Rich of March House

It's my birthday today - 2 July, the central day of the year.  I didn't feel too old but then I read this article which I found quite amusing.  The invention of the Walkman wasn't that long ago, surely?

Best quote of the article is:

It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the
tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the
metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two
different types of cassette.

Haha - genre-specific metal/normal switch.

Lots of food stuff being grown.  We have sweetcorn, courgettes, artichokes, blueberries, rhubarb, carrots, peas, strawberries, celeriac, potatoes, apples, runner beans, cauliflower, peppers and chillis.  Here's the first crop - carrots!

I'm a big fan of the DVLA-buy-your-car-tax-disc-online site which is infinitely better than having to queue for 45 minutes in the local post office during your lunch break only to be told that "this is a minor post office and we don't actually do tax discs" by the grumpy cashier when you finally reach the front of the queue. 

My online-purchased disc turned up safe and sound a couple of weeks ago and then, weirdly, it did the same again today.  So I've now got two tax discs for the same car, both expiring on 30/4/10.  Although its nice to have a spare in case the original blows away during the warm summer of top-free driving I think I might try and recuperate some of the significant £170 pounds the small purple circle cost me.  

So, does anyone else out there own a Toyota MR2, registration **** *** and want to buy a cheap tax disc?  Say £169? Email me if so.

[Note to lawyers - I'm not really selling this and have already contacted the DVLA about their administrative error.  Please don't throw me in jail]

Me: Sam - you've finished your pasta so now please take your plate out to the kitchen.

Sam: I can't take my plate out.

Me: Stop being lazy and do what I've asked, please.

Sam: I can't take my plate out because actually it's a bowl, daddy.

Claire: Stop being facetious, Sam!

Sam: I'm not being facetious, I'm being pedantic.

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I think he's going to easily out-manoeuver us in English usage as he grows up more.

Addendum:  He's just let himself down by stating "I always fart when I laugh". Ha!  I win!

A slim[e]y visitor to our garden, earlier today.  Click for biggynessicityeriseration.