Feminist Pub XVIII, in which the Bluestocking greets the first signs of spring with a glass of something soothing

I remember last time seeing that our local BNP candidate didn't live in our area.

I don't know - next time I see the van I'll check to see if it has a residents permit. No sign of it when I got home this evening parking was a bloody nightmare

Do candidates have to register their address? I seem to recall voting slips with addresses on them...

I am now in my third week of work, and the job itself is great, but... unfortunately I started at a really bad time cos the company who runs the team of pixies that do all the clever stuff between the points where I handle it switched from Chinese to Indian pixies 2 weeks ago with no warning to anyone, least of all the Indian pixies. So nothing has been coming back and my boss is just making busywork for me. In between raging at the Company of Pixies.

I haven't done much of the work I intended to do this break. Obviously I was working the whole time I was on the school trip, but since I came home I've barely even thought about school. I've got 3sets of books to mark as well as planning to do, so I suppose I'd better start at some point soon.

In other news, we registered our "intent to marry" this morning. It almost got called off because he couldn't remember my name , my middle name but still, we've been together for nearly 10 years he should know my name. I had to think pretty hard to remember his birthday

WTF laid back. Don't know where autocorrect got Kai's back from

I wish my job was a bit more Kai's back at the moment. For every task I complete, I seem to have another three added to my to do list. I'm on holiday next week, so I'm going to get even further behind.

I haven't planned on being able to achieve anything this break, so I've actually done a lot more than I planned. Set your expectations low, is how to do it.

Well I have done all the work I intended to do this break and DD and I are having lazy days with some productive activities. Urgently I am dying her hair navy blue.

Ah I have to do some writing of a document I'm heartily sick of this afternoon. Currently on a slightly-longer-than-10-minute break between 20-minutes-only-just writing.

drspouse I'm semi at work. My job has a very-regimented component and a very-self-motivating component. Luckily the regimented part is not on now. Have done a fair bit of email and paper work this morning. Just need to get a big chunk of writing done this afternoon in between going out to buy birthday presents...

Hello all, am at work again today (it's still a novelty) but feel like I am not totally sure what I'm supposed to be doing. My job is very self-driven except when someone panics and I'm trying to return my motivation to a slightly higher level than before I went on leave, probably foolish!

For some reason that has made me think that I should have the local police on my mobile contact list ...

Why??

Van is still outside the Samaritans. Haven't seen anyone go in/out of it - just parked. I hope they don't represent local views - all the placards/posters I've seen seem to be supporting Labour although I suppose you could argue that if they did stand they'd split the nutter vote

Oubliette - Are they still there? I hope nobody is harrassing people coming in and out of the refuge.

Now to do some work while beasties are on minecraft.

Ah, the moment has passed! I typed it out and decided not to post. It would've had my reaction to 10;000 previous critiques behind it so would've been unfair on the poster.

MB is an embarrassment and he and his ilk give the rest of us a bad name.

Oh, Yoni, I love a good rant. Highly entertaining and often informative. Go for it.

What's wrong with a good rant, Yonic?

I managed not to post a rant earlier. Yay me!

They marked it that quickly? That's impressive.

I think the parts will not be too bad (I have been googling.) I think the labour and before that, getting the car to the garage, that's going to be expensive. But it's what credit cards were invented for.

Ebear that sounds painful and expensive.

Why would a political party need to park outside a women's refuge? I can't think of a good reason for it.

(I have already got my paper back from yesterday. I did rather well. Smirk)

So, new gearbox needed, going by the way I have only one gear, and it's forward. Which is fun in a street where the only parking is parallel parking.

On the plus side, I have been able to stop it in a safe place, and it's within walking distance of the house.

I'm going to be keeping a close eye on the van (and anyone associated with it).

I presumably can't be accused of being a stalker since I can manage this by looking out of my bedroom window without actually leaving my house