Category: General

Regular?

No not your bodily functions?
It’s no secret here that if you are looking for me I’ll be at my regular Coffee Shop for an hour every day sometime between 10:00am and 1:00pm.
It’s my hour off! I have my usual table, peace and quiet, a snack and attempt the DT crossword. (Yesterday when I walked in a young couple moved from ‘my’ table, unnecessary but nice, of course I thanked them!)
Suppliers and customers use it as a drop off point for mail, printing, pamphlets, stock items etc.
It’s my meeting place of choice, be it business or private if you need me you know where I am.
Imagine my surprise when Continue reading “Regular?”

What I did on my Holidays at Christmas 1981 -Part 2

So, there we suddenly were in Israel. Mrs M. on a freebie but having to work. Me paying my way and free to wander, subject only to the mandatory attendance at the concerts ever ready to offer the usual ‘you were all wonderful and, don’t worry, I don’t think that the audience noticed a thing.’

The chorus had been invited by the Israel Broadcasting Authority for reasons which will, I hope, become clear at a later date. Two formal pieces, ‘Belshazzer’s Feast’ by Sir William Walton and ‘Israel in Egypt’ by George Frideric Handel. Three performances in conventional surroundings, as I recall, and one utterly memorable performance of which, again, more later. Continue reading “What I did on my Holidays at Christmas 1981 -Part 2”

Police embarrassed, but polite…

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Stopped going through a small village south of Glasgow, by the Police, siren wailing, and blue lights flashing, en route to Ireland in March, driving my LHD BMW. (No, I don’t have personalised plate, but changed it for posting on web!)
Right Brain was on the phone to son.
I stepped out of nearside door, and walked back to the police car, with Right Brain still on the phone:
“What’s the problem, Constable? ”
“Please return to the car and ask the driver to drive through the village and pull over. A chargeable offence has been committed – using a mobile phone whilst driving. ”
“But I AM the driver…”
Gradual dawning that the person using the mobile phone did not have a steering wheel – cue for:
“My apologies, Sir, I see it’s a Left Hand Drive….” but at least he did apologise politely, and didn’t scuttle around the car trying to find something else to book me for – all credit to the Strathclyde Police.