For the first time, as I’m not actually there, I’m reading about the Hay Festival and there’s both negative and positive. But I am amazed by the vitriol expounded by some bloggers.
Anti-Hay Festival?
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Category Archives: Experiences
Solution to cockroaches, Pirates, burgers and Hay (of course)
N was telling me last night about her successful cockroach killing secret weapon. It seems that they have had a couple of them in her flat and it’s not just her apartment, but the whole building. The landlady gave her some bait to put down, which she duly did and then she saw the cockroach come along, dance for a while around the bait and then scamper off!
Happy 20th Birthday to the Hay Festival
Well, today is the start of the 20th Hay Festival. I looked on the website as I was thinking of S and suddenly, I really miss the Festival. We won’t be going at all and this will be the first time in over 10 years that we won’t be there, in any role, punters, debenture holders or box office staff.
Visitors, appreciating classical music in spite of being uncomfortable, a vision in purple
I’ve noticed that one of my regular visitors, recently, is from Oregon in the US. It’s probably not soon enough, but welcome. Nice to see you and, may I point out, that this entry is really for you as you are keep returning, probably looking for a new post.
C’s visit, Dialogue in the Dark, Flamingos in a private garden, Danes, from camels to Britney Spears, handsome new boyfriend (I already have mine) and a couple of rants and clowney.
I wouldn’t call this post ‘news’, since that implies something amazing. A round-up of events is probably a better description. And it’s long because it includes a rant, so, sorry about that in advance.
Be nice to people until you know they are bastards.
It’s 1 a.m. and I’m making a call to someone I’ve never met. The conversation goes something like this:
Me: ‘Hi, do you speak English?’
Hospitals, prisons, police and…… garages!
I am walking in to the hospital. Of course, these days, often, they almost seem like hotels. The wide open spaces, the reception desk to ‘check in’. If it wasn’t for all the sick and needy people, the nurses and doctors, you could, often, be entering a four-star hotel.
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!
Never buy a Belkin (well, not if you want good advice, support or, even, anyone that speaks English in a way you can understand)
“There is a lot of fear about switching on encryption”, said Rob Falconer, sales and marketing manager at router manufacturer Belkin, which supplies its wireless devices without encryption.
A very pleasant Sunday, Chocolate Ice Cream & Rufus – looking pretty
It didn’t quite go as planned on Sunday after all. We DID go for a walk up Corso Buenos Aires on Sunday afternoon as many of the shops were open. We DID take Rufus, who got lots of admiring looks and lots of ‘che bello’s’ and who was perfectly behaved, as usual. V got some presents for the birthday of a girl at work because he always seems to be the one responsible for taking the collection money and finding the presents.