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Date: 18 February 2006 17:12:20
Today saw us visiting Oldrum to go browsing, in our own ways.
After buying a new floor light for the living room and having coffee in Starbucks, we went our separate ways. I went to the reference librarty to begin research for my model railway project and First Wife went to buy items with for our personal project.
Have you ever noticed that libraries are great resources of knowledge for every subject - except what you are looking for? That was my experience today.
I found books on trains, plenty of pictures of trains and general modelling subjects. However nothing on the stations and engine sheds I'm most intersted in. Eventually I found a book on engine sheds that was hidden in a separate subject area for transportation books. Why have 2 areas for the same subject?
FW wandered around buying things for our Flat Belly/Flat Telly competition. This revolves on us both losing weight/inches. The one that does the best pays less for the flat screen TV. If we both succeed then we pay equal amounts.
FW also discovered the same thing that I do when I go shopping. We both hate crowds; especially crowds of people wandering aimlessly and without focus. Why do people feel the need to do this? Is there a mental block that comes over people when they go shopping? Of course, the bigger the city the worse the problem.
Have you noticed how many Chavs there are these days? I came home from work on Thursday night to find one in my living room. Then I noticed it was FW in her tracksuit bottoms. Maybe living on a council estate has finally caught up with her.......
FW also overheard the following today. There were a group of Goths being raucus in the High Street and someone passing said, "They're as bad as chavs".
For those who don't know, Oldrum is the Chav capital of South Wales. Our current musical representatives just add to this with their appearance. Yes, Goldie Looking Chain are from Oldrum.