From tractors to porn

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This is a map of all the deserted medieval villages discovered in England by the end of 1968.  It’s from a book I’m reading at the moment called Shadowlands, which was written by Matthew Green.  It’s about places in the UK that have vanished off the map for a variety of reasons.  (@sleepygene, I really think you’d like this book.)

I also have to explain the title.  Recently, it came out that a Tory MP was spotted watching porn in the House of Commons and again in a committee meeting.  To their credit, that Tories immediately said that as soon as they found out who it was, they would be expelled from the party.  It turned out to be an MP called Neil Parish.  He has resigned from parliament and gave an interview for the BBC in which he said that the first time he was caught watching porn, he was searching for tractors and clicked on a porn link.

Yeah…

I had a job interview on Thursday.  I thought it went OK, but they’ve already said thanks but no thanks, so clearly I was wrong.  Ah well, onward and upward.

Mum and dad are coming down on Wednesday.  They’re going to a funeral further south and are stopping here overnight.  They are bringing me rowies though, which gives me a happy.

I was going to court.  I got a letter from an electricity company saying they were going to court to get an order to gain access to the flat.  Something to do with the meter in the shop downstairs.  It was my address on the letter while saying the order was for the shop.  I said I wanted to attend the hearing, to point out that they don’t need to come into the flat to get into the shop and they emailed today to say they weren’t taking it to court.

I’m pretty much set for Leeds over the jubilee bank holiday.  I’m actually staying in Bradford, as it saved me a lot of money for the hotel.

This is why I don’t update more.  Not a lot to say.

I got called a cheeky bugger recently.  I finally went round to my best friends new flat and brought her and her lad a gift and a card.  Now, the reason they moved into the new place is because the block of flats they were in are scheduled for demolition.  They moved into that flat because the block they were in were due to be demolished.  So, I wrote on the inside of the card to try and not get this one demolished.  Which got me called a cheeky bugger.

Which I probably deserve.

Will

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May 9, 2022

What are rowies?

May 10, 2022

@darkmadonna https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttery_(bread)

May 12, 2022

@williamthebloody Thanks! This was interesting. When I get to Scotland I must try some.