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Thanksgiving
Well its the day of too much food and too much turkey, and too much beer. The Antacid manufacturers must love Thanksgiving and Christmas! We are at Kathy’s parents for Lunch and then we will head back to Sue and … Continue reading
Let it snow!
Apparently whilst we were getting rained on in Maine it was snowing in England. Typical! Anyway it started snowing here yesterday – it did about half an inch and its still lying on the ground this morning and we have … Continue reading
But cold is different
Well the rain has all gone now and the skies are clear. With clearing skies the temperature has dropped. Overnight it was 19°F (-7°C), it is currently (10am) 34°F (1°C) and temperatures are supposed to be staying low for the … Continue reading
Rain is rain, no matter where you are
It was raining last night and it was raining this morning. We flew several thousand miles and all it can do is rain 🙁 Although at one point the rain also contained some rather damp snow flakes we didn’t actually … Continue reading
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Tagged augusta, cold, rain
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Just relaxing doing nothing
Sue and Jeff’s
Kathy’s Parents
Sue and Jeff live outside Hallowell, and even though the interstate is quite close there is no direct access and its not actually that noisy As you can see from the photo the neighbours are slightly further away than they … Continue reading
Flying is never a really good experience
I don’t care what any airline claims – flying is not an overly enjoyable experience : well not in economy any way. We got to the airport, dropped off our luggage and went through security. All remarkably painless and as … Continue reading
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Tagged augusta, boston, hallowell, Maine, virgin atlantic
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Look out Maine, here we come
Park Inn
Well I’ve started my holiday today, not that we’ve gone anywhere yet: Kathy is working today so I’m finishing off the packing, getting the car ready, taking some rubbish to the tip and doing some last minute shopping for things … Continue reading
Living in the shed
I’ve not been doing much coding on the Weblogs recently – I’m just too tired. I’ve been on call (3:30am to 9am during the week) alternate weeks for the past year and basically I’ve run out of energy. The alternate … Continue reading
Today is a good day…
To stay at home. There is an afternoon of racing on at Cheltenham Racecourse – its the first meeting of the National Hunt season. So going anywhere by car than involves going over that side of town is a totally … Continue reading
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Tagged cheltenham, diy, national hunt, pubs, racing, rugby
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Smokey – Rest in Peace
Smokey, one of our two Manx cats, died today. She had developed kidney disease and she was off her food and was very subdued so we took her back to the vets on Saturday. Despite trying “poor man’s dialysis” where … Continue reading