Where's my weather?

What has happened to my cold weather? The Met Office predicted cold weather and snow for the whole of the UK, but as usual, the north and west seem to be hogging it.

This morning it is bright and sunny, with nary a cloud in the sky. There is a cold wind, that’s true, but no sign (as yet) of even rain, much less snow.

The thing is, I’m willing to take it off their hands, those people up in Scotland and the north of England, who are fed up with the stuff. I just a want a few inches to lie here for a day or so. I promise to dispose of it responsibly when I have finished with it. I’d like it sooner rather than later, too. I have booked the week leading to Easter off as leave and Furtle and I don’t want to spend our free time at the beginning of spring snowed in, so we need it now.

It’s perpetual disappointment around here: no monkey paw back scratchers and now no snow.

Where's my weather?

What has happened to my cold weather? The Met Office predicted cold weather and snow for the whole of the UK, but as usual, the north and west seem to be hogging it.

This morning it is bright and sunny, with nary a cloud in the sky. There is a cold wind, that’s true, but no sign (as yet) of even rain, much less snow.

The thing is, I’m willing to take it off their hands, those people up in Scotland and the north of England, who are fed up with the stuff. I just a want a few inches to lie here for a day or so. I promise to dispose of it responsibly when I have finished with it. I’d like it sooner rather than later, too. I have booked the week leading to Easter off as leave and Furtle and I don’t want to spend our free time at the beginning of spring snowed in, so we need it now.

It’s perpetual disappointment around here: no monkey paw back scratchers and now no snow.

Tik-tok-tik-tok

I shall have to remember this. If this is what happens when he goes on holiday for a week, what is going to happen when he goes for good?

My boss is enjoying himself in Norfolk. I, on the other hand am sitting at my desk wondering if I should place a few strategic sandbags, don kevlar and a tin hat. You see, in addition to the usual jollities that happen across my desk, moseying in with a malevolent nonchalance to upset my day, it seems that before he left, my boss primed a number of explosives and/or incendiaries, put them on a time delay and launched them in my direction.

This means that in addition to the ever-growing list of emails that I have flagged up for attention but not yet returned to, I have other difficult and urgent matters erupting from the ether to land with a happy and self-satisfied slap on my desk. They sit here smirking at me and derailing my attempts to get on with stuff that is becoming urgent simply through age.

In the meantime, someone in accounts is bandying my name around as the policy stop for anything that they do not know the answer to, whether or not it is anything to do with me.

I am beginning to think that the world really does revolve around me...

Tik-tok-tik-tok

I shall have to remember this. If this is what happens when he goes on holiday for a week, what is going to happen when he goes for good?

My boss is enjoying himself in Norfolk. I, on the other hand am sitting at my desk wondering if I should place a few strategic sandbags, don kevlar and a tin hat. You see, in addition to the usual jollities that happen across my desk, moseying in with a malevolent nonchalance to upset my day, it seems that before he left, my boss primed a number of explosives and/or incendiaries, put them on a time delay and launched them in my direction.

This means that in addition to the ever-growing list of emails that I have flagged up for attention but not yet returned to, I have other difficult and urgent matters erupting from the ether to land with a happy and self-satisfied slap on my desk. They sit here smirking at me and derailing my attempts to get on with stuff that is becoming urgent simply through age.

In the meantime, someone in accounts is bandying my name around as the policy stop for anything that they do not know the answer to, whether or not it is anything to do with me.

I am beginning to think that the world really does revolve around me...

Jeff Healey

Another one gone: and only 41, too.

The BBC are reporting the death of Jeff Healey of cancer at the age of 41: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7275162.stm





I've been a restless,
for a long, long time
Tryin' to find a home
for heart of mine
The nights are lonely,
and the days are long
It’s hard to find a reason,
to carry on
But all this searchin',
is it ever gonna end?
Must I keep on losin',
again and again?
Tell me, how long can a man be strong?

Jeff Healey

Another one gone: and only 41, too.

The BBC are reporting the death of Jeff Healey of cancer at the age of 41: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7275162.stm





I've been a restless,
for a long, long time
Tryin' to find a home
for heart of mine
The nights are lonely,
and the days are long
It’s hard to find a reason,
to carry on
But all this searchin',
is it ever gonna end?
Must I keep on losin',
again and again?
Tell me, how long can a man be strong?