Friday, November 09, 2018

The changing world (221) Feb 1999

Feb 1st Horrendous jam on way to work. Diverted up A41 but all roads eastbound solid. Arrived 10:45 but my ladies had coped well and only lost antibiotic saris. many customers were jammed up too.
2nd       Hoddle sacked as England manager.
3rd        Finished Ephesians at housegroup.
5th        New computer arrived but still too unpack.
6th        With Katy to Hitchin then Great Shelford. Brought a £6000 cello home to try. Rachel visited friend Christine at Newham College.
7th         Led for SC on Tit 1:1-4. Visit from a Kent couple seeking help over her depression and OCD.Prayer meeting. David took Grandad back.
8th         Cold. Katy to orchestra.
9th         Mediphase man failed transfer data or get printer going. Applied for a place on the local primary care group.
10th       Found I had missed MOT for Metro and then it failed when tested.
11th       Metro MOT done. Katy undecided over cello purchase.
12th       To Hitchin and bought the cello for £4500. Katy pleased but apprehensive about her teacher's opinion. Presbytery. Appalled by Mike Peats idea of a seminary this year.
13th        Kenneth Skilling treated us to an Italian lunch in Soho and gave name some of his late father's Spurgeon books including a rare on from a student of CHs with great anecdotes of the man.Brenthan club for Ealing North dinner with Anne Wiiddicombe speaking. Very enjoyable speech if the food not that special.
14th         David B good leading for SC on elders. To Harrogate losing a wiper and not finding a garage to replace it. Gave Geoffrey a Havana and he was sick. Enjoyed three different whiskies.
15th         To Richmond to pick up Dorothy. Northallerton. Thirsk, Coxwold. Helmsley. Yarm. Back to Richmond and Harrogate.
16th         From Harrogate, Bingley, Brighouse, Huddersfield, Buxton, Wotton under Edge where Rodney is recovering from a hernia operation.
17th         With Leapers to Lichfield, cathedral and Dr Johnson's house.
18th          Home to a house well cleaned by Deb.
19th          To Museum of London rated small Cromwell 400th exhibition. Visited Lutheran and St Botolph's churches. Visited a student at Bikbeck College who I met on the newsgroup. Homosexual but open to spiritual things. Invited him to home and IPC.
20th          Session. We cannot back the seminary plan nor have Randy on the session as he is not at one with our aims.
24th          Skipped Housegroup to watch cup replay at The Kent, Spurs 2 Leeds 0 so should be more spiritual.
27th          With David and Katy to a quiz at Dishley's church, Ascension, Hanger Hill. Controversy over how many continents and their names.



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