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Family day recovering with my cold and playing with Debbie during which Daniel opens his first bank account and the ducks lay a record 10 eggs! Five major unions backs the TUC president’s call for a half day strike amongst worldwide disasters
A slight lay in and, after breakfast, to sit in the dining room and read The Times and Economist. After a while I am persuaded that I should get washed and dressed so that we could all go out together – this being Daniel’s half term holiday. First I go down with Daniel to let out the ducks and we find a record 10 eggs which means the older ducks must be starting to lay again. Daniel and I scale the ladder that the builders have left alongside the new chimney stack and take photographs of the surroundings. Off together by car to town where I get Daniel to open his own Barclays Bank Account. He is very pleased with the smart folder and set that they give him.
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Morning Quality meeting and then calls from BMMG members and several Journalists about my absence due to illness from the Export IT VIP table yesterday as I try to struggle on meeting commitments whilst Thatcher is upsetting everyone but the French lorry strike ends
Up on time and to the office and soon to settle to the task of writing up recent meetings and notes. To my surprise, an unscheduled quality meeting at 10.00am where our new Quality Engineer popped in for the day for us to involve. Lunch together in the White Horse and then back for an unsettled afternoon. Phone calls from several BMMG members and I note that there are many matters I am not able to pursue effectively due to lack of time. Telephone interviews with three journalists and also from David Fear and Nigel Smith to hear how both noticed my absence from the Export IT VIP table and tried to stand in for me yesterday. Home early and to bed with the television and my briefcase rather ineffectually trying to catch up. For the last few days I have struggled with the work and, due to my cold, been unable to complete it. I hope this weekend will see me clear.
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Writing up Comart Review Minutes and chairing Byte Shop Review meeting with a stinking cold and then home to hear of Thatcher still holding out against GCHQ unions and also of the miners being on the warpath
Early to rise and an egg for breakfast. My cold has got much worse and I start the day depressed and debilitated. Success first thing in completing the Comart Review Meeting Minutes and, after the mail and some fun with overhead projector repairs, we start the all-day Byte Shop Review Meeting. A good meeting of advancement of the three year plan and general review of the business. Disappointment in the field over the month’s results because of management changes and adjustments but a strong recovery. Concern though on the control of stock and debtors with Manchester the worst culprit. We finish in late afternoon and I struggle with the meeting’s minutes for most of the evening – Diana having again forbade me from returning home early!
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Byte Shop Review as I come down with a cold and go home early to find the builders having installed the fireplace and to hear of the miners and French lorry drivers protests
Up on time and early to the office though suffering from a head cold. A poor day of little progress on office matters but time this morning to review the 3 year Byte Shop Plan with Peter King and brief him on its completion. An afternoon of ineffectual paperwork and home early to a poor welcome from Diana. Used to me coming in late, the tea is not ready and I get in the way. To , with a view of doing some work but drowsy and soon to an uneasy sleep. The builders today install most of the fireplace. The weather is milder but with chilly breezes and our fruit and veg man takes six boxes of duck eggs to market to see what they will realise. Today also the NCB Chairman, Ian McGregor, is knocked to the ground in a miners jostle and, on the continent, massive road jams build up as the French lorry drivers start demonstrating. It looks as if the present recession is giving rise to the civil unrest that I expected long ago.