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[graculus]

Driving to work this morning, I'd diagnosed the boy-racer sound coming from the front of the car as a sure sign that the front end of my exhaust was on its way out. On the way home, I wondered whether it could last till the weekend, when it would be more convenient for me to get it replaced. Just north of the Leicester Forest East service station, I discovered it couldn't... ;)

Meanwhile, in other news: being a masochist, I was prevailed upon to take on some management responsibilities (you're here in the building anyway and you seem to know what you're talking about and we neeeeeeed you! *whimper*). On my terms, and for the period of this week and the next 3 weeks only, I've accepted. And in fact, so far it hasn't been too bad. One of the people I thought would balk at me telling her what to do has happily done as she's told, partly because I was rescuing her from a shitty situation where she could have been blamed for something that wasn't her fault, I'm sure.

Ask me again in a couple of weeks what I think, but it's an interesting experience and it can never hurt to have senior management think you're doing them a favour.

Actually, the main problem today (other than the sweltering weather, and all my US friendslist people can just button it, okay?) was that the kettle broke. :(

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[graculus.livejournal.com]

One of the other people in the office was going 'oh no! what will I do without my tea???' and then I pointed out that she's forever making cups of tea and not actually drinking them but this didn't help... ;)

[blktauna.livejournal.com]

AHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA
you realise its 100+ here today?
:)

[graculus.livejournal.com]

What you're failing to take into account is that the average temperature for July over here is about 74... and we're forecast to hit the high 90's tomorrow.

[stop_thinking]

(Just north of the Leicester Forest East service station, I discovered it couldn't... ;)

I'm not that far from Junction 21. *Thought* I heard something. *g*

As for the US friendslist, how many of them would cope without AC in these temperatures? *g*

[blktauna.livejournal.com]

*waves hand*

:)

[moss6886.livejournal.com]

No a/c here... :)

[stop_thinking]

You need to move to the UK :)

[moss6886.livejournal.com]

It's a thought!

[moss6886.livejournal.com]

Oh, heat is definitely relative. :)

For example, while two weeks ago I would have said today's temp was awful (90 degrees F), it sort of feels fairly pleasant, as yesterday it was over 100 with disgustingly high humidity... (Sorry I don't know the conversions!)

Here's to indebted senior management!