'that's not possible' 'watch it and see'

horsemouth was slightly drunk (and thus reasonably happy) following zoom beers with howard 

(the two of bottles).  

after last year (of which the less said the better) bad news has struck at the communal endeavour this time. horsemouth is engaged in getting his head around it.  as usual it is about money - and time.  

it is similar in some ways to the government's requirement that all communal endeavour owned property be insulated up to EPC C standard by 2030 (with all the costs that will entail) - there's 6 years left in which to do this, as long as they start and get a plan it's all good.  

2026 says horsemouth - the bad news will not actually hit until 2026. they therefore have time to get their heads round it.

there was due to be a 'not the consortium' meeting friday, but james the consortium wizard was busy with other things. tuesday horsemouth is supposed to be zoom meeting a solicitor. wednesday 24th there's a meeting on zoom of the communal endeavour. 

and here we have nina conti (the ventriloquist) and her monkey singing a duet. 

'that's not possible' said howard.

'watch it and see'  said horsemouth. 

if horsemouth remembers correctly there's a cultural studies book on ventriloquism (yes dumbstruck steven connor). a few sample pages of this as he can't get you a few sample pages of that. 

here we have horsemouth and howard as sock puppets. they did put on a puppet show (and after this they went to the pub).

he brought over some logs for the conservatory basket (smaller ones). he went for a walk on the common. he read some of the torygraph money section (thinking this definitely doesn't apply to me). he read an article on yemen and an article on gaza. he read an article on chicken shit in the wye. 

'the years of brutal war in yemen, sustained by britain and the US, with a death toll in the hundreds of thousands, go unmentioned'

horsemouth has mostly taken to writing these pieces the afternoon of day before. when he worked it was something for the morning before he went out. as usual he benefits from being able to see what he is thinking (even if he is not thinking a lot). 

the sun is up (so is horsemouth). mackrelish skies.