Tweets on 2008-06-11

A little saddle sore after yesterday’s bike lesson. Now off to play golf. #
Well, the golf went better than the cycling. #
@willhowells it’s still better than the “mac book air” which sounds like a chicken clucking. #
Wondering if it’s better for the planet to drive home for the reuseable shopping bags or just get plastic ones. #
Nicely timed. Finished bbq just a few mins before rain started. Secretly hoping rain stops delivery day. #
Childishly amused by a fold in the bread bag that turns Hovis Soft White into Hovis Shite. #

Tweets on 2008-06-10

Freewheeling down a gentle slope – and feeling awfully klutzy. #
@jamesgraham Eurostar fine for simple city-to-city journeys but gets messy fast if you factor in connections. #
@jamesgraham Next month I’ll be twittering my attempts at getting from Nottingham to Munich by train! #
Listening to Mark Lawson interview himself on Front Row. #

About to start Full Council. Today we’ll be hearing directly from young people about the issues that affect them. #
Our question to Council reveals 28,000 council tax summonses are issued each year – but 23,000 withdrawn. #
Oh dear. I misheard. Is actually only 5,000 summonses withdrawn not 25,000. #
Googling “david cameron slaughter of the first born” #
@meryl_f trying to remember who said “If David Cameron reported he was in favour of the slaughter of the first born, the press would say…” #
@meryl_f “… excellent news for second children” #

@willhowells the teacbles will be fine if they pass visual inspection #
Collecting Lembit Opik from Nottingham airport where he’s flying himself to. #
Rather amazed how little security there is at the airstrip compared to EMA #
Watching G-TIGA, a little green plane with two wings and an open cockpit practice touchdowns. #
Misreading an email, and wondering how to celebrate “dentistry and bike week” #
The Opik has landed! #
@dr_nick it sounded like lembit said he was flying a 4 seater single prop Boney M #
Nearly ended up getting parking ticket. Was 12 mins over, traffic warden writing when I ran up. #
Watching G-OONE do preflight checks, set flaps and taxi. #
@jamesgraham whatever, it sounds suspiciously like a lawnmower with wings. They’re off! #
Aha. A bit of a fiddle with the internet suggests the plane was a Mooney M20J, not a Boney M. #
Watching last week’s Dr Who. Cor blimey, this is one of the greats! #

Sitting in my office thinking about doing exercise. Why not buy a kayak? Or go running? Bike man cometh soon #
Cycle man says my bike is fine, if a little heavy. Apparently his success rate with adult learners is 2/3 so far. #
Giving the cats early tea, because the poor dears are starving – and they’ve actually cleared their bowls for once. #
Signing up for a “walk a maraton in a month” challenge on mapmyrun.com #
Battling with council about diaries. Syncing my phone with council diary is technically possible but not permitted. #
Honouring author Alan Sillitoe at a special meeting of Nottingham City Council. #

Up at the crack of 10am for the fourth day running. Urgh. #
I don’t wanna go and leaflet, baby, no, no, no. #
Hoping to avoid another long conversation with my group leader about the longevity of dog poo. #
Council switching to Outlook Web Access. Anyone know if that can sync with my Nokia diary? #
@jamesgraham we’re switching FROM something open-source that was crap and hated! #
Absolutely must get to bed before 3am today #
Trying unsuccesfully to encourage the cats to eat the spiders #

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Another day, another boardroom, another buffet lunch. #
Arriving home from a residents meeting with a flat phone battery, 5 pages of action points, and a bag of chips #