Getting your priorities straight

Got the Shuttle yesterday, which makes a change, front-page shouts "Pregnant and living in her car" is it wrong for my first thought to be "Lucky her she could be living on the street"? Reading the story gets better as apparently she left the Community housing she had to move in with her mother, moved out of that to move in with her former boyfriend (and father of the child), moved out of there to um her car. Perhaps the headline should have been "Pregnant women makes self homeless" or "Let's hope stupidity skips a generation".

In the interests of informing the local community the Shuttle has also told those who might have missed the signs about the forthcoming bridge closure and subsequent reopening. A two inch square at the bottom of the page, next to the fold, on page 32. Oh and still no word on where traffic is being diverted to so something to look forward to.


Apparently we drink to much abroad (and at home as well) the advice being given to those youngsters going abroad is to know your limits and reduce your alcohol intake... ha...ha ha ha...ha ha ha...ha ha ha...ha ha ha...ha ha ha...ha ha ha...ha ha ha...ha ha ha...ha ha ha...ha ha ha oh sorry that's a good one. I mean it's not as if the alcohol problem we've got hasn't been commented on since the 14th Century we should easily be able to solve it in just one generation by asking nicely... .... sorry more laughing.


"How long did it take us to put the shed up last time?" asked my father.
"Um"
"Took several hours didn't it?"
"I don't think so two at the most, more like one; though that was with three people"
"So you don't think we can put it up with just the two of us?"
"Well we've got the hedge to lean it up against this time, it was just holding three walls up at the same time that was the problem"
"Hmmm, well we've got to get the base down first"
"You mean next to the middle one of the two bird-baths?"
...stony silence...
"So we'll put that down first, take the shed apart and see how far we get" he continues.

Of course last time the shed was taken down by him and my uncle (I'm surprised it didn't collapse as they did it) and had been sitting there for at least ten years. So everything had settled, screws placed under tension etc. Taking it apart then trying to put it back up again meant finding that the screw holes didn't quite line up again, hence the need for three people. Should be easier this time. All good fun.

"I won't be around dinnertime" says my mother with regard to shed building "so I won't be cooking for you"
"Okay. Dad and I will sort something; I'll take him out"
"But I won't be back until 2 o'clock"
"Ookay so you sort yourself out and dad and I will get something"
"But I won't be back until 2 o'clock"
"And how does this stop us getting something for ourselves?"
"Well it doesn't, but I won't be there"

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See everything planned with military precision. We know where we're starting, we know where we want to finish, it's just everything in between that's flexible.