Winter Blues #3

 

Hi again from Dave and family.

Mum probably has Norovirus, according to the local pharmacist and she isn't delighted by the news. It is doing the rounds in our area and this could be an issue for making Christmas dinner. She is being confined to bed as of this afternoon, isn't allowed to cook for me or Grandpa, has to clean every surface she touches, and has a list of things she can't eat-dairy, salt, sugar, citrus etc. She's not happy at having no Pringles, cheese or chocolate! This could put the cobblers on Christmas dinner, which is annoying. But she intends to cheer herself up watching the latest series of The Great British Bake Off, Masterchef The Professionals and Coronation Street from 1992. I'm hoping for a bit of reading but lets not get too optimistic!

 

We got a bit of good news last night though. The guy that is doing our fence came round. He's had a cancellation and hopes to get our fences done in the next four weeks. Yes! Getting that done will be great AND he is going to come back a few weeks later to varnish all of it so Mum doesn't have to do it! She's very pleased about that! Scott says the firms providing wood have hiked the prices so high that customers are cancelling and he offered us the slot, and we're taking it. We reckon the prices will stay high for a couple of years anyway so we said we'd take it! On the down side, both our security lights are broken, front and back, and we can't get someone out to fix them. Some bugger came through the garden last night. He didn't find anything to steal and with it being so dark and the fence in bits everywhere, he's lucky he didn't fall and break his neck! What a pity... 

 

The Scottish Government Leader Nicola Sturgeon has spent the pandemic telling everyone to wear masks and follow harsh rules to keep everyone safe, and demanding the resignation of anyone in politics who breaks the rules SHE set out. Well guess who is on the front page of the newspapers today at an indoor funeral event in a pub, not wearing a mask and standing chatting to a group of pensioners sitting at a table near her. Nooo, Nicola, that isn't allowed under the rules of your own Tier system! "Table service and the wearing of face-coverings (unless exempt) when not seated by all customers is mandatory in all hospitality venues." Oh deary deary me! Yet again, the rules are for us plebs and not for politicians it seems. Especially as she says "Follow all the rules that are in place. Wear face coverings..."

 

And the Muppet we call Tony Blair is back out of his box, bleating about being able to run the vaccination distribution better than the government. Here is the newspaper quote "Mr Blair agreed he felt frustrated with the Government's handling of the pandemic so far and did not straight out dismiss the possibility of seeking a more prominent role in the roll-out of the vaccination programme. The former Labour leader said: "I don't know whether I should be back there running this." Well Mr Blair, I can tell you that answer is NO. Your failed policies caused a lot of the problems we now face and you are not a Conservative Government Minister. You are not even an MP, as you quit in a sulk when you lost the top job of PM to Gordon Brown, rather than continue in the job to serve the people who elected you, as Theresa May at least did. And he spent years trying to overturn a legal UK referendum result because it didn't suit him. Cretin. Actually, I must say sorry for upsetting and insulting muppets...I can't believe Mum and Grandpa voted for this total arse. (Mum: Neither can we Dave!)

 

Sorry about the political rants this time but we're feeling a bit grumpy today. Stay safe everyone  until next time! 

 

Dave