LITTLE BADGES - IT"S MY BIRTHDAY AND I WILL CRY IF I WANT TO

Hi

The virtual kettle's on..... So while I let it boil I just have this to say

Well it was me 'ole' mums birthday the other day. Happy Birthday Mum for Wednesday.

If it does not make her feel old, then it definitely makes me feel old. As we have all moved away from home it is very difficult now to meet up on birthdays, but thankfully technology has moved on now from a couple of cans and a piece of string, so we had a chat, and I sang her a screeching version of 'Happy Birthday' which has become a tradition.

It's hard to imagine how, technology has zoomed ahead in her lifetime. Televisions, to the first colour television, mobiles, MP3 players. Mind you when, i think of record players as old technology, when I am older, I will be reminiscing about MP3 players. The scary thing is my parents and my wife's parents are more up to date with technology than we are. They both have computers, they both have bigger televisions than us etc etc.

When We were last back home, unfortunately for a family funeral, we sat and looked through some old family photo's. As we were looking through the photo's and listening to the stories, and how my parents met, and all there friends, you start to realise that, your parents were young once as well. They had teenage angst, they had crushes, they had the cheeky underage drink in a pub and got caught by their parents, they had their first holidays together pre children. Funnily enough, my dad was a rocker, and my wife's dad was more a MOD, yet they get on like a house on fire when they meet up.

So here is to all those Birthday people out there, another year older, but with another years worth of memories and the knowledge that they have had a great life even with children.

Happy birthday

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LITTLE BADGES - BADGE 'O' THE MONTH JULY

Hi

The virtual kettle's on..... So while I let it boil I just have this to say

Well it has rolled around oh so quickly.....but yes folks, it is Badge 'o' the month time again.
We've had Wot no credit in March, George:0 Dragon:1 in April, strawberries and cream in May, Corruptus maximus MP's in June and of course what with the weather at the moment, it can only mean one thing.......

.......ICE CREAM.

So there you have it, after much careful thought, a couple of glasses of Ardbeg whisky, a shortlist of ten whittled down to one, the winner for this month is, the Ice cream.

Not just any ice cream either, we chose the one on the green background. Discussions went on late into the night, both parties almost walked out without coming to an agreement, but here we are.

Well as the SUN would put it, 'It's been a scorcher' and for once instead of being annoyed by the constant chime of the ice cream wagons, cruising up and down the roads, mainly on dark and damp days, I have kept some change in my pockets, my shoes near the door, and a keen ear open for those incredibly haunting tones of 'Popeye the sailor man' calling to me from two streets down.

And what is the best ice cream to have on a scorcher. Well I have to go traditional and go for a 99er with flake. It would be rude not to. Mind you for many years I always asked for a Screwball as they had a bubble gum in the bottom.

But I've grown up now...... well a little anyway

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