It would seem that like many I’m not up to maintaining a daily blog. Since May of last year (2011) thinks have been very intermittent so from now on I’m going to blog when I get the chance and try and include anything I can think of, of significance, that’s happened since the last one. Having got my hands on an iPhone 3GS (thank you Sandy Bush) I’m going to try and u8se that to mobile blog and make more regular entries. The only problem with that idea is that I have told Deb that she can have the phone. I find myself in the position of having to eat my words; having soundly criticised the i[phone for it’s walled garden and espoused the freedom of Symbian I’m finding that I can do things on it (like mobile blogging) that are impossible on the N8. So much so that I’m seriously thinking about getting an iPhone when I’m due to upgrade and keeping the N8 for it’s camera rather than going for the outstanding camera on the new Nokia 808 PureView.
Anyway what’s happened recently; Nat and Hannah both finished their time at their respective schools this year. Finally Hannah left Millfield Primary, ending an unbroken continuous relationship since 2000. Nat started nursery there age three and stayed until July 2009. Hannah did the same three years later and I’ve been a governor there for 5 yrs (never done what I’d have liked to have and been involved as much as I should have because of hip operations and working nights). My tenure ends next month and that will be that; a chapter ended for ever unless the kids remain here and my grandchildren one day attend. Amazingly we have lived in this area since 1884 and I never even knew the school was there until after Nat was born in 1997 and it’s within walking distance!!! What’s even more difficult to credit is that Nat’s three years at Brockington are over. It seems like he started there only the other day; where the heck has the time gone. Come August he’s away to start at Lutterworth College
Well there’s one thing we can say about this year and that’s that we’re never going to forget this “summer” as we have had record rainfall for the last four months and we have been deluged. One upshot of this is that we have been plagued with calls from the mad woman who now runs the allotment to come up to the site and clear the over grown areas. She doesn’t appear to comprehend that we aren’t retired and that if when we are available it’s pissing down there’s not a lot we can do about it. Deb has gotten so sick of her that we’ve decide to call it quits and give up the plot. Pencilled in for next weekend, weather permitting, is taking down the shed and moving it to our back garden to replace our old one that’s falling apart.
Well the Olympics have finally begun, again time wise can’t believe it’s already eight years since they announced that London had won and the 7/7 bombings the next day. Fuck it’s true as you get older the time just seems to pass more and more quickly … indeed life is short!!! Anyway, enough of that maudlin talk, the opening ceremony was spectacular. As someone with no interest in the whole event I was hooked and enjoyed it immensely. I’ve even watched some of the events since which is unheard of for me. Mr Doyle did the country proud and correctly guessed that tyhere was no way we were able to match the Chinese for the size of the opening ceremony so went in a totally different direction and made it into a lesson of British history instead. That works superbly and the icing on the cake was redesigning the flame and getting it lit by new up and coming athletes rather than by a famous personality. The flame itself is undoubtedly a work of art and took the whole World by surprise if the news reporta are to be believed.
I watched the cycling road race yesterday afternoon and was engrossed it was fascinating to listen to the experts explain the various team tactics and how team riders supported fellow team members. It didn’t work out as planned for the UK (big medal hopes in that one) when two made a break and managed to hold it to the line (think the UK
Additionally I’ve watched some of the rowing, the male gymnastics and a little bit of beach volleyball. Now there’s a let down. On Baywatch all the players of such games were enormously breasted young ladies in very revealing bikinis whereas the professionals were flat-chested to a “Man”. I now regret subscribing the Beach Volley Ball Porn Channel cos doesn’t appear that I’m gonna get a right eyeful after all!!!
WhatsApp link on phone to Di and Pervy pals is being flooded with pictures as Di shares her San Francisco US
Oh well, seems I’ve passed the 1000 word barrier so may as well call it quits for tonight. Must establish the habit of doing this regularly again and that will definitely be a factor in my decision of whether or not to go the iPhone route next time.
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