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I was in a certain sports shop in Brentwood yesterday.  Someone in front had bought a load of sports gear and paid in cash with £20 notes.  (I was buying a swimming costume for my wife for £4 - I'm not in the same league!)

Anyway, when I went up to the assistant she was sorting out the £20 notes.  I made a comment about counting all her money and she said that wasn't what she was doing, she was sorting them out so that they were all the same way round.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who does that ...

Gently goes it, or not

Did you see Inspector George Gently last night?  All about police corruption.  I was shocked.  All the more to find that nice Inspector Lewis was in fact the worst of them all!

(You have to have watched it to understand that - and if you haven't watched it yet but intend to, I've spoilt it for you - sorry!)

Cholesterol test

Our local Sainsbury's is doing free cholesterol tests.  As I've never had one before, I thought it would be a good idea.  The first time I asked, the machine wasn't working.  The second time I went in, I found I had to make an appointment.  But that was OK, she filled in a card to give me, as you can see.  She wrote the date and time and the store name in first, then looked back at the appointment in order to write my name.

As she wrote my name she said, "This is just a reminder."  I had to bite back my tongue to stop me saying, "That's OK, I think I'll remember my name!"

But come to think of it, that way things 'disappear' after I put them down and it's a full scale search to find them, maybe I might need that reminder...

The Great Parade

We went to see the Olympic & Paralympic parade in London yesterday.  Plenty of cheering and clapping and photos taken!  It was a great ending to a summer of awesome sport.  Below are a couple of pictures; Aled Davis whose picture further down I took when he received his bronze for the shotput and Rebecca Adlington.

More than one person has said to me that although they weren't that bothered about the Olympics before they started, once they began they were glued to the tele like most of the rest of the nation!  And I think we've all been inspired by the Paralympics.

The one problem, who will get Sports Personality of the Year?  Mo Farah? David Wier?  Jessica Ennis?  Sarah Cockcroft?  Jonnie Peacock? What about Bradley Wiggins who won the Tour de France?  And what about Andy Murray who's just won his first Grand Slam!?  I've just remembered Ellie Simmonds...  The list goes on! 

I think we need multiple Sports Personalities of the Year!

A Meal Out

We went out for a meal to Prezzo this evening.  Why Prezzo?  Tesco vouchers, of course.  I happened to notice we were probably the oldest people there by some margin, save, perhaps for one other lady, probably out with her daughter.  There were plenty of young couples and a number of "girls' night out" groups (it was Friday evening).

We loved it!  Although, of course, it gets a bit noisy.  The conversation goes something like this:
"It's getting rather noisy in here!"
"I can't hear what your saying, it's so noisy in here!"

Apart from that, it was a very enjoyable meal, after all, who wants to be surrounded by oldies?  Furthermore, we were able to do what the rest couldn't; on leaving the restaurant we caught the bus home for free with our bus passes!

Musing on the Summer of Sport

It's been an incredible summer of sport and a great celebration of being British!  As the people sitting next to us at the Olympics water polo said, "We got it right!"  The park, the ambiance and of course the sport itself!  It also needs to be said that we hardly ever a found a queue for the loo and we never had to queue very long (if at all) to buy a drink.Well done, Seb and your team.

Earlier this week Oscar Pistorius made headlines for his comments about Olivera's blades but later on he apologised.  Yesterday, in the 100 metres, although he only managed 4th place, he was the first to congratulate the winner, our own Jonnie Peacock, and in his post-race interview he was clearly pleased for Jonnie and said it was a blessing he himself had been able to come 4th.

Sadly those actions and remarks didn't hit the headlines, but that's the way of the news media.

For those of us fortunate to have been able to attend the Olympics and/or Paralympics, we must be grateful to G4S.  Because of their inability to provide the manpower they had been contracted to do, troops were moved in.  We met them as we went through security and they were polite, friendly and efficient.

What would it have been like if G4S had done it?  I leave you to imagine.

Lively yoghurt

I see from my organic bio-live yogurt (that's the way they spell it), it is suitable for vegetarians and contains live cultures. 

Which begs the question, should vegetarians be eating live cultures?