Crime Evil
What a beautifully sunny day again – far too nice to be working.
Called into Tesco’s garage this morning as we have totally run out of any kind of lunch food so bought myself a tuna pasta salad which was yummy. Tesco’s, even at that ungodly hour, is normally packed but as they had run out of unleaded petrol the place was empty and ‘Happy Chappy’ wasn’t serving – who could ask for more!
Our Sainsbury order arrived tonight – I have really paired it down to just the essentials so what had been creeping up towards a £140 fortnightly bill is now well under £80 (not bad!). I think I have taken advantage of almost every BOGOF offer in the shop too. The Sainsbury man left one item on his van so I rang up to request a refund and instead of just refunding the 98p they refunded £2 - result. That virtually pays for the next delivery charge.
Finished my book this evening - Crippen by John Boyne and excellent it was too. I hadn't realised that he also wrote The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas too which I've also read but is so totally different in style that you wouldn't think it was written by the same author. Now on to Gorky Park .............
Watched a bit of Crime Watch in the evening. God that programme is so depressing. A Police officer getting almost kicked to death for challenging 4 youths about not paying their bus fare - absolutely terrible. So many knifings of young people who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time - gangs just walking along the street and stabbing someone at random. The most upsetting one for me was an elderly chap - who sort of reminded me of my dad. He had lived a blame free life and had been a happy fellow, a good neighbour etc. Anyway, someone had broken into his home and stabbed him in the shoulder with a bar-b-que utensil and left him in a cupboard to die - he was found by his son three days later and taken to hospital where he later died. His daughter said the life had literally been frightened out of him - what a terrible way to die - leaving the world so frightened ............... that story really got to me. The Police can't find a motive - he had no enemies and nothing was taken from the house. I don't know why I watch the programme really it just makes me even more wary than I already am of people I don't know.
Called into Tesco’s garage this morning as we have totally run out of any kind of lunch food so bought myself a tuna pasta salad which was yummy. Tesco’s, even at that ungodly hour, is normally packed but as they had run out of unleaded petrol the place was empty and ‘Happy Chappy’ wasn’t serving – who could ask for more!
Our Sainsbury order arrived tonight – I have really paired it down to just the essentials so what had been creeping up towards a £140 fortnightly bill is now well under £80 (not bad!). I think I have taken advantage of almost every BOGOF offer in the shop too. The Sainsbury man left one item on his van so I rang up to request a refund and instead of just refunding the 98p they refunded £2 - result. That virtually pays for the next delivery charge.
Finished my book this evening - Crippen by John Boyne and excellent it was too. I hadn't realised that he also wrote The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas too which I've also read but is so totally different in style that you wouldn't think it was written by the same author. Now on to Gorky Park .............
Watched a bit of Crime Watch in the evening. God that programme is so depressing. A Police officer getting almost kicked to death for challenging 4 youths about not paying their bus fare - absolutely terrible. So many knifings of young people who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time - gangs just walking along the street and stabbing someone at random. The most upsetting one for me was an elderly chap - who sort of reminded me of my dad. He had lived a blame free life and had been a happy fellow, a good neighbour etc. Anyway, someone had broken into his home and stabbed him in the shoulder with a bar-b-que utensil and left him in a cupboard to die - he was found by his son three days later and taken to hospital where he later died. His daughter said the life had literally been frightened out of him - what a terrible way to die - leaving the world so frightened ............... that story really got to me. The Police can't find a motive - he had no enemies and nothing was taken from the house. I don't know why I watch the programme really it just makes me even more wary than I already am of people I don't know.
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