May I be the last to wish you and Happy New Year and I hope 2012 brings you success, happiness and the ability to afford a gallon of petrol.
Well I hope you got everything for Christmas! Sadly I didn’t! I thought I gave out pretty heavy hints in the shop in which I spotted the ultimate must have item, but it fell on deaf ears. The Ferret Detector Mark III looked absolutely fantastic in the box and would have gone nicely with my stainless steel rotary pineapple de core er…. but it wasn’t to be. Anyway, maybe next year.
Speaking of the unobtainable, I was excited to see that U.S. and European scientists say they may have caught a glimpse of Higgs boson, the so-called “God particle,” but have stopped short of claiming the discovery. They couldn’t be sure what they saw was for real, like a train arriving at Ivybridge railway station and stopping. Any road, the white coats at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland almost achieved the most coveted prize in particle physics by very nearly identifying the tiny blip which could be a turning point in understanding the entire universe….even why Jedwood exist. Apparently Higgs boson is the particle which holds everything together like matter, space, time, MFI wardrobes and Mini
Metros…..but strangely not the coalition government.
Now we are in January I have two big things to look forward to, a drink and a birthday. Firstly, I have been totally dry since November 29th as I was taking part in a BBC1 documentary, Inside Out, which challenged me to give up alcohol for the whole of December. The last time I gave up alcohol, Ivybridge lost Threshers. In fact as my near brush with water went on, the entire group collapsed. I can’t help but notice that this time; Europe
has been plunged into turmoil with the main grape growing countries teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. But I stuck to my guns. However I will admit that I was tempted at times….I wondered if I could get way with sucking on a box of mince pies for the brandy and I even considered of whacking a load of liqueur chocolates in a blender but no. You can see the results on January 9th on BBC1 when I discover that a party doesn’t really need alcohol……or the CD ‘Now That’s What I Call Christmas’.
I may well have a wee tipple on January 10th as it will be my 50th birthday. Yes, I will be celebrating 50 years of gaining weight and losing jobs. I often joke that every radio and television station I have ever worked for has been closed. Now I have just discovered that the same is happening to my schools In fact, like T.S.W. they have been demolished. Both my primary and secondary schools are piles of rubble. Even the hospital I was born in is now a Sainsbury’s! And people wonder why I drink, I am an endangered species.
Yours Fitz
