9
June
We
went out for a ride around yesterday afternoon, and nice ride out it turned out
to be. Our first stop was the local post office to pay a bill, followed by a
ride up the A5 to Tamworth where we did our shopping at the Asda Superstore
there for a change. We also called into Currys and bought a small cd/radio
player which I had been thinking about for a few weeks now. I’m not over fussed
in having a radio playing all day, especially if I’m trying to write or read.
Jan however, is quite happy to have it playing quietly in the back-ground,
particularly Smooth FM. When she is out I’ll have me War of the Worlds and
Tubular Bells on; Jan isn’t fussed about those two.
Last
weekend we didn’t have Kile here seeing he was just back from French France, so
Jan had offered to have him this coming weekend. Jan called Sam and asked about
him coming to us this weekend and reminded him that all kids were due for the
weekend. His response was, ‘That’s why I’m going to grans this weekend.’ When
Jan told me about it I laughed but then thought of something I hadn’t about for
a long time. When Tom was about 4 or 5 years old we took him down into town for
the first ‘Victorian Night’ and the switching on of the Christmas lights. The
town was packed solid! Jan wasn’t at all happy being in such a crowed and Tom
picked it up from her I think. From that day Ton was never happy in large
crowds. Kile is following him in that now.
According
to the news on telly, 100,000 people have arrived in Southern Europe by
illegally crossing the Med. It makes me wonder about the true numbers who
didn’t make it. These numbers are staggering. They leave their homes and head
off and pay scammers to get them over the Mediterranean. The money these people
make must be huge. Many that are questioned say they want to come here to
Britain. They see us as being a wealthy country where everyone is rich. I
suppose in comparison to where they come from then we are indeed rich.
What
they don’t see and see are the numbers of others who have drowned trying to do
the same as they are; they don’t see before they leave home is the food banks
feeding so many of our own poor people, the growing number of homeless people
and the squalid conditions that even more scammers let them live at huge costs.
Nor do they hear about the gang masters who get them working for such low pay
that would cause their employers to be taken to task if they paid UK workers
the same rate. They don’t hear about the latest government crackdown on welfare
payments for immigrants. They don’t hear about the numbers of people who are
sent back home, even if we might thing that the figure isn’t very high.
No,
they see any of that and even if they do, they think the risk is worth it. How
sad that these people live such poor lives that are willing to risk all to get
here.
Today’s
photo …
Some passengers on the Tube.
Today’s
funny …
Q: What
happens if you eat yeast and shoe polish? A: Every morning you'll rise and shine!
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