A few vague thoughts

A few vague thoughts

I went shopping in Windsor today, and was somewhat disturbed to see a couple of armed policemen. I expect to see armed soldiers outside the barracks, however I am always worried about what sort of country we have become when the police need to be armed.


My Mother went to Arizona. and Nevada for an holiday (Grand Canyon, Kanab, Bryce Canyon and Las Vegas) and had a very pleasing time, however on her way home she slipped getting out of the plane in Chicago and severely damaged her right hands fingers, however she has the British view of American healthcare so she declined the offer of visiting the hospital there and took the flight home so she could go to an NHS hospital and not have any insurance hassles. Anyway the Doc told her that she hasn't broken her fingers, but that it would probably have hurt less if she had.


Today was a beautiful springlike day, and I had a lovely walk around Windsor, it isn't a hugely special town in the areas that I generally walk around (I don't tend to go up the top of the town near the Castle), but it is very comfortable.


As True said it is a bit of a bummer about OT, there is only one person that I am sure is gone as I generally stayed out of the political threads. However there are political people that I would really miss. I still think that a separate forum for politics would be a bad move, although perhaps if there had been one for the Merkin election it may have been a good idea. On this topic I wouldn't mind seeing sports in OT as well, even if I have never heard of any of the sports people.


The problem with politics (and in the UK sports) is that they polarise people, some people actually have political beliefs however it appears to me that more identify themselves with a political group and then adopt that groups policies, I just wish that people would realise that other people have reasons for their beliefs and were prepared to listen to the other side and try to understand why people feel that way.


Torontos finest Greg Brady was on the wireless again on Saturday :-) A magnificent broadcaster, I always enjoy his appearences on Fighting Talk. Thinking of a dual based holiday at the moment, Toronto for a few days, and then down to somewhere in Floridia or the midwest. Really not sure where to go on holiday yet.