Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 29th July, 2023.

29th July, 2023.

Right … 

I can safely say that things … have happened.

I’ve now had my new, smart, utility meters — new gas and electricity meters— put in.

And have to admit, I found the process … quite stressful.

The actual engineer who did the installation?

Was fine: he was both polite, and seemed very efficient.

Which, for me?

Was reassuring.

The stuff that wasn’t … ?

Was the consequences.

I now have what my suppliers call an in-home-display.

It’s a little widget that lets me monitor how much gas and electricity I’m using, when I’m using it.

AND shows my current credit balance.

Can I make a confession … ?

Setting up the phone app, registering my payment cards, and waiting for all this to be acknowledged?

Was even more stressful!

As was topping up: after all, I’ve never actually used this new — and comparatively slow — process.

That slowness?   Is due to the fact that payments go onto my new meter over the ’Net: rather than by plugging a key or card, directly into the meter.

That slowness is not reassuring.

Especially as I’m used to the instant response from the old meters.

It’s … 

Well, the old Newspeak term seems to fit.

It’s Ungood.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 29th July, 2022

29th July, 2022.

Yeah: yesterday was a bit of a day.

For a start … ?

Actor, Bernard Cribbins died.

I remember him from many things.

Right Said Fred and Hole in the Ground were a hell of a lot of fun.

There were film appearances, TV appearances, the most Jackanory appearances by any one given performer.

Personally?   I remember seeing him as Tom Cambell in Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D, the second Dr Who movie.

I think the man’s biggest legacy?   Was providing the narration — and voicing every single character — in The Wombles.

The show was the only one at the time that talked about recycling stuff: at a time when no other show — with the possible exception of Blue Peter — did so.

Legacy doesn’t even start … 

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Yesterday … ?

I was up early: I had a Zoom meeting to attend, at ten, and wanted to make sure I’d done my usual stuff done, first.

I didn’t notice the yelling from up the road: at around 7:20ish.

There’s always someone having an argument, around here!

I also didn’t consciously notice the emergency ambulance, trauma team, and half a dozen police cars, turning up 

Or know about them, until;

• Someone asked what was happening on my street’s Facebook group.
• At least three people contacted me — through Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — to ask if I was ok, and what on Earth was happening!

Which is me all over!

At any rate?   A resident of Torville Court, the block next to mine, had been attacked: and seriously injured.

According to the Essex Live reports?   A 28 year old man had been arrested on charges of Actual Bodily Harm, and for assaulting one of the ambulance staff.

From other things I’ve been told?   And if the victim is who I think it is?   (Which seems likely, from descriptions I’ve been given.)

The victim is said to have all sorts of dodgy dealings.

And last got stabbed back in 2015.

I know no more than that: but will be keeping an eye peeled.

No one’s said anything about murder, as yet … 

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 29-7-2017

Hmmm … 

It’s a working Saturday … 

And one where I’m thinking ‘tired,’ doesn’t necessarily cover how I’m felling at the mo!

But there we go.

We want the overtime, we do the hours!

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Going totally off the subject of knackered?

I’m not a big one for video games.   Bar the odd casual game: things like Tetris and Pacman.

But I’m very aware that there’s all sorts of gamers and games.

And that sometimes?

People like to watch.

Which is why the BBC’s decided to stream an e-sports tournament on BBC3.

Frankly, it’s not my sort of thing.

But … ?

I’ll be honest, I have no idea how televised sports work.

But hope that, internationally, the BBC can make some cash off of it.

And/or get more people logging onto BBC3.

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