Court – it’s a lottery; learning to drive – whose fault is it anyway?

I remember a court case that a company (C), was involved in.  They were providing software for an organisation (TO) which didn’t think that they had done a good job and the statistics (which was the point of the software) weren’t good.  C wanted their money, of course.

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They think it’s all over – It is now!

Football.  Manchester United versus Milan. Last night, all the bars that had coverage via satellite were doing a roaring trade.  I found it difficult to find a place to park – and we’re the opposite side of Milan!  It seems that, to really enjoy the evening, people had travelled from outside Milan into the centre to go and watch the spectacle at a bar!

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Don’t hold your breath in the Gotthard Tunnel!

Today, as yesterday, has been a really beautiful day.  Unfortunately we had some chores to do – mine in front of a computer and V ironing.  However, it was so beautiful that we decided to take Rufus for a walk in Giardini Pubblici (the park closest to where we live in Milan) this afternoon.

Whilst walking in the park, we have to pass under a footbridge – but it’s a wide one as I guess they also use it for park vehicles.   V says that he doesn’t like walking under the bridge because it smells.  I said that it didn’t but he said that it didn’t matter anyway as you ‘have to hold your breath under bridges and in tunnels as it’s lucky’!  Yep, he really said that.  He did add that it probably wasn’t a good idea to do that in the Gotthard Tunnel (from here to Switzerland).

It reminded me of when he was on Jeopardy and, when asked if he had ever worked in a factory, he replied ‘No, but I did drive past one, once’. Continue reading