Daniel joined me and helped install the crossing sleepers that formed the new garage floor and we worked well all day. I dropped in to see Mum at Stanton and set up her new phone system on my way back to Paxton when I arrived at 11pm and was up until 1am following the Gulf War news.
The Iraqis being able to launch a total of 10 Scuds at Saudi Arabia, three at the eastern military bases of Dharhan and the rest at the capital, Riyadh which wrong-footed the Allies who were defending Israel
The night went well and I awoke to the sound and warmth of the electric storage heating. Rose to get myself a drink and then breakfast of Oat Bran Flakes and milk. I took a while to have my bath as the drain pipe was blocked, but I eventually cleared it with a plunger. This made me a bit late and I was pleasantly surprised and a bit embarrassed when Daniel arrived to help me before I was ready at 9.00am! We started work soon after and we got on quite well today. Stopping only for an hour or so for sandwiches and tea, we worked until dusk and by then had moved all of the sleepers into place to form a floor between the foundation walls and the garage structure. It forms a solid floor and will serve the task very well, but I still have to construct the access ramp to the garage. There was no sign of Steven Bloom, but it was therefore a good chance for a man and his son to be together for a day!
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Daniel was anxious to get away and, after this, I made myself some tea and sat down for a while to rest before packing up and setting off for home. It was therefore a couple of hours later that I dropped in to see Mum at Stanton and set up her new telephone system that she had wanted. By the time I was back in Paxton, it was around 11.00pm and I was again sucked into watching television coverage of the Gulf War before going to bed at 1.00am. The news was of the weather again holding up the Allied bombardment and of the Iraqis being able to launch a total of 10 Scuds at Saudi Arabia, three at the eastern military bases of Dharhan and the rest at the capital, Riyadh. Whilst they were all intercepted by US Patriots, the sheer number of defensive missiles launched meant that several of them went astray and impacted the ground around the capital, causing unexpected damage. The tactic of launching at Saudi rather than at Israel had wrong-footed the Allies and brought to this country the same feeling of fear and panic that was recently experienced in Israel.