The BIG Shop!
How can I now do my Xmas shopping with my favorite store about to close. Where on earth will I spend my sixpence now? All my fond memories of childhood shopping gone just like that. The store with everything a child or adult could want. I always bought my supply of water balloons there. They had the best value in town
Ahhhh. Who am I kidding. Just like all the stores in this town and towns all over the countryside are having problems. As an ex shopkeeper I understand fully what is happening. More and more people are shopping on the internet. I can't remember the last time I bought cd's or books in a shop. Maybe if more and more of the big stores tried a bit harder to compete with the net then they might still be in business. Bur then again, their overheads cripple them. Maybe if the council was made up of likewise businessmen who really care for the town they represent instead of trying to be politicians things might be a bit different. And I don't mean just this town, I mean all towns. Let the politicians stay in Parliament and not in the Town Halls.
Coming back to Xmas shopping. (I just had a wee rant there, nothing personal)My shopping started 2 weeks ago. A wee gift here, a wee gift there. Tomorrow i plan on going on a major hunt for the BIG gift. Yes. The gift of all gifts to give my wife. I have a rough idea, thanks to my daughter, of what would brighten her wee face. (no, not that you dirty minded wee ......) This gift is on show in a particular store in the town and I am going to have a peek see to decide:-
1. Can I afford it?
2. Can I really afford it?
3. Will she like it?
4 Will she really like it?
5. Can I really really afford it?
If the answer to any of these questions is in the affirmative then that means get it or else. I have seen what my wee darling can do once upset. Not a pretty site. Me, that is.
As for me. I have dropped hints all over the place. Some of them subtle, some of them not so. Depending on which member of the family they are directed at. I know that the few hints directed at my wife are taken in and acted upon. Much the same would go for my daughter but not always. As for my son, let's just say I get a total surprise on the day. I think he has the right idea. I love a surprise It makes it more interesting (for a while)
Tomorrow I will also start to write my Xmas cards. Whether i send them is another thing altogether. Not only do I have to think who I am sending to but I also have to hoke out addresses. I know that the last post for worldwide posting is December 5th. I better get a move on. i also better remember to make up an address page for this feckin' machine. It would make life easier for next year. Then again, I seem to remember saying the exact same thing this time last year. If you get a card it means I have your address. If you don't, it means I don't know you well enough or I couldn't find your address.
Away from Xmas now.
As always, I am looking forward to next year. Why? I will be a year older for a start. I will be a year nearer to paying my mortgage off. I will be a year closer to going on my (our) next cruise. I might even be a year closer to hearing those magical words. "Mom, Dad, we're leaving home" No not the dogs, the kids / adults that live here as well.
Want to place bets anyone????
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Until next time
Posted :: Wednesday 11/26/2008 2:52:00 PM
And out in the open et al
Indeed. Out in the open and in front of everyone, well me anyway.
I was on the train going to Belfast from dear old Bangor Town. There I was, sitting on the double seats, you know, the ones that face each other. I like to sit there especially on the left side going with my back to the engine. I like to see where I've just come from. Where was I, oh yes. We were just about to leave the station when these two giggly girls got on and sat facing me. I thought, free country, sit where you want, just don't spill my coffee. My COFFEE that I have been looking forward to for over a week now. (I am not allowed coffee any more but I thought, ah stuff it, one won't hurt.)
Seem to be going off at a tangent here. Let's get back to the main story. Yes. Two giggly girls. About 20'ish (I later found out that one of them is 21 on the 21st March next year) Anyway, I'm sitting playing my Nintendo DS just to pass the time. I look up for a moment and out of the corner of my eye I notice that these giggly girls are holding hands. No harm there. Good friends. Then, further along the tracks they start kissing. Very good friends. Not that I could help it, but overhearing, not listening, their conversation pieces I get the total picture. Lesbians! Not that I go out looking for them, after all, they are people. Please don't think I am a prude. The last time I saw Lesbians was in Toronto when I went to see a band called The Dayglo Abortions in a rock joint called Ian's Place in downtown Toronto. No, they weren't in the audience, they were part of the stage show.
Is it me, my age, my train of thought or what? Apart from witnessing this show of affection towards each other both of these girls talked the biggest load of gack all the way from Bangor to Belfast and beyond non stop.
Should there be any males/females of the gay persuasion reading this please don't get your knickers in a twist. Not on my account anyway!
Comments as usual. Click the title upstairs and gack away
Byeeeee
Posted :: Thursday 11/13/2008 6:13:00 AM
You want some good news then!?
OK. You want some good news then? Here it is. This is the best good news that I have had for some time now. No, nothing to do with my wife. Nothing to do with my health. Nothing to do with the economic climate (thank feck!) It might have something to do with a current story about phone calls to an answering machine. Whose answering machine? Think Fawlty Towers for a while. Ce!
Yes, I got 2 tickets for the Russell Brand Stand Up Comedy Show in January. My wife will be able to walk about by that time so I thought she could do with a good laff. Apparently the BBC don't think he is funny anymore. I think they got rid of the wrong man. I don't think Jonathan Ross is all that funny. Maybe his time will come. Anyways. We are looking forward to the Russell Brand show next month. Each to their own when it comes to taste. Bearing in mind, my taste is always better than.....
Away from that. More good news. Halloween is over. No more begging at the door at all times. These kids nowadays, they don't even do it the traditional way anymore. They make it easy for themselves by shouting yet another Americanism at you. My dogs bark at any noise and they certainly scare the feck out of them when i answer the door, yet again, holding a barking, growling pair of dogs by the ruff with just the tiniest threat of letting them go. It's like them telling them that if they let another firework off within earshot of them they will really do damage. (a lot of them's there, wasn't there?)
As my wife get's a wee tad better day by day I am finding more time for myself. After i have done the washing / dusting / hoovering / cooking / shopping / cleaning etc, i now have 3 hours a day to myself. That's 2 hours to sleep and 1 hour to get dressed / undressed / downstairs / upstairs / check mails / check blog gack etc. Not bad eh?
As I mentioned above, I check my blog every day. I really look forward to seeing new gack posted. No matter what it is I like to read what you think of things. Here's one to put your witty minds to. My daughter is going to take me to see the new James bond movie soon. What string of puns can you put together using only the Bond film titles? I look forward to reading your witty gacks.
Don't forget about the Rolling Stones. They are still around. There is still a lot of stuff I don't have. I trust that you are still looking and not just forgotten.
Your comments as usual by clicking above title bar. All newcomers most welcome. I need to know that there are people out there who read this gack
Tarrah for now
Posted :: Tuesday 11/4/2008 7:26:00 AM
