Tripped out for thirty six hours

Saturday already, and not only did Wales lose valiantly to France - when they should have won on the missed penalties let alone the fact that their Captain should not have been sent off - yellow and sin bin maybe , but not a red. However, that's the luck of the draw - maybe !!

For me, the last 36 hours were lost, missed a meeting on Thursday which I really should have been at as it was work related. My trip to Risley on Friday was postphoned till Tuesday due to a fatal accident - so next week is already messed up - Thursday night was a Lodge in Council Installation - missed , and Friday night , more importantly - missed Simon Fairly's installation into the chair at Esk 42 RA - apologies from both myself and Sparky, who was had a short notice call for help to deal with a "goosed" central heating boiler.
BUT I did ( as I was not on the road to Manchester) get called in to substitute for Derek Paton an electrician friend at the weekly meeting of BNI TGI at the Marriot , Maybury - big change from my last trip where half the group and about one hundred guests all ended up with tummy bugs - we had plenty of hand disinfectants, on hand yesterday. Reminded me a bit about a hotel i once stayed at in the Dominican Republic , checked it on Trip Advisor and found that there had been an outbreak of sickness, etc there - however on our arrival, place was spotless, and there were ladies stationed all over the complex, especially outside the toilets and as you went into the dining and bar areas armed with skooshie bottles for your hands - we had no problems that holiday.

But I digress -BNI - we were talking about "memory hooks", i.e RGB uses " remember folks it is not the Meercat, it's the Mercat" ' Derek Paton - says , "you wont get a shock when you get my bill"; and one of the ladies, Gail Scott of Pru Healthcare, says , "better to have it and not need it , than need it and not have it" !!!

So, in the meantime the Mercat closes tonight for a few days to allow for a refurbishment, lick of paint, new floors, new furniture, sort out the "loos" and do a bit of staff training - and with fingers crossed we will hopefully be ready to open on Friday next with a bit of a party.

Tasty wee "Hazy View" South African Pinotage helping with this epistle today !!

I have been building up for a real rant over the past few days, fistly - "celebrities" or so called or in their own minds, having watched editions of "Celebrity Coach Trip" and "Celebrity come dine with me" this week , the big question was Who ? Who? are these people, I knew Bobby George the English darts player who did remarkably well considering he did not even start playing darts till he was thirty one - down to earth , Chantelle - friend of Alex the fighter - who admitted that she had a brain but it did not function as well as others did !!!!!!!!!!!!. on the bus , two silly gits from Big brother - ????? - who my budgie could outclass , and the only one I knew initially was Michale Barrimore of "why did you drown on my pool" fame. Which is a bit unfair as I did like him in his Quiz shows before the unfortunate incident at his home.

Politicians - WHAT THE HELL WAS LIAM FOX playing at- I followed this story, had planned on doing a few words, and in the meantime he has upped and resigned - what a disgrace. Hopefully there will be a properly conducted enquiry into the events and the actions of his his so called friend and their backers- remember - there is no such thing as a free meal.
Why do we have legislation on tyres? why the rules on car exhausts? Ask the motor trade who lobby our MP's.

Which reminds me - green energy - big carry on at the moment as they plan to shut down Cockenzie Power Station and upgrade the boilers, etc. At the moment we would need 1200 new windmills on the site or offshore to replace the power station - BUT - we need wind, not too much - because too much and the turbines will break - so in conclusion , green energy is not all it is cracked up up to be.