For those of you who didn’t know (or didn’t remember) it was our ruby wedding anniversary on Sunday. We had a small party for some local friends at lunch time and drank a substantial amount of champagne. Elinor and Phil were a great help with all the preparations. Adam was there all the time and behaved beautifully and never cried.
We got a display of photos up on a board which provoked much laughter.
Here’s one….. we haven’t changed a bit, have we??!!
Pikey’s new brace has worked although it tends to work its way down her leg; this caused her foot to swell up quite alarmingly. So we went to the hospital today to have that problem resolved ….. hopefully.
Two more neologisms. Lymph, to walk with a lisp. Flatulence, emergency vehicle that picks you up after you’ve been run over by a steamroller.
A new sign has just gone up in the NatWest Bank in Lancaster it reads:-
'Please note that we have installed new Drive-through cash machines enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles. Customers using this new facility are requested to use the procedures outlined below when accessing their accounts. After months of careful research, male and female procedures have been developed. Please follow the appropriate steps for your gender.'
MALE PROCEDURE: 1.Drive up to the cash machine. 2. Lower your car window. 3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN. 4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw. 5. Retrieve card, cash and receipt. 6. Raise window. 7. Drive off.
FEMALE PROCEDURE: 1. Drive up to cash machine. 2. Reverse and back up the required amount to align car window with the machine. 3. Put hand brake on, put the window down. 4. Find handbag, remove all contents on to passenger seat to locate card. 5. Tell person on mobile phone you will call them back and hang up. 6. Attempt to insert card into machine. 7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine due to its excessive distance from the car. 8. Insert card. 9. Re-insert card the right way up. 10. Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN written on back page. 11. Enter PIN . 12. Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN. 13. Enter amount of cash required. 14. Check makeup in rear view mirror. 15. Retrieve cash and receipt. 16. Empty handbag again to locate purse and place cash inside. 17. Write debit amount in cheque book and place receipt in back of it. 18. Re-check makeup. 19. Drive forward 2 feet. 20. Reverse back to cash machine. 21. Retrieve card. 22. Re-empty hand bag, locate card holder, and place card into the slot provided! 23. Give dirty look to irate male driver waiting behind you. 24. Restart stalled engine and pull off. 25. Redial person on mobile phone. 26. Drive for 2 to 3 miles. 27. Release Hand Brake.
Loads of ♥♥♥♥♥♥ from Robert and Pikey
This blog is published every Friday (tea-time-ish) to keep you up to date with the events and thoughts from Summerhill Stables. Our email address is rholl@tiscali.co.uk
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