At last the rain stopped. I was beginning to think it might end up like the town of Macondo in the wonderful novel One Hundred Years of Solitude where it rained so much that everyone and everything had mould growing on them. Still the sun came out today and I went to meet my friend Paula for lunch, always a treat, and we had a good old catch up before the not so good lockdown. Then I got the new tyres put on my vehicle and back home for a cuppa and a biscuit.
I couldn’t resist watching the much heralded ‘The Undoing’ on Sky Atlantic with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. I found the first episode slightly weird but the second one which I saw today became quite sinister and definitely interesting. Quite the best since lockdown and restrictions started, but then I have always loved a good serial.
Amongst all the bad news which keeps pouring in was the wonderful rescue of a three year old girl from the rubble following an earthquake in Greece, The poor child had been buried for 65 hours and the firefighter rescuer, thinking she was not alive, asked for a body bag as he wiped the dust from her face. The girl opened her eyes and grabbed hold of his thumb. I loved that the rescuer wiped her face even believing she had died. She is now recovering in hospital and other members of her family had been rescued two days before. Also found alive a few hours before was a 14 year old girl, altogether 106 people were pulled out alive. Let’s stop moaning about lockdown.
Today is the last day before voters leave their homes to decide who will win the US elections. A mystery punter has placed a bet of one million pounds for Joe Biden to win. The bet was placed in the UK as political betting is not allowed in the US and is the largest ever political bet. If he wins he will receive just over 1.5 million pounds. Not sure the odds are good enough to risk losing that much but then it depends how much you can afford to lose. Then again a video in which Joe Biden appeared at a rally with Barrack Obama is doing the rounds. It seems that Joe was having yet another senior moment or two, or three and this might put a few people off who are still sitting on the fence.
Andrex has assured the UK that they have 100 million toilet rolls on standby. I’m sure you are all relieved to know that. And a brewery boss is incensed at the news of the latest restrictions. He said it didn’t make any sense that he couldn’t sell take away or home delivery real ale as he did during the last lockdown. He said he will have to pour his beer down the drain as real ale has a short shelf life. I know a few people who will help him get rid of it before Thursday. Good night my darlings 😴💤😴