Category Archives: Life

The drains run free

This is the story of the continuing evolution of Plumber Man into Excavator Man. Armed only with my trusty Takeuchi, and aided by my faithful surveyor/photographer/supervisor, I have transformed the far end of the vegetable garden. What was recently a … Continue reading

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竹内      I join the Takeuchi fan club

If you have read Val’s recent post, you’ll know that I have bought a mini-digger. Of course, the term “mini” is relative. My newly beloved Takeuchi is certainly small compared to the giant monsters you see ripping up the ground … Continue reading

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To blog or not to blog?

It’s coming up to two months since I posted anything of substance on the blog. I haven’t left everything to Val, even though she has done 13 posts in that time. I’ve done the ‘technical’ stuff (although I have now … Continue reading

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Everything Log Stardate 64015.9

So… Let’s try again. This is the post I meant to write before I got bogged down in the meaninglessness of existence. And just so that I can immediately get over the paralysing effect of having two weeks worth of … Continue reading

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Everything Log Stardate 64015.4 (Prelude)

OK. I promise this will be the last (but one) time I use the Log-Stardate thingy in my posting activities. It’s just that I was really struggling to think of a title for this post, and I needed to get … Continue reading

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Cat Log Stardate 63974.6

Yes, sadly, I did indeed google ‘Star Trek stardate calculation’ to find out what today’s date would be in Trekky-land. It’s hard to believe how some people spend their lives. What I particularly love about the site I found is … Continue reading

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