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February 2007 Archives
February 28, 2007
Hot Fuzz
Off to the cinema tonight to take advantage of the two for one deal the orange phone company run on a Wednesday night. Judging by the size of the audience a lot of people had also decided to cash in on the opportunity of a half price ticket.
February 27, 2007
The land down under
Australia here I come! I have done it at last, I have booked my ticket! I can't believe I have actually visited the travel agent and confirmed my flights.
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February 26, 2007
Are you being served?
Passing "The Bee Orchid" always call in, I love the fact it is on the way to town, gives me a chance of having a quick chat and if I am lucky a cup of tea. Popped my head around the door just to say a quick "hello"
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February 25, 2007
Belonging
Mr. Latvian man didn't turn up on Saturday. Georgia thinks she spotted him walking past with two girls on his arm, but he certainly did not knock on our door carrying his belongings.
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February 24, 2007
The problems with being a short arse..
Poor Samui as the male of the relationship he needs to feel powerful, whereas the opposite is true. He is beaten at everything. Here he is being thoroughly mashed in a wrestling match. Deri Dee takes everything off him, finds a place she knows he can't get to and sits there and taunts him remorselessly
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February 23, 2007
Dirty Dancing
When we get together as a family we make up dance routines so that when we hit the dance floor we have a great laugh..
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February 21, 2007
Mamgu's Pride and Joy
Took my grand daughter out for the day on a shopping trip, we were going to go to Techniquest but the car park was full so we ended up in ToysRus. She is able to toddle around on her own these days and likes to be independent. Her face when confronted with the choice of toys was such a picture, I took a photograph.
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February 21, 2007
How do you solve a problem like.....
What a start to the evening. Martha made an emergency call from Cardiff Central railway station saying the trains were all cancelled for at least an hour, she didn't know the reason, just as I was telling her I would race and pick her up she said "Got to go, there is one leaving now but it goes around Barry"
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February 19, 2007
Foreign visitor
I had forgotten about the advertisement that I had placed on the board in my local Spar, so when I answered the phone and heard a thick foreign accent I wondered who on earth it could be.
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February 19, 2007
Wanted a nice Welsh entrenpeneur
My daughter Georgia has to sit down and re-think her business plan with 'Datemysister' as everything has fallen flat. After a brilliant beginning, she had over 33 thousand hits on her site, she has realised that she needs an injection of hard cash and business acumen if her idea is going to succeed.
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February 18, 2007
Fender Bender
My genius of a brother has been at it again, this time he really overstepped himself in the idiotic stakes. He was listending to the local radio station, they were having an auction on behalf of a local children's hospice. His ears pricked up when he heard a guitar was up for grabs...
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February 17, 2007
Daylight Robbery.
My windows are dirty, very dirty. I have been searching for a window cleaner for at least a year. I spotted someone cleaning the windows in the street behind my back lane. I pleaded with them to clean mine too but they said that they were too busy to take on more work!
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February 16, 2007
Private Eye
My brother was approached by a collegue in his work this morning and shown a copy of 'The Private Eye' magazine, 'Is this you?' said his friend...'Yep, that's me' said my brother happily
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February 15, 2007
Not having Nun of that!
Went down town to buy a costume for the 'Sound of Music Singalong' Martha and I are going to next Tuesday evening..
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February 14, 2007
Thelma and Louise
We arrived at The Bee Orchid bright and early dressed for business. Parking was a bit of a problem because there was a very keen traffic warden patrolling the road outside the shop most of the day...kept us on our toes.
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February 13, 2007
A red rose....
The Bee Orchid is geared up with lots of beautiful red roses and special offers ready for Valentine's Day. I have kept the day free to help with deliveries.
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February 12, 2007
Acoustics
In my business it is crucial your sound is okay, not too loud, might scare the children, not too quiet the mothers' chatter would ruin the dialog. If you are in a hall with dreadful acoustics you just know you are in for a bad time..
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February 11, 2007
Emotionally drained.
It started off as a normal Sunday morning, except I had to make toast for my little dog Samui as he refuses to take his antibiotics any other way. I placed him on the kitchen unit he took his toast with relish but as I was lifting him off to place him back on the floor, he jumped I missed him and he landed with a crack on the tiled kitchen floor.
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February 9, 2007
Over the hill.
Fed up with time on my hands because I was at home and snow bound, I couldn't take the dogs out for a walk or they would have caught their death of colds being so tiny and skinny so I decided to try and find 'love' on the computer....
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February 9, 2007
Absolute rubbish.
I was dropping off to sleep last night when all hell let loose outside my bedroom window, I dashed to see what was going on and spied two boys playing rugby with the black bin bags.
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February 8, 2007
Squashed Flat
I was nearing the end of a very successful puppet show, my eyes scanned the room and to my delight I spotted a undersea mural on the wall depicting a lovely turtle and clown fish, thinking the clown fish too obvious a colourful target I said
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February 7, 2007
Panick buying
Mention snow and the world goes mad, milk and bread disappears off the shelves as people stock up for fear of running out of essentials. As it was I was due to visit my Aunty Hattie in Mumbles, caught up in the frantic mood I took her to Tesco's for her to replenish her larder.`
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February 6, 2007
Sore Bottom
I was sitting in the living room waiting for my son and my grand daughter to pick me up for a walk on the beach when I noticed my little Samui licking his bottom with great vigour, I picked up his tail and was horrified to see....
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February 5, 2007
Bemused Bothered and Bewildered
A tentative knock on my front door, we always do the usual 'who could that be?' as if we could predict the callers intentions before opening the door....there he stood a very bemused fella...
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February 4, 2007
What's that coming over the hill...is it a monster....
There I was bumping along in my old van on the Cowbridge by pass, picked up a bit of speed coming down the hill...the sun was shining and I was in good spirits looking forward to the Wales v Ireland match then... 'Oh, shit...' I spotted the tell tale camera and the little white van parked precariously on the brow of the hill..
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February 2, 2007
What a potch
When we started to go to Glastonbury about 12 years ago, we never met anyone at the festival who had paid for their ticket, or would admit to paying for their ticket now it is a different story.
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February 1, 2007
The Phantom
The only time I get to see Ian my lodger is when he walks down the garden path from work, he doesn't even stop to make himself a cup of tea..before he disappears into the night he answers my questions...
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