Caboose

Looking back over my website it looks like non-stop holidays and parties, with little mention of work. This is partly because those are more fun to write about than another day sitting in the office and also because writing about work always has the potential for causing problems with employers.

Now that I’m well settled in to my job we’re going to be discussing some of the things I can do while I’m here, where the FRCN people think they need help and where I think I can improve things.

Life at the house is quiet at the moment, largely because there has been no NEPA for two weeks (cause unknown, rumours suggest something to do with unpaid bills at Radio House). With no NEPA we have generator power from around 9am to aroun 5pm on weekdays and no power at night and at weekends. As a result I’ve taken to going to bed around 9pm after cooking in the dark.

We’re currently experimenting with different ways of lighting the house, I bought a rechargable fluorescent light a while ago but being cheap Chinese rubbish it now barely lasts an hour, at the weekend we bought a gas lantern and it seems to be doing quite well. We’ve rejected candles because candlelight is no use for reading and they don’t last long enough, we may yet give Tilley lamps a try.