Bombs,Booze,and Politics

Just been out for a paper to the co op in town,met up with "cockney Lil" after hearing a loud voice with a cockney accent shout,"too skinny to get it delivered then?" I told her the papershop are not going to send a lad on a bike three miles with one paper,she passes us daily in her car but turned down my offer of employment as a delivery girl.,this is the kind of silly banter we indulge in here in the sticks,with not a thought of imposing restrictions on speech.
Just heard of a story featured in the Telegraph,an Iraqi man sent a bomb in the post ,but failed to put a stamp on the parcel,the post office returned it to sender,and forgetting what it was he opened it,one bomber less!this is true.
I remember being told a similar tale during the Irish troubles,by a leading politician over there,two lads went into a bar ,one of them brandishing a pistol gave everyone two minutes to get out before the bomb went off,turned to his pal and said "place the bomb" the reply was "I haven't got it, I thought you were bringing it,"true story.
I noticed yesterday that one of the muslim countries have stoned a woman to death,this in the name of a medieval superstition masquerading as a philosophy on life, it amazes me that these religious bigots of all creeds and I include ALL religions ,are able to convince people that what they advocate is a reasonable way to live,with censorship of any and all opposing ideas.
On a sombre note,my old friend and former working partner Brian is in a bad way in hospital in Sheffield, we had a few laughs together as we collaborated on certain jobs,I remember one incident where a nameless individual,offered me cheap whisky,Brian and me being over partial to a drop of this precious fluid,I gave the go ahead to bring a case(6bottles)to a job I was helping Sam the pom on,opening the case I noticed that the bottles were labelled in the Cyrillic alphabet
(Russian) it was Latvian Whiskey,luckily I am able to read russian ,and pointed this out to Mr.O.
who said what do you expect for a fiver a bottle.
On presenting the booze to Brian at his workshop,I pointed out that it was probably a bit of a gamble if one were to imbibe the contents ,but we had a taste and it was a little like Jack Daniels,I decided not to avail myself of the offer but Brian took it ,I think to wash out his paint brushes.
I know Pauline reads the blog and send my regards to her and Brian,maybe if he is up to it she could remind him of the whiskey incident.

Deer x Four

Saturday night was the birthday party at the Crown pub in the village usual thing, buffet ,chatting and singing happy birthday to Mrs Broccoli.Sunday was spent mainly watching football,the first game was Chelsea v Liverpool,then West ham v Arsenal,Liverpool won and deserved the victory,west ham were well beaten .
Today I spotted some large animals about a mile across the field from our lounge window,looking through the binoculars I counted 4 deer,looked like two full grown an two young ones,not many of them running loose in Sheffield,though Chicken Al sent me a photo of a fox he took in his back garden which is a mile or so from the city centre,I used to see them all the time when I lived there and in the afternoons.
Called in at Farmer Joe's and they had just waved goodbye to their grandchildren,it seems with a little sigh of relief.
Sun is now going down around 4.30 pm so dark nights are upon us and the hens are retiring even earlier every day.

Mrs Broccoli's Birthday Party

Saturday I am looking forward to the local derby game at 12.45 Sunderland v Newcastle on sky tv,Le blade is on his way to Sheffield to see his beloved team at Bramall Lane,though he will be back for Mrs Broccoli's 60th birthday party at the crown pub tonight,I should mention that I found out that Le Blade lied on the dentist registration form, in the space for units per week of alcohol he entered a zero!presumably on the basis that if you are to tell a lie make it a whopper.
The new gate which I deliberated over for a couple of hours, is now in place ,I leave it to Sheila to photo and blog it,as she caught me on camera planning it,whilst taking the sun in the front garden,(yard to American readers).
The weather this am is partly hazy cloud with glimpses of sun,and rain forecast for this evening.
I watched the advertising video of Anthony Montana's and it looks ok to me all wording legible,though the "music" was a little loud, I wonder if the ball skills would be of any use against Mr. Morgan of Sheffield Utd? one feels the juggler would be in serious peril of bone fractures.
Not sure who the Mighty Millers play today but hoping for a win to send them up the table,which is where they would be apart from the points deduction at the start of the season.
I hope my old pal Brian the Signman is still reading the blog and I will give him a ring later.

