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With a lack of information as to my true condition
I have to stick with taking it easy as much as possible
This has already proved tricky with Junior being off school for the summer holidays
Can we go play football dad?
Can we go on the trampoline dad?
And a whole series of can we's
That to me are can't we's
Yesterday I pulled off a stroke of genius
Though some will think
Oh my god what is he doing?
It's Chav training
I used his interest in drawing and colouring in
To lure him in to Horse Racing
Yesterday was Glorious Goodwood
And for each race we had to select a horse
Then draw and colour the outfit
Before thrilling to the encounter itself
It was a most enjoyable afternoon
And he was overjoyed to get the winner in the main race "Yeats"
It is odd though when you think of those people that would think it bad
Because in the wealthier classes
They think nothing of introducing the kids to horse racing and gambling
After the main race they interviewed a young kid of 10 on one of the walkabouts
He was dressed in a suit and was part of a kids racing club
He had been there loads of times
Horse racing is a great way to apply maths
In fact there are few better
It also requires study of statistics and decision making
Very dynamic in my opinion
A woman in the park asked me if I had noticed the recession
I said I had not....not mentioning being suspended
But in any case it needed pointing out
Cabs...though thought to be an economic barometer...are not really that accurate
Cabbies think that they are affected but it is mostly in their minds
For instance Saturdays started becoming more sparse
But that was because the cabbies thought there was a recession
So more of them came out than would usually on a Saturday
If you look at the most popular types of cab fare
It will remain unaffected for the most part
1. People who can't get about because of impediments in walking and getting up hills
2. People who need to get their shopping home and have no car
3. Train and Bus passengers leaving town with big baggage
4. People who are in a rush (most people these days) or too late for a bus to be any good
5. People who have just got to town (tourists) and don't know their way around
6. Sex in the city types who would never get on a smelly slow bus
7. The plum lazy
These make up most of the fares
And have hardly diminished in this perceived recession
I suggested she ask a florist
We then discussed 'that' record shopping statistic
I think it was for march or april...can't remember exactly
Which caused the Bank of England to threaten to put up interest rates if folk didn't curb this habit
Are the B of E guiding us into a recession?
One that they can control to some degree?
Rather than one that spirals like dust devil?
One thing that I have not heard mentioned
Is that when it comes to people spending as opposed to saving
Almost two generations have passed since people had good savings habits
Folks can't remember how to save
Do you ever hear people talking about their savings these days?
Even people I know who are on good money
Have no savings
Just spendings
As the summer (notionally only) kicks in
And I get used to junior being at home
I will inevitably be thinking all the time
Of how to keep him occupied
Because he is a whirring dynamo
So it was good to stumble on an old childhood favourite of mine
Tin Tin
The adventures of
I downloaded the whole lot
21 episodes
Doesn't sound like much
But I was quite surprised to find each episode lasting 40 minutes
Virtually a mini film in kids terms
But a wry little laugh to myself at how times have changed
At the time Tin Tin was one the kiddie brands of the day
But I can see why they are not bringing these back for a replay
It's high adventure
Guns...lots of them
Dead people...murders
Kidnapping
In one episode alone
There was guns kidnapping drug trafficking
And a Sea Captain who had a bad drink problem
Junior loves em
He's already half way through a second run
They don't make em like this any more
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