Ah December 22nd, 3 days before Christmas, and more importantly 2 days before the start of my Christmas break. All of the Christmas shopping is done, and more amazingly all the stuff I ordered online turned up, I must be one of the lucky ones as a lot of people are still waiting on deliveries even now.
Need a couple of bits for Christmas dinner, roast potatoes and vegetables, and then we're all set for the big day.
Bugger... I still have a card to get too... probably should've done that sooner but I can't stand going to the shops in the build up to Christmas. Next year I'm doing my shopping in June, and getting all the cards as soon as they're in the shops so then I don't have to go anywhere near a shop in December!!
Mind you, it maybe bad that I'm still short 1 card so close to Christmas, but I know someone who is giving everyone packet cards, including her kids and other half... how cheap is that?! I maybe unmotivated but I'm not a skinflint at least!!
Oh, and if anyone tries to phone me over Christmas and gets no answer, it's because I'm hibernating!!
Wednesday 22 December 2010
Thursday 9 December 2010
Britan's big white "OFF" button
Oh how the other countries laugh at poor little Britain, while Germany and Belgium are playing out in the snow Britain's nanny is telling it to stay indoors.
Have we really developed into such a nanny state that when there is an inch of snow on the ground we have to stop what we're doing, panic buy all the bread and milk in the shops (half of which I'm sure goes to waste as people end up chucking it out), and then go and hide in our houses until the nasty white stuff is gone?!
It is truly ridiculous, we get snow most years (at least in recent memory) but every time it's like it's a new and unknown thing that we have to run away from. Buses and trains are cancelled, cars are abandoned, roads left ungritted, businesses close, and everyone stays indoors looking out of the window and wondering what to do.
The other half was talking to the bloke running the local convenience store the other day about how his business was going. He couldn't believe that people were spending £50 and more on groceries in his shop. He said he's from Turkey, and they get up to a metre of snow and carry on regardless... that's a metre of snow, much more than we ever get over here (except maybe the bleaker parts of Scotland, but who cares about the Scots anyway?!).
Talking to a customer in Russia back in January he said they had temperatures around -35, and blizzards for days on end... he was surprised that a couple of banks and schools shut early because of the weather, because they just got on with things.
So, the story, dear Britain is stop being a f*cking pansy and get out in the snow!!
Have we really developed into such a nanny state that when there is an inch of snow on the ground we have to stop what we're doing, panic buy all the bread and milk in the shops (half of which I'm sure goes to waste as people end up chucking it out), and then go and hide in our houses until the nasty white stuff is gone?!
It is truly ridiculous, we get snow most years (at least in recent memory) but every time it's like it's a new and unknown thing that we have to run away from. Buses and trains are cancelled, cars are abandoned, roads left ungritted, businesses close, and everyone stays indoors looking out of the window and wondering what to do.
The other half was talking to the bloke running the local convenience store the other day about how his business was going. He couldn't believe that people were spending £50 and more on groceries in his shop. He said he's from Turkey, and they get up to a metre of snow and carry on regardless... that's a metre of snow, much more than we ever get over here (except maybe the bleaker parts of Scotland, but who cares about the Scots anyway?!).
Talking to a customer in Russia back in January he said they had temperatures around -35, and blizzards for days on end... he was surprised that a couple of banks and schools shut early because of the weather, because they just got on with things.
So, the story, dear Britain is stop being a f*cking pansy and get out in the snow!!
Meh... that is all
Ok, so it's not really all, but it seemed like a good title.
The thing is I really can't be bothered at the moment, everything just seems like a hassle. Doing the absolute minimum to get by at work, done no Xmas shopping (sorry to the missus who may end up with late presents!!), and generally feel like going into a cave and hibernating until about March.
Bears have the right idea there I think, sleep for half of the year, kill stuff the other half. What could be finer?
Yup, I've decided... in my next life I wanna be a bear!!
The thing is I really can't be bothered at the moment, everything just seems like a hassle. Doing the absolute minimum to get by at work, done no Xmas shopping (sorry to the missus who may end up with late presents!!), and generally feel like going into a cave and hibernating until about March.
Bears have the right idea there I think, sleep for half of the year, kill stuff the other half. What could be finer?
Yup, I've decided... in my next life I wanna be a bear!!
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