be taken up … Continue reading →

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Fog and ferries

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Gary

We had a lot of fog surrounding the south east of Britain today. It was so bad in London, that planes were grounded at some airports and the ferries on the Thames didn’t bother leaving the shed. In Canary Wharf, … Continue reading →

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Comparing Chinese

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Gary

Tonight, having met Mirinda at the ferry, we decided to walk across the path from the wharf and dine at the Royal China restaurant. Mirinda felt we were being a bit disloyal to the Lotus but I wanted to try … Continue reading →

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Life in a coal barge

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Gary

A women parked her Chelsea tractor outside our house this morning, let her dogs out and went for a walk in the park. Not so unusual; it happens all the time. The dogs let me know, as they do, so … Continue reading →

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A long (blog post) day

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Gary

Today started at 12:30am for me. That was when I went to bed. The dogs then woke me up at 4am with a rather loud bout of poodle yapping. They wanted to go out and hunt down a snark in … Continue reading →

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Drawers, dinner and rain

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Gary

I woke this morning to rain. I walked into Farnham in gradually heavier rain. I arrived home and the rain had stopped. The sun struggled to peek out from the clouds. I debated what to do. I’d stored the drawers … Continue reading →

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Heatwave hysteria

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Gary

Ben (who works with Mirinda) had a letter published in the Telegraph this week. This is what he wrote (though he maintains his funniest work was edited out by the paper): Heatwave hysteria SIR – Is there to be no … Continue reading →

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Moving pictures

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Gary

Today someone was filming a commercial outside the Spar at the bottom of Mirinda’s block of flats. As I approached, production people were holding back non-production people, in order to keep them out of shot, as the talent walked through. … Continue reading →

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Gary loves ships

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Gary

Today, being a Wednesday, means it was Date Night. So, I travelled up to London to meet Mirinda at the flat. During my train trip in, I was happily reading when, mid-sentence, I fell asleep. I was woken up by … Continue reading →

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