Texas is hot. very hot. And very, very humid. The car temp said it was 108 degrees today. Walking from the car to the shopping mall was like walking in an oven. it is unbeleiveably hot.
Anyway, here we are in sunny Texas It was a fairly uneventful flight. I even managed to watch a whole movie - “Kung Fu Panda” before falling asleep for most of the 10 hour trip. I have to say a big HURRAH for British Airways. They are extremely professional in everything that they do - and the food, (and free Bordeaux!), was good as well. It’s a pity the passengers couldn’t attain the same high standards as the crew. We had two kids behind us who were constantly loud, (like their parents), and pushed against the seats etc etc. “Murder on Flight 193″ - I can see the movie now…. I think I’ll play myself in it!
You’ll have to wait to see any videos I’ll make over here, and uploading pics appears to be an issue as well. So, you’ll have to take my word for it - I went down to Dealey Plaza today and did a fantastic video and took some great photos as well
And - I’ve not really succumbed too much to the usual jet lag I get when I come over here. Probably from having a lot of sleep on the plane helped.
Well, I guess that’s it for now. That god the house has air con - otherwise we’d melt in the night!
Grassy Knoll. The grassy knoll. That’s right - the one in Dallas where the alleged “second shooter” was stood who supposedly shot JFK that fateful day in November 1963.
Well, back in 2001, me and Sue were there:
Actually, that’s me severely highlighted on the grassy knoll. This is a scanned photo - before I discovered digital cameras! Sue is taking the photo. It was a coldish December day - and nobody else was about. In fact, I even managed a little dance:
Anyway - there’ll be plenty more of that where that came from over the next few weeks - including a few videos as well We’re off to Texas tomorrow morning - so we’ll see y’all on the other side!
Tony Blackburn. Smooth Radio. Yes - Tony Blackburn on the breakfast show.
I’d set off a little later to work this morning. There’s no rush. The day was set out ahead of me. I was at one with the world. Then, I turned the radio on. It was Smooth radio. It was Tony Blackburn.
Several times he had to bite his tongue from saying it was the “Tony Blackburn Show on Radio One”. It was clear the old boy was slipping back in time…. back in time….
Thankfully I had the traffic to keep me occupied. Let this be a listen to everyone - “DON’T BLACKBURN AND DRIVE AT THE SAME TIME”!
This is the end of this Public Service Announcement…..
Dublin review. A review about Dublin in my own words. It’s true, (honest!), I was there on business, but that didn’t stop me taking pictures and the occasional video. So, following on from my last blog about Dublin, I’d thought I’d fill it out a bit with a few pics etc.
Okay, remember I went down to the Alamo Restaurant on Temple Bar? Well, it looked a bit like this:
And while I was sitting in there I saw two guys outside. One was taking a picture of the other one pointing at the ground…
Naturally, I couldn’t let that one go by, could I? So, I managed to snap the photo above. And, once I’d finished my chimichanga, (yum yum!), I waddled out into the street to find out exactly what it was one man was pointing at…. and what another man was taking a photo of a man pointing at.. er..it :
Now, considering it’s in Ireland, you might think it was a Holy Shrine of some sort. Nope. Or it was one of those coins glued into the pavement with the “Village Idiot” sign above them. Nope, not that either. As you can see, it is, in fact, a hole in the pavement. There, now doesn’t that make you feel a whole lot better knowing that it’s not just ME who takes pictures of the weirdest things?
Dublin is a great place for just walking around. I remember the first time I was there as a little lad many years ago, (pre Euro by a good many years! :)), that you could have got arrested for jay walking. I decided to see if this was still the case…
As you can see from the video above, (if you’re reading this blog post in Facebook - I’ve posted the video on my “Advanced Wall” below my blogs), it’s now an absolute pleasure and delight to cross the road in Dublin.
Directly across the road from the hotel was Christchurch Cathedral. It was closed to the public whilst they were filming:
After a swift interrogation of the security guard, it would appear that they were filming another series of The Tudors starring Peter O’Toole. Well, I stood around for a while watching, but never saw him come out for one of his countless ciggie breaks…. apparently. Still, it was interesting to see the whole spectacle, which included this:
- or lets put it this way, they appeared out of the back of the cathedral and were ushered across the road onto buses by people with walkie talkies - in true Hollywood fashion…. So I guess they had something to do with it, right?
Anyway, I enjoyed my brief time over in Dublin. And I just what to say thanks to Jim the taxi driver who told me some very funny stories on the way back to the airport yesterday - he deserved the few paltry Euros tip I gave him
Oh yes - I guess you want to know about Ryan Air, right? Well - we all got on the plane… it moved about ten feet backwards…. and then we were stood on the tarmac for over half an hour due to “air traffic control”. Hopeless. Just hopeless.
And I’ve got it all to do again at the end of August - HURRAH!
Tescos tell the truth. Always. Here is a fine example of an ongoing problem with beetroot in Tescos:
And, as you can see, the little shelf edge marker tells the whole story. Okay, I think kids, dwarves, elves and the little people of the Glen would probably have got the message before anyone else - as the sign was about shin height! However, the sign was there, and it told you exactly what the story was.
Indeed, so good are Tescos at spelin - that they decided to move up in the world from shelf edge signs to massive A-board announcements outside the store:
I’ll leave you to chek where the spelling error is on that one.
But the most interesting and amusing sign I’ve seen in Tescos, is one I spotted this morning in the fresh produce section. This either proves that there is a mushroom with this unbelievable name - and people do buy it (!), or Tescos really don’t give a s**t what they print on their shelf edge labels:
Thank you Tescos for making my grocery shopping more enjoyable. Every little helps
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It was a fairly uneventful flight. I even managed to watch a whole movie - “Kung Fu Panda” before falling asleep for most of the 10 hour trip. I have to say a big HURRAH for British Airways. They are extremely professional in everything that they do - and the food, (and free Bordeaux!), was good as well. It’s a pity the passengers couldn’t attain the same high standards as the crew. We had two kids behind us who were constantly loud, (like their parents), and pushed against the seats etc etc. “Murder on Flight 193″ - I can see the movie now…. I think I’ll play myself in it!
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