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Fraternal Conflict

March 11, 2008 – 12:54 pm

Yes, addressing the big issues of our time… our pet gerbils have had a falling out, with one biting the bum of another. The biter has been moved into a cardboard box while we figure out what to do. it’s very unlikely we can reintroduce him to the tank, even though they all seem to [...]

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Birthday

February 27, 2008 – 8:32 am

I aged radically yesterday, suddenly becoming a whole year older than I was the day before. Fortunately this shocking event was cushioned by a trip to the pub with the three people I love most, and a small but perfectly chosen set of gifts (including a teleconverter for my camera, and a photography book from [...]

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Plumbing Fixtures

February 14, 2008 – 9:42 pm

Top tip for plumbing: If you’re connecting two pieces of pipe together use push-in connectors (like this, for example). No soldering, you can take them apart when you make a mistake (not if), and they don’t leak. By contrast if you need a mechanical piece, like a washing machine connector or valve, choose brass fittings [...]

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Plumbing

February 12, 2008 – 10:17 pm

I’m installing a kitchen, and have spent the last 4.5 days getting a single cupboard into (the wrong) position. No, it’s not (just) because I’m inept, it’s because the people who built this house had a joyful, carefree attitude to plumbing that I’m having to correct. And then re-correct when I find that the taps [...]

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Insult on Injury

January 24, 2008 – 3:58 pm

I went for a checkup on my dodgy knee today. The good news is that the MRI showed nothing. The bad news is that my knee still hurts. So after a little discussion I’m signed up for four months of physio to see if that can fix things. That’s the injury. The insult is that [...]

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