After a breakfast of stale bread and mushrooms, the mushrooms were growing on the heel of the bread, I decided I needed to both exercise and shop so I wandered far down the road to the 'Lidl' place where folks tell me things are real bargains.
The lied! As in a previous venture there I found the store cluttered, confusing, prices badly displayed if displayed at all and the customers rough! Not what I am used to in Tesco. The bread was poor and overpriced, two items I bought were under false prices and nothing appeared to be cheaper than the regular shops, so why do folks claim this place is cheaper? Not to me it aint. The three main supermarkets have cheaper prices in my view, or maybe I just know better as to how to work them I wonder? Having walked all that way in chilly bright sunshine I then had to walk all the way back again, not one person offered me a lift.
Having discovered on Saturday just how unfit I am I rediscovered this while crawling back home. Several cups of tea and a long perusal of Jerry's new book I then had a choice of fixing the PC at last or painting the bathroom. Here again I was wrong as I realised I had to make soup first. Lentil soup of my own recipe, the kind of thing that puts hair on your chest, it certainly does that for the pot I make it in! I will leave it fermenting overnight to see what happens. I may get a Nobel Prize for chemistry one day. Then came the painting. However after struggling with the first coat, including the ceiling, including learning the art of falling off without landing in the bath, I decided that was enough and found myself fair puggled with all the effort. The second coat can wait, and luckily I have the museum tomorrow so it may wait until Wednesday. However after all this I still have loads of stuff that require attention! How come I am so busy, in between medical assistance, that so much has not been done yet? Do I need a secretary perhaps?
I would have written something much more interesting but I was forced to watch Hull City beating Brighton tonight. Tsk!
The picture is just part of the old workhouse/hospital extension that caught my eye in the sun this morning. Looking up you often see such things on buildings, on occasion they are interesting.
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For the first time in a while I cycled, slowly, up the old railway line. I went around eleven as it is quiet then and stupid me forgot the kids are on holiday. Therefore as the sun was shining the families ponderously made their way up the line. The kids chatting to all the dogs that passed by, when that is they were not wandering through the bushes, the women gossiping about nothing and blocking the way for normal human beings going about their lawful business. The dads being dads, carrying the bags on their backs, sometimes alone with one child, as indeed were a granddad or two, and making me miss the not so young kids way up north. In one way this was nice to see, in another they just got in the way! A good day out and of course I ache all over now. I must get out more, as people often tell me.
I was attempting to add the 'Beach Boys' song 'Country Air,' because this came to mind when sitting enjoying the sun, greenery and fresh air. EMI do not allow this (are they not the folks who turned 'The Beatles' down?) so find it on 'YouTube' and hum along as you read. I was indeed 'humming' when I got home.
A good day also in that I had a £5 off voucher for the new 'Morrisons' supermarket. The staff, for the most part, are very friendly, you can tell they are new to this game, and I will certainly return next Friday - I have another voucher! This means that this small town has three large supermarkets represented. Tesco have three stores, one which has just been redeveloped. Sainsburys have one which is about to be redeveloped and they plan another so big it will replace a small industrial estate! There is already a 'Lidl's' and now the Co-op has closed 'Morrisons' have moved in. Just how much do the thirty five to forty thousand folks here eat I wonder? I spent £16:98, and that was after taking advantage of the voucher to stock up, consider how much others must be spending on things they can afford but do not actually need? Being poor makes me careful with money and I tend to notice prices more. I also notice how folks buy things with little thought and choosing the label not the product! An expensive item will be brought rather than try the store version, even though they are just as good nowadays. Something is bought because it has always been chosen rather than because of any worth it may have. The tricks of the store also make us all spend on things we don't want and they laugh all the way to the Swiss Bank where the directors store their ill gotten gains. I prefer 'Tesco,' but I will suffer 'Morrisons' for one more week as I use up the last voucher.
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