2007 — 29 September: leisurely Saturdays...
.. are back on our agenda — not that we retired chaps have an agenda, of course. It's very nice not to have the morning forced march of food and meds for a couple of days, but to be able to take things at our own, somewhat more sloth-like, pace.
And we've nearly completed today's Guardian crossword. It's 09:11 and I gather the cooling towers at "Calder Hall" are due for demolition. (An official states their risk assessment expects to confine the débris from the blast within 200 metres. Let's hope so, and that all the weapons grade plutonium1 is nicely out of the way.)Thank you, everybody!
For the lovely crop of wedding anniversary cards, both yesterday and today. I particularly liked the one from the Midlands that said Make every moment, every memory, something to celebrate! That is exactly what we're now trying to do, believe me. Every single good day is a bonus gift. We don't know from whom, or where, but we accept these gifts gratefully.
For anyone wondering what I gave Christa for an anniversary present, it's a book (a diary, in fact) called Pencillings by the Way by Thomas E Beaumont. It documents his convalescent voyage around the world between December 1870 and July 1871 made on the advice of his doctor. It was a hand-written diary bought, in early 1970, by Geoffrey A Godden and edited by him for publication in 1971. I hardly dare admit the price, but Christa is already nearly half way through it and seems to approve thoroughly.
From where do you suppose BBC Radio 3 gets its apparently never-ending stream of classical music? "All those notes, Amadeus!" At least they're well-tempered. And thank you, Len, for passing along the surplus copy you have of "Zulu". We both like Michael Caine. This is somewhat balanced by the bill for Boston Legal #3 on Mrs Old Bank's credit card which has just plopped on to the front door mat ahead of the actual delivery from the USA. I note said Old Bank has also increased my credit limit on this card despite the fact that I've recently closed my account2 with them. Still, this Internet banking lark makes it easy to settle up.