Do you get up in the morning with a fixed idea on what you want to achieve that day? I try to set myself some targets that are not too impossible to reach. I like to finish the day thinking I managed to get something constructive done
But regardless of those targets I set myself there are certain things you have to do, no matter what. Like taking Jessie for a walk in the fields before breakfast. Occasionally we meet up with Deeks, or Diamond which is her posh name, and her owner Paul. Deeks is a Staffie with bandy legs and a liking for carrying tree trunks, which she seems to enjoy bashing against your legs, accidently of course. Paul doesn’t like carrying tree trunks.
The only problem with Deeks is that she is a “fair weather walker”. She does not like going out in the rain and it was raining this morning, so Jessie only had me for company.
The other thing you have to do that is not necessarily in your plans is answer the telephone. Just as Jessie was getting me ready to go for our midday walk the phone rang. At the other end was a very nice lady called Shelagh, from darkest Berkshire. She had bought a board game which she wanted to keep handy for when her grand children visited, and to help her keep her mind alert.
Shelagh, had just received the game and rang me to compliment me on the game, but in typical female fashion slipped in a “but”.
She liked the idea of the game and thought the wooden tiles had a nice feel and smell to them. Wait for it! Wait for it…. But…….when she went to read the instructions she found that they were written on a shiny paper, in a small print, that wasn’t quite black ink, and she had difficulty in reading them. “Mind you” she said, “I am not as young as I used to be, and my eyesight isn’t as good as it once was.”
She also said that she couldn’t find any mention of using the S for Start square in the instructions. The instructions for the S square are mentioned at the bottom of page 1 under Example 2. But, (this one is mine) I have to admit that the instructions are not as clear and concise as they could be.
During our telephone chat our conversation ranged from the fact that she had been a mid-wife and lived in the house that her family had lived in for 72 years and that the new TV programme Call The Midwife brought back some memories, to the fact that she thought the picture in the Daily Mirror didn’t do me justice. Lovely lady.
So did I reach all my targets? No I did not, but(!) sometimes that is not a failure, I learned that I should wear my waterproofs when I take Jessie out for a walk in the rain. I made a new friend who gave me some constructive comments about Numenko that I will act on when we do our next manufacturing run. I also managed to email some 41 schools about Numenko, make an appointment to meet a possible distributor at the London Toy Fair next week and talk to Dave of Whereaboutsboardgame fame about his contacting the Oneshow. Oh and I managed to write this blog.
So if you want to write in about Numenko and maybe slip in a few “buts” please do, we love to hear from you, even Prue from Wagga Wagga. I kid you not, that is really the name of the town in Australia where she lives. You think they could come up with some simple names like Auchenshoogle or Auchtermuchtie.
