Horatio and Bailey have asked me to pass on their Halloween greetings to you all…
Archive for October, 2008
30 Oct
Oil bandits on the take again
I’m sick and tired about hearing people moan about the amount of tax we pay on fuel when it’s reported that: Oil firm Royal Dutch Shell has reported a 71% jump in its third-quarter profits, helped by record high oil prices earlier this year. Shell earned $10.9bn (£6.6bn) between July and September – up from [...]
30 Oct
Not as young as my teeth…
… but they feel one hell of a lot older than me right now! For almost a week now, I’ve had a constant, nagging toothache that has every so often stretched all the way from my temple down to my neck, detouring to include my eye and ear. Needless to say, I have not been [...]
29 Oct
One small step for a cat…
Watching the boys leaping about the place now, it’s hard to believe that there was ever a time when they couldn’t manage the basics, such as jumping in through the window. But it was only this time last year that they first plucked up the courage to give it a go: Awww, bless!
29 Oct
Unregistered Kune Kune piglets for sale
UPDATE: All the piglets have now been taken. I’ll put up another post when I have got some more for sale. Comments are therefore closed. UPDATE #2: As of 31/12/09, I have Kune Kune porkers and adult sows for sale: click here for more information! I have two litters of unregistered Kune Kune piglets for [...]
29 Oct
Winter is coming
Well, I keep saying I hope it will be a cold winter, not a wet one and – for now at least – my wish seems to be coming true. I know we’re not getting the same weather as much of the country, but it was a cold start this morning, with ice covering windscreens [...]
28 Oct
Is Brini preggers?
Blimey, that sounds like a bad headline for a worse soap opera! I am, of course, referring to my Kune Kune gilt*, Brini, who I bought at the start of July and have been waiting ever since for her to get knocked up by Bailey. I’m still waiting but a friend who bought Brini’s sister, [...]
28 Oct
Kittens take on the grass
Another photo of the boys from last autumn, this time when they started to gain their confidence outside and wanted to know what the green thing on the ground was and why those funny brown things that make a rustling noise looked as though they would be fun to chase about. I miss having kittens!
27 Oct
Incapacity benefit
I haven’t read the proposals for the changes to Incapacity Benefit so I have no idea what the specifics are but it has always been my feeling that too many people are written off by the system when they can and want to work but are classed as incapacitated. And there are others (admit it, [...]
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