Another decent day. I traded some of the Tennis Point matches although most were short priced favourites. I was a bit gutted to miss the Puetz loss as a 1.16 favourite. Sue had asked me to type up a character reference for one of her mates. I missed the first set. I did get on the slow start from Choinski who couldn’t serve for toffee in the first set. He was close to losing in 2 sets but came back from 0-3 to take the set in a tie break. Schmitz took the third set easily. I also topped up the bank with a bit more football profit.

The downstairs loo is being a bit of a pain. The handle broke so I bought a replacement on Amazon. It would have been a 5 minute job to fit it if the old one hadn’t been clogged up with limescale. I had to hacksaw it off. The new one worked perfectly at first but then wouldn’t flush properly. There isn’t that much to adjust on it. It’s very simple. I opened the valve a little to allow more water into the system. I have a theory that it’s Sue’s fault! She is a bit of a yanker. I had replaced the light cord in the bathroom with a chain. She went up to have a look at it and yanked the thing off. I asked her why she pulled it like that and just got a blank look. She did the same with the new blind that covers the back door at night.

The loo was fine yesterday but isn’t working again. I’ll maybe have to do a training session. It can be difficult sometimes to stop myself following her round the house and pointing out what she’s doing wrong.

Sue cooked salmon tonight. Very tasty it was too. Afterwards I was doing the washing up and she decided it might be funny to scoop up some washing up water and tip it over my head. Ten minutes later the kitchen floor was soaked. I was soaked and Sue was sitting at the kitchen table looking like a drowned rat and whining about how I should let her win. Bless her.

Stay safe.

 

Not a bad day at all. The Tennis Point exhibition matches started again today. Liquidity is enough to trade them although I am still reducing stakes a little. They’re still exhibitions after all. I missed the first match which would have been decent to trade and there were a couple of very one sided matches although I got on Hanfmann around 2.00 and he barely put a foot wrong. Hassan also won easily and you could get 1.84 very early. I even made a bit with two football matches.

Charlie ate most of his breakfast this morning. He is still looking a bit sorry for himself. I have read today that walking helps a dog’s digestion. Two months on just 1 walk a day maybe isn’t ideal for him when he is used to 2 or 3. The change of exercise rules mean I can walk them more often. That’s great for them and also for me!

Since lunchtime I have been at my desk and have seen 4 drug deals and 3 families blatantly ignoring lock down. Some of the rules seem a little inconsistent but not mixing with groups from other households is common sense.

Sue and I had a lively debate last night about people getting onto packed buses and trains. She was saying that Boris had made a mistake in relaxing the lockdown rules. I said that the rules were pretty clear and that you should only use public transport if you could follow social distancing. People should take responsibility for themselves. If a bus turns up and it’s packed then you don’t get on.

Sue said that if you had to get to work and didn’t want to be late then you would get on.

No! As we’re not being tested we don’t know if we have the virus or not. If you do not know that you are clear then it’s not just about you. You also don’t know if everyone on the bus is clear so you take responsibility for :

• Your safety.
• The safety of your family/household as you might get infected
• The safety of everyone on the bus as if you’re infected you can pass it on to 40 other people

I accept that a lot of people do not think that way. It’s all about them. We can’t control what others do but we can choose to do the right thing ourselves.

Last night’s walk saw 3 fox sightings and a badger! Unfortunately 2 of the foxes and the badger were too far away for the camera and this is the best I could get from the other.

Stay safe.