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No idea, what are they saying?

I had an email from SKY today to inform me that the 18 month contract on my phone line and Broadband was finishing in January and giving me some options.  One was to go onto a rolling contract at the same cost (£55/month), the other was to start a new 18 month contract with the same service for £29 a month.  There's a £10 cost to change (no idea why), but even after that I'm saving £25 a month.  Never had that with them before, the prices only go one way normally and it isn't down!


 

Looks bloody marvelous.

Quite amazing that there is only about an inch wide strip of rubber separating the rider from death. Great photo.

Just got back from a "last minute" trip to the supermarket to grab some essentials.

Waiting at a set of traffic lights on the M3 roundabout junction closest to home, there was a small procession came round in front of me headed by a hearse with the coffin clearly visible inside.
How terribly sad, a funeral on Christmas Eve :-(

Started the New Year with a tremendous prat fall. Walking in a muddy field I slipped slightly, steadied myself, congratulated myself on staying upright, and then it was as if the rug had been whipped from under me - legs up in the air as the world somersaulted and I was suddenly flat on my back, looking at a winter sun - which was swiftly blocked out by a spaniel looking down at me with a puzzled look. Squelched home a muddy wreck and stripped all my outer garments off in the garage and put them straight into the washing machine.

Surprisingly OK at the moment. Tomorrow morning will be the test I guess. Better have some muscle relaxant tonight. 

Had a stop over at Philadelphia airport and bought this, someone suggested I put it in my car when I thought about putting it in the bonnet like a Rolls Royce... no? 🤣

I drove through it 9 years ago but didn’t get to visit.
It’s one of my to do items.
The idea of an X5 with Rocky on the bonnet is intriguing. I’d need an old Trans-Am to do it properly.

Had to spend $500 on the dog at the vets today.
He had to get his rabies shot and a few other things- he’s got a congenital thing that a lot of terriers have which affects their nose and eyes.
There are some things that I don’t flinch at spending money on and my dogs health is one of them.
Worth every penny.

In San Francisco the past few days. 
stayed at this hotel called The Phoenix. 
fantastic place in the dodgiest part of the city. 
in the 90’s, it was the place all the major bands went to when they were in town and a friend of mine who was a roady for The Rolling Stones in the 80’s told me he stayed there with multiple bands over time. 
very cool place, if you are happy to stay inside the hotel after dark...
I saw at least 6 people doing meth outside this morning when I went out for coffee!

I needed to put some petrol in the Fiesta this morning, and as I stopped at Pump number 3, I put fuel in to the value of £33-33 (some of you may recall a posting last year about this amount....)

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Just by chance !

Sure there weren't two of them?