Cooler breeze on a fine day made working more comfortable whilst I work on BMMG affairs warn The Economist of Japanese threats as many dockers are out on strike
Up on time and the morning paper. Much speculation on the docks strike and news of last night’s successful meeting between the TUC and NUM about next week’s TUC congress. Reporters this morning find very few dockers at work in Tilbury – the vast majority are out on strike. Felixstowe vote today and will likely keep working. Confirmation this morning of my forthcoming meeting with Rob Wilmot.
No receipt of the missing printer cable to connect up my computer to the Brother printer delivered yesterday from the Byte Shop. A quiet morning writing up my diaries, sorting out papers and supervising Daniel’s work on mathematics – mostly rounding and sets. Time though to key a few more touches to my BMMG report for when my cable comes. A break in the late afternoon to wash my car, but only after telephone interviews with The Economist over the Japanese MSX threat and follow up phone calls from Mary Fagen of Electronics Weekly. Also a visit from John Lamb to deliver another cable on loan and bring me up-to-date with events. I never made a better decision. After finishing the car, tried out the printer cable and, with a bit of help from phone calls to June Hamilton and Daniel Biggins, managed to get it to work. Another fine day today, but a cooler breeze.