A Toothsome Day

Sunday the Le Blades came over to watch the Sheffield derby,wearing their over 60's Utd. shirts,considerable amounts of "units" were imbibed and sadly the game was spoiled by an over officious refereee,my opinion is it would have finished as a draw but neither teams look world beaters. Monday we took Madame Le Blade to a masseur or some such quack in Louth,Sheila and me did some shopping and went back to pick up the Le Blades,we saw a bloke come out limping like a good un,then Madame followed complaining her neck hurt?????
Anyway we went from there to the dentist in Cleethorpes(home of the club trip)Anthony and his brothers should have a comment or two on that.
Arriving at the surgery we all filled in our details on the forms provided,Le Blade asked how many units of alcohol a week I had put and was not convinced I had told the truth(14) on presenting the forms to the secretary ,she informed us we were not really in their catchment area,but as I had been told on the phone we could register,she would make an exception,and we could make an appointment for a future date and bring in the forms ,which she initialled to confirm it was ok,so now we have the louth dentist,the Sheffield dentist,and Cleethorpes,spoilt for choice.
As it was raining(heavy showers) in Cleethorpes we decided to go to Morrisons Supermarket for our lunch,and no expense was spared.
Then a leisurely drive home over the Lincolnshire wolds which is a very picturesque part of the country.
Tonight I phoned my brother Joe as its his 76th birthday tomorrow,they are going for 5 days holiday to Rhyll in Wales,he seems ok and says he's put on weight since I last saw him he is now 11 stone,as opposed to under 10 stone when he was incapacitated with a broken hip.

Prolonged Fairground Ride helps the aged

Yesterday having some posters to deliver to Lincoln,we decided to try the bus service using our passes,one and a half hours each way, the trip can be described as akin to three hours in total on a roller coaster ride,the driver was a frustrated racing car driver,with amazing skills,the result for the passengers was probably not as exciting as for him,seating was basic a little like the old pit bus that used to take us to work around 1957.
We shall probably not avail ourselves of the service very much in the future,as we woke this morning to various lower back and leg aches,probably as a result of being thrown around and bracing against the next "exciting" surprise,the upper deck did however provide a good view of the lincolnshire countryside,which was a positive among much negative.
We left our car at Le Blades house as the bus only runs through the village ,on our return they were out but phoned to ask for a report on the day,which offered them some amusement and took their minds of the dental adventure (see my last blog).
We are thinking of offering ourselves as aged astronauts as we feel we are now fully able to accept the stresses of taking off in a spacecraft.
Lunch was taken in a restaurant straddling the river witham,which dates back to 1400 or thereabouts,pity the prices were not from that era.
On the dental front there is news,I rang up a dentist located in Cleethorpes who looked very professional on their website and was told to go up and we could register with them,so this will probably be on Monday,sadly leaving the Le Blades to the tender mercy of the Louth Germans.

League of Nations Dental Practice

Yesterday was bowling but a bit boring, Le Blade told me they had visted the new dentist we all registered at,and he had two fillings(no freezing) and his dear wife had one temporary filling renewed,during a later phone conversation with Madame Le Blade,I became hysterical with laughing as she related a tale of woe re the dental visit,she is not happy with the treatment or the set up,among other complaints were,the lady dentists gloves smelled of cigarettes,she could barely speak English,she replaced a temporary filling with the same,speaking later to Le Blade he told me he thought they had the cleaning lady by mistake!I must confess that I could not help laughing ,though it was in part hysteria at what we have let ourselves in for,maybe at my check up when the bloke told the assistant"tooth,gap,tooth,gap gap,it was a little different to previous dental speak,and should have alerted me to possible problems.
The Le blades grandson went to the same dentist and was obviously subjected to interrogation by Madam Le Blade,at which he recalled the lady dentist relaying numbers in French,which seems rather strange as she is polish(we think) the receptionist is a big German lady,who has a rather brusque manner,and seems a little eccentric,it all seems a bit manic on reflection,Le Blade says she is calling the NHS to confirm they are in fact bona fide,and not escapees from the former middlewood hospital.
We had a young lad with African origins who told me his name was Kenneth Rogers! and he was singing during the check up, he offered to make me a bridge but i told him we are ok on that score , as Le Blade's relative is a builder.
This saga may run for some time so perhaps more later.

