Tweets on 2008-06-17

Tweets on 2008-06-15

Picking up my phone after a day of not looking at it – and finding 29 tweets waiting. #

Ticking things off my list and heading to Birmingham. #
At the ICC in good time. There’s a curious mix of Lib Dem councillors and OU graduands. #
Coming home to a beautifully clean house. Wonder how that happened. #
Just back from a gentle stroll in our local park, with golden evening sunlight streaming through the trees. #
@thoroughlygood blimey, finished discussing hours ago: “one of the crap MOTW ones that are there to make the others look good.” #
@thoroughlygood Ah, I wondered if you were having hour long Millennium Elephant detailed discourse #
@thoroughlygood Plus no spoilers! And I almost always think it’s crap and no-one else agrees. #

@rfenwick Choose golf! That involves hitting things AND walking around pretty countryside. #
Oh, for pity’s sake, no parallel port? What is wrong with this country?! First MPs resigning, AND NOW I CAN’T PRINT! I DEMAND SATISFACTION #
Waddling home after a nice dinner to celebrate submission of P’s penultimate essay. #

@willhowells gmail app not entirely bug free … #
Very shocked to hear of death of Cllr Michael Cowan. He was king of the awkward squad on the council and will be sorely missed #
My usual street key cutter stall has disappeared, so I find myself giving money to Evil Timpson Empire. #
Hmmm. Computer game or writing a local party mailing? questions, questions. #
@willhowells SELECT alan_bates FROM sparring_partners WHERE combat_style=”mano a mano” INNER JOIN… #
Off out to Liberal Drinks in the Lord Roberts. #

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. #

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! #