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With even colder weather with -10degC temperatures and bad snow falling, the girls were off school and I relied upon my new cellular phone as the landlines were not working but the plumber and builders were still working. I invited Steve Bloom to come over and help run my new computer navigation software, but we needed East Coast charts and a printer cable. As the Allies pause and consult about a ground offensive, Arab support is waning and Jordan increasingly supporting Iraq.
The snow was bad and still falling this morning and the main concern was whether the girls could go to school this morning. We listened to the local radio stations and did not learn about Kimbolton and Little Paxton in this way, but then telephoned to find out that Debbie was free for the day and could have the day off. Similarly, Diana took Della along to school and brought her back again when she found the school closed. We also had trouble with the telephones as the lines went dead as the exchanges were over-loaded and I had to bring in my cellular telephone from the car.
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Amongst more snow and very cold weather, the builders worked on and I set off to collect my new ‘laptop’ from Longstanton and then loaded it with ‘Wayplanner’ software later. After tea, out to a Parish Council as Downing Street mortar bombed this evening by the IRA
Snow flurries this morning and the continuation of the very cold weather that has been coming from the continent. The girls were still able to go to school, Diana was out doing her Waitrose shopping and so I was alone in the house where I had to tend to the builders. They were plastering the new utility room and then laying the brick plinth to support the outside sink. I worked at my desk for a while and then got news that my new laptop portable computer was available for collection and so set off to get it. I collected a Building Society cheque from St Neots on the way and then found Tansley Micro Systems in Longstanton and made the exchange. Managed to get home for lunch and spent the afternoon commissioning the "laptop" and loading up the Wayplanner navigation software.
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As the builders resumed work on The Hayling View link building, I lit fire in my office and caught up on reading on a cold and snowy day set to get colder still. I held an afternoon ON-Site Board Meeting, tendered my resignation as non-executive Director and informed the Trustees of the sad outcome. Mum is keeping warm but worried about Freda’s leg, but Redgrave seems to be trading well.
Rising expectation of a ground offensive in the very uneven Gulf War but anti-Western sentiment is growing in Jordan with demonstrations against the bombing.
This morning, I got the builders started whilst Diana was called at short notice to help her sister-in-law in Sandy. The I lit the fire and caught up with some reading and my journal before lunch. It had been snowing and become bitterly cold but the forecasters are saying that it will get even colder in the days to come. I agreed to hold an On-Site Board Meeting this afternoon to consider what to do and tendered my resignation as I do not think that there is much to be done by non-executive directors now that things are so advanced. It was a sad event and the others are still prepared to soldier on with the support of the bank as long as it lasts. I wrote to the other trustees of the fund that invested in the company and explained the current situation. I also spoke to one of them and discussed it and he invited me to a social evening next month. The experience is all-to common these days and hardly raises an eyebrow.
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The day started with a concerted effort for two builders to re-model our house hall/utility area and they made good progress and then, after Di had gone to Cambridge, I prepared the information for Percy’s membership drive and then drove to Huntingdon and achieved good progress on the HDC Policy Committee.
The Gulf War bombardments are excessive and cutting off Iraq’s force in Kuwait. The possibility of Pegasus taking over On-Site Training has receded and with it my £30,000 investment.
The builders started work on our hall/utility area today and we had prepared the area for them to get down to work. I had moved the fire break-glass alarm out of the way and Diana had emptied the broom cupboard etc. They did quite well, really. We have essentially a two-man decorating partnership on the job who are flexible enough to do the bits and pieces as well. They demolished and removed the broom cupboard and the old tiles from the boiler position; cut back, keyed in, and then built up a new dividing block wall, ready for the fitting of a new door carcass, and fitted a new tumble-drier vent to take the hose when this machine is re-sited.
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