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The last 24 hours of my twitterings and tweetings.

• 18:46 Home alone, wine now? Of course! #
• 19:23 I think I am doing something silly. Downloading the World of Warcraft installer under Wine (Ubuntu). I think it's only for the geek joy... #
• 19:32 Watching Goldfrapp's Electric Proms performance, amazed at the audience. They're so static. And they're mostly very middle-aged. Odd? #
• 21:00 How can one game be so damned BIG? 3GB is taking the mick. #
• 22:01 It's been saying 7minutes for about half an hour now. Come on! #
• 22:08 GAH! Who would have thought that the FULL download for Burning Crusade wouldn't contain the original game? The word FULL might be misleading #
• 22:42 eww that was horrifically bad sound editing from the Jonathon Ross audience applause and cheer editing team! #

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I just went outside to get some rolls out the freezer, and found a random, very unexpected addition to a wall has popped up between our garden and the neighbours'. This has only popped up today, and frankly I am rather annoyed. The neighbour in question hasn't mentioned any plans to add such a wall and hasn't asked us if it may affect us in any way.

In fact it rather does affect our downstairs loo - being rather dark at the best of times, this wall will block out a substantial amount of light.

I'm tempted to go round their door right now and demand an explanation.

I think I might pop round tomorrow and explain the concept of boundaries, and what you can/can't do to a shared wall without permission. I suspect what they've done may require planning permission and may be able to at least inconvenience them. What is it with neighbours being selfish arses?

[EDIT: http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/partywall agrees that they should have got permission first, though not necessarily from us, from the property owner...]