My God I can be self righteous at times as I complain about the lack of time and effort my MP puts into a reply when I only cut and pasted a stock form from Amnesty and from a group I'm not sure where they sprang from called 38 degrees. They have been contacting me regularly after I petitioned against the proposed axing of 6music which they were also campaigning against. They now appear to be a rent a petition protest group who I want to resent for assuming that since we both agreed on one issue I should support them on others if it wasn't for the fact that I have had similar sympathies with their other requests. Anyway my initial point about the quality of Ms Chapman's reply was based on the more thorough responses from her opposing candidates and just to undermine me further I received another reply from her today in which she was more thorough and included a copy of a letter she replied in response to the questions she raised on this issue. It may be as well to reflect for an extra day before writing and gain an extra degree of perspective as information is allowed to digest and filter out any knee jerk reactions that would justify Andrew Marr in believing all bloggers were bog eyed, frothing at the mouth loners.
   I'll see how things go although the personal details may be exempt in some circumstances. Today not much reflection is required to mention how I never heard the fire alarm at work as I was hosing out a vessel and the water splashing against the stainless steel drowned out the alarm while I leaned inside. Straightening up I heard the alarm and noticed the place deserted so made my way outside to be greeted by mocking cheers. One of my colleagues mentioned how our manager had told him to evacuate and I pulled him up for not telling me. He did say that he reported my absence from the roll call to security when questioned who casually replied "oh well nevermind" or words to that effect. It is reassuring to know that my invaluable work is so appreciated.