Today we either had an early Christmas dinner or a day-late Thanksgiving dinner. We went up to Essex to visit my sister for lunch and she was kind enough to cook turkey. I like turkey, but we never have it at home. For Christmas we usually have beef and pork. The afternoon was a bit […]
Entries Tagged as 'Family'
Stuffed
November 25th, 2007 · Comments Off on Stuffed · Life
Today is a special day in the Sikh calendar. I’m not sure of the details – I think its Guru Nanak’s birthday or something like that – but I know its a big deal. One of my work colleagues invited me down to the gurdwara to see what goes on, and so we went there […]
Bloody Virgin
November 19th, 2007 · Comments Off on Bloody Virgin · Life, Technology
First of all there is the letter. My sister had a very unsatisfactory phone conversation with Virgin Media’s customer services when she was trying to get Dad’s telephone and cable TV cancelled after he died. In a fit of pique she wrote a 5-page explaining exactly what the circumstances were, why the customer couldn’t give […]
Tags: Doh!·Family·Radio·Virgin Media·WTF
Under the channel
November 11th, 2007 · Comments Off on Under the channel · Music
Yesterday we went on a sort of works' outing to Calais for the day. It was an opportunity to pick up some cheap wine & cigs, browse some unfamiliar shops, and have a meal out and to see what its like going through the tunnel. Having to get to work for 6:15am was a bit […]
I told you I was ill
November 10th, 2007 · 7 Comments · Life
Its fair to say that I had really not been looking forward to Dad’s funeral, but I was very much looking forward to it all being over. The time between him dying and the funeral has been strange. I have felt very vague, found it hard to concentrate at work, and more or less been […]
Shortcut
October 29th, 2007 · Comments Off on Shortcut · Life
A third journey to Letchworth in a week, and we have found the secret – leave at 8:30 on a Sunday morning. Unfortunately it only works one-way unless you are going to wait seven days before coming back. We spent the day trying to tidy dad’s house up. I made three runs to the tip […]
Gridlock
October 27th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Life
This afternoon I was reminded, with far too much emphasis, of one reason why I didn’t see dad very often – the M25. The idea was I would go up to Letchworth so that sister 2 would have some help with all the various arrangements, but after 3 hours on the road I had only […]
Unexpected
October 26th, 2007 · 11 Comments · Life
On Monday we went up to visit my dad and introduce him to his first great-grandson. On Wednesday I had a call from my sisters to say that he had been found dead in his house. There will be a post mortem, but it looks like he may have died on Tuesday night from a […]
Tags: Family
Visits
October 22nd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Life
We have the grandson staying with us for a few days, and today I took a day off work so we could go round introducing him to my family. Though he is only small, it requires enormous resources and some logistical feats to move him from one place to another. By the time we put […]
Tags: Family·Medicine/Health
Back online
September 25th, 2007 · Comments Off on Back online · Life
I spoke to Mum tonight. Her computer is working again (she fixed it herself – way to go!) so she says she will now be able to keep up with my comings and goings again. I guess that means I’ll have to to try and use the word “fuck” less often. Oops. I’ll start tomorrow.