Jolly Bowling Weather

The Photo on Sheila's blog was me doing a"to be or not to be"in reality I was designing a new garden gate in my head,before drawing it , but it shows that the camera does lie,because I am much younger than that picture would have you believe.
Tomorrow is bowling at the village hall,though le Grande Edward will not be there as he is caravanning in derbyshire, at the moment Le Blade is attending and I shall be egg vending for Sheila.
The weather has been exceptionally good for the last few days and the farmers are hard at it sowing winter wheat ,looking out of the window as I write it's dark and they are working away with head lights on.
The England game on Saturday was poor,more like a training game ,and the booing of Cole was I think disgruntled Arsenal fans holding a grudge over his move to Chelsea,though he does'nt endear himself to football fans in general with his monetary greed and arrogance.
Thats all for now Cheers

Rotherham 4 Leeds 2

Last night I watched the cup game Rotherham v Leeds on tv,it was played at don valley stadium,and the Millers were victors by 4 goals to 2 and one disallowed which would have been 5 to 2,Rotherham were by far the better side and if they had not been deducted points,would now be 3rd in their league.
Today I went with Bob the Goose to brigg auctions luckily Sheila stayed home or we probably would have two fancy chickens the breed are I think, white bantam silkies,in the end I came home with wood for a new gate and Bob bought a sack barrow and some ply.
The weather has been like summer and the view from the wolds on the journey was wonderful,if only we always had sun there is no finer landscape in the world.
At the moment I am relaxing with a glass of Oz chardonnay(Sandra please note) and looking forward to the monthly coffee morning at the village hall,it's so exciting an event the highlight of my month,in fact I can't sleep on friday nights with excitement.
Disturbing news from Kansas City,Anthony Montana is looking at the "Who killed baby jane house"which we viewed with him when we were over there,fortunately it is a non starter as he is not in the market at the momentPHEW!!!
Le Blade is entertaining his parents at the moment,who I met on Tuesday,I have to say his dad looks younger than him,yesterday they phoned to call in on their way to Cleethorpes? but Sheila informed them I was still asleep(9.50 am) the reason being I was awake most of the night wondering which bank to place all my funds in!Well thats as good an excuse as any,the reason I mention this is because the Le Blades are notoriously late risers,and suffer much ridicule from yours truly,so they are now able to respond in kind(BLOODY HELL).
Mary Sue I could have told you the wall was too dark,and suggest a nice brilliant white matt finish.

Found a dentist locally

Today we have a cold wind all the way from Norway,I just fixed a catch on the chicken bob hole,and my hands are frozen,though not as cold as they were in february in Topeka Kansas.
Heavy rain was forecast but so far it has'nt arrived,Le Blade is wending his way to Sheffield for a booze up and then a home game at bramall lane,so no one is playing out.
I viewed that "APalin" woman onAnthony Montana's blog,why do the Americans insist on electing cretins to positions of power,imagine if "young" Mc Cain dies in office and she takes over,what a showing up for the American people,and a disaster for the world.
She makes Bush look quite intelligent(well nearly).
I don't think Sam the Pom would have fallen for the soup trick played on "Anthony Montana",the secret is to act deaf at such times,and also when people make requests for money.
Surely this woman can't be a relative of the intelligent Sheffield lad Michael Palin?though they are both comedians even if she is not aware of it.
With this cold wind blowing ,thoughts of Florida start to come to mind!!
Farmers are trying to get winter wheat in the ground ,and we have rape seed oil planted next to us but it's a bit late going in ,i'm sure we shall be a blaze of yellow next april.
The Millers are still going strong in their new home at Don Valley,one more win and they will be up and running,having wiped away the points deduction handicap.
The good news is we have signed up with a dentist at Louth,I had an appointment in Sheffield for Friday(2 hour drive each way) i told Madame Le Blade on thursday about it,and she gave me a phone number to call in lincoln who passed me on to the dentist in louth,who signed us up and sheila had a filling,but I was told to carry on and come back if there were any problems,so now we dont have to drive to Sheffield. thats all for now, Graham