Well, you know. Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. I am still ambivalent as to this platform, being as it is, operated by the russkies.

Part of me thinks that it would be grossly unfair to hold everyone in that nation responsible for the actions of the few lunatics at the top; that said, I have no means of paying for the service, ( Read more... )

It's the start of the month.

This means time for the periodic trolling of me by my electricity provider.

The previous 6 month's initial bills:

May-2021    £ 105.32        
Apr-2021   -£ 3.03        
Mar-2021    £ 987.82        
Feb-2021    £ 81.52        
Jan-2021    £ 1,380.77     
Dec-2020    £ 70.82

There have been a lot of credits and reversals ( Read more... )

So, I've not managed to have breakfast, or lunch, and I did sleep in late (not as late as yesterday, when I finally surfaced at half eight in the evening), but I have fixed the sagging roller blind in the living room, and spent an amount of time looking at paint colours.

In other news, Liverpool are flying high in the Premier League:

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This is around the time of year that I get all kinds of butthurt about the utter theft that is Car Insurance. This year, the renewal from Tesco Bank was, frankly, obscene.

North of £1200 for a year.


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