Archive for December, 2008

one thousand, one hundred and sixty-one

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Kitchen
Moderate to strong
Setting the central heating

one thousand, one hundred and sixty

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
The very start of the Top Of Pops Of The Year on the iPlayer

one thousand, one hundred and fifty-nine

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Collings and Herrin with Jupiter and Wilding

one thousand, one hundred and fifty-eight

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Bedroom
Moderate
Catherine is deleting her spam

one thousand, one hundred and fifty-seven

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Kitchen
Moderate to strong
The bag is in the teacup

one thousand, one hundred and fifty-six

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Gents, Cafe Soya, Birmingham
Moderate to strong
Washing my hands

one thousand, one hundred and fifty-five

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
The Bedside Crow

one thousand, one hundred and fifty-four

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Kitchen
Moderate to strong
Looking at the nutritional information on a box of Kellogg’s Coco Pops

one thousand, one hundred and fifty-three

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

Big TV room, Dorridge
Moderate to strong
Trivial Pusuit!

one thousand, one hundred and fifty-two

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

Bedroom, Knaresborough
Moderate to strong
Just got up

one thousand, one hundred and fifty-one

Friday, December 26th, 2008

Unknown room
Moderate
I checked the time, but remembered later, and have forgotten the room

one thousand, one hundred and fifty

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Dining room, Edgbaston
Moderate
The declining standard of televised Agatha Christie

one thousand, one hundred and forty-nine

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

TV/living room, Edgbaston
Moderate
Mr Benn and the Red Knight

one thousand, one hundred and forty-eight

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Diary, and Adam and Joe on the Listen Again

one thousand, one hundred and forty-seven

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate
The World at One

one thousand, one hundred and forty-six

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Borders, Birmingham
Moderate
No Les Dawson biography

one thousand, one hundred and forty-five

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Moor Street Station
Moderate
Exiting

one thousand, one hundred and forty-four

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Bedroom
Moderate to strong
Dozen, having been woken by an insistent bird (the feathered kind!)

one thousand, one hundred and forty-three

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Just checking of the Internet is still there

one thousand, one hundred and forty-two

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Ground floor, M&S, Solihull
Moderate to strong
Will they have any Christmas cake?

one thousand, one hundred and forty-one

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Stairs
Moderate to strong
Ascending

one thousand, one hundred and forty

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

Kitchen
Moderate
Waiting for the kettle to boil

one thousand, one hundred and thirty-nine

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Ascending, with Sneezecount notebook

one thousand, one hundred and thirty-eight

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate
Thinking about the sneeze

one thousand, one hundred and thirty-seven

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Reactivating Adam & Joe on the iPlayer

one thousand, one hundred and thirty-six

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

Kitchen
Moderate to strong
Just put foil on the tortilla and put it back in the fridge

one thousand, one hundred and thirty-five

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Updating Sneezecount (1130) and listening “again” to Adam & Joe

one thousand, one hundred and thirty-four

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Disambiguating Duncan Campbell

one thousand, one hundred and thirty-three

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Bedroom
Moderate to strong
Closing the laptop for the night

one thousand, one hundred and thirty-two

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Landing
Moderate to strong
Standing at the top of the stairs, waiting

one thousand, one hundred and thirty-one

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Bedroom
Moderate
Trying to work out what happened at the end of Little Dorrit

one thousand, one hundred and thirty

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Bedroom
Moderate to strong
Sneezecount notebook

one thousand, one hundred and twenty-nine

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Bedroom
Strong
About to cue up the final episode of Little Dorrit on the iPlayer

one thousand, one hundred and twenty-eight

Friday, December 12th, 2008

TV / living room
Moderate to strong
Picking up my tray

one thousand, one hundred and twenty-seven

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Dining room
Moderate to strong
Still faffing with the notebook

one thousand, one hundred and twenty-six

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Dining room
Strong
Getting the Sneezecount notebook out of my bag

one thousand, one hundred and twenty-five

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Kitchen
Strong
Cooking seafood pasta supper

one thousand, one hundred and twenty-four

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Radio 4: PM: The premature release of government statistics

one thousand, one hundred and twenty-three

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Strong
Back to the spreadsheet / Radio 4’s Film Programme

one thousand, one hundred and twenty-two

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Radio Five: the M6 near Birmingham has been closed all day

one thousand, one hundred and twenty-one

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate
Sneezecount spreadsheet with Mayo-Kermode

one thousand, one hundred and twenty

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Stairs
Strong
Ascending with laundry

