Jesus it was hot today. I’m not talking Sahara Desert or Death Valley Heat, but wearing body armour, thick woollen trousers, boots and a hat sitting on the top deck of a bus in 80+ degrees heat is not much fun. What is it with this country that we can’t manage the heat? Is it too much to ask for a bit of air conditioning? God forbid one person complains of being chilly while the rest of us are passing out from heat exhaustion! I went to a carvery restaurant on Saturday. Great food, excellent service…but why the feck could they not spend a few quid on having some fans in the place? (or even – shock horror – AIR CONDITIONING!!!) They must have been losing more money in clientel not going, or not returning because of the heat than they would have spent on a few fans.
Archive for July, 2008
Heat!
July 28, 2008Don’t forget your toothbrush!
July 27, 2008I thought I’d publish my list on here in case it is of any use to anyone else (some of it may not be relevant to some of you!). Any other contributions welcome!
Things you MUST remember or you are f*cked!:
Passport
Money
Credit cards
Travellers cheques
Insurance docs
Plane tickets
Mobile phone
Driving license/documentation
Phone Charger
Things that are fairly useful!
MP3 player
Umbrella
Books/Mags
Fags
Lighter (You may carry one disposable butane-fuelled lighter on your person according to BAA site!)
Tampons
Note book
Torch
Chewing gum
Perfume Sweets
Photocopies of all important documents/tickets
Address book (postcards!)
List of events/birthdays while away
Address labels with full address for cases to put INSIDE
Name/destination labels for outside of cases
Plastic bags for wrapping creams, leakable/dirty items in cases
Sewing kit
Camera
Games
Cards
Notepads
Pens
ID of some kind
Ear plugs (plane)
Guide book
Phrasebook
Books
Travel alarm
Sun glasses
Hair Dryer
Shoes
Sandals
Jackets
Trainers
Knickers/skimpy thongs
Socks
Bras Tops/T-shirts etc
Bling!
Hats
Bathroom/Medication etc
Elastoplasts
Shampoo
Toothpaste
Tooth Brushes
Mouthwash
suntan cream/aftersun
makeup
soap
Comb/brushes
Deoderant
Tweezers
Razor
Medication
Insect repellent
Travel sickness pills
Random thoughts number 1 – bogs
July 25, 2008Why is it, that however much space a public toilet takes up, they always contruct the door 6 inches away from the edge of the toilet, thus making sure it is impossible to close or open the door without scraping all the skin from your knees or tumbling backwards down the toilet.
Don’t Barrack Obama!
July 25, 2008While half of you ruminate over whether I have made a spelling mistake of the good Senator’s name, a third of you say ‘who Obama?’ and a quarter of you wonder why I am so poor with fractions, I would just like to have a quick moan about a silly tart who I saw on TV today without going off on an overly-waffly political rant. When questioned about the visit to the UK of the junior United States Senator from Illinois, the woman gazed blankly at the camera and said something along the lines of “well frankly I have absoloutely no interest in him” or words to that effect. Well love, put your Bingo card and fag down for a sec and think about this..this guy is probably the best hope for world peace that we have right now, and will have for a long time, so you had better be hoping he beats John McCain (OK, I’m giving him a link too to be fair!) or you can kiss your nights out with the local purple rinse brigade goodbye along with your flabby arse.
The Bitch is Back!
July 24, 2008OK, I know I’ve made more comebacks than Status Quo, but as one of the earliest bloggers I still find myself, sitting on the loo, or picking my nose in a traffic jam somewhere thinking ‘oh god that annoys me I must blog about it’ then realising I don’t HAVE a blog any more! You won’t find anything earth shattering on here..just the ramblings of a 40-something English woman who works in ‘Law Enforcement’ (as the Yanks would say) and sometime despairs at the world and the way the country is going down the toilet. Any opinions I express on here are my own, and anyway you don’t know who I work for anyway, so there.
