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Bad week
Posted Sep 21, 2005
I'm in the middle of a "bad week"
On Friday I went to my youngest uncle's funeral. When I got back I received a phone call to tell me a friend had died. Whe I went to tell the local Parish Priest of the death he told me of another friend that had died.
Yet another friend had to be resuscitated the night before last and is now in hospital in the final stages of cancer - she really has not much time left.
If I don't seem my normal cheery self please understand why.
Vesty
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This is definitely true... just not funny or anything
Posted Sep 6, 2005
We went on holiday on a narrow boat for a week. England has lots of canals which were built from 1759 onwards. The size of canal boats is limited by the size of the "locks" which enable boats to go from one level to another. 70 feet long and 8 feet wide is a fairly good approximation of the maximum size a boat can be. So you see narrow boat is also a good description of them and is what people call them when they aren't calling them barges.
Mrs Vestie came too along with Miss Vestie the elder, Master Vestie and Grandson Vestie (7 year old son of Miss Vestie) and Judy the dog.
We started off near Harecastle Tunnel (not too far from Stoke on Trent)and had to wait for an hour for the boats coming the other way to clear the tunnel. Mrs Vestie decided to walk Judy and Miss Vestie over the tunnel for the exercise and the scenery - which isn't too good in the tunnel.
I had exercised me desire to own more gadgets and everyone had a cheap 2 way radio with about a 5km range. Off went the girls while the boys took charge of the worthy craft. A 58 foot long narrow boat answering to the name Kimberley.
After the hour was up we got to go into the tunnel and were soon making our way bouncing from one wall to the other with Vesty jr and vesty jr jr making spooky whooo-hooo noises in the dark. Eventually (the tunnel is the best part of a mile long) we emerged into the open air and decided to see if the radios would work.
"Pilot to base can you read me, over!"
*noise of static and vestie jr jr pressing the buttons on his radio and saying stupid things*
"Hi Girls can you hear me?"
*more static and childish babble*
"D'oh!"
*Picks up mobile phone and phones Miss Vestie*
"Where are you and doesn't your radio work?"
Reply is heard on both mobile phone and radio simultaneously.
"You mean this?"
"Yes! I could have saved the price of a call if you'd keep it turned on!"
"Well we're only a couple of minutes away look out for us."
*Waits for a couple of minutes. Radio crackles into life.*
"Oh dad, you won't believe it. We've taken the wrong turn and ended up back at the beginning of the tunnel."
*Noise of vestie putting kettle on and feet up.*
Canal holidays shouldn't be about rushing should they?
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It's in the bag
Posted Sep 5, 2005
I just heard this interesting story from a friend about a family they know.
The couple have two boys aged 10 and 8. The younger boy has Downs syndrome. The family went to the zoo and the brothers, who like to be independent, asked if they could wander off and look at some animals on their own. The parents said yes, but the boys had to meet them at a fixed time. When the time arrived the 10 year old was there looking very worried. He had lost, and now couldn't find, his younger brother.
The parents were very worried and started to look around for the missing son - fortunately they quickly found him but were stunned that he was soaking wet from head to toe - including his rucksack. This, they said to the boys, was the last straw and they were going home straight away.
When they arrived home the younger son was told he had to have a bath to clean up and also to warm him up. The boy, who was very independent went upstairs to the bathroom to strip off and bathe himself.
After several minutes the child seemed very quiet and the parents called to him. No reply. they called again and still no reply came. Even though he was not allowed to lock the bathroom door the parents found it locked. They knocked and called but still no reply. In fear and trpidation they broke open the bathroom door to find the little boy in the bath happily playing with...
a penguin!
They phoned the zoo who arranged to send a keeper round to pick up the bird.
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Third Time Lucky
Posted Jun 23, 2005
Mrs Vestie has been waiting for surgery since last autumn. Then, with two weeks notice, we were given a date for 30 May. I booked time off work to help (or hinder - depending on your view of me) her recovery. A letter arrived from the hospital a couple of days before saying that the op had been cancelled.
We waited for a new date. This duly arrived as 20 June. Then just before the op we got a letter cancelling that one and were given a third date of 27 June.
We await with bated breath... My supervisor has had me change mhy leave dates twice over this - I don't want to do it a third time. And what it's doing to my wife is desperate.
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Celebrity Registrations
Posted Jun 10, 2005
A4174779 is the place to go to play this wild and excitingly funny new game what I have just invented.
Maybe you will
BL05SOM
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