September 2003

i noticed yesterday that there is a trend for very thin high heels. i noticed this when someone nearly got stuck on an escalator and someone else did get stuck going in to an office building in a little great (great little?).
it got me thinking back to physics lessons at school and how pressure is related to weight and area. a quick google search revealed a number of essays on this subject. one such is here:
Pressure Under High Heels.
Bear in mind that as high heels become smaller, the pressure exerted will tend to infinity. and that’s a lot of pressure.

i’ve a stinking cold today. as everyone knows a stinking cold is an ideal opportunity to try a spot of amateur pharmacoooticalling.
i have decided that a combination of squeezed orange juice, fresh cranberry juice, coproxamol, crisps (plain), carrot sticks and rice cakes will make me feel great again. so far so bad.

we bought a map yesterday at the Henley Show. We used it today to go for a walk near Grey’s Court (which itself was shut). According to the map it is an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (ONB).

i discovered waitrose quick check today. scanning your own food is fantastic ! of course esther is an expert on this already as jane usually scans when she goes round in the week. but it was my first time and i loved it.
here are two girls in a trolley:

we went to the henley show today. it was excellent. very hot (i burnt my head).
highlights were the larmaaaas. i don’t know where llamas have come from but there are all of a sudden loads of them at country fairs. The Henley Show even had special showing classes for them. They do look quite cute though. their popularity has also boosted sales of labcoats. Poor animals probably expect to be experimented on.

This being Henley, land of the posh, we were delighted to see some truely exceptional picnic-ers. we sat on a rug and ate chips. others had bought luxury tables and chairs with champagne flutes and even flowers for their tables. the world was a live with the sound of popping champagne corks

Another highlight was the motorbike display team. we sat behind their starting positions so we got to see (and smell) a lot of waiting bikes whilst being helpfully shielded from the real action by the bikes themselves. what we could see was good though.

summary: Total entry fee was £17 and we paid the same again for food, so quite expensive. we were there for 5 hours though so good value I think.

it’s herve’s last day in the office. people are dropping like mouches. he’s not leaving the company. just his desk.
herve has been trying to increase his ‘française’ influence, particularly with regard to fashion, specifically related to my jumper, more exactly relating to how i wear it.
here is my first attempt as wearing my jumper “the french way”