Just read another article about balaclava clad youths terrorising small towns on their souped up electric scooters. It does sound a lot like the biker gang hysteria of the 1950s or whenever it was. Every generation has a terrifying youth cult, it's a shame this one is a bit rubbish. Anyway, I have a plan. We need a supply chain attack, we fit all the balaclavas with remotely operated explosives like they did with the walkie-talkies or pagers or whatever that time. No-one is legitimately buying a balaclava are they?
Also today I realised "bally" is short for balaclava. When I heard Kneecap saying "bally up" I thought it was something to do with grabbing a weapon, getting tooled up. It means put your balaclava on. It's cold out there, you'll catch your death.
I feel I might have caught my death. Still got this cold type thing, it feels a lot like covid to me. Wife made a delicious Thai red curry for us today and I ate one of the dried chillis we were supposed to take out. It has made my head sweat and I hope this is going to fix me, ready to go to the pub tomorrow.
Been quite a good week of earnings, after the last couple of weeks feeling a bit broke. Obviously been paid, and not been on a huge spending bender so still doing alright. Then sold that record and the vending machine, and had dividends from the shares. Then didn't have to pay to go to London today and also just did twenty-four hours of on call - without geting called - so I get an extra payment for that. Kerching!
🚶 17:56 Shepway Walking 58'12 - Haven't been walking much this week, feeling a bit slow. weather still nice, chilled down a little. Could wear my jacket but still a bit warm for that by the end.
I made a vegan bolognaise this morning before starting work, and it's been gently brewing on a low slow cooker setting all day. That Ninja1 multicooker is still good! And every time I try and write "cooker" my fingers still automatically type "cookier" instead, weird.
I think no walking today.
Partly cloudy and a gentle breeze, 13 - 20℃.
My 11-in-1 multi cooker I bought in February 2023 https://amzn.to/4gESKWv I have mentioned it 119 times.
I said the other day that I'd heard The Bell in Hythe was closing. When I walked past on Sunday there was a sign saying under new management, newmenu coming in October. So not closing I think.
Decided not to go to work tomorrow as feeling slightly under the weather, but I am on call today. Volunteered to cover for someone before starting to feel a bit rough. Already got a load of calls at lunchtime when some other department's system went down, so hopefully that's it. Could do without getting woken up in the night. If I do get woken up in the night though there's an extra payment for that. With the payment for being on call anyway and the money saved by not going into London I am slightly up this week.
I need to be a lot more than slightly up if the university finance webinar we went to this week is anything to go by. We had a wake up call of how much it's going to cost. Did I already report this here? When T1 goes his fees will be about £10k a year, which he has to get the student loan to cover. Then he can get a maintenance loan for food and accomodation etc of about £7k a year and it's going to cost at least double that, so we will be stumping up the rest. I said he needs to keep practising the guitar so he can give other people guitar lessons when he gets there, that is one way of making some pocket money.
Until then I will be mostly selling stuff. I don't think I'll raise anything selling this treadmill though, it's too old now. Anyone want a kidney? One careful owner.
Cannot tell if it is turning into something or not. Bit of a cough, bit of a headache, sounding a bit thick. Thicker than normal.
Dividends arrived from Lloyds then! And that record is sold and the Tubz vending machine. Not actually seen the money from either of those though. Think I am relying on the person at the other end to confirm it arrived...
I expect my stonks are sliding because of these fears of AI destroying humanity.
In other news Oasis tickets were announced today, that is brand new information, a billion new shows in Manchester and Knebworth and other places. No real interest in going, neither do the immediate family, but ny nephew does. If I can help him out by applying for tickets then I will, but I think it's going to be like Glastonbury isn't it? Properly non transferrable tickets. And so expensive anyway there will be no messing about speculatively buying tickets that I might not be able to use.
Pay day weekend is over, we're back to the grind now. I must add that Robot Wars thing as if it was a gig though, it'll make it easier for me to count down the days to it. Otherwise my next events that are coming up for this year are Brian Blessed, Stewart Lee, Ian Mckellan's King Lear, and then the panto. Oh yes it is.
The Tubz sweet vending machine will have sold by the time I finish writing this. Just a few minutes to go, only one bidder, one watcher. It's the one who cannot collect too, but as long as they pay me for it before they start sorting out a courier then that is good.
So what if I get this mobile charging locker machine? I could hide everyone's chargers and they could be paying me each time they want their phones charged. Also the phones would be safely locked downstairs overnight. Everyone's a winner!
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