Yawn Yawn, Wakey WAKEY... 2014...

Aloha everyone,

Woo, keep wrapped up warm, stay out of the wind and rain and you'll soon be bright eyed and fluffy tailed

Loli, you mustn't say that to people who live on the coast!

Although Mrs S was feeling quite rough last night our team still managed to win the table quiz (that's the sheets of questions that are left on each table and you're allowed all evening to work on them. This time they were anagrams of London Tube stations, pictures of bridges and cryptic clues to food and drink). That's the fifth year running that we've won that prize - which gives us our entry fees back We've still never managed to win the main quiz.

It's still very windy but still no rain - yet. There are floods 10 miles north, south and west of us and, two miles away, the river is now running over the top of the lock gates and down the road!

We're off out tonight, to the Indian, as guests for some of the good things we've done

Keep dry and have a great day

Aloha!

 

Good morning Loli and all my other friends on this bonus of a Monday morning,hope you are all OK and feeling mighty fine, enjoy your day and please take care

Thank you Loli for your kindness,I shall await delivery of the oily rag full of anticipation and a little trepidation my friend

I will not mention the weather this morning as it is very inclement

 

Aloha everyone,

Woo, you don't just get the delivery of the oily rag but also get either Loli or Moyra with it! Just do what they say and don't even think about arguing with them

Mrs Shiney is feeling a bit better but she's still not too good. She wants to get better by tomorrow evening when she is booked to give a talk on keeping healthy!

Keep well and have a great day

Aloha!

 

Good morning all my friends hope you are all OK and feeling fine,enjoy your day and keep smiling

Thank you for the loan of the oily rag ,please could you tell me what oil is on the rag is it WD40 or engine oil that has been used, only my feather's are (just like yours truly)very sensitive

 

Aloha everyone,

Woo, the rag I get usually has olive oil or coconut oil

Hi Jazmine, nice to see you . I wish it was easy to sort out my desk. A lot of it is trying to sort out problems that other people have failed at! That, sometimes, means a lot of research or a good deal of dragging things up from memory (names, contacts, incidents etc).

One of the more simple ones is about to be taken in hand now. The street light outside my neighbours house (one of only three lights in two miles of road) went out at the beginning of December. He's been trying to get the council to put a new bulb in it since then.

Although he has now been getting the help of the Parish Clerk and our local district councillor they're getting nowhere. The district council, the highways agency and the county council all deny responsibility for the street light. Apparently, at first, they all denied that the light existed!!

I've done a bit of research and found out some interesting things about street lights. Did you know that the electricity that they use is not metered? Each authority has a statutory duty to keep an Asset Register of all lights (street lights, crossing lights etc.) and send a return to the UK Power Network. There's a complicated formula under which the authority then gets charged for the power expected to be used. This formula takes into account how far north or south the authority is (affects how long their night-time is) and whether the authority has registered for 'dimming and trimming' (reducing the lighting output or the time the lights are on).

Local Authorities have, quite rightly, a horror of having mistakes found on their financial audit - which would occur if they don't have the light on their register - and I shall threaten to let their and the UKPN auditors know of it. Evil , aren't I? One light doesn't sound much but, of course, it could mean that they're making mistakes with lots of others so a full audit may ensue.

Keep well and have a great day

Aloha!