Red Fingers

I know what will cheer up a dull Sunday. I will clean out the car. I suspect I am not alone in not really caring that much about the state of the inside of my car. My glove compartment contains things older than my cats and are probably left well alone but the tutting and comments of my mother during one particular trip to the garden centre (more later) drove me to drastic action. So, with bucket of warm soapy water, duster and polish, glass cleaner and small hoover on the end of a long extension lead, I strode off into the early morning sun towards the yodamobile.

The extension lead was long enough. Almost. I actually had to turn the car around to make it reach, something which made all the net-curtain nazis think I was some sort of idiot. After almost an hour, the car shone inside and out and I honestly didn’t feel any better. I used to do the same in my 6th form study and rarely achieved anything except killing an hour or so. Rarely did a weekend go by when my locker and desk weren’t shoved around only to be put back again when I realised they only really fit one way. But that’s not really the same is it? Looks like I shoehorned another school reference in again…mmm.

One last thing. Good advice. Don’t discard the red wax from Babyell cheese in your glove compartment. It melts and waits months to disgust you by surprise.

Green Fingers

Garden Centre visits with those near and dear to you are a trying time. If it wasn’t for the Cappacino and Cheesecake, I doubt I would bother at all.

Miscellaneous Garden Observations for 24th July 2005

1. Old lady asking how much the fans are. “I am sorry madam, they are not for sale, they are for keeping the place cool”. “Do you sell fans at all?”. “No madam.”. “You should, its quite hot in here”.

2. Posters with mottos and proverbs on. I had forgotten how much I dislike these. Small wooden sign -”I Fought The Lawn And The Lawn Won”. Humour for those without any of their own. Wit is spontaneous and should go as quickly as it comes. Can you imagine someone standing on your lawn shouting the same joke over and over again? Thought not.

3. Just why are big trees more expensive than small ones? They are older and will not last as long.

4. Can of coke 95p. Wotz that all about?

5. I can’t help myself from buying nice biscuits in garden centres. I just noticed the packet and they are made in Stoke. Tradional Cornish Toffee Crunch. Made in Stoke.

Fill

I don’t know what to make of whats going on in London at the mo. The forum is full of chat (what its for..) and I am fascinated by it all. One thing that does bother me though is 24 hour news. I would love to credit this complaint to the person I first heard it from on the radio but I can’t honestly remember who it is. When you bear in mind that I listen to Radio 4 a lot, this is quite excusable.

Anyhoo. 24 hours news. Yes.

The problem with 24 hour news services is that they are always on. On Thursday this week, there was little actual news for 3 or 4 hours and in its place we were subject to speculation, rumour and little else. Everyone anywhere near what happened was questioned as we were treated to distant views of police barriers and fire engines.

I don’t have an answer to this by the way. This is just an observation.

Wink.

Little & Large

So Stan likes DVD box sets too.

Neil & Stan’s “Things In Common List”.

1. We both like DVD box sets.
2. Neither of us sang in West Side Story.
3. We are often found in Dover come November time.

Uncanny.

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