TV and Shopping - Yawn

Today is my day off work.

This morning I was up at 5.30am, and went with my mate to do a short bit as an extra (walk on artist) for Emmerdale, a Yorkshire TV production in Leeds. I was a prison warder. Cannot say any more though.

Then it was back home and off to Morrisons to do the shopping for Christmas. It was pandemonium. Any-one would think we were going into seige conditions the amounts of food some people were buying. Still the shops open again on 27th December.

The news from the test was a little better. England 102 for 1, and then rain stopped play against Sri Lanka. I'm glad the test went ahead as this was the first test at Galle since the Tsunami.

This Data protection farce continues. The Skipton Building society has lost records of 15,000 customers, when a laptop was stolen from one of its staff. Its about time the Data Protection Registrar stepped in and started hitting some of these companies and agencies.

Nice little story in one of the papers, a chap rescued an injured bird, and the pidgeon now follows him everywhere, goes for rides in his car, won't let his wife near him (some chaps would be pleased about that, not me I hasten to add), sits on the side of his bath etc. Makes a change from rape allegations, and sordid party allegations, Oops, sorry Man Utd.

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Oh well went to work again at the Estate Agents. Not too many viewings of properties today. The time of year, financial crises, etc, but hopefully will pick up in New year. Had a good appraisal with my boss, so that was OK, then went down the Colne Valley area of Huddersfield delivering leaflets.

Got home tonight from work, and my wife Jill had put up a little Christmas tree in the hall, the real one will follow later. She had been out and bought quite a few more presents.

Goods news for borrowers today, the Bank of England Interest Rate fell by one quarter of ane percent. Apparently it saves about £16 per month on a £100,00 mortgage. apparently it should refuel the retail market.

The shooting in Omaha, USA was a tragedy. How on earth do these young kids get the weapons in the first place, and what motivates to then go and massacre all those poor people. As they say in here in Yorkshire, `There's nowt as queer as folk'.