Fidler in the ‘Hood: You heard it here first – 2022 will be better
We received a year-end greeting from friends in San Francisco, California who had written off 2021.
It’s the night before Christmas, when everything is jolly and bright. When the sun does make an appearance, then the world doesn’t seem such a miserable place after all. It hasn’t been the best of times, but it hasn’t been the worst of times either.
This week we received a year-end greeting from friends in San Francisco, California, wishing us ‘All the best for 2022’. They had already written off 2021. And this from the Golden State, USA! We are not there yet, friends.
By the way: whatever happened to the sending and receiving Christmas cards? On with the show.
The Joys of Christmas Shopping
I take it that you have all done your Christmas shopping? Right? It’s a time for challenges, like, what to get our ‘dearly beloved’ for Christmas. You know: all those outrageously expensive Christmas gifts, especially when ‘she has everything’.
Then there is the wife: what to get for her, too! Only kidding, folks. We Mancunians like a bit of a joke, even at our own expense (and peril!). Mind you, following my other ‘dearly beloved’, namely Manchester City, I definitely need a sense of humour, if only ‘the ‘gallows’ type!
Don’t You Love Shopping Malls?
Really, friends, it is a challenge doing the Christmas shopping, especially with one’s loved one in tow. They crowd you out, so there won’t be a surprise when they open their presents on Christmas morning. Also, it’s a given that we will lose each other in the shopping malls, and spend ages ‘seeking and ye shall find her’ somewhere other than where you had agreed to meet up. It never fails.
Christmas shopping does have its lighter moments: A couple were out Christmas shopping, the shopping centre was packed and as the wife walked around she was unsurprisingly surprised to discover that her husband was nowhere to be seen.
She was quite upset because they had a lot to do and hence, she became so worried that she called him on her mobile phone to ask where he was.
In a quiet voice, he said: “Do you remember the jewellers we went into about five years ago, and you fell in love with that diamond necklace that I couldn’t afford, but I told you that I would get it for you one day?” The wife choked up and started to cry and said: “Yes, I do remember that shop.” Her hubby replied: “Well, I’m in the pub next door!”
Gas Guzzlers to Smelly Oil Rags
It’s great to see so many out-of-town vehicles in town for the holiday season. It really is. Sounds of ‘Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside’ can be heard all around. Welcome, one and all. I referred a couple of weeks ago that, in the ‘good old days’ one could drive right round South Africa on the smell of an oil rag. That wasn’t too long ago. Those days are over, and yes, it costs a pretty penny just to get down here from anywhere north of the Vaal river. We appreciate your visiting us.
Where Do We Go From Here?
Time to sign off, folks. But before I drive away into the sunset for Christmas and the New Year, just a quick word from myself (and the CO) to say ‘thanks for reading my weekly load of cobblers’. And thanks to all of you who have said they appreciate my (sometimes) humorous efforts. I try to bring a smile, although you win some, you lose some.
I also try to keep my nose out of our not-very-clean politics; not to talk about our broken economy, nor our ‘dearly beloved, but not fit for purpose’ SA Rand. It’s the people who count. From time to time, the CO and I discuss ‘moving on’. Montevideo, Uruguay, is our current flavour of the month; closely followed by a council house dwelling in Grimsby. We look at each other, shut down our computers, and agree to give it another week or two here.
Well, when you think about it: we got the sun in the morning, and the moon at night. A lovely life-style, and we live amongst the friendliest folks anywhere on this earth. So, have yourselves a very Merry Christmas and may 2021 really be a wonderful year for you all. Of course, it will be better if Manchester City buck up their ideas. Dream on, sunshine. ‘Here’s looking at you, kid!’.
Rob.
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