Getting Old

A message for those of us that are getting old.



Bugger it................


I've forgotten what it was.

Captain's Day

As I keep saying, these Taylor Made golf clubs are the dogs whotsits.

Last week was Captain's Day @ Parque da Floresta and with the help of my new Taylor Made Burner golf clubs, I was awesome. So much so that the clubs and I amassed 38 stableford points. This was enough to take first place and winning a Callaway golf bag and another cut in my handicap, which makes it a reduction of over 5 shots since I had the clubs only 3 months ago.

Still waiting for Monte to give me a ring and a late call up for the Ryder Cup squad but so far the phone has been quiet.

Played again on Wednesday and I was crap but had an excuse, had a tummy bug and didn't feel well.

Harrison's first day at school

Harrison Starts School

Meanwhile back in the UK, Harrison started school and today was his first day. He was very proud of his uniform, I hope the hat isn't part of it, bless.

Time to neck the parrot

Major trauma at Whittaker Towers, the spin dryer has packed up and had to be sent away, fortunately the sun is still shinning so my best undies can dry outside.
The freezer part of the fridge freezer has packed up and we are waiting for a spare part to arrive and to top it all, The Kittens have had great fun in scratching through the fly screen and ripped the netting and Dino - for the third time has found his way into the utility kitchen, got inside the washing machine (because the owner of the washing machine has left the bloody door open again) and chewed through the rubber door seal, now there's water everywhere. I think the parrot needs to go on a rinse hold then fast spin, that will sort him.

The Bandits Strike Again

It was exactly 12 months ago that Lynette had her purse stolen from her handbag and this week some friends had her handbag stolen too and the bandits get so brazen.
Our friend had called at the local cashpoint and put the cash in her handbag which she then put behind the drivers seat in the car on the floor. As her husband as driving, they then made another stop at a another supermarket some 10 kilometres away and whilst hubby went into the supermarket and Mrs Hubby remained in the car listening to the radio, the cheeky bastards opened the rear car door (which had now become unsecured from the central locking because hubby had got out) and quietly lifted the handbag and scarpered and no one saw or heard a thing.
Fortunately the handbag was recovered by a local Portuguese farmer the following day in a field as he was tending his sheep and goats and he was able to contact our friend and return the handbag, which had obviously been cleaned out of the valuable stuff.
They figured that they had been targeted at the cashpoint in the area of Lidl's supermarket in Vila do Bispo and followed to the supermarket in Budens when they made their strike.
It is not the first time that Lidl's in Vila do Bispo has been the spot where the bandits select their target and remove contents from their car. Last month a couple were asking for bogus directions to somewhere whilst the other persons then took whatever was on show inside their car.
In fact, it was Lidl's in Lagos that Lynette lost here purse last year and I think its about time that Lidl's took more responsibility and got Carlos the useless security guard that walks the floor inside Lidl's shops, should get his arse outside and made himself more useful.
Needless to say, all those concerned are pretty sure that the perpetrators, (I like that word), were of Eastern European origin.