Author Archives: james

Tonight Matthew, I am Dremel repair man

Posted on December 13, 2021 by james

I posted a few days ago that my Dremel 4000 had died and that I suspected the thermal fuse to be the cause. Here’s how I fixed it. The first steps to getting inside the case are to remove the … Continue reading →

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Piano, four days in

Posted on December 12, 2021 by james

I’ve been practising every day and the simple stuff seems to be coming more easily now, but it’s far too early to make a decision between the two books I’ve been reading to learn. Andrew Furmanczyk’s videos I’m losing faith … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 12th December 2021

Posted on December 12, 2021 by james

Another no-so-great performance today. Better than Thursday, but not at the level I was at prior to that. Tiredness still affecting me I think, or my daughter’s cold. I stuck with it though, just because I didn’t want to leave … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 9th December 2021

Posted on December 9, 2021 by james

Well, today was just awful 🙁 I’m still not sleeping well and I think today was the day the tiredness chose to make itself known. Either that or I’m getting the cold that my daughter currently has and my body … Continue reading →

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Piano is not my forte. Yet.

Posted on December 8, 2021 by james

I’ve dabbled with musical instruments over the years, but I’ve never really gone anywhere near a piano and I’ve decided I quite like the idea of learning. Happily this weekend I discovered that we still have one of the keyboards … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 8th December 2021

Posted on December 8, 2021 by james

I’ve not slept well for the last two nights, so once again I wasn’t expecting much when I went to the pool today and the situation wasn’t improved when four other swimmers joined the fast lane, all about ten seconds … Continue reading →

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The rain gauge is playing up again :(

Posted on December 6, 2021 by james

When I put it back up things seemed to be going well, but over the last few days the rain gauge has been giving some very strange results. I suspect it has been counting bucket tips when there aren’t any, … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 6th December 2021

Posted on December 6, 2021 by james

The mince pies have all disappeared, so today’s session was fuelled by a chocolate brownie 🙂 I could tell as I was warming up that my arms still felt a bit tired from yesterday. I think my body must have … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 5th December 2021

Posted on December 5, 2021 by james

I felt distinctly lacking in energy before I went to swim today, so I sneaked a mince pie before leaving to see if it would help. I can’t say I felt any better when I arrived at the pool, but … Continue reading →

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Pressing apple juice, 2021

Posted on December 5, 2021 by james

It seems far longer than three weeks ago that I collected all of the apples from our orchard that could be used for juice, but today I finally managed to get organised to press them. I collected six 20kg feed … Continue reading →

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