one thousand, one hundred and nineteen

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate
Filling in Sneezecount spreadsheet with David Byrne Radio soundtrack

one thousand, on hundred and eighteen

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Strong
Filling in Sneezecount spreadsheet

one thousand, one hundred and seventeen

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Bedroom
Moderate to strong
Closing laptop, about to check the post

one thousand, one hundred and sixteen

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Bedroom
Strong
The human geography of South Birmingham College

one thousand, one hundred and fifteen

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Car (passenger seat), Hall Green
Moderate
Maneuvering closer to the curb

one thousand, one hundred and fourteen

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Living room, Edgbaston
Moderate
Talking about names (for a girl)

one thousand, one hundred and thirteen

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Kitchen/ Dining room, Edgbaston
Strong
Taking my things through to the living room

one thousand, one hundred and twelve

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Wheatsheaf Road, Edgbaston
Moderate to strong
Walking along the pavement

one thousand, one hundred and eleven

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Wheatsheaf Road, Edgbaston
Strong
Getting my bag and Cava out of the car

one thousand, one hundred and ten

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Strong
Dealing with the central heating

one thousand, one hundred and nine

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Collins and Herrin Podcast 42

one thousand. one hundredand eight

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
I have a cold, by the way

one thousand, one hundred and seven

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Experimenting with Sneezecount in Excel

one thousand, one hundred and six

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
The sneeze no doubt brought on by the terrible “Hub” live session track played on Adam and Joe

one thousand, one hundred and five

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Kitchen
Moderate
Having agreed to make two cups of tea

one thousand, one hundred and four

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Sneezecount number one thousand and seventy-seven

one thousand, one hundred and three

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Writing up diary for last Monday

one thousand, one hundred and two

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Train, Digbeth
Moderate
Reading a voucher book from Subway and waiting for the train to enter Moor Street Station

one thousand, one hundred and one

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Back bedroom office
Moderate to strong
Preparing a short presentation on “Noticing: apologies”

one thousand, one hundred

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Kitchen
Moderate
Cup of tea in each hand

one thousand and ninety-nine

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Bedroom
Moderate to strong
Closing the curtain properly, in the dark

one thousand and ninety-eight

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

TV/living room
Strong
Drop the Dead Donkey on DVD (for research)

one thousand and ninety-seven

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Room 1, Moat Lane
Moderate to strong
A one-to-one tutorial

one thousand and ninety-six

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Room 1, Moat Lane
Moderate to strong
Marking Speaking and Listening assessment

one thousand and ninety-five

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Car, Moat Lane Car Park
Moderate to strong
Large inclined clockwise turns

one thousand and ninety-four

Monday, December 8th, 2008

Kitchen
Moderate
Simon Jenkins is talking about Wales

one thousand and ninety-three

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

TV/living room – Hall
Moderate
Trying on my grandfather’s wedding ring

one thousand and ninety-two

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Front garden path
Moderate
Waiting for the taxi

one thousand and ninety-one

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Roof, Snow Hill Car Park
Moderate to strong
I’ve paid, now I’m going to display

one thousand and ninety

Friday, December 5th, 2008

TV/living room
Moderate to strong
Whiplash Willie

one thousand and eighty-nine

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Bedroom
Moderate
Turning down the screen brightness while listening “again” to Adam and Joe, and preparing to make the Ikea thing for the end of the bed

one thousand and eighty-eight

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Ikea, Coventry
Moderate
Something to go at the end of the bed

one thousand and eighty-seven

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Bedroom
Moderate
Removing the elaborate dust jacket from Steve Toltz’s A Fraction of the Whole and reading his, now incorrect, biography blurb

one thousand and eighty-six

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

TV/living room
Moderate
BBC News: a credit crunch busting interest rate cut

one thousand and eighty-five

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

1 Marylebone Road, London
Moderate
Talking to Kathryn Simmonds

one thousand and eighty-four

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Bedroom
Moderate to strong
Getting changed after football

one thousand and eighty-three

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Room 1, Moat Lane
Moderate
Speaking and Listening assessments: setting up the tape

one thousand and eighty-two

Monday, December 1st, 2008

Teachers’ room, Moat Lane
Moderate to strong
Completing written literacy assessment

one thousand and eighty-one

Monday, December 1st, 2008

Room 1, Moat Lane
Moderate to strong
Putting away the tape after speaking and listening assessments

one thousand and eighty

Monday, December 1st, 2008

Room 1, Moat Lane
Mild
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