Lets be cooperative

Here it is - the Costessey COOP

Its open 7 days a week. Its local. It sells lots of fair trade products and its owned by its members. So why do we all shop at Tesco and Sainsbury's? Beats me - maybe the COOP should do their own 'Taste the difference' range or having found out this week that we throw away 30% of all the food we buy - should it be 'waste the difference'.

Lets do some Team work, lets get Cooperative!

reboot

My iPod started playing up the other day. The fact that I dropped it didn't help of course. The problem was that it was stuck on 'play' and couldn't be turned off. I was at a loss about what to do so I turned to the apple website which recommended a factory settings restore. This wiped the hard disk and gave the iPod a fresh start. I dutifully followed the instructions and to my amazement it worked properly. I now have to keep checking it is still behaving itself as I can't quite believe it.

We ask for forgiveness and receive it through Jesus. This is a restore to factory settings where our sin is wiped away and we get a fresh start. Unfortunately we often find it difficult to accept and keep looking for the guilt and pain. The memory is still there but the sin is gone - I wonder if the iPod remembers that it was stuck on 'play' at one time and dwells on it during those dark times in the desk drawer at work?

We need to accept and move on

Take that

Well its arrived - my birthday present which is a Zoom H4 with twin condenser mics and pre-amps - whatever that means. Now I can record live music wherever and whenever I choose. This little beauty has come all the way from the USA courtesy of ebay as it is virtually impossible to find in the UK at the moment. It took a while to figure out - "I need a little patience" to make full use of it's many functions. So far I've recorded June talking at me and the TV - not the ambitious projects I had in mind but you've got to start somewhere.

Well ARD

ARD stands for Academic Review Day

Its an opportunity for parents and teachers to have a proper exchange of views and ideas about the children in their care. Then afterwards I went to an Indian called the Spice Lounge and enjoyed a very pleasant Balti Puree and Lamb Tikka Karahi. I had chapattis for the first time in years and they were fab. Two pints of Kingfisher soon followed which reminded me of happy times in Bradford where we would visit the Aagrah in Shipley. Since then it has become a chain of restaurants in the same way as the Mumtaz. I remember my friend John trying to feed his cat a meat Vindaloo from the aforementioned restaurant. It was not amused. We, on the other hand, would relish the hottness of each curry - we were well ARD.