Welcome to another case of ‘you couldn’t make it up’. Following my visit to the dentist last week and his announcement that he is leaving at the end of this month, I was called by the receptionist from the practice yesterday to let me know which lucky dentist has been allocated to me. I have an appointment booked for September with her but, wait for it, the appointment is just an assessment to see what needs to be done.............. Hello???? Was this not what took place last week? Can she not decipher the original notes? Just let them try to charge me for another assessment.
My Mum turns 80 this week and we had a family lunch for her last weekend. All went well, plenty of laughs and enough food to feed a small African nation. The cake, however, was the highlight of the afternoon. In keeping with her octogenarian status I purchased eighty candles and lined them up on the cake (in neat lines obviously to satisfy my OCD tendencies). Upon lighting them (it took three of us to carry this out), it was impossible to get the matches to the more centrally placed candles as the heat generated from the others was intense. As the breeze caught the flames they massed together, lit the central candles and produced a high pyramid of flame. Fortunately Mum has short hair so managed to avoid turning into a Guy Fawkes effigy and did eventually blow them out having had several attempts fuelled with laughter.
Bizarre sight today at breakfast time. An army tank on a trailer went past my front window. No idea who was moving it, why it was in this town or where it was off to. Needless to say the driver took the wrong side of the road around the traffic island to save two seconds travel time. No wonder the armed forces are short of equipment when their tanks are hiding out in the market towns around the country.
The week ahead is due to be packed full with thundery showers, cloud cover and general mank. Hmmmm, this should make the British Grand Prix interesting then..........what is the betting it rains the whole weekend there again and I get as wet as four years ago – that year there was such a bad weather pattern all weekend that the merchandise stands sold out of waterproof coats, which considering the cheapest start at around £80 isn’t bad going. The new stand opposite the relocated pit lane has been built and it appears my row is above the fence line level which should give the opportunity to take some good photos. Despite any adverse weather conditions, this is a superb event and one I look forward to year after year. The tickets for 2012 will be booked as soon as available, which in generally within 24 hours of the current year’s race finishing.
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