work/school for all
i had a particularly long day as i had to help a colleague finish a document as all my other colleagues were either on leave or off sick. he’d left everything to the last minute so i knew we’d be working on it until quite late so i whizzed home after lunch so i could work on it from home. i finished the bits i could help with at 8.30pm (i was at my desk before 7.30 this morning as usual) and i think he’s still in the office in wellington working away!
our letter box arrived in the post which was a nice way for a letter box to arrive. And amazingly one of our old soapy-bells christmas soap dispensers burst in to life (sort of) this evening for a few seconds so we all gathered to watch until it died again. perhaps it was awoken by the earthquake last night which resulted in an tsunami warning but it was only 30 cm so wasn’t a threat to our house.
you can read about it here if you like: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/scientists-concerned-over-proximity-7-1-shake-north-islands-most-threatening-fault-line
lucie left us and is now on her way back to france. she starts university on monday in Lille. hope she gets over her jet lag quickly!
jane is out supervising a school play this evening
here’s a piece of computer history i saw at lunchtime when i walked by a mechanic’s workshop – a computer complete with floppy drive, crt screen and a massive remote control which i think is unrelated