Hi Misolites, 18/12/2008
Here I am back in Sunny (that’s a matter of opinion) Spain once again, ready for the Christmas festivities.
A word about my time in England, a certain ex committee member flew to England and then came on to Blackpool by a very circuitous route. This was because as a member of the Mi-Sol Appreciation Society everything has to be done in secret (I am only telling you this, please don’t repeat it.) whilst in our warm and sunny town I inducted her into skills she would need to survive the harsh winters of Mi-Sol Park. First we had to give several of the bars the once over, checking along the way to make sure that there weren’t any short measures being dished out by the bar staff to the unsuspecting punters. The next task was to examine all flooring to make sure this was suitable for dancing. Once this had been ascertained it was time to find examples of the opposite sex and test the flooring for multiple foot stomping. Most of the Bars passed this test although a few were left slightly dented. As you can imagine this took several hours of sweat producing exercise and subterfuge, but at the end of the night we felt it was a job well done. Unfortunately once we entered the front door of home, self control seemed to desert our normal quick witted brains and a bit of carpet inspection came into play. The next morning we tried to analyse where carpet inspection came in the grand scheme of things, after puzzling over this for some time, (several minutes) we decided life was too short to think about it any more and we went and had breakfast instead. And so, this is how the life of the next Mi-Sol spy started.
We arrived at Blackpool Airport at 6.45am. as you can imagine none of us were at our best at this ungodly hour. After queuing for a while it was our turn to check in…nothing new you might think, but you would be wrong. We had had an email stating our luggage allowance was 22 kg….”Well then where is it” demanded the check in staff. OK, you know the rest I didn’t have it with me (lesson for us all here) and got charged £36.00 for excess baggage. Nothing we could do about it, it was pay up or don’t get on the plane!!! The next thing was the hand luggage, I have been using the same case for the last 3 years without a problem, but at Blackpool Airport..NO!! It would not fit into their little size machine, nor would my husband’s. My husband set off in search of a solution, he managed to find a sympathetic security guard, who in turn managed to produce a lump hammer!!! Let the fun begin, Derek started with the wheels which came flying (no pun intended) off…would it fit now? NO, it would not. Back to the lump hammer off came the little stubs at the bottom of the case, plastic bits everywhere in their nice, clean airport, next he attacked the handles with a vengeance, we all stood back in awe. This was a side of Derek that doesn’t materialize very often. A sort of caveman and disgruntled punter rolled in to one. Sweat pouring down his face, he once more went to check the hand luggage…Hooray, yes it fits. A cheer went up from the rest of the queue. After a quick bow and an even quicker exit we arrived at the departure lounge for a sit down and a quiet cup of coffee. We arrived at Alicante airport to face driving rain…ho hum here we go again…….
On a totally different note, we will not be sending out any Xmas Cards this year. There is a web site www.presentaid.org/more where you can go and register to send a gift to suit your pocket to a worthy cause, so that is what we are doing this year.
I don’t like telling tales out of school, BUT, one of our committee members has been singing and dancing, doing the splits and all manner of things in full view of everyone, when I chastised her on her behaviour she said a rude word and went into hiding. I have told her “No hiding place will be safe, when I find you” she then replied “bovvered, am I bovvered” so rude, I can’t believe this is supposed to be a bona fidi Mi-Sol Park Committee member. If you see her, please let me know.
Well folks, I have to go now, committee members to find and all that,
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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