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I am having similar thoughts to Ollie's. Coffee and buns yaaaaaaaay!

Having slept for 11 hours I now feel more like a human being. After coffee and a shower I might even begin to look like one!

11 hours sleep sounds like a good idea. I'm feeling constant tiredness because of broken sleep the last few nights, the neighbours coming in at all hours and slamming the doors like they're sealing the hatches of a holed ship.

There's a right battle going on with the neighbours, as there's essential work needing done but half the houses won't agree to it, more or less the new residents that have moved in the last ten years. They don't seem to grasp the idea of living in a private residential area means there's parts that are not up to the council to fix, it's our responsibility, & if Wee Jimmy's mum sues because he tripped over the broken pieces of wall lying on the public pavement adjoining the estate & broke his leg or caused him to suffer psychological trauma that turned him into an axe wielding drug selling maniac, we will be the ones that have to pay the bill as third party liability is our responsibility.

At times like this I find myself becoming guilty of becoming a real snob, but there's ought to be a resident's test before people are allowed to buy houses in a private estate to keep out the riff raff - those that have come into enough money to buy their own place but seem to think the world should work the same way as before back on the council estate - ie. "I'm not paying any part of that bill, my rates pay for that for the council to fix". Blame Thatcher for her Right To Buy obsession in the 80s & thinking people that can't be trusted to keep up the payments on their 50 inch "home cinema" are somehow trustworthy specimens to get government subsidised mortgages - & they wondered why there was a credit crunch eventually!

One of them was moaning last year about not being able to grow anything in his garden. Maybe if he hadn't surrounded it with Leylandi of the sort used to hide Sleeping Beauty's castle or whatever, some sunlight may have reached the rest of it which last time I looked was a vital part of the growing process. Muppets!

Crumbs. Sounds like you live in a fancy gated community - are all the wives like in Stepford?!

If it makes you feel any better it's no different for those of us who rent. I've experienced similar problems from decades of living in flats. There is always someone in the building who won't accept that the place needs a new roof or whatever is the crisis of the day. And if you're not the owner you don't even get a proper say half the time, even if you've lived in the place longer than any of the owners, although I'd exempt my current landlord as he's a good one and always consults his longstanding tenants to make sure they're happy and well-informed.

My sympathy re noisy neighbours. The ones downstairs who enjoy arguing as a hobby are a real pain and the shouting is upsetting at times. Fortunately I can sleep through almost anything.

Hope you get some zzzzzz tonight.

Wow, I'm enjoying Island Paradise more than I expected.

And I am enjoying Midnight Hollow, although the lighting/colouring is really peculiar. I though I had that bug where everything turns red, but then it became normal again so I think there are just red light effects from time to time. And it is really pitch black sometimes, then at others the light is increased and you can see more. I don't particularly mind - I just closed the blinds and sat in the dark, which suits photophobic little old me just fine, but I can see why some players were complaining when MH came out. If your eyesight wasn't too good or you didn't have a good monitor it'd be impossible to see where your sim is going!

What on earth am I supposed to watch on TV now?

I'm thinking this is not a good time to go on holiday to the Black Sea.

I'm also thinking how strange it is with all the usual hue & cry about kiddie fiddlers that the current Savile & the current Max Clifford cases aren't meriting the usual attention from the British press.

What isn't strange is a government advisor on how to deal with child pornography has being arrested for possession of it. You could have stuck a grand on that one, as well as the government getting ideas about having a fatties tax on food to make money with on the pretence of promoting health rather than a fat cats tax on obscene profits.

The last of the documentary series about Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow was on last night. I'm thinking if they showed down south, there would be people in England demanding to get to vote in the Scottish independence referendum later this year & the Yes vote would tank it! There wasn't a single person on it able to string a sentence together without swearing at least once. Embarrassing.

Ah well, some people are very sweary. I am thinking that I have no idea what I want to do today. Play or start a new building project? Both? Neither? Dunno. Maybe I will toss a coin.

In other news, my daffodils have all popped open and the frost-resistant lavender bush seems to have made it through the winter unscathed and is looking nice and bushy!

Noooooooo! I don't like my new whisky. Expensive error!

Ooo, that doesn't sound great Caspin.





I'm thinking I might just leave that picture there.

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