Archive for April 17th, 2005

17
Apr '05

Developments

   Posted by: lyle    in Travel, Work-related

Well, with the office moving over the weekend (well, the location of the office, not the office itself, if you see what I mean. Oh, never mind…) it means my commute has increased rather. Not too badly – but badly enough to be more awkward. And not particularly walkable any more.

So, as of today, I’m the proud(?) owner of a bike. I haven’t had one in years. But this should be fun. Well, except for a couple of the roundabouts on the route, which – to be honest – could be a bit dodgy. But fun all the same.

The journey is about six miles. Then I need to find exactly where the new office is, as Twunty Manager never quite got round to letting the IT team visit the place. So that should be fun. An accurate assessment of time taken to do the journey will, therefore, not really be possible ’til Monday evening. But I’m reckoning that 15-20 minutes should do it. I’m giving myself about 30 minutes for the first journey though, just to double check.

Mind you, 12 miles each day should do some wonders for fitness and weight-loss…

17
Apr '05

Moggy – Finalé

   Posted by: lyle    in Animals, Domestic

Well, the cat is shaved. (And please, no jokes about shaved pussies (hello Google) – they’ve all been done already)

Not entirely, which is most disappointing – but he’s decidedly patchy. And epically pissed off. Which is why I haven’t yet been able to get a photo of the little sod’s bald bits.

Personally, I think he’d have actually looked far better just done as a poodle instead of the “hacked to death by a YTS trainee hairdresser on her first day” look that the vet has opted for. Still, the cat’s mortified by this turn of events, so I suppose it might still all turn out for the best…

UPDATED : Got the photos…

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