Saturday 29 September 2018

Life is so Busy...


Unsurprisingly Saturday has been a busy day.  All that football to watch and things to do!
Early I was in Sainsburys being chatted up by the staff, as always.  Then I inspected the bins in a vain attempt to clear up the mess left when a neighbour moved out.  I have decided to add my aged mattress to it, after I by a new one, and call the council to remove the rubbish.  It might cost but is the easiest way.  The landlord might even pay me back.
After breakfast of leftovers again it was off to Tesco for the things Sainsburys do not have the chance to overcharge for.  On the way I sauntered into the museum to gloat to the staff regarding the busy afternoon ahead of them while I lazed at home.
They through me out.
Then I had to watch football for hours.
Life can be hard on a Saturday...


I did take time to venture out to one shop in the afternoon and passed the town centre with the 'Food Stall Day' underway.  This brings many people into the town they say but it does not bring them into the shops (nor the museum) to spend money.  The food providers are happy, many come regularly, and at he prices they charge I am sure they sleep well tonight.  However it is not for me as I would hesitate to spend such cash when I can burn similar cheaper at home.
Now after a hard day I am filling my head with old rock at too high a volume and working through YouTube to my pleasure and with wee earphones my neighbour's also.
This saves thinking and takes away my nervous energy easily....


It's Autumn, therefore these 'Boris the Spiders' are appearing everywhere often with huge webs taking ages to create.  It never fails to amaze me that such creations can be made by a wee beastie that has never attended a technical college or worked an apprenticeship.  Slender, huge and able to withstand quite some wind.  I wonder how long he will be there?  There was one in the corner of my window for several years.


4 comments:

Jenny Woolf said...

Is "food Stall day" what some call a farmers market? Not that there generally seem to be any farmers as such in those I ever go to. More like pleasant POlish people earning an honest few pounds getting up at 4 AM to drive 80 miles to London and flog apples that belong to someone else. Or cakes baked by someone else. But they are quite fun, and sometimes they really do
bring people into the shops. Although I don't suppose you want them dropping their curries and Mexican food all over the museum exhibits....

Adullamite said...

Jenny, Beer, sausages and paella appear to be on show. I think a Farmers market might be better but the farmers shops near here have been closing down or so I'm told.

the fly in the web said...

Visiting mother over the years I have seen Southampton's market decline into a hodge podge of food stalls where once there were florists, veg stalls and a wonderful shoe stall. I did go to a Farmers' Market there - once. The idea seemed to be that one should pay over the odds for the privilege of buying from some Barbour clad harpy.....

Adullamite said...

Fly, Stalls are fading fats these days, all such are disappearing.