Lisa actually spent last night at Toni’s in a sleeping bag on the floor. Toni wasn’t doing so well, throwing up and not really being safe on her own. I don’t think Lisa got much sleep what with Toni’s cats and the ticking of the pendulum clock…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our cats were very happy to have the extra space on our bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I sat down in the sun in the back garden this morning to perform my bi-weekly beard-trimming ritual. I have a rather good Norelco beard trimmer that has worked really well, it’s rechargeable and goes months without needing a recharge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I visually checked the setting (I use “5” for my beard), switched it on and ran it up an over my chin. Very quickly I realised it didn’t feel right… the guard mechanism had slipped back to “1” and I’d just shaved a big chunk out of my beard! Argh. I played with the settings for a minute or two, but I couldn’t reproduce the problem – it locked at 5 quite securely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I went inside to check the damage. Hmm. Might be salvageable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“You’ll just have to shave the whole thing off,” said Lisa, in an encouraging voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I *like* having a goatee,” I replied. “I’m gonna try and salvage it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I used a setting of “2” which is closer than I prefer, but still acceptable, and I figured the uneveness wouldn’t show except in close-ups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, the reliable Norelco beard trimmer ran down its charge before I’d finished. I had to go back inside and plug the thing in and finish up in the bathroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
None-the-less, it’s an excellent beard trimmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This afternoon we had appointments at the eye doctor, Lisa to check her prescription and me to just have a checkup to make sure I still don’t need glasses. I always find the optometric tests to be very interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apparently my eyes are a little less good than they were in ’97 when I had my last test, but still fine. I don’t need glasses, and probably won’t for a while yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lisa’s going to get a couple of pairs of glasses with a new prescription and then trial them for a while to see if it’s an improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This evening we ate Chinese takeaways over at Toni’s place, and watched “Jackie Brown” on DVD. She was not too drugged out to enjoy it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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