Category: Personal

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Phone still gone

Nope, I didn’t leave my phone at work. I called the lost property section of Lothian Buses, but none of their drivers have handed in a mobile phone today yet. They suggested I call back on Monday to check again. (The lost property department isn’t open at the weekend. They aren’t even open much on weekdays. 10:00 to 13:30, Monday to Friday only. Why stop there, I wonder? why not make the opening hours completely random? 07:45 – 09:50 on Mondays, 13:45 – 15:10 on Tuesdays, etc. People should pay more attention and not lose their damn stuff in the first place.)

I called T-Mobile last night and got them to put a block on the line, so that no calls can be made on my account. If Lothian Buses don’t have it on Monday, I’ll get the phone unit itself blacklisted, so that it can’t be used at all, even with a new SIM card. (Yeah, right…like hackers haven’t found a way around that yet.)

I’m not having much luck with mobile phones. My last one got destroyed by orange juice in Rome just last year. If it turns out that this one is gone, I’m not sure if I even want to get another one. Maybe it’s time to be disconnected for a while.

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Up-cheering needed

To cheer myself up this evening, I’m catching up on some of the non-important tasks on my to-do list. So far, I’ve added images to my “quick reviews” section, that take you to Amazon.co.uk. It’s useful not just for buying the book (should you want to), but it also gives you quick access to other people’s reviews on Amazon.

Also on the menu for this evening are some new quick reviews, some more tweaking of Paint Shop Pro scripts. I might even make a start on my “favourite music” list…

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Phone gone

Crap, I think I’ve lost my mobile phone. It’s possible that I left it at work, but I’m fairly sure I put it in my pocket. The more likely explanation is that it fell out of my pocket while I was on the bus home. I’ve grown so used to wearing cargo trousers with large side pockets, that I’ve forgotten how shallow the pockets in my summer chinos are.

What a crap end to a crap day.

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Back pain

I don’t know what I did to my back, but…owwww.

I’m typing this standing up, with my keyboard raised up on my desk by a couple of volumes of Durant’s “The Story Of Civilization”.

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Diet, end of week 4

I’m down below 71kg now, despite having been a bit naughty yesterday. It was my dad’s birthday, and we all went out for lunch at Grape in St. Andrew Square. I couldn’t resist their burgers.

On the other hand, I only ate about a third of the frites that came with it, and finishing the burger actually turned out to be a struggle. I’m just not used to eating so much food any more. It kept me full up for the rest of the day, too. In the evening I wasn’t hungry at all, and all I ended up eating was some pineapple and yoghurt.

We’re off to Rome on holiday in a week and a half. Although my long-term goal is to get down to 67kg, in the short term I’d like to be down at 70kg for Rome. (Because its’ extremely likely that we will not be doing diet eating while we’re there. Going to Italy and not eating lots of yummy Italian food? Yeah, right.)