It seems that in this land of ale & honey ( and free flatscreens for hoodies?) not quite everything is as simple as one would think it is. Today, money in hand, off I went to order T shirts because try as I like to order on the net with the 'printed and dispatched in 24 hours' people I couldn't actually get them in 24 hrs. Actually 7 - 10 days was the best I could get.
So here I am, money in hand in the print whatever you like on your shirt shop wanting to order 30 T shirts. Oh no, its as funky as you want it to be because you have to do the artwork to and then send it to them and then wait for them to see if they can do it in the timescale and then see if they have the shirts in stock and then wait for them to send me a price. And am I VAT registered? OK then, lets put the advertised and marked price up by 20%.
I think I missed something here. Or is it me just being new to the system? It could be. But hey, no one said it would be simple and change is a good thing right. Right?
Still no rain here and quite warm still. Won't be long before the Spanish and Portuguese flock to Brighton and Bournemouth for the summer holidays, you read it here first. The Algarve and the Coste del Dole will be so last season, mock Tudor summer villas will dot the cliffs of Dover, the the New Forest will be deforested to make way for an expensive housing estate and golf course for the rich and famous. More British pubs will be turned into tapas bars selling Super Bock and San Miguel. Curry houses will make way for flamenco dancing bars and bull fights. This will be the new Britain, it shall be the tropical paradise of the new world. Society here will be fixed in a stroke of the MP's pen, respect and honour will be a criminal offence. Only poor people will go abroad for the hols, the rich preferring to Brighton to Barcelona. AC Portsmouth will dominate European football for a decade or more, and Scotland will win the rugby world cup, back to back.
In other parts of the world, snow skiing holidays are now long haul flights from Europe and the America's, Africa is at the cutting edge of technology (yeah right!), New Zealand has disappeared beneath the waves and Australia has floated into their waters and been annexed by India. The first black (well sort of) president of the US has declared himself President and majestic King for life and his youngest daughter has been appointed to the new position of Prime Minister. Its a changing world out there. Right?
Especially while trying to figure out the system. I went and bought a simple £19.99 mortice lock today. Before it became a changing world replacing one mortice lock with another was a fairly simple process. Oh no not these days. There is now a variety akin to the number of hairs on your head. And one is not the same as another. And if you are useless as me at DIY and don't know the difference between a chisel and a chock then you stand no chance. And so, my £19.99 mortice lock now sits forlornly in the cupboard waiting to be used, perhaps waiting for the day I find it within myself to build a new door way that requires a lock. And when that day comes there will be a whole lot of more changes. Oh joy.
That's it for today. Until tomorrow!
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