Archive for January, 2008

Re-seal to keep your tea bags fresh

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

As those of you who read my blog from time to time will know, I’m a bit of a fan (other words could be fanatic or, if you want to be really mean, nerd) of Tetley tea bags - and I don’t even get free supplies from them!

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Hunger!

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Now, of course, I’m feeling hungry. At the moment, as I write this (it’s 2.15 p.m.), my mind flicks over between a nice panini (of course, I should correctly say panino since I am only thinking about one…..no, come to think of it, my mistake was putting the word ‘a’ in front of nice panini) to a plate of pasta. And then, Anne, bless her, has suggested we meet with her and another friend, B, for a Thai next week (and by that I mean, of course, dinner in a Thai restaurant - not some random person from the Thailand).

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Crisis Over, for now

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Many thanks to John, a colleague of V’s, who, yesterday, gave V 160 Tetley tea bags. Hurrah! Obviously they won’t last forever but at least I should be alright for a bit.

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Cry for Help - no Tetley’s tea-bags left!; Missing Christmas Cards; Ecopass (part 3)

Sunday, January 13th, 2008


Urgent cry for help! I have finished all my Tetley tea-bags (you know, the round ones that come in a blue packet). I still have a few nice ones which are free-trade ones from the Hay Festival - but only about 5. This means I won’t last the week out. Does anyone know how I can get hold of some in Milan? I’m afraid that tea here is far too weak, whereas Tetley round ones do the trick perfectly.

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Ecopass (Milan’s Congestion Charge), Part 2

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Well, it is too early, really, to be certain but there’s a possibility that Milan’s Ecopass (the equivalent to London’s Congestion Charge) may work.

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Hearing from old friends; Sunday Lunch; the Sales in Milan

Monday, January 7th, 2008

It was nice to hear that Mable & Bryan had had a nice time visiting Alan in Canada. Here, we have fireworks making all the noise and there, they have pots and pans being banged and car horns blaring. Seems like it’s only the UK that celebrates New Year more quietly (although I am aware that, these days, there are more fireworks than there used to be).

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Milan’s Congestion Charge; Huge numbers of visitors

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008


You might think it’s a day late, but it did take the BBC a whole day to make it the top Europe story on their website. I’m talking about Milan’s new Congestion Charge - called the Ecopass, here.

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Dreaming in a Dreamworld; Last few days.

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Does anyone else feel that they’re in some sort of dream? It’s how I feel quite often. Like this morning. Driving to work, our first day back, felt somewhat surreal. I am constantly amazed that I get in the car and, well, just drive the thing. I don’t have an accident; nothing happens; I just drive.

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