has revealed more rot than was suspected. A man with a Black Country accent, gold teeth a headscarf and dreadlocks came and took the worst one off to the window workshop leaving a sad boarded-over hole behind, this has coincided with news that the car needs a new radiator AND air conditioning system.
I must try to interweave Happy Thoughts among the grim reality of my latest news:
HT 1. I went to see a movie - 'The Square' at a cinema called The Cube - loved the movie but managed to kick over a full glass of rum as I took my seat
Cheesey* has moved back into our neighbourhood, he appears outside my gate to alternate abusive language with wheedling tones - you and I could get on really well if you'd just give it a chance. On Sunday I was inside the house and heard him swearing at someone in the next road, his choice of words indicated that he was harrassing another woman, I walked out to see him pushing his trolley up the road, he'd tipped over the big rubbish bin in the entrance to her block of flats, she was on the phone to the police saying that this had been going on for weeks.
HT 2. I found some fine-wool-brand-new-never-worn Jaeger trousers at the charity shop - perfect fit perfect length
*clicking on the 'Cheesey' label below will throw up yet more Cheese
Shuntaro Tanikawa.
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Was it your glass of rum, or someone else's?
ReplyDeleteAnd it might be an idea to tie up your wheelie bin.
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my glass - Sailor Jerry's - drowning sorrows works for me xxxx
DeleteWith Cheesey on the loose, please make sure that boarded up window is secure.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I will xxxx
DeleteHoley Moley! Too much is going on at your house, sweetpea! Take care! xoxo
ReplyDeleteI am actually wearing a pith helmet and fatigues xxxx
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