AOL 9
Rob decided to surprise us by installing AOL 9. There is too much change going on at the moment! It's very good about loading itself back when it disappears. It even tells you what the problem was. Of course it's in computerspeak and I don't understand a word. Next time it happens (probably before I finish writing this and I'll have to start again), I'll copy it and perhaps one of you clever bods will tell me what it means.
Thursday, May 20, 2004
Cicadas
Recently on French television and the BBC radio we’ve had reports about the invasion by these insects who sleep for 17 years. During the French report we met a French man who lives in the USA and eats them. He ate one live to prove it. A Frenchman who lives in Washington DC was interviewed by the BBC. I presume it was the same Monsieur. For the benefit of English listeners he described how he cooks them ‘like snails’ in garlic, butter, herbs and shallots.
If anyone concerned would like to try this out, please let me know how you get on.
Recently on French television and the BBC radio we’ve had reports about the invasion by these insects who sleep for 17 years. During the French report we met a French man who lives in the USA and eats them. He ate one live to prove it. A Frenchman who lives in Washington DC was interviewed by the BBC. I presume it was the same Monsieur. For the benefit of English listeners he described how he cooks them ‘like snails’ in garlic, butter, herbs and shallots.
If anyone concerned would like to try this out, please let me know how you get on.
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
What's happening
A little bit of excitement during a statistics exam. There were two of us supervising 50 students in a amphitheater. My colleague noticed that one of the students was hiding a ruler underneath his paper. After observing for a while, he decided to take a closer look. The ruler was stainless steel and on one side it was covered with maths formulae written in pencil. Quite a shocking discovery. The student was withdrawn from the exam and taken to see the director. Other than that, nothing to report. It has been very difficult to stay awake during all of this heat. Next week I have exams on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning.
My retired lady has gone off to a Buddhist retreat for a few days. As for me, there’s a huge pile of ironing mounting up.
Lionel phoned a couple of minutes ago. I have a new pupil on Tuesday mornings (Though not next week) for ‘commercial’ English. When I asked her what her level of English was she said “Nul” (no good). Don’t tell anyone but I shall be learning about commercial English as I go along. I’m not looking forward to this one at all.
A little bit of excitement during a statistics exam. There were two of us supervising 50 students in a amphitheater. My colleague noticed that one of the students was hiding a ruler underneath his paper. After observing for a while, he decided to take a closer look. The ruler was stainless steel and on one side it was covered with maths formulae written in pencil. Quite a shocking discovery. The student was withdrawn from the exam and taken to see the director. Other than that, nothing to report. It has been very difficult to stay awake during all of this heat. Next week I have exams on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning.
My retired lady has gone off to a Buddhist retreat for a few days. As for me, there’s a huge pile of ironing mounting up.
Lionel phoned a couple of minutes ago. I have a new pupil on Tuesday mornings (Though not next week) for ‘commercial’ English. When I asked her what her level of English was she said “Nul” (no good). Don’t tell anyone but I shall be learning about commercial English as I go along. I’m not looking forward to this one at all.
Happy Independence day (yesterday)
If you happen to be Norwegian. Not much time for blogging again this week.
Last week we had an examination cancelled half way through because of the noisy path laying taking place out side the amphitheaters. My retired couple have turned into just one. The husband is partly deaf and wears hearing aids in both ears, he just couldn’t follow and understand some of the sounds. His wife is a very keen and serious student. We get on well so the lessons are very enjoyable.
Rob is going to work on his bike today. A few years ago he used his bike, whatever the weather. Then one day he came off and broke his elbow. He was riding through a street where there are lots of restaurants and there was cooking oil on the road!! Fortunately for him it was considered as a work accident as he was on the way to work. He was off for two months and later that year a few more weeks when they took the pin out of his arm. After that he lost the habit. The weather is very good at the moment, we could even say hot!
A little PS to the story of Rob’s elbow. The day after he returned to work he had to go to school and collect Dominique. She was in sport and some one had done an illegal rugby tackle on her. She broke her….. elbow. The people in the elbow department of the hospital thought this highly amusing, in the nicest possible way. At least they all knew how to spell our surname.
This week is busy again. Thursday will be a holiday, hope the weather continues to be hot and sunny. By the way, my garden was all my own work. It was left in a bit of a mess by the builders and I cleared it up and planted things myself. I used to get exhausted, I knew that gardening was good exercise but not to that extent. Then I discovered I was pregnant.
Olivier is off school today, pains in his stomach. Hopefully it will pass. He’s going to be on his own till at least six-thirty this evening. He has been warned!
I posted this post yesterday but it didn’t work
If you happen to be Norwegian. Not much time for blogging again this week.
Last week we had an examination cancelled half way through because of the noisy path laying taking place out side the amphitheaters. My retired couple have turned into just one. The husband is partly deaf and wears hearing aids in both ears, he just couldn’t follow and understand some of the sounds. His wife is a very keen and serious student. We get on well so the lessons are very enjoyable.
Rob is going to work on his bike today. A few years ago he used his bike, whatever the weather. Then one day he came off and broke his elbow. He was riding through a street where there are lots of restaurants and there was cooking oil on the road!! Fortunately for him it was considered as a work accident as he was on the way to work. He was off for two months and later that year a few more weeks when they took the pin out of his arm. After that he lost the habit. The weather is very good at the moment, we could even say hot!
A little PS to the story of Rob’s elbow. The day after he returned to work he had to go to school and collect Dominique. She was in sport and some one had done an illegal rugby tackle on her. She broke her….. elbow. The people in the elbow department of the hospital thought this highly amusing, in the nicest possible way. At least they all knew how to spell our surname.
This week is busy again. Thursday will be a holiday, hope the weather continues to be hot and sunny. By the way, my garden was all my own work. It was left in a bit of a mess by the builders and I cleared it up and planted things myself. I used to get exhausted, I knew that gardening was good exercise but not to that extent. Then I discovered I was pregnant.
Olivier is off school today, pains in his stomach. Hopefully it will pass. He’s going to be on his own till at least six-thirty this evening. He has been warned!
I posted this post yesterday but it didn’t work
Friday, May 14, 2004
Unconscious Mutterings
A little late this week
A little late this week
- Vagina:: Woman
- Racism:: Hate
- Mother's Day:: Violets
- Fire alarm:: Empty
- Elvis:: Costello
- Pregnant:: Big
- Vacation:: Holidays, yipee!
- Waffles:: Quickos
- Perpendicular:: Horizontal or vertical?
- Hospital:: No
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Sunday, May 09, 2004
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