We’ve gone to town this week; Harry has been busy doing some illustrator fiddling and lookee here. We have created a poster that explains exactly how the Laundry works for you to print off and stick in a clever place, maybe behind the reception desk, maybe by the Laundry bin*, the work notice board or places that people actually look at, like out of the window??
Feeling a bit snotty this cold and crispy morning so thought I might write to you lot about everyday ailments and the things that you’re supposed to do to cure them. Sources of information vary from ‘Old Wives’ to google and even people that I’m only friends with through by the powers of facebook, which seems to just carry on amazing with its aptitude for reuniting me with people in my class at school who I never even spoke with. Is that because you only remember people’s surnames if you had to share a register with them? Anyway.
Before we get onto the fun stuff, just to let you know, Bob has been on holiday for two weeks. So I have been going out with Bob to learn the route and since I phoned him up to say, Bob where shall I meet you today and he chortled, I’m at Gatwick, ho ho ho ho, I have been with the temp (very handsome Romanian, with amazing eyes) driver to help Jay Jay (our super fast sprinting bag lifer) to navigate (blooming one way systems). So with all my hands-on-back-to-the-shop-floor experience (and, you know, the extra large biceps), I thought we’d go back to basics, in a Rachel-gets-cross-and-bossy-bullet-point-extravaganza – (with jokes as treats). (more…)
On this day…
In 1982 the Mary Rose was recovered from the deep. I don’t remember that but, here is one person’s recollection
“I was 10. Our teacher made us sit through it on TV for the whole day. It was boring beyond belief” – thanks Dominic. (more…)
Going up
• Hot chocolate for breakfast
• My green t-shirt (not literally)
• Not-watching-television-so-you-don’t-accidentally-see-a-promo-for-the-last-serires-of-the-Sopranoes-the-greatest-television-series-in-history-thereby-ruining-the-plot-which-you-don’t-want-because-you-are-trying-to-start-from-the-beginning-watching-them-in-order-from-your-unnamed-postal-DVD-service
• Pelicans
• Laundry blue
Going down
• Unnamed rail enquiry services
• Eating solids for breakfast
• Parrots
• Thinking-it’s-ok-to-sing-in-the-street-while-alone-because-it’s-London-and-anonymous-and-everyone-will-just-think-you-are-a-loony-and-ignore-you-and-you’re-fine-with-that
• My blue T-shirt
• Laundry white