manroy's blog No 9.

Posted by manroy | 2007-12-08 | Comments: (0) | Hits: 289

Hi Folks.
Cor!!! The weekend's dont half come fast when you are enjoying life.
Mind you we had a nasty turn at the Camera Club on Monday night. Les, or davles to you MyShoters who know him, went to our securely locked metal cupboard to get out our laptop etc, whereupon with a strangled cyr shouted "Roy, come and look at this." Yes you have guessed it, we had been burgled, but only the two most expensive items had been stolen. Out laptop, and our projector. Les and Kevin rushed down to the police station, about a hundred yards away only to discover that it was closed, yes that's right closed. "Cut Backs" So we then phoned the "cover all areas" station in Bridgend. I was put in a phone-line queue, and told that I would be sorted as soon as an officer was available. Sorted, I thought, we have already been well and trully sorted, that's why I'm phoning. Anyway, after a twenty minute wait, our particulars were taken down, and we were told that someone would be in touch within twentyfour hours. Since then Les, who is dealing with the police in this matter has had an incident number with which to use for our insurance claim. So, that was the start to our week.
On a lighter note. Working people, often ask retired people like my wife and I what we do to make our days interesting.
Well for example, the other day Ena (my wife) and I went to Cardiff, our capital city for the day. we went into a shop, and honestly we were only in there for about five minutes. When we came out, there was a traffic warden writing out a parking ticket. we went up to him and I said, "Come on man, how about giving a pensioner a break?" He ignored me and continued writing the ticket. So I called him a rather naughty word. He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn tyres. So Ena, who is normally a quiet and extremely gentle lady, but hates injustice also called him a naughty word. (I must speak to her about that) He finished writing the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. He then started writing a third ticket. This went on for about twenty minutes. The more we abused him, the more tickets he wrote.
Personally, we didn't really care. We had travelled to Cardiff by bus.
But hey, we try to have a little fun each day now that we are retired. It's important at our age.
Ooops, here's Ena now with my medication and a cup of cocoa. Speak to you again next week.
Best regards, Roy.