Im just back from the Drs because yet again my back has been playing up.
Turns out that I have a disc bulging out of my spine causing sciatica and muscle spasms so at least 2 weeks off of work and a trip to see the physio.
We are just getting on our feet after a really tough year, like so many other people out there, so this has really got me down. I seem to have enough drugs here to knock out a horse!!
Has anyone any suggestions of how to fill the next two weeks involving no driving, lifting or bending over as I have to potter around to help the disc back in!
Friday 2 July 2010
Thursday 1 July 2010
Summer is here.
Here we are well into full blown summer here in Blighty. The weather has been amazingly warm and even Glastonbury got away with not getting its annual downpour turning the largest festival into a mud pool...no instead it was a dustbath of a site with 1000's suffering heatstroke and sunburn all in the name of fun!
I had the pleasure of being at the Isle of Wight festival this year which is full of youngsters who know no better after being let of off the leash for the first time. I have never witnessed such a huge number of youngsters that drunk or that sunburnt anywhere before. Now I know there is supposed to be a recession but these kids were spending money like water on alcohol, socks!!??? (why socks are so popular on the site I have no idea seeing as they seemed to be constantly stripping all of their other clothing off), toasties, greasy pizza's (apprantley the staple diet of this festival) and last but not least hour upon hour of queing for.................................................
mobile phone charging.
No I kid you not these plonkers were spending massive portions of their days either in a que to charge their mobiles or in another que to collect them. Now I admit I can be an old fart at times but at 36 I know I am not THAT old so why do I find this phone thing crazy??? When I was let off of my leash as a teenager for my first foray into the festival scene mobile phones were not something that even entered our minds. I mean you were away from home feeling like a grown up for the first time, you were more (only) interested in chasing women (ok girls) and drinking so much you made an arse out of yourself (normally chasing girls) so why in any gods name would you want to A) call your parents B)have your parents call you?
You are in a field so why would you want to play on the internet? Why pay £200 for a bloody festival ticket so you can do exactly what you would do at home???? Have the next generation got so involved with being plugged into the world wide web that they can no longer tell where they are even when its in a feild on a glorious day at the start of summer with no parental rules and a sea of young people just like you set free for the first time? Perhaps its time to look up from your handhelds guys & girls, blink a few times to clear your eyes and just perhaps then you could get on with living a real life with real people.
Belive me you are not young and free for long. Before you realise you will be working a proper job, paying the bills and wondering what your kids are doing at their first festival calling home 5 times a day!
I had the pleasure of being at the Isle of Wight festival this year which is full of youngsters who know no better after being let of off the leash for the first time. I have never witnessed such a huge number of youngsters that drunk or that sunburnt anywhere before. Now I know there is supposed to be a recession but these kids were spending money like water on alcohol, socks!!??? (why socks are so popular on the site I have no idea seeing as they seemed to be constantly stripping all of their other clothing off), toasties, greasy pizza's (apprantley the staple diet of this festival) and last but not least hour upon hour of queing for.................................................
mobile phone charging.
No I kid you not these plonkers were spending massive portions of their days either in a que to charge their mobiles or in another que to collect them. Now I admit I can be an old fart at times but at 36 I know I am not THAT old so why do I find this phone thing crazy??? When I was let off of my leash as a teenager for my first foray into the festival scene mobile phones were not something that even entered our minds. I mean you were away from home feeling like a grown up for the first time, you were more (only) interested in chasing women (ok girls) and drinking so much you made an arse out of yourself (normally chasing girls) so why in any gods name would you want to A) call your parents B)have your parents call you?
You are in a field so why would you want to play on the internet? Why pay £200 for a bloody festival ticket so you can do exactly what you would do at home???? Have the next generation got so involved with being plugged into the world wide web that they can no longer tell where they are even when its in a feild on a glorious day at the start of summer with no parental rules and a sea of young people just like you set free for the first time? Perhaps its time to look up from your handhelds guys & girls, blink a few times to clear your eyes and just perhaps then you could get on with living a real life with real people.
Belive me you are not young and free for long. Before you realise you will be working a proper job, paying the bills and wondering what your kids are doing at their first festival calling home 5 times a day!
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