And a happy xmas to you to
We have just had the best Xmas ever. Well, for a long time anyway. This year was made different all because I had invited a couple of girls for Xmas dinner. no, not those sort of girls. These two girls are from Germany and Denmark. they were on their own and I thought that it would be a nice thing to do. All the other girls and boys are away home for Xmas to their own respective countries. By the way, these peeps are just some of the people that I work with, or do volunteer work with. They are very nice people. Even the butcher was excited. When Wifey went into the btchers this year to place our Xmas order she ordered a turkey. the young man behind the counter asked, rather surprised, why we wer'nt havng our usual fillet steaks which we would normally have. When Wifey said that we were haveing a German girl and a Danish girl for dinner he got all inquisitive. What are they like? Are they young? Are they good looking? Can I come to dinner? His bubble was burst when one of the other guys behind the counter reminded him that he was engaged and was getting married soon. His quick reply was, 'yeah, yeah. But I can still look can't I?' Anyway, a good time was had by all. Even number one son got into the spirit of things and actually got into conversation with our guests instead of the usual grunt reply. as for darling daughter, she was just excited at the fact it was just Xmas day. Imagine, 21 years old and she still gets a stocking and she still come into your bedroom at the godawful early hour of 6 o'clock. One thing i did learn from our guests was what the different cultures around Europe do to celebrate xmas. i was amazed at all the different days that are used. Not like the one day that is used here in this over commercialised part of the world. Now it is boxing Day and we are just finishing off the remnants of yesterdays meal. .there is no sign of darling daughter or number one son who went out last night to their friends. Our guests left well fed and contented with a food parcel just to see them through the next couple of days. They will have company again soon as their workmates will be returning soon from their respective homelands. Don'r forget the sales folks. Get the stuff cheap now for next year. Byse byse
Posted :: Tuesday 12/26/2006 7:36:00 AM
Wish you were here---maybe
On a wee break the last wee while. A`well deserved one of course. At this time of year and at my time of life it is written down in stone somewhere that man and wifey MUST get away from the kids and everything else for at least 5 days. We had a wonderful time. We went off to Prague on a cheap flight deal (flights out----FREE, flights back----a fortune. no matter how it looks, there is always a catch). anyway, a good restful time was had by the both of us. At least that was until we tried to do some shopping. All the local independant shops were great. they were most helpful in theur stuttered English. Then we went to the C & A store. We spent a long time in there picking out this and that, stuff for ourselves and stuff for Chrissy presents. We went up to the desk to pay and promptly stood behind a lady who was being served. Other people started to queue behind us. Then, it happened. An elderly local lady came up to the counter in front of us and put her purchase on the counter top. she fiddled about getting her urse out and all the time moving closer to the lady in front. the shop assistant saw me and wifey and knew we were next. As soon as the lady in front was finished I put some of our purchases on the counter. These were pushed aside by old lady and she also pushed herself in front of me and wifey. Of course I objected. After all, I was a shopkeeper once myself. But I forgot for a moment that we were in a foreign country. But then, i thought, no. This old lady saw that we were next. The assistant saw that we were next. I wasn't going to stand for this. No siree. I moved myself into the counter and said to the assistant, 'we were next'. she looked at me and shrugged her shoulders. Her collegue saw what was going on and came over. In her stutteres English she asked what was wrong. I explained. I also asked was the assistant going to serve us next or not. I thought that something was about to happen when the collegue took the bundle of purchases from Wifey. No, all she did was put them on a shelf behind the counter and carried on with what she was doing. The assistant continued on with old lady. I was livid. I asked again were we going to be served next or not. The assistant was taking money from old lady. Obviously not then. I put down the rest of our purchases on the counter and turned and walked out of the store with Wifey. All the peeps behind us were looking at us. So what! If the assistant didn;t understand English at that time she sure didn't understand what i called her when i left the counter. Your loss C & A. I calculated that old lady purchased something in the region of £10.00. We, on the other hand were spending in the region of £250.00. The local shops got the rest of our holiday spending. Is it any wonder? Byse-byse
Posted :: Tuesday 12/19/2006 9:37:00 AM
