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I donated my time early on another dull and cold day today with just fifteen minutes of sun to clear up the rubbish from our recycling site and then I bought a new soldering iron and some other materials with which to repair my alarm system.
Time also for a satisfying Council meeting of leaders to agree representation after our recent election victories. The continuing Gulf War news is of the growing oil slick on the one hand and the mass exodus of Iraqi war planes to Iran on the other
It was another late night again and I was tired this morning. After breakfast, I went down to the Anchor car park and loaded the Range Rover up with a variety of cardboard boxes and other rubbish that had been littering the vicinity of our bottle and can banks. I stopped off at the St Neots Amenity Tip and disposed of all this and then I drove the car through the car wash as, with this dull and damp weather, the bodywork was in a disgusting state. I also went to an electrical wholesaler in Eynesbury and got a new soldering iron and some other materials with which to start my work on the alarm system.
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Taking Debbie to her horse-riding in Staughton from which she went off with a friend on a "riding picnic", up to Little Paxton Cemetery to brighten Dad's grave up again with some daffodils, and getting Daniel’s help for neighbour, Hilary Knightley, with her microcomputer problem before an afternoon of television sport.
The small boys were here again, coming to gaze at the fish and feed them. This evening, I got down to working on the alarm wiring in the new utility room and ended up documenting the entire system. The main pre-occupation in the Gulf is with the growing oil slick which still threatens the regions drinking water by clogging the Gulf sea-water intakes of its de-salination
I was very late to bed after watching programmes on satellite TV and so I was pleased to be getting more time in bed this morning. Just about got down in time for a nice fried breakfast with the girls but Daniel was somewhat later still. This morning, I took Debbie to her horse-riding in Staughton and she went off with a friend on a "riding picnic". She enjoyed this but got rather cold in the process. I then picked up some daffodils at a filling station and went up to Little Paxton Cemetery to brighten Dad's grave up again. Home to do my outside chores and then settle down for a coffee to warm up.
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The father of Debbie’s old riding friend Sarah Morby arrives and installs our first Satellite TV aerial, and some local boys visit looking for jobs and wanting to see my Koi carp.
A huge oil spill that is growing and spreading southwards along the western coast of the Gulf from an off-shore oil terminal and scuttled tankers. Another Scud attack tonight on both Saudi Arabia and Israel, with Tel Aviv getting most of them. Over two dozen Iraqi planes have sought protection in neutral Iran and will be held there for the duration of the war.
We had a very disturbed and disrupted day today. I was up a little late and then had breakfast with Daniel and Daniella after Debbie had gone off to school. We were expecting Mr Morbey to come and fit two new TV aerials this morning and was waiting around for his arrival. It was late morning before he arrived and then he worked on until mid-afternoon to get the items fitted. With him, was his daughter Sarah (an old riding friend of Debbie from Offord) and she played with Debbie for a while this afternoon as he finished off the job. The end result was very good for the reception of a wide range of TV programmes and we were well pleased.
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Some shopping and financial transactions with Diana in Huntingdon after time with Della this morning and then some letters and plans for tradesmen until Daniel arrived back from UEA with some more video games and was very popular.
More Gulf War news with successes on both sides as Iraqi planes are shot down but some of their missiles hit home in Riyadh
I retired to bed at a reasonable time last night and so got up early this morning and got ready to be the first waiting for breakfast! I used the spare time to catch up with reading yesterday's newspapers and then starting this morning's. I enlisted the help of Della in feeding the Koi and watering the conservatory plants once we had finished breakfast and gave her a "tickle fight in the lounge", which is her latest fetish. Once Della was safely out of the way at school, I took Diana shopping in Huntingdon via St Neots. In St Neots, I bought some stationery and other things in Clover Office Supplies and then collected a half dozen bags of salt pellets for our water softener from Tebbuts.
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