Another decent night's
sleep; I got up and over brekkie watched the first ever episode of
Dad's Army which the SkyPlus box had recorded for me (even though
I don't remember asking ot to do so). I then watched "Later
with Jools Holland". I wouldn't usually watch that sort of
thing but they were featuring F.F.S. (Frans Ferdinand - Sparks).
Even after all these years you can't beat the Mael brothers.
The show also had
something from Alabama Six which featured some bloke in a dress.
However the novelty value was all in the appearence; certainly not in
the sound. There's no denying that I fast-forwarded thrrough much of
the show.
Just as I was about to
set off for work the rainn started. As I drove the weather went from
torrential rain to glorious sunshine and back again every five
minutes.
As always I listened to
the radio as I drove. There was an interesting interview with one of
the top
nobs at the posh supermarket Sainsburys. Apparently their profits
have fallen and they are now losing money. The reason: other
supermarkets are flogging food cheaper, and non-perishable items can
be bought at more reasonable prices on the Internet. The chap being
interviewed had a whinge that as the economy improves people eat in
restaurants rather than at home, and few restaurants get their
ingredients from Sainsburys. He also seemed to feel that the
government should intervene with legislation that would make it more
difficult for anyone else to undercut Sainsbury's prices.
For myself I've always
tended to avoid Sainsburys because I can generally get everything
they sell cheaper elsewhere. In fact (to my mind) the only
thing they have going for them is a rather good beer selection. But
then there's always better off-licences.
I stopped off at
Morrisons (cheap is good), and once equipped with coffee, jam
and bumwad I went in to work where I did some. At lunch time I got
out my saxophone for the first time in a week. I tootled for a bit,
but the wind kept blowing the music stand over.
After a rather dull
afternoon I came home and took my dog for a walk, and then mowed the
remaining quarter of the lawn. The edges still need doing, but they
will keep.
With "er indoors
TM" off to "unit training"
(?) I was left home alone. I say "home alone";
my dog was there but he spent most off the tiime chewing something.
I wonder what it was.
I checked my emails; one
was interesting. A young lady had been to the Kent Mega geo-event to
which I went last weekend. Whilst there she'd heard that I was "Mr
Wherigo". Wanting to have a Wherigo geocache of her own, she
has asked if I could give her one (!)
She goes by the sobriquet
of "FittyUK" so I see this as something of a result.
And in closing today I'll
make the observation that it's the General Election tomorrow, and
over the last few weeks I've heard that many people are rather unsure
as to for whom they should be voting. For myself I've got to choose
one out
of five possibles. Rather than getting bogged down in a myriad
specific policies, let's take the choice down to first principles:
- Are you motivated purely by greed and self-interest? - vote Conservative
- Do you truly have no idea what's wrong with the country but feel you need a minority to blame? - vote UKIP
- Do you want a better society for all regardless of the cost? (and there's a LOT of cost) - vote Labour
- Do you want a better society for all but don't want your mate to lose her deposit? - vote Green
- Are you the sort of person who doesn't learn from mistakes? - vote Liberal Democrat.
One of those choices is
the right one... I'lll let my loyal readers work out for themselves
which it is. But I will say that you really should vote. Because if
you don't we'll end up with a government under which it will be
illegal for me to post stuff like this...
