25 October
2012
Later today
I think I shall be off into town to get some shots of the trees dressed in red
and gold. I'll have to see how I am
after the lunch time news. This morning
I got up with a really bad pain in my left hip; normally a couple of paracetamol
sorts it out but this morning they haven't.
Right now slightest movement is
making it worse.
With all the
fuss over Jimmy Savile it seems that a lot of other victims of child abuse are
coming forward to report the abuse they suffered. They have suffered twice haven't they? First time when the abuse happened; second
time when they were not believed.
Today's News reports on a 72
year old man who was abusing a number of girls in the 1970s. I bet he was thinking that he had got away
with it. He hasn't having been sentenced
to eight years for the offences. What a
sad situation that this has been and no doubt still is going on.
The News also has a 12 page spread of photos
of kids on their first day at school.
Happy smiling faces in photo after photo, eight to a page. That adds up to a lot of kids starting
school. Looking at them I began to
wonder just what they may grow to become as adults. No one can say now can they? I hope they all have a happy childhood.
I've been busy
proof reading Web of Hate. While I was making a coffee yesterday I began
to wonder just why I was doing it all. The
cost involved in writing books for the new writer can be really high. I have been thinking about approaching Matador
with The Mission and see what they
say. Their cheapest publication deal
costs just short of £800. That's a lot
of cash just for one book. I'm not sure
I can afford it really. So I shall have
to stick to Amazon I suppose.
For today's
photo then ...
a shot of the cover for Web
of Hate. Can you see the mistake in
it?
Funny time ...
A young
guy from Oklahoma moves to California and goes to a big "everything under
one roof" department store looking for a job.
The manager says, "Do you have any sales experience?"
The kid says, "Yeah, I was a salesman back home in Oklahoma."
Well, the boss liked the kid so he gave him the job. "You start tomorrow. I'll come down after we close and see how you did"
His first day on the job was rough but he got through it. After the store was locked up, the boss came down. "How many sales did you make today?"
The kid says, "One."
The boss says, "Just one? Our sales people average 20 or 30 sales a day. You're going to have to improve considerably or look for another job! How much was the sale for?"
The kid says, "$112,237.64."
The boss says, "$112,237.64?! What the hell did you sell?!"
Kid says, "First I sold him a small fish hook. Then I sold him a medium fish hook. Then I sold him a larger fish hook. Then I sold him a new fishing rod. Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down at the lake, so I told him he was gonna need a boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him a new bass boat.
Then he said he didn't think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him down to the automotive department and sold him that new Ford pick-up.
I asked him how long he was going to be out at the lake and after he said 5 or 6 days I took him down to the RV department and sold him a slide-in camper for the truck."
The boss said, "A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a boat, a truck and a camper?"
Kid says, "No, he came in here to buy a box of tampons for his wife and I said, 'Well, your weekend's shot, you might as well go fishing.'"
The manager says, "Do you have any sales experience?"
The kid says, "Yeah, I was a salesman back home in Oklahoma."
Well, the boss liked the kid so he gave him the job. "You start tomorrow. I'll come down after we close and see how you did"
His first day on the job was rough but he got through it. After the store was locked up, the boss came down. "How many sales did you make today?"
The kid says, "One."
The boss says, "Just one? Our sales people average 20 or 30 sales a day. You're going to have to improve considerably or look for another job! How much was the sale for?"
The kid says, "$112,237.64."
The boss says, "$112,237.64?! What the hell did you sell?!"
Kid says, "First I sold him a small fish hook. Then I sold him a medium fish hook. Then I sold him a larger fish hook. Then I sold him a new fishing rod. Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down at the lake, so I told him he was gonna need a boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him a new bass boat.
Then he said he didn't think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him down to the automotive department and sold him that new Ford pick-up.
I asked him how long he was going to be out at the lake and after he said 5 or 6 days I took him down to the RV department and sold him a slide-in camper for the truck."
The boss said, "A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a boat, a truck and a camper?"
Kid says, "No, he came in here to buy a box of tampons for his wife and I said, 'Well, your weekend's shot, you might as well go fishing.'"
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