Tweets on 2008-12-31

A weird conversation has led to us having “my old man’s a dustman” to the tune of Black hills of Dakota on the brain. #
Trying and failing to get new doorbell out of “Big Ben” mode and into “Hilarious saxophone” #
Popping out for a lab coat and a stench frick. #
Black Hills of Dakota have morphed seamlessly into Father Abraham Had Seven Sons #
Popping out for a lab coat and a stench frick. #
Goodness, the weather station at the bottom of the garden is reading -5.1 deg. #
Beaver almost as heavy as @katebevan shocker http://tr.im/2rgw #
Hmm – is now two degrees warmer at the bottom of the garden. #

Tweets on 2008-12-30

Cauliflower cheese goes into the oven for the last few minutes of the baked potato cooking time. Mmmmm 🙂 🙂 #
Popping rice pudding into oven. Top tip: stir every 30 minutes. #
@helenduffett no more stirring – eating! in reply to helenduffett #
@hannahvictorious Did Widow Twankee knock of Yu Dun Wun Long Poo’s hat during the plate smashing? 🙂 #
@helenduffett http://twitpic.com/xp9u – My goodness such good value! And six of them are only 1/5th your entire daily calorie allowance 🙂 in reply to helenduffett #
@hannahvictorious Nope, no two little boys on 20th! #
Remembering in the nick of time that the German for “nephew” is a weak masculine noun. #
@helenduffett I scatter these little jokes around that only a few people will understand, so it’s all the better when people do 🙂 in reply to helenduffett #

Didn’t wrap up warmly enough for my trip to the shop. Brrr. #
Eek. Gmail seems to have disappeared and the whole internet is running slowly. Is it the Beginning of the End?! #
@hannahvictorius http://twitpic.com/xecz – Ouch – that looks minutes away from a broken neck! in reply to hannahvictorius #
FINALLY tucking into completely homemade pizza #

Flattered to have been @willhowells’s first. Mine was @alanfleming http://tinyurl.com/9cflat #firstfollow #
Received a postcard from New Zealand – http://tinyurl.com/73omjl #
Received a postcard from Germany – http://tinyurl.com/9o3f3a #
Writing a Postcrossing postcard to Finland #
Writing a Postcrossing postcard to China #
Writing a Postcrossing postcard to France #
Eating my first slice of Christmas cake, and v good it is too. #

Boggling at the Only Connect final on ipLayer. Lapsed Psychologists still to score. #
Generation Game from 1973. OMFG. Even creepier than the Peep Show we were watching just before it. #

Eek, is getting dark – I have to clean the car (a bit) #
@helenduffett the INSIDE of the car which is unfortunately lit up by magic lighty things. in reply to helenduffett #
V disappointed with performance of hoover in car, and worried by damp bits. All sorts of finds, tho: 1,000s leaflets, 48 tins cat food… #
And have spoken to neighbours more whilst cleaning car on Xmas eve than more or less for the whole of the rest of the year! erk. #
Wrestling with GPS gadgetry #
Oh, lordy, please spare me having to listen to Christmas with Boney M again #
@jonxyz An hour playing World of Goo demo… hard to call that time wasted, really 🙂 in reply to jonxyz #
@kayray Does Santa have Wii Points? Wolrd of Goo is v v good. in reply to kayray #
Bah Humbug. Dean of Peterborough looks like Peter Griffin in a chasuble. #
@helenduffett who gets to be Rudolph? in reply to helenduffett #
Burning CDs for car journey tomorrow. #
Waking at inopportune moment in dream. #
Dealing with the gifts from the cats. A turd? For me? You shouldn’t have. #
Very long queue for only working coffee machine at Cherwell Valley Cathedral of Despair. #

Celibate person obsessed with the problem of other people getting any shocker. #
Received a postcard from Finland – http://tinyurl.com/7p8qs2 #
@willhowells know about the tag #uktrain ? in reply to willhowells #
@willhowells It seems to be bringing together a wide variety of #UKtrain enthusiasts. A whole new class of geek 🙂 in reply to willhowells #

Having last minute crisis of confidence. Have so far bought no Xmas pressies at all. Should I stick it out or join the herd? 🙂 #
Helping an old lady get some temporary heating over Christmas. #
Wondering whether my fingernails are growing quicker than they used to or whether time passes quicker now I’m old. #
World of Goo FTW! #

Couple of days home alone – had hoped to #Librivox, but have bitten my lip, which means I’m talking funny 😦 #
Ooh, there’s a video episode of Clue on iPlayer. #
@miketd – doing one’s favourite leisure activity slightly over once a week hardly seems excessive at all? in reply to miketd #