September 2008 Archives

It was late evening, my visitors had just left so I switched on the box to see the last minutes of the football. It was like magic,the commentator said "If you have just come in and missed the first half of the game, congratulations!" Wow, I said to my friend Gemma (Old English Sheepdog) there speaks a very brave man. She gave me a puzzled look. Well I explained, he has just said this game was rubbish. He should stick to his script of cliches ,and say the football is exciting, the packed crowd are thrilled,they are stunned into silence, roaring their heads off, game of two halves. It might be the coldest,wettest night of the year, the football might be Sunday pub standard, there are no goals, all the pies are gone. Say anything, but don't say congratulations on missing the first half. After the game the atmosphere and the language will be blue. This commentator will be blue. His Boss will be furious, he is paid to praise not to tell the truth. Gemma's confused look was unrelenting, but I understood her unspoken question - You mean he is paid to tell lies? Don't be silly,
I scolded her, these people don't tell lies, they are trained professionals,

The Prime Minister has emailed to say that he is working to reduce our dependance on Oil. Meanwhile a News Item reports that to reduce her dependance on Oil HM the Queen has installed energy generating equipment on her Balmoral Estate.

The Government "fully recognises the important social role of Post Offices" or so we're told.

Which is why I cannot wait to read our Prime Minister's memoirs giving his reasons why he ordered thousands of Post Offices to close.

The regulator OFCOM has granted the hard working volunteers of Hospital Radio Wey an FM channel to broadcast their music & local information programmes.

Radio Wey, based at St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey, will be pulling out all the stops from October 16 to November 12.

Our Village Plan, which will be delivered to local residents is the result of many hours of hard work by Residents Association Chairman, Alan Fone and his team.
This document, an intelligent in-depth study of the village, its assets and its many problems.
It is based mainly on the views of residents at our Summer Fairs and surveys taken locally.
But, the biggest questions of all still remains - What Happens now? How do we organise ourselves so that we can achieving our targets?

Graham Dennis owner of Blacklocks Bookshop in Victoria Street, tells me that he was rather amused by the reaction he has received from people asking about the "To Let" sign over his shop.

People keep asking when are you closing? They are relieved, he says, when I explain the notice refers to the flat which is over the shop and definitely not the shop.

About time too - we have been ripped off for years having to pay high parking charges just for the privilege
of paying a visit to see relative or friend in hospital, even worse is to pay to park and then wait hours in the hospital waiting room (usually the corridor) to see a specialist. That is very good news. So from 31 December 2008 car park charges will be no more - wait a second, the small print says only in Scotland!
As a famous Scottish person once said, I really don't believe it.
Why only Scotland? I thought we were all Team Brits UK? Have our top men in the Cabinet gone native?
I realise that ScotsNats now run their country, but I thought the NHS rules and regulations were nationwide?
Can we have a stewards enquiry please?