A day of handyman interviews after my normal dog training session before I encouraged Daniel off to his first day at work where he did well enough. He just wants a fast video card for his birthday!
A major aftershock in Los Angeles, one of many following the San Fernando earthquake, whilst John Major and Douglas Hurd have got themselves into a hole over the enlargement of the E.E.C.
At this "Vernal Equinox", the weather is still dry and sunny and, even if the breeze is from the east and a bit chilly, it is a pleasure to be out and about. I got Sam swimming both morning and afternoon, but he still messed about a little bit for each first occasion he went in. Some more dummy-holding practice and he was obedient overall.
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Diana off into town to do some shopping whilst I settled down to tackle the overdue matter of getting some help for the range of decorating and maintenance tasks facing The Hayling View. I worked out that we did not have enough work to keep an employee occupied full time, yet we did not want to pay commercial rates for a contractor to work on a jobbing basis. I therefore interviewed one man after lunch and spoke to another on the telephone about giving someone about twenty hours work a week and paying hourly in cash to tackle the backlog of work.
Daniel was tense before work today; suffering from having to do some commercially-useful software writing for a change but he was cheerful again this evening as he had a good day at it. We discussed his birthday present with him; suggesting sensible things like shoes and clothes but he seem to want a fast video card for his computer. How boring!
The news is of another major aftershock in Los Angeles, one of many following the San Fernando earthquake. John Major and Douglas Hurd have got themselves into a hole over the enlargement of the E.E.C.; trying to insist against all common sense that, even if the number of members goes up, the same small number (Instead of an increased number still equating to a third) should be sufficient to block majority votes.