Tweets on 2008-04-11

Tweets on 2008-04-10

Planning Inspector: and next I’d like to hear from Cllr Foster, but first I’d like to take a short break so that he can get really nervous. #
Phew! Evidence given, tiny bit of cross-examination, now long lunch followed by closing statements. #
Wondering if opposing counsel is wearing his lucky tie, or if it’s family tartan. There’s no aesthetic reason for it. #
@iaindale that’s a lot of cross-dressers. #
Wondering what @markpack has been smoking #
seconds away from googling "numa numa ringtone" #

Heading into town for day 2 of planning enquiry. After yesterday’s dresscode explosion, I’m all dressed up. #
@dr_nick planning inspector bollocked council staff for not wearing jackets #
Idly wondering if QCs become KCs overnight in the event of a succession. #
Rushing home early to see @willhowells naked #
Popping dewn to local shop for mint flakes. (type of herb not type of chocolate bar) #
bone idle cats not keen on the idea of listening to "Animals on the Move" #
Ooh, I’m top of Iain Dale’s Daley Dozen for my smartaleckery about the PEBs. http://tinyurl.com/44vzat #
@iaindale now is clearly a good time to get my traffic monitoring thingies working properly again 🙂 #

Watching the London Routemaster bus that now runs past my house run past almost entirely empty #
Sitting in a planning enquiry. Bemused by reference to the "I’m your man" judgement. #
Oh no! I’ve spilled beans on my planning enquiry papers! #
Planning inspector’s stern words about timekeeping after our teabreak mean we’re all back in 10 mins early. #
Staring at wall’o ties in M&S, and remembering how much I hate them. #
looking at politicshome.com and feeling exhausted #
@willhowells you don’t need to peel potatoes to mash them! #
@jamesgraham I don’t understand it either. #
@libdemjo sometimes 🙂 #
"driving a barbed wire bus" he heh, nice one Charlie Brooker #

Not quite resisting the urge to make jokes about Charlton Heston’s cold, dead hands. #
@meryl_f lots of snow fallen in Nott but none settled here. 7 deg outside! #
@lfeatherstone Fancy writing up the event for @LibDemVoice? #
@lfeatherstone or even phoning in a report to the podcast hotline on 020 7617 7221? #
Wondering if I need to catch up with Torchwood before watching the new Dr Who? #
reading the next batch of @brianpaddick interview answers as they arrive through twitter – "follow brianpaddick" to read them too #
Today’s etymological discovery: gaff and gaffe have different meanings and different roots. #

reading up on Section 215 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 when I should really be going to bed #
Receiving my first postcard from Postcrossing.com – thanks, Sinikka from Finland! #
Going to gala launch of play park in my ward. I think the clown is going to get wet. #
Fun day has been brilliant – facepaints, a clown, a fire engine, cake #
That looks suspiciously like sleet. Maybe I’ll wait until later to go to the post box. #
Watching the temperature fall and remembering the severe weather warning of snow for the East Mids. #
@smuttley setting mother off on internet genealogy? #
@markpack activated sludge sewage treatment process?? What is it about Innovation dept and taxonomy? #

Not quite beleiving that’s really the time. #
Getting interesting answers on @BrianPaddick twitter interview. #
Taking opportunity to go on nottingham eye before it closes on Sunday. #
@lfeatherstone wondering how you de-sing a website. #
Making lasagne out of yesterday’s spag bol. Wouldn’t know a ragu if it bit me. #
Showering the kitchen with pasta sheet shards #
Putting the lasagne back into the oven and hoping I can manage to cook the pasta without burning the cheese #

Quite liking the new coin designs: http://tinyurl.com/2pjlo4 #
Halfway round my leaflet route and feeling knackered. #
Thinking uncharitable thoughts about people who put letterboxes at knee height. And thinking about cake. #
Listening to You’n’Yours about deterrent music… and thinking of buying some Tchaikovsky and Barry Manilow. #
Slightly disturbed to find I spent more time in a special school yesterday than you would on a PGCE course. #
@willhowells Have you tried the Health Secretary? #
Feeling dead chuffed for getting a basic parking manoeuvre right first time. #
Finally, the weather is warm enough for the cats to choose to sleep in the conservatory. #
@merylf you should have been a statutory consultee! Raise merry hell with transport auth! #
Planning ahead for a massive comfort eating sesh #