Our internet went down all day until after midnight, just when we thought we might keep in the cool and play on the computers. Back on this morning - briefly - then cut off again. Text from BT apologising and telling us we could track our fault - online!! Well, we would if we could. Predicted outage until midnight Thursday, whaaaat. Can't exist without it, can live without tv or radio but not the net. Aghast how much I depend upon it for amusement.
I'd also just reserved our SM delivery slot by only buying an expensive bottle of champagne (which I usually then deduct when I do the full order). Panic stations ensued but thankfully we're back on again so order duly sorted. If I disappear again, you'll know why.
I have just watched a fair haired BBC reporter stood outside Kings Cross Station in the full glare of the sun. No hat, and perspiring freely as her report went on. She could at least have had one of those large umbrellas with the BBC News logo.
As the BBC are in full flow, telling us how we're all going to die if we so much as set a foot outside, you'd have thought she would have been stood in the shade. Maybe l'm missing something.
Barristers doing legal aid work are effectively being paid minimum wage once you take in all the hours of case preparation and not just the court appearances so they're striking for better pay. Can't blame them.
That said, there is no excuse for the bad management indicated in @Pansyface's email when the strikes have been announced in advance. Shambles.
Maybe too hard for the cameraperson to film in shade @AnniD. Let's hope she had on sunscreen and some cooler clothes to change into afterwards.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Posts
Our internet went down all day until after midnight, just when we thought we might keep in the cool and play on the computers. Back on this morning - briefly - then cut off again. Text from BT apologising and telling us we could track our fault - online!! Well, we would if we could. Predicted outage until midnight Thursday, whaaaat. Can't exist without it, can live without tv or radio but not the net. Aghast how much I depend upon it for amusement.
I'd also just reserved our SM delivery slot by only buying an expensive bottle of champagne (which I usually then deduct when I do the full order). Panic stations ensued but thankfully we're back on again so order duly sorted. If I disappear again, you'll know why.
https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/poetry/as-kingfishers-catch-fire/summary#:~:text="As Kingfishers Catch Fire" starts,flames darting through the air.
She could at least have had one of those large umbrellas with the BBC News logo.
As the BBC are in full flow, telling us how we're all going to die if we so much as set a foot outside, you'd have thought she would have been stood in the shade. Maybe l'm missing something.
Barristers doing legal aid work are effectively being paid minimum wage once you take in all the hours of case preparation and not just the court appearances so they're striking for better pay. Can't blame them.
That said, there is no excuse for the bad management indicated in @Pansyface's email when the strikes have been announced in advance. Shambles.
Maybe too hard for the cameraperson to film in shade @AnniD. Let's hope she had on sunscreen and some cooler clothes to change into afterwards.