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Friday 16th August 2013 – I HAD A REALLY EXCITING DREAM …

… last night, but when I woke up, it completely disappeared and I can’t remember a thing about it now. Ahh Well.

And so I had another really good session on the computer, did some “granny-sitting” while Cécile went to the shops, and did sme more emptying of the cellar. Tons of stuff gone out of there now and it looks a little more respectable. Up here though, it’s total chaos. MArianne has kept tons of stuff, some of which is , quite frankly, rubbish (and if you hear me say that then you know that it really is) whereas some of the stuff is quite crucial and I don’t understand at all why iy’s been filed as loose paper in the cellar when it’s clearly of some quite import. I have also found a photograph, that asks more questions than it answers. In fact it makes me feel like Nansen the Polar explorer …“and where are you going to find Nansen the Polar explorer at this time of night?” – ed … who famously said in his book In Northern Mists "… the more extensive my studies became, the more riddles I perceived – riddle after riddle led to new riddles and this drew me on …".

Most things are now photographed and I’ll be having a day putting everything on line. That will give people a Sunday to come and look at them and see what they think. I hope that I can get rid of some more stuff – I’m being plagued with people making derisory offers right now and that is getting on my wick.

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Thursday 15th August 2013 – I KNOW THAT I PROMISED YOU …

…that I wouldn’t discuss the question of parking any more, but I’m a bigger liar than Barack Obama when he promised to close the Concentration Camp at Guantanamo Bay.

sensible parking avenue jeanne ixelles 1050 brussels belgiumI have in fact been obliged to continue my discussion and to post a photograph, because here is someone who actually did it properly.

I can certainly say that there was nothing in front of him – he could have advanced another 3 or 4 metres if he had so desired, and not only that, he actually looked out of his car door, saw where the line was and reversed back another foot or so to make sure that he was on the limit.

It goes without saying that the driver wasn’t a Belgian. He was of oriental extraction – East Asian or something like that. But anyway he did it properly.

So this morning I was up again early and while Cécile and her mum were sleeping I dashed off a huge pile of amendments to my web site, adding the “like” and “share” buttons, correcting the layout of a few headings, and also adding on some stuff about cookies. In case you are wondering, I haven’t coded any cookies knowingly into my website. The only ones that you might find are those embedded into third-party plug-ins;

Eventually Cécile and her mum were ready and so I sent them off out to the shops but they were back inside half an hour. It’s “Ascension”, isn’t it? And Belgians don’t need too many excuses for having a day off.

This afternoon we attacked the cellar and I can’t blame Cécile for losing interest half-way through because it’s a desperate job. I’ve no idea why Marianne tore up so much paper – letters and stuff – as she did and then put it all down in her cellar. I’ve sorted out most of that stuff but we’ll need to finish it off tomorrow if Cécile can pluck up the courage;

There’s much more stuff photographed and I’ve put a good pile of iton the web page as well as on the Deuxième main web site. There’s already someone in after the washing machine and I hope that the rest goes soon. Another day on this and everything should be on it, I hope.

But sorry about the parking again.

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Monday 5th August 2013 – I’VE BEEN HAVING …

… a bad day today.

Yes, I do have them every now and again. even though I had a restful day yesterday and a decent night’s sleep, I just couldn’t get going today and I’ve no idea why.

Not only did I not do the things that I was going to do, I didn’t do any of the optional stuff either.

I really need to get a grip and sort myself out otherwise I’m going to be here for ever at this rate.

However, my adverts all over cyberspace are coming up trumps and I’m fielding loads of enquiries about the apartment and the stuff that I have to sell, although I’ve yet to have any visits, let alone any sales.

Hopefully this might improve as time goes on, especially as the agent immobilier wants to bring people round on Wednesday.

I’ve also been thinking more about my mega-voyage in … gulp … just 3 weeks time. I have to sort that out too.

In other news, a Press Release from the Metropolitan Police says that they have accepted responsibility for the death of Ian Tomlinson, the newspaper vendor attacked by a policeman with previous convictions for violence.

“I apologise unreservedly for Simon Harwood’s use of excessive and unlawful force which caused Mr Tomlinson’s death, and for the suffering and distress caused to his family as a result.” says the Deputy Assistant Commissioner (not the Assistant Commissioner and not the Commissioner either) of the Metropolitan Police Force.

Harwood, by the way, was found not guilty of Manslaughter.

Meanwhile, in other news, a nightclub bouncer who saw an off-duty policeman hit a woman and so pushed him to the ground – hitting his head and killing him, and who was told by a Judge that “I am absolutely certain that you meant no serious harm to (the victim)” – he’s just received three and a half years for Manslaughter.

“One law for the rich, and one for the poor …”

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