One Regret

Last year my wife and I celebrated our ‘golden’ wedding anniversary.  I met her at a dance hall, and as they say “The rest is history”.  Thank goodness the populare dance was the cha-cha-cha, which I could get by on.  Some 50 years later, if I were to admit to any regret in my life, it would be not learning to dance.  My wife ‘was’ a good dancer and I love dance music.  I wish that I could have danced the Argentinian tango with her.  This evening a TV advert reminded me of this.  I recognised the music but couldn’t name it.  here it is;-
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Absinthe – France’s natural, healthy drink

I wouldn’t normally double post, but I thought this might be of interest to those who enjoy a drink.  It was a comment that suggested that only Britain exports alcoholic beverages that reminded me of absinthe, the drink that has only been legalised again in France relatively recently.

There is an absinthe bar in a little cellar in a narrow street in an old town in the south of France.  Each table has a water fountain with four tiny taps. There is a list of different absinthes to choose from. None of them have names like Van Gogh’s Delirium or Verlaine’s Folly, but it was the claim that the essence of wormwood contained in the drink led aficionados to alcoholism and madness that caused it to be banned in France. If you order absinthe, you are provided with sugar lumps and a spoon with holes in it.  Put a sugar cube in the spoon and balance it on the glass with the absinthe, then place the glass under a tap of your water fountain and let the water drip slowly on to the sugar and through the holes  until the mixture is to your taste.  The sugar was originally necessary to counteract the bitterness of the wormwood.

The bar also serves other drinks and has a collection of eccentric hats for those wishing to recreate the “fin de siecle”. It is a delightful place to spend an evening, whether you wish to try absinthe or not.

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I’m not alone!

After some heated discussions where I was starting to believe that Bearsy, Janus and I were the only ones, I was a little relieved to see the following article on BBC news yesterday!

It seems that although not so much anti-monarchy, the red-top reading idiots I insulted may just be suffering from “not caring about the royal wedding” syndrome – I have some faith in human kind restored!

BBC Royal wedding: The naysayers (here)

I particularly liked the sick bags!

It does seem a little silly in these austere times that it has been declared a Bank Holiday – that will cost business and public services a lot of money which seems a little odd.

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If Starwars was filmed in Manchester!

Chewbacca would look roughly the same except he’d only be about 5ft tall, from Hatersley and called “Dazza”. He’d have the same amount of body hair but would also have tattoos, would permanently smell of drink and invariably sport a Man City shirt from 4 seasons past and tracksuit pants. Continue reading “If Starwars was filmed in Manchester!”

Democracy African style

Some here may remember when I asked members to vote on the sign-writing for our Autism Van (here’s the post) it wasn’t a particularly difficult decision a simple 1 or 2.

To jog memories, here are the choices once again…

You may recall that charioteers voted overwhelmingly for ‘Option 1’

It wasn’t my choice, I preferred the more ‘subtle’ option 2.

In the true spirit of democracy, no AV votes, no PR, a simple first past the post, without my casting vote being invoked, I’m proud to inform you that we took delivery of our car today.

Here she is. Continue reading “Democracy African style”