Aldi, dogs and getting up late

1 August

Oh dear, how sad, what a pity, never mind! We were late up this morning, very late. Jan woke me at 10.30. Half the days gone now and nowt done … … …

Well, we gave it a try; again; but we won’t be going back to Aldi! The fruit we bought, and I do go through a lot of fruit, is so, so, apart from the peaches which went mouldy within 24 hours. We bought two loaves of bread, one ‘batch’ bread for me which is very dry and really on suitable for toast. The second one was a ‘best of both’ loaf for Jan, and that is the same. The multi-pack of crisps taste OK, but they feel stale to me. We’ll be back to Asda tomorrow. It’s OK saving money but if you don’t like the stuff you buy, then you have wasted the money you did spend.

Did you happen to watch last night’s Tonight programme? It’s one of the many current affairs shows I always record, and we sat and watched it this morning. Last night it was about puppy farms and illegally imported pups. The condition s these dogs are being breed in absolutely disgusting. So many of them are dying with days of being bought by people who thing they are getting a bargain. The advice, ‘if it sounds too good to be true’ is just as relevant with livestock as it is with cars, investments or any other high priced items. It’s just such a shame that greedy people have found another way to make loads of money without caring how much harm they cause.

Our ghostly thief seems to have struck yet again. This time it’s our current telly pages that have gone adrift. I remember looking at them yesterday afternoon, but this morning there’s no sign of it. Over the last week I also found out that one of our Parry Hotter DVDs was missing. According to HMV here in Dorktown you can no longer buy them as single discs, so Jan has had to buy a new boxed set. I have problems with the quality of them, they seem very grainy to me, much more so than the older set. We may need to take it back.

And so for a photo, again from Sunday … 

And today’s funny …

A man rushed into a hospital and asked an nurse for a cure for hiccups. Grabbing a cup of water, the nurse quickly splashed it into the man’s face. “What did you that for?” screamed the man. “you don’t have the hiccups now, do you?” said the nurse. “No,” replied  the man. “My wife out in the car has them.”