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[Simon]

Wasps, rain, traffic, rip-off builders, gardening, customer services, ants.

Regards,
Simon

[Puzzle]

Why the sudden flurry

Mention wasps to the wife and she starts to froth at the mouth.

It can be quite entertaining at times (and embarrasing at others)

[Simon]

I don't know maybe it was just one of those days. We are getting a lot of wasps at home; I think there must be a nest nearby. My wife is scared of them too; whenever one comes within 6ft of her she does a sort of demented rain dance. A few times I thought we must have won the lottery. She's even worse with Daddy Long Legs (Cray flies). I'm not scared of wasps...but what is it that attracts them to my bloody face all the time?

Regards,
Simon

[mikelond]

Hi Simon
I was up your neck of the woods last night to see the Canadian band Rush in concert at the MEN Arena.
Great anticipation, as it has been some years since they last graced these shores, and a special occasion as it is their 30th anniversary - a gig not to be missed!

However, what marred the event somewhat was the sudden onslaught of ‘middle-age-ness', when perusing the merchandising for a suitable souvenir of the occasion.

Is it just me, or is this sort of stuff getting obscenely expensive these days???

A tour programme for £12.00 that is just a bunch of photos?

T shirts for £30.00, baseball caps for £20.00, and when I found out that the bloke in front of me had just paid £300 for the official tour leather jacket, I laughed so hard I nearly dropped by £3.00 cappuchino!!!

Having said that, the concert was fantastic, living up to all expectations. With the forethought to take a pair of standard factory-issue sponge earplugs with me (middle-aged-ness again), I got the full on Rush experience without the associated three days of partial deafness.

Special thanks goes to the three blokes sitting in the seats next to me, who constantly got up to go to the bar during the gig, resulting in what must have accounted for about £10 of my ticket price going to a view of their a*ses going past my line of vision, often at key points of a performance.

Anyone else see Rush on this tour, incidentally?

Mike

[Simon]

Special thanks goes to the three blokes sitting in the seats next to me, who constantly got up to go to the bar during the gig, resulting in what must have accounted for about £10 of my ticket price going to a view of their a*ses going past my line of vision, often at key points of a performance.

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You were sitting down then. AT A ROCK CONCERT! Another sure sign of ‘middle-age-ness' Mike.

Regards,
Simon