Nah....not really....but its been a long hot summer....this week sees the start of the 5th Test for the Ashes. England need to win to regain the 'urn'. The European Grand Prix is on this weekend so the battle between Brawn, MacLaren and Red Bull will continue with MacLaren unveiling their new enhanced car. What else in sport....oh and United will play Wigan away...a match they must win after their loss to newly promoted Burnley. What else.....oh didn't Bolt do well...a 200 world record to go with his 100 world mark. The brat is back making my life miserable....still he will... Continue reading

The new economic measures that the government have decided to impose look as though they are the act of a government that is clutching at economic straws. To do away with the 13th and 14th salary is a body blow for a people who are already drowning in the economic mire. At least at Christmas and Easter they had extra money to look forward to in these hard time. Now the government is striving to cover a shortfall in taxes of 20 billion Euro due to tax evasion. A public deficit of 5.7% of the GDP and likely to go... Continue reading

Writing a piece about the Greek island of Milo. That's the island where the Venus De Milo was dug up. Now it sits comfortably in the Louvre. Funny that the Greeks don't want that back but still insist that the marbles should go back. Continue reading

My worst nightmare is coming true tomorrow. Driving the brat down to see his father in Athens. Forecast is 40 degrees in the shade and 50 degrees in the car. If he wants to stop at Jumbo I'll get him one as a pet...maybe he'll get trampled. Continue reading

The aunt who is claustrophobic is now in a Scala hotel room 2x2 without a balcony or a window to speak of. But then she always does the opposite of any advice she is given. She regaled us over lunch with a story about Anna Marie a Swiss girl who had a 3 month affair with her husband in Africa when the aunt was in Greece. The aunt and her husband later visited Zurich whilst on a European holiday and the husband tracked down Anna Marie and invited her for a meeting at the railway station without telling her that... Continue reading

Raining at Edgbaston....looks like a boring afternoon. Continue reading

Apparently more fish were washed up dead on the Evia side of Maliakos Bay, yesterday. Continue reading

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How swift the years float by, Your thoughts your dreams your hopes, The meaningless things that are; Remembered then forgotten without a second glance. Then comes that day when the world stands still, Every word, every thought, every glance, Seems to fill a life time of your heart, You hang on, it seems important now, To live every second to the full, And cling to every ray of hope. Before the pain of growing twilight Turns to darkness on your world. Continue reading

I visited the local mayor's office this morning because the local council have a plan to build a path down one side of the river that runs through the village and forms a border with my little piece of land. A few weeks ago a bulldozer had entered my land and dug a ramp down to the river. No-one asked me permission or informed me this was going to happen. So hence the visit to the mayor of Raches and Achinon. He was nice enough but denied all knowledge of this intrusion on my premises. But, and this is why... Continue reading

1319 days until... Continue reading