THE VILLAGE ELDERS!
Parbold is power cut central at the moment. Maybe it's a new government scheme to cut the power to Labour seats so we can't access the internet or other news media and see what the hell they're doing.
The power cut today made my father quite irritable, so he tried to start up the generator. But it wasn't working. He needed a torch to see what he was doing, but brother Levi had taken it and gone 'exploring'. XD Eventually I was sent out to find him. I went down to the village hall and found a group of old guys, one of whom was wearing an epic long coat, but with a torch on his head, which sort of spoiled the image. ;P
I decided to refer to these guys as 'the village elders', because they were old and seemed to be ~organising~ people. One of them proclaimed, quite assured of the truth of what he said, that "I've just spoken to a guy from the electricity board. He says the power won't be back until midnight!"
Needless to say, it came back about an hour after he said this.
Hey ho.
In other news...
There was a party from the Parbold Knitting club in the café today who had booked a Christmas party. A bit early, maybe, but meh, it made us some money. Felt a little sorry for Nicola, being dropped in the deep end on her second day of work.
I found out, by the way, that she believes in horoscopes and star signs and all that BS. I'll try not to let it bother me so long as she doesn't bring it up. BUT, it did give me an opportunity for this conversation;
Her: So what star sign are you?
Me: Crossed computers.
Her: Crossed what?
Me: Computers!
Hands up if you get the reference! ;D
And finally...
Anyone want a Christmas card? Let me know and I'll tell you if I need your address. (Probably most of them as my old file with all my on-line friends addresses is lost D: )
The power cut today made my father quite irritable, so he tried to start up the generator. But it wasn't working. He needed a torch to see what he was doing, but brother Levi had taken it and gone 'exploring'. XD Eventually I was sent out to find him. I went down to the village hall and found a group of old guys, one of whom was wearing an epic long coat, but with a torch on his head, which sort of spoiled the image. ;P
I decided to refer to these guys as 'the village elders', because they were old and seemed to be ~organising~ people. One of them proclaimed, quite assured of the truth of what he said, that "I've just spoken to a guy from the electricity board. He says the power won't be back until midnight!"
Needless to say, it came back about an hour after he said this.
Hey ho.
In other news...
There was a party from the Parbold Knitting club in the café today who had booked a Christmas party. A bit early, maybe, but meh, it made us some money. Felt a little sorry for Nicola, being dropped in the deep end on her second day of work.
I found out, by the way, that she believes in horoscopes and star signs and all that BS. I'll try not to let it bother me so long as she doesn't bring it up. BUT, it did give me an opportunity for this conversation;
Her: So what star sign are you?
Me: Crossed computers.
Her: Crossed what?
Me: Computers!
Hands up if you get the reference! ;D
And finally...
Anyone want a Christmas card? Let me know and I'll tell you if I need your address. (Probably most of them as my old file with all my on-line friends addresses is lost D: )