battered and bruised

27Nov09

This evening, after work, I am going to a local church for a blood donor session. I’ve never given blood before, although I am on the organ donor register (several times, as I fill out the application form every time I register with a new GP, which has been quite frequently in the past few [...]

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friends: well, getting there…

27Nov09

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passive voice: it got stuck

26Nov09

On Sunday, while I was on my rat rescuing mission, The Mechanic went out to play. Well, he’s a boy. He took is latest toy (a Landrover 78) to a “Pay and Play” off-roading day somewhere near the M4. I didn’t ask for detail.
He called me on Sunday night and I asked how his day [...]

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forced socialisation

24Nov09

I thought I’d detail the taming process with Lily, expecting that it would take a few weeks and I could turn it into a regular “weekly” feature. You know, we could watch how she gets on together as I log our progress and I’d be able to look back and read about how it developed [...]

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Protected: take an educated guess

24Nov09

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Protected: monday is the first day of the rest of your life

23Nov09

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lily has landed

22Nov09

And so begins Day One of Life with Lily.
I picked our new ratty friend up from the RSPCA rescue centre at 1pm. The girl who looks after the rodent houses plopped Lily’s nesting box into my animal carrier and tipped the contents out. And there she was, a little bundle of white and grey fur. [...]

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Protected: consequences

20Nov09

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na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na… rat plan!*

20Nov09

*To the tune of ‘Bat Man’
The subject of rats has taken over this blog, which may be mighty boring for you dear reader, but oh well, that’s bad luck.
I have a plan now.
I won a second Freddy cage on eBay the other day at a good price so should be getting that this weekend.
Having sought [...]

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inquest

19Nov09

Today was the hearing for the inquest into Dad’s death.
Death by misadventure.
That means it was an accident, but it was his own fault.
Not got much to say on the matter.

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