Addition To The Family

I took Liz to Uffington Castle yesterday in order to do some stunt kiting and, on the way back, we ended up buying a lovely little baby rat who we've christened Katinka [Ingabogovinanana]. We're hoping we can introduce her to Hansel. This is the first time we've bought a female rat, she'll have to be spayed before she can be introduced to Hansel. We'd probably have her spayed even if she wasn't going to be introduced to another male though, as it greatly reduces their risk of cancer. One concern is that Hansel can be a bit of a pain sometimes, and if he doesn't take to her then we'll probably end up introducing her to Minsc instead.

In other news, I've been bitten by the bug of two old hobbies: Kiting and R/C cars. As I already mentioned, Liz and I went up to Uffington yesterday to fly my old stunt kite, and now Liz wants one :) Sadly the wind conditions weren't anywhere near as good as I had hoped they would be. And when we got home I took my Granddad's old Tamiya Thunder Shot Quick Drive R/C out for a spin. I found the rather funky turbo switch on the back of it, and so was able to bomb it around the car-park out the back for a while, pulling some sick skids and wheel spins :-D I reckon it's worth a mint as it's still got the original box and everything.

Talking of things that are worth a fortune... I've just inherited an old Atari 2600, boxed and in mint condition... plus a Toshiba MSX and 3 boxed Sega Megadrive II consoles!