Greg's Occasional News & Views
Grandpa was always going on about the good old days, and the lower cost of living, in particular. “When I was a kid, my mom could send me to the store, and I’d get a salami, two pints of milk, 6 oranges, 2 loaves of bread, and a magazine, some new blue jeans, all for a dollar!
Then Grandpa said sadly, “You can’t do that anymore because they got those darn video cameras everywhere.” Continue reading “24 September 2006 – Amusements”
Good morning on a wet and fairly dreary looking day in beautiful downtown Byfield. This is in marked contrast to the weather we have enjoyed for most of the week which has been generally sunny and even pleasantly warm for the most part. We had been expecting the tail end of hurricane Gordon but fortunately for us, that went through the north of the British Isles, disrupting some of the preparation for the Ryder Cup in Dublin and lashing Northern Ireland and Scotland but seemingly leaving us pretty much alone. Thanks Gordon. Continue reading “24 September 2006”
Lewis’s wife on an airplane, strikes up a conversation with the geeky computer programmer sitting next to her.
“Where are you going?” she asked.
“I’m going to San Jose,” says the geek, “to a UNIX convention.”
Later, Lewis picks his wife up at the airport.
“How was the flight?” he asks.
“OK, I guess,” she says. “I sat next to this guy I felt really sorry for.”
“Why’d you feel sorry for him?”
“He didn’t have any testicles.”
“What!” Lewis was shocked. “And just how did you learn that?”
“Because he said he was going to a eunuchs’ convention.” Continue reading “17 September 2006 – Amusements”
Good morning on another tolerably passable day in beautiful downtown Byfield. A bit of grey sunshine this morning but pleasantly mild and looking like one of those days which could go either way – it could turn out pleasant and moderately sunny or it could rain. This being Britain, the likelihood is that it will rain, of course. Continue reading “17 September 2006”