Shouty Boy Comes To Stay

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Date: 21 July 2008 12:50:44

JTL - You win Friday's competition. The S.S. Liebstandarte Adolf Hitler have been despatched and will come goose-stepping down your road shortly. As they have to go via Poland, France and Russia they maybe some time.

This weekend we had Shouty Boy to stay with us. His parents had gone off to a wedding and abandoned the Troublesome Trucks. He stayed with us and Stroppy Boy went to my parents - it's always best to split them up to avoid arguments and violence.

On Saturday I took Shouty to Blaenavon to go on the train. We were very lucky as we were the only passengers and had the entire train to ourselves. I often wonder if they still run the train if no one turns up - I forgot to ask.

Afterwards we waited for FW to come home and then we all went to see Wall-E. I must say that this was a very good film and not too smaltzy. I really enjoyed it!

Yesterday Shouty stayed with FW while I went to chapel; he wasn't too keen on chapel and we thought it would be better to let him do something he'd enjoy. So when I came home I was treated to freshly made Dalek biscuits - he really enjoys cooking.

In the afternoon we dropped FW off for work and went to Big Pit. He always asks to go when he comes up and I thought it would help to kill a few hours. He wsn't impressed with our guide and his stories though but enjoyed the rest.

History Today :

1403 : Henry IV defeats Henry Percy ("Hotspur") at the Battle of Shrewsbury. Percy was an ally of Owain Glyn Dwr - the great Welsh rebel.

1588 : The Spanish Armada are sighted off Cornwall. Francis Drake is advised at Plymouth Hoe while, are so legend says, playing a round of bowls.

1796 : Robert "Rabbie" Burns dies today. He's mosts famous for inventing the Haggis and writing poetry that sounds like gobble-dee-gook to all but the most drunken of Scotsmen.

1897 : The Tate Gallery opens.

1899 : Ernest Hemingway is born.

1960 : Sirima Bandaranaike becomes the world's first female Prime Minister in Sri Lanka.

1969 : Neil Armstrong becomes the first American to walk on the moon. He got there 10 years before The Police released their song. "This is one small step for man... "Beep" One giant leap for mankind... "Beep". Of course, the first people actually on the moon were Wallace & Gromit and that famous Welsh astronaut Mog The Mechanic. My sister is still convinced that it was a hoax.

1998 : Alan B. Shepherd Jr. dies - what is he famous for?