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Saturday 23rd October 2010
Holiday, begin!!!
  
Now, of course, I wouldn't ordinarily advertise when my holidays begin/end as who knows what kind of freaks are reading this, who know full well where I live? So, whilst I'm off work for the next week, we have no plans to venture far. We've found that prices for holiday homes in the kinds of place we want to stay (pretty much no more than a three hour drive away . . . which seems reasonable) are outrageously expensive. It would be cheaper and easier to book a flight to Spain and hire a villa for a week. So screw that. Anyway . . . today I was expecting some fire wood to be delivered, at about 09:30. After delivery, I was like, "So, how much do I owe you?" and he was like, "Well, I now charge £3 a bag but, since you've ordered 25 bags, I'll do it for £2.50 a bag," so I was fishing around in my pockets for the money and I says, "Okay, cool. So that's £62.50 then," and he was like, "£60," and whilst I was thinking, "That doesn't add up," and perhaps this guy ain't too hot at maths (was I taking advantage here?) I just kinda paused for a second or two and then said, "Okay, I'm happy with that," and gave him £60. Of course, this time last year I was charged £50 for 25 bags of logs, but then I always thought that was quite a bargain. Yeah, anyway . . . Then I had to go to the bank (accompanied by A******), pick up some food from town and then back home for lunch. After sticking all the wood into the wood-shed ("She said, there's something in the . . . " etc.), we went for a walk around Silverdale. As is custom for the first delivery of fire-wood, we now have the living room outrageously warm. |
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