...unless you're living in squalor in the Brazillian favellas and have got all the time in the world but little in the way of food, water or shelter of course...
If you'll forgive my uncharacteristic minimising of the suffering of the world's disadvantaged, you'll notice that it's been some time since I last blogged. I CAN'T FIND THE TIME! I'd love to be posting more regularly, even if no-one reads my ramblings, but work/life balance seems a long way away at the moment.
So I'll give you a very quick recap of the last few weeks. A great weekend skiing in Les Carroz with the Casuals; Rangers destroying Celtic and the league, won the League Cup with 9 men but out of the Scottish Cup; work relentless but beating targets and delivering most of what we're supposed to be delivering.
This weekend James is home and tonight I'll be doing my March barbecue. Next weekend is Easter so a very welcome break coming up - it'll also give me a chance to rest my assorted football injuries for a couple of weeks. Have a good one.
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Sunday, 28 March 2010
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Limited Addition
The much-vaunted fall in educational standards isn't all bad, I discovered on Saturday.
In my local cheese shop I ordered some (very ripe) Brie de Meaux and some mature Manchego, costing around £7.40 and £4.30 respectively.
The girl at the till entered the two amounts, but must have left the previous transaction open because the bill added up to around £29. To her credit, she did notice that it was wrong so tried again, this time adding up to £40.
Giving up on technology, she decided to just add the two amounts in her head. A sensible plan I thought, except that in her method of adding up she started from the left and not the right: "7 and 4 makes 11, 4 and ...".
Needless to say, and I hope you'll forgive the mixed metaphor, she got into a bit of a pickle, which she impressively resolved with a flourish. "This is too difficult - can we just call it a tenner?".
Everyone's a winner.
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In my local cheese shop I ordered some (very ripe) Brie de Meaux and some mature Manchego, costing around £7.40 and £4.30 respectively.
The girl at the till entered the two amounts, but must have left the previous transaction open because the bill added up to around £29. To her credit, she did notice that it was wrong so tried again, this time adding up to £40.
Giving up on technology, she decided to just add the two amounts in her head. A sensible plan I thought, except that in her method of adding up she started from the left and not the right: "7 and 4 makes 11, 4 and ...".
Needless to say, and I hope you'll forgive the mixed metaphor, she got into a bit of a pickle, which she impressively resolved with a flourish. "This is too difficult - can we just call it a tenner?".
Everyone's a winner.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
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