This lunchtime I stumbled down to the crowded 'Specsavers' shop to collect the new glasses. Sadly, the young Welsh girl was not on duty and after waiting a few minutes the boss pushed me through and a handsome young man dealt with me. This was not what I wished! A delightful young blonde who flashes her eyes and smiles is what I wish for, not a handsome 20 something with a probable 1st in advanced maths, highly intelligent, liked by all the girls, will progress to some high rank in the civil service or business earning asses of cash and remain popular with all. When I meet folks like that the word "Sickening," goes through my mind...pah!
Anyway, having arrived a few minutes early and found the shop crowded I expected to wait a while. However the woman in charge got me seen to (a lot of people claim I need to be 'seen too.') by the Aryan gent and efficiently he also rushed me through and soon afterwards I was once again outside trying my long vision as I made my way home, tripping over the pavements. In all I was home in 30 minutes, often while getting new glasses it takes that long in the shop.
Now I just have to get used to the things. The outdoor pair appear OK, I find they are never quite right but not worth fussing over, and the indoor ones allow me to almost see the TV from here at the laptop. It takes a few days to get to know them, I expect to fall downstairs a couple of times this week...
As there was no football live last night, none today either, I lowered my expectations and turned on the cricket. I did this when I noticed England were struggling and as this is always appealing to me I began to watch intermittently. I just finished writing about 'Specsavers' turned on the cricket and England got a wicket! Grrrr! South Africa were doing so well and may have thrown it away now. Tsk!
One thing I notice that surprised me was the players wearing numbers on their backs. This looks somewhat tacky to me. Helmets and such like make sense but I see no need for numbers. Cricket followers arrive for the day, prepared for everything. You see them with hampers for lunch, blankets for cold, sun cream for warmth and binoculars to watch the tea room and spectators in other parts of the ground. Why the numbers? Tacky I say.
The bright sun, which came over today, and blue sky and the mountains in the rear are wonderful to see, as indeed are the occasional exotic bird which appears feeding on the ground occasionally. All this is to my mind more interesting than the cricket. However as South Africa are slowly catching up with England's feeble score I am quite happy. This makes a change from watching football in the rain.
Now is the time to check that insurance policy. I suggest the bit about 'Iranian Terrorist Attacks' should be updated. The 3 year old orange man in the White House has done it this time. There are many reasons no-one has suggested taking out Soleimani before now, so why has it happened? The idea that this stops known planned attacks is a somewhat weak excuse, even if some attacks were planned, and the thought that a small war against Iran might aid his chances of re-election this year cannot be ignored. He is not the first US president to risk his own men's lives as well as thousands of others with them just to keep his job. Nixon persuaded the South Vietnamese to withdraw from an armistice Lyndon Johnson had arranged on the basis that he would get a better one.
The war continued for another 6 years costing 20,000 US troops and how many others, did he care I wonder?
Tit-for-tat is al very well at a low level but when you take out such a man as he you go up a level and risk outright war. Iran has no choice but to retaliate, and powerfully. Many of their people will demand this. Many more will become willing to sell themselves for their nation, both in the middle east and abroad. Did the trigger happy clowns around Trump really think they could do this?
It is clear they did not discuss this with any so called ally. The UK were not informed, it is clear they are not keen on this adventure either. Had they been informed a clear strategy would have emerged, "Don't do it!" Maybe that is why they were ignored?
Something will happen, sooner or later, but some senior person may well be dealt with by an Iranian group.
2 comments:
So your young lady flattered to deceive....still, your new glasses enabled you to watch the cricket...wish I could! I have to rely on the radio commentary.
My father, as a true Scot, would watch cricket when England were playing Australia, in the expectation of watching the latter crush the former. He had no interest in cricket, but a great interest in anything which crushed England.
I too think the numbers are tacky.
Your comment on the spectators being well supplied are all too accurate. I donlt know about S.African grounds but on the english ones there is a limit to the amount of booze which can be brought in...otherwise the bar sales might suffer. The wise bring thermos flasks full of gin and tonic.
The assassination reminds me of Hitler's pretended incursion from poland in order to have a casus belli....I suspect the hand of Israel in this.
Fly, Your dad had the right idea. The spectators included medieval knights, or their men at least, and one excellent Charlie Chaplin.. So good they had to keep going back to him. Of course both Israel and US have election problems.
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