a leaf twitched (pound hits 37 year low against the dollar)

'ah capitalism it was all doing so well after 2008 - barely a ripple of discontent - but then a leaf twitched and the tide went such a very long way out...'

horsemouth is up and he has had a smidgeon of coffee. 

the sun has made it up over the houses opposite. in a little while it will make it over the front steps to the house above and shine down into  horsemouth's basement room. horsemouth has a cup of coffee. today horsemouth goes to visit an old friend (and will probably meetup with some more old friends in the evening). 

he's started reading dan simmons's hyperion whch goes well so far (front of house book potlatch - free). he also picked up an unread copy of the FT weekend (presumably unread because the news is so depressing pound hits 37 year low against the dollar). 

yesterday blood pressure test (practically perfect said the nurse, horsemouth wishes he could actually remember the figures) and some blood taken (horsemouth gets the results in about a week  - they'll contact him if there's anything serious), height/ weight - body mass index (within acceptable limits). there was this and the poo horsemouth sent off to the medical labs (no cause for concern). horsemouth moves into an increasingly medicalised old age.

the re-arranged health check meant cutting short the walk with TG (hopefully they can re-arrange it for later in the week). 

the labour party repositions itself as new labour reborn and sings god save our gracious king. is it just horsemouth or do wes streeting and keir starmer actually resemble beavis and butthead? 

yesterday horsemouth failed to get on with any reading or insulating work. he'll check his email in a bit to see if things are back on. 

the hunter is back from the hills. sten is back from scotland (maybe) and the bath contains three deer heads. there's the odd bloodsplatter on the floor and some deer hair on the worktops.