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Nov5
Ah, the weekend, seems like so long ago now. Chocka at work this week, I am shut away in isolation for two weeks to work on a new project. Good to be without distractions of people coming up to my desk, and actually good to be so busy, it's making the days go quickly and we're making some good progress. Just time to report in here though.
Friday was a novelty, three people leaving from work (all from the same dept) so had a pub lunch at The County Members, and found that that pub has a pool table, well I never. After work went to one leaving do in Trashford, just for the meal part, quite good curry at Zarin, maybe a bit rich though. Then a friend was driving so we went on to another leaving do in Canterbury, a drink in Bramley's and then a couple more in The Foundry. Bramley's was good, sometimes I like it sometimes I don't, this time was the former, CRIKEY though, seven quid now for two pints! The Foundry was not good, I wouldn't recommend it, you have to go where the crowd are going on a work do though. Halloween and all, so lots of people were in fancy dress. The whole of Canterbury was heaving. Makes a striking change to Folkestone, which is generally quiet everywhere.
Saturday, bad weather, too bad for us even to be bothered to go to Canterbury. Got our shopping out of the way and sorted some mobile phone things - I beat the credit crunch by downshifting to a ten pounds per month tarrif, and Clare got a swanky new upgrade, including GPS and things. Lovely lunch in Chambers, very quiet in there though. Saturday night went to The Grand with family visiting form Ireland.
Sunday, went to see Susie Dent, part of Folkestone Literary Festival. Interesting and amusing, beset by technical issues, but good anyway. Spoke to her after the event, got my book signed. Her book, my copy of it, what I own. I picked up on something in her show and said I preferred the word droplifting to shopdropping (opposite of shoplifting, leaving your product / flyer etc in someone's shop) and she wrote this down, so maybe it'll show up in later revisions of her book... Noticed John O'Farrell was appearing right after her, had a look at the book of his website www.newsbiscuit.com which was on display, and RAH! I get a credit in it. Should have gone to his talk too really, can't fit everything in though.
Hmm, the service charge for our flat has just gone up 10%, that mostly negates my mobile phone savings :-(
Back to work, very busy.
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Nov5
Where did that go then? I'm sure I was only at work an hour or so ago and now it's time to go back again... Tired today, had quite an action packed weekend that just went too fast. Started off with work drinks in Trashford, a couple in the Phoenix (Smith and Jones), then a pretty good curry in Zarin. Oddly early time to be eating curry, we were in there before 7 (we got out of work early) but it was a good call for everyone to be able to eat together. Zarin looks modern in its decor and its menu, but all the food I saw on the tables was quite traditional. Next stop on to Bar Three Zero which was OK for a bar, then by about ten I thought I should go home, so I did. Whatever Clare says I was not drunk when I got in and did not fall asleep on the sofa and snore.
Saturday, shopping, we helped the inlaws choose a new telly and we bought a fantastic new camera, it's small and fast and light and has some groovy gadgets that we can't quite get to work like magic smile detection, and some groovy gadgets that we can work like a massive touch screen on the back. It really is nice.
Saturday afternoon we went to a bonfire and firework party with Clare's family on a farm, kind of near to Ashford again, then back to Chambers for a drink.
Yesterday we did something different, we went to a lecture by David Starkey on the last hundred years of the royal family. It turns out he's local, he must live in Hythe or Saltwood, so the bro-in-law probably did not imagine seeing him at Sandling station that time. The talk was like a preview of the new TV series, though he was more sarcastic and amusing in the flesh. Got another one of these talks later in the week, Monty Python's own Terry Jones. Both of these talks are at the new "Folkestone Academy", a new school. It's quite a swanky design, but the inside of it does look a bit prison like, with metal walkways spanning the interior. All that's missing are the big nets stretched across to stop Mr Big who's in with the screws chucking you from the top.
Going out late afternoon and back home again by evening made a nice change, it messed up our chili timing though, we had our big meal at lunchtime and and just a small tea.
Tired now, looking forward to this weekend.
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