There was annoyance from the right about The Last Night of the Proms. It appears that they wanted the BBC to censor those waving EU flags. Those flags apparently had been given out free of charge by an organisation, but if a person wanted a Union Flag, they would have had to buy it from vendors outside.
I have to agree with Femi in that patriotism is wanting our great nation to be even better, and it was better in the EU than out of it.
Just got home after a day in London. My younger brother is going out with a lovely South African woman, Lauren. Sadly, her sister died recently leaving behind her seven year old niece. Today, we met the two of them, her parents, her uncle, my other brother and my Mum. I was dreading it as it was over a two hour drive there (and the same coming back) so was expecting us all to be tired afterwards. We did get there early, but went shopping (I wanted to go to Richmond but was overruled) and ended up arriving last!
My children came along with Leia and they talked to my brothers, well mostly (my son resorted to grunts apparently with my youngest brother). They did not get to spend much time with my mother who spent time talking to the other parents. Lauren’s uncle ended going on a walk with Leia and me, he having had a dog in the past, but is not able to have one now due to him travelling a lot.
The last time my bothers and I got together like this was on New Years when we met up for my mothers birthday (which she decided not to attend) and I am going to have to badger them to make this a regular thing. Anyway, the kids are in bed along with my wife, Time to join them.
I was called a terrible parent yesterday. Both children have gone back to school, and the house is a bit stressful as a result. My son has not been too forthcoming about how things have been for him, but that is the stereotype of a teenage boy of his age.
My daughter on Wednesday, when collected from her Sixth Form College stated that she felt lazy and stupid. She is not and she was feeling sorry for herself, so I agreed with her.
Yesterday, when asked at work, about how she did on her first day, by two of the people she works with, I told them what happened and what I said. They were not impressed.
I think my children agree with Trump about climate change. We are in a heatwave this week in the UK and yesterday my daughter decided to put on the tumble dryer rather than put the clothes out to dry in the heat.
They are continuing to leave appliances on, notably the PlayStation, which we use to watch streaming channels. And they continue to put plastics that cannot be recycled (usually film plastic) in the plastic recycling pile.
I am sure that they will say that climate change is an issue they agree needs action to address, I just have the view that they do not care enough to make any meaningful changes.
I am sure his words will stick with some, but put simply, the Conservatives have been in power since David Cameron became Prime Minister in 2010 and they have had thirteen years to sort this out, or as appears to have happened , ignored it and hoped that this would only become an issue after he next election.
My wife and I spent yesterday out of the home for a lot of the day. We had lunch with friends and I watched the Arsenal game there. Afterwards my wife rested while I went to the pub quiz where I relaxed and had a few drinks.
When it came to the Arsenal game, the score does not reflect the game. It was a tight thing and we could have easily lost. In fact, Tony, whom I was watching the game with, said that he thought a point was a good result before ManUre scored what turned out of be an offside goal (only just). I felt that with the way ManUre organised themselves, it was either going to take a break, luck or Jesus running through the crowd of players to unlock the game. Normally Saka would do that, but I think that our draw last week where he gave away possession may have affected his confidence. ManUre marked Martin Ødegaard for much of the game and he showed what happens when he is allowed space near the opposing goal.
Anyway, considering that I did not think that we would get a result, three points is much appreciated!
I have not posted recently as I have not been too well. I had to take a lot of Wednesday off work (which was easier as I work from home on that day) and while unwell, I went into work on Thursday against the objections of my wife and needed to nap during the day.
I was better, but not back to normal on Friday and yesterday felt well enough to travel with my wife to get the laptop my son needs for his school. She had ordered this online.
My wife and son had travelled to Lakeside yesterday to be told that the laptop was not there and when they got back she got a message that the laptop had arrived! So yesterday, she drove down and I went with her. While there, we fixed her apple watch that she has not used in a while. On the way there, we saw a lot of traffic on the A12 as one interchange was closed, so we drove back via Maldon.
On the way to Maldon, we stopped for some rest and fluids at a lovely family run Italian restaurant and ended up staying there for a few hours. Days like this, were my wife and I just do something in a spontaneous manner are not as common as I would like, but we both loved it!
The only downside to the day was listening to a remix of a track that I am sure was different to how it had been when it was originally released. Turns out, on streaming, the remix is the only version you can access!
