16
November
Department
of Wealth Punishment (DWP), sent us a letter yesterday saying that we would be
receiving a winter fuel payment to help with the cost of keeping warm this
winter. That works out at around £11 per week until the end of March next year.
Of course, receiving anything from the Hit Squad is always a bonus so we won’t
be complaining about it, but I can see some doing so. This payment is to help
towards the cost, not to pay all the cost, and that is something a lot of
people don’t (won’t?) accept; silly buggers.
Roy
Grace, Peter James’s Detective Superintendent has a good fish called Marlon.
When I first read about Marlon I though, now
that’s a nice idea, just one goldfish in a bowl sat on the table beside me.
So I mentioned it to Jan and she too liked the idea. Off to A5 Aquatics we went
and came back with a fair sized tank, there goldfish and a load for smaller
fish, mountain minnows mainly. That tank is now sat of a stand we bought for it
and while I sit here typing away I can still see them swimming around.
They can
be a bit of distraction at times cos whenever I come and sit down here, they
think it’s fed time and jostle around in the front top right hand corner
looking for more food. Sat the other side of them are Jan’s two female gerbils,
and they too are a distraction when she decides to clean them out and change
the bedding and so on. They are so lively when they come out of the cage thingy
Jan has them in. I normally have one of them brought and placed on my shoulder
when I’m sat here, and I have to be quick to catch her before she’s off on her
travels.
I have to
say though, that they raise a smile on my face when I do have hold of one; they
are so soft and warm, really lovely animals. And why not enjoy having them; we’re
not allowed cats and dogs seeing it’s a council flat and we can get away with
those. Anyway, we don’t think we can look after either a cat or a dog now
anyway, so we make do with getting friendly and fusses on all the other dogs we
see on the streets. We do of course ask if the dog is friendly before we
approach them. What really bugs us is the prats who don’t look after their
pets. Some of these dogs are very expensive to buy, and yet they get neglected
and mistreated. I just don’t understand them.
Last week
I noticed there was a new vet show starting on Channel 4 last night, so I set
it for recording. It’s presented by some nutter called John Barrowman, a
supposed comedy-actor … hmmm … I’m pleased there are only three of them in the
series, cos he spoiled it for us. I shall quietly forget to record the next
lot, if there is another lot. Even without Barrowman I don’t think it would
work very well after the Supervet shows. At least it did show dogs who were
well treated and cared for. Last night’s cases all had good outcomes and of
course, not all of them will, but for the first one the better outcome looks
for much more interesting viewing.
Really I
suppose I should be posting a photo of one our dogs here now … Yes, of course I
will ...
Sally-pup and Penny-puss, even if Sally doesn’t look to pleased there.
And no, it wasn’t staged, Penny jumped up and settled there and I was quick
enough with the camera to get the shot.
Today’s
funny …
Q. What did the elephant say to the
naked man? A. "How do you breathe through something so small?"
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