Sunday

Webcam arrived yesterday, meeting with the masons went really well and we’re planning regular morning calls as well as ritual rehearsals and social events. 

Kids are already bored as of yesterday.
Yesterday we met the neighbours and the back of our house, David and Susan. So community is already starting to form. 

And on Saturday night we had a webcam hangout with some friends. Even played a few games. Nice evening, although we need to sort out audio issues. 

It’s Mother’s Day today and I‘ll be dropping off a card and then chat at a distance, with me well outside the house while she’s inside. 

More tea vicar

Webcam didn’t arrive last night, hopefully will today. Have a “breakfast briefing” with a few lodge members to talk about using videoconferencing to stay in touch whilst we are all isolating. 

And then I relocate my home office to the loft because the kids are now home for the foreseeable. Might need to put a little kettle up there too. 

Day 4

Thursday 19th

Starting to feel a bit concerned. It’s the not knowing how long this will last. There’s rumours that the kids will be off school until September. 

Thought I’d buy a webcam to attach to my monitor. They’re sold out everywhere. 

There are rows and rows of empty shelves in Tesco. 

Day 3

Wed March 18

So I’m working on an application to allow retired nurses to join an emergency register to help deal with the virus.

The kids are delighted that school is going to finish a week early. 

In other news I’ve started to test using Zoom for videoconferencing.

Day 2

Tuesday 17th March

Lie-in this morning, didn’t need to get the train to London. Was supposed to see a TV recording tonight, shame I’m going to miss it. 

Later that day get an email saying the recording is being cancelled anyway 

Day 1

Monday 16th March. 

The PM has just announced that anyone with a family member with suspected Coronavirus should isolate for 14 days. Kate has had cough for just over a week, so I tell the office that I’m WFH. 

Two hours later they announce that everyone is working from home until the end of the month. 

(financial) Doom, I'll tell ya... dooom!

Following the problems in the sub-prime lending market in America and the run on HBOS in the UK, uncertainty has now hit Japan.

In the last 7 hours Origami Bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly up
and Bonsai Bank announced plans to cut some of its branches. Yesterday, it
was announced that Karaoke Bank is up for sale and will likely go for a
song, while today shares in Kamikaze Bank were suspended after they
nose-dived.

Samurai Bank is soldiering on following sharp cutbacks, Ninja Bank is
reported to have taken a hit, but they remain in the black. Furthermore,
500 staff at Karate Bank got the chop and analysts report that there is
something fishy going on at Sushi Bank where it is feared that staff may
get a raw deal.

Tsunami Bank has been hit by a wave of bad debts, and it is understood
That the numbers at Sudoku Bank just don't add up. Satsuma Bank is apparently
going to be restructured by being broken up into smaller segments, and
rumour has it that Koi Bank has been netted by a major foreign competitor.
Meanwhile shares in Judo Bank have been thrown into turmoil and are likely
to hit the floor soon following an announcement from Hara-Kiri Bank that
it was going into voluntary liquidation. Management at Rickshaw Bank have
asked all the staff to pull together to get through this difficult time.

Plans for recapitalisation at Kimono Bank remain under wraps. Further news as we get it.

A great big slide at the Ashleworth Show 2008

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Toe names

Florence was asleep and Beatrice was bored so she named the toes of my right foot. Starting with my big toe and working down here are my toe names:

lassar
tata
gaga
dada
tat

sweet love

"I don't expect no Don Quixote or nuffin, but you could be more.... you know...."

"Don Quixote????......Don Quixote???? what, like windmills and giants???? ohhhhh Don Juan"

The Odious Complex

Overheard on a bus in Gloucester

Her: "I gotta do Freud"

Him: "I thought you did that"

Her: "I did that last year but I gotta do it again.
He's a really freaky guy. He's got this theory right.

When a girl is born she fancies 'er dad and is jealous of 'er mum. When a boy is born 'e fancies 'is mum and is jealous of 'is dad.

It's called the odious complex.

See this [girl points to book], 'the odious complex'."

The playlist for Kate's party

Most of this music was chosen by Kate and isn't what I normally play. I did enjoy an early hokey cokey though.

Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life
Kylie - Better the devil you know
Phill Collins - Can't Hurry love
Lionel Richie - All Night Long
Tom Jones & Stereophonics - Mama Told Me Not To Come
Aqua - Barbie Girl
Hokey Cokey - Hokey Cokey
Various - Mambo vs. Ketchup
Michael Jackson Vs S Club 7 - Don't Stop Movin Billie Jean
Spice Girls - Wannabe.mp3
Uptown Girl - Westlife
Elton John - I'm Still Standing
S Club Juniors - One step closer
Atomic Kitten - Ladies Night
Van Halen - Jump
Starship - We Built This City
Frankie Valli - Grease
The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing Ther
Beatles - Hard Day's Night
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
Beach Boys - I Get Around
Showaddywaddy - Under the Moon of Love
The Crystals - Da doo ron ron
Elton John - Crocodile Rock
Los Lobos - La Bamba
Mavericks, The - Dance The Night Away
Jive Bunny - Swing the Mood
Bette Midler - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Christina Aguilera - Candyman
The Commitments - Mustang Sally
John Parr - St Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)
Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song (Its in his kiss)
John Travolta & Olivia Newton John - The Grease Megamix
Irene Cara - Fame
The Kids From Fame - Hi Fidelity
Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca
Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol
FREEZ - IOU
Grandmaster Flash And Melle Mel - White Lines
Bananarama - Love in the First Degree
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round
Pink - Get this party started
Boys Town Gang - Can't take my eyes off you
Meck Feat. Leo Sayer - Thunder in My Heart Again
Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn the Beat Around
Earth, Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland
Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
Martine McCutcheon - On the radio
scissor sisters - Filthy gorgeous
Donna Summer - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
Geri Halliwell - It's Raining Men
Cardboard Box - Booty Luv vs Inaya Day vs Camille Jones vs Freemasons vs Madonna vs Loo & Placido
George Michael - Careless Whisper
Leo Sayer - When I Need You
Kids From Fame - Starmaker
Tony Christie - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo
Monkees - Daydream believer
Elton John - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Frank Sinatra - New York, New York

Last night's setlist

Dancing Queen, ABBA
Switchin Alive, Bee Gees vs Will Smith Vs Cheekyboys
Bowie X (Go Home Productions), David Bowie vs Liberty X
Don't Stop Movin' Billie Jean, S Club 7 Vs Michael Jackson
Booty Luv vs Inaya Day vs Camille Jones vs Freemasons vs Madonna vs Loo & Placido, Cardboard
Who? Yeah!, Spice Girls vs Usher
Sharp dressed party, ZZ Top vs Pink
Supermen Lovers Vs Donna Summer
Just A Little, Liberty X
Macarena, Los Del Rio
Saturday Night, Whigfield
Cha Cha Slide, DJ Casper
Aint no stoppin us now, McFadden & Whitehead
Money, Money, Money, ABBA
Let s Twist Again, Chubby Checker
Booker T and the MGs, Booker T and the MGs
Louie Louie, The Kingsmen
Johnny B Goode, Chuck Berry
Love Me Do, The Beatles
I Saw Her Standing Ther, The Beatles
Twist And Shout, The Beatles
Jimmy Mack, Martha & The Vandellas
Needle In A Haystack, Velvelettes
Tainted Love, Gloria Jones
Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd
You Really Got Me, The Kinks
She Sells Santuary, The Cult
Should I Stay Or Should I Go, The Clash
Teenage Kicks, The Undertones
Hate To Say I Told You So, The Hives
Song 2, Blur
Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond
Ladies Night, Atomic Kitten
Car Wash, Christina Aguilera Missy
Groove Is in the Heart, Deee-Lite
Jump, Girls Aloud
It's Raining Men, Geri Halliwell
Day & Night, Billie Piper
Lady Marmalade, Patti Labelle
Le Freak, Chic
Can you feel it, Jacksons
Bingo Bango, Basement Jaxx
BENDOVERSOLE, PILCHARD
"God Save the Queen", British National Anthem
When I Need You, Leo Sayer
True, Spandau Ballet
Careless Whisper, George Michael
Daydream believer, Monkees
New York, NY, Frank Sinatra

Baby books

for the last week or so Beatrice has been asking to see pictures of babies. So apart from photo albums of her we would be stuck if it wasn't for Flickr.

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