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So my Student loan statement is alte this year, as apparently there was a delay in recieving the data from the “Inland Revenue”, I think he meant to say HM Revenue and Customs Maybe the details were delayed in the Internal post?

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And so little inclination to post it.

Funny how these ideas bounce around my head, but don’t make it to this page.

A weekend in London coming up, and I was going to say that for the first time in 8 years, my going to london will have nothing to do with Imperial, DramSoc, or just passing through on the way to/from a Ship. But no, last august I was also in london due to Scouting. Although I wonder if i will surprise anybody this time round by bumping into the them in the street, and them wondering what I was doing in town. Oh yes. Wondering what I was doing in town in my scout uniform….

We only have 4 scouts going. Hopefully they will enjoy it, and the others who decided not to go will realise they have missed out!

And I have never been to the dome, but now I will have been to the O2.

Which kind of leads me on to something that has been meaning to make it from my mind recently, and that is the way in which I appreciate that it is not what we do and regret that usually matters. The things that bug me are the things i regret not doing. Lets be all modern, and say that mistakes are good (assuming that no one gets hurt) as you learn from mistakes. (So try different foods. whats the worst that can happen? you will know not to have it again if you don’t like it!)

That’s one of the ways that I try to live my life. Within certain limits its good to try new things.

And i also appreciate that I encourage others to do things that they are scared of (e.g. to climb rigging, or to go on scout camp) so I push myself to also do thing that I am not sure of.

And in a nutshell, that is why I am down for doing challenger training. I am a believer in Tall Ship sailing, of the camaraderie, of the team work, of the learning to do something so far out from the “real” world that you then go home to. But…. But, for me it is important to try it. Even if i am going to spend 4-6 hours on the road to get there, and again to get home…. Its 2 days of my life, that I have managed to squeeze out of the other things I should be doing, but maybe I will enjoy it. Worst case, I know not to sign up for a fortnight of it!

There, that wasn’t so hard was it?

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People who want to buy a couple of CDs cheaply should pop over to eBay. Looks interesting….

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The Userfriendly feed is being a bit wierd in Bloglines this morning, I thought the top link was today’s cartoon, but actually it wasn’t. It was however very funny…. even at this time!

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Meowww.

Its a bit chilly outside again. And it gets dark late. The good news though is Vicki has turned on the heating machine again, so now its not just the corner of the bathroom that is nice and warm for a kip, but other places in the house too…. And really I am doing them a service, finding where the hot pipes run, cos I am really sure Eddie would like to know, just because, well, he does get excited about plumbing.

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oops, there went a month.

Things have been busy at work, and I did take a week out to go sailing. Then back in at the deep end. and now its the slide into Christmas…..

If anyone tried to get in touch with me whilst I was sailing, and I did not respond to a text, then that is because I forgot to contact my mobile phone provider and get my account made to work abroad. Ooops. And i have been chastised for it.

So this weekend, I will be tidying the garage, washing the car, and hopefully sorting out the garden a bit. Time to build a compost heap, and to level off the veg patch, and build the patio for the green house….. That should atleast give me a little exercise.

Hopefully before Christmas I go and try out one of those Challenger Yachts I hear so much about.

Its also time to start planning the brow hike training, and i suspect its time to buy curtains and maybe give a room or two a lick of paint. So many things to do….

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