The Croweaters
Flip, I thought by heading slightly South to Adelaide the temperature would drop a bit, but no chance. It's 5 degrees higher at a very respectable 39 in Adelaide and I know already that my seat at the Oval doesn't have any cover. I think I might die!
You're quite correct Sparky, for the non-educated the last installment of my blog might not hold much interest, but bearing in mind I'm now on essentially a cricket tour...did you expect anything less?
First congrats to the Hazeldorffs for baby Charlotte, I'm glad that all are well. However two questions? Where does the red hair come from? Is that a genetic throwback, it must be from Mandy's side! Also, why the confusion over the middle name? It seems a bit of a poor choice for a girl to spell her middle name a d o l f!
Returning to the Fijian coup, I notice from the BBC website that the military leader is back in town again and promises that Military action is imminent now that he has returned from his grandson's christening in Auckland. Isn't great that world politics is dominated by personal social events, I mean did Hitler delay storming into Poland beacuse he was waiting for his car to come out of the repair shop? Did Saddam delay going into Kuwait as he had tickets for the ballet that night. At least our Fijian chap had the courtesy to wait for me to get off his forsaken island, and thankfully he's managed to keep the element of surprise!
Adelaide has a distinctly backward feel to it. It aspiring to be a modern city, but somehow has that "stuck in the 1950s" feel to it. However like all Aussie cities it has a superb public transport system, where you can get eveywhere quickly and cheaply and as importantly you can get a decent meal and a pint for less than a tenner. It does nark me that you have to pay at least 50% more in our country for these basics even when you're basically buying the same stuff. I guess that the spectre of Thatcher's legacy still haunts us after all these years.
My old mucker Lloydy gets into town on Friday morning so I'm looking forward to sipping a couple of amber nectars and throwing some prawns on the barbie with Chobham's overseas player of a couple of years back. He tells me that he has been working on a new mystery delivery that he couldn't master in English conditions...it's called the straight one!
Most disconcertingly I need to report that I found a book in a bookshop in Adelaide called "Matthew Hayden's oriental cookbook". I really can't believe that book ever found a publisher. Whatever next? Flyfishing with IT Botham?
Finally Happy birthdays this weekend to Jo and Wilts. Paul, I hope you enjoy your 40th, make sure you keeping the back warmed up, I don't want you going all stiff on me again next summer. Also fixtures for the 2nd XI have been published and will be circulated by Noviss at some point soon.
Up the Monty
You're quite correct Sparky, for the non-educated the last installment of my blog might not hold much interest, but bearing in mind I'm now on essentially a cricket tour...did you expect anything less?
First congrats to the Hazeldorffs for baby Charlotte, I'm glad that all are well. However two questions? Where does the red hair come from? Is that a genetic throwback, it must be from Mandy's side! Also, why the confusion over the middle name? It seems a bit of a poor choice for a girl to spell her middle name a d o l f!
Returning to the Fijian coup, I notice from the BBC website that the military leader is back in town again and promises that Military action is imminent now that he has returned from his grandson's christening in Auckland. Isn't great that world politics is dominated by personal social events, I mean did Hitler delay storming into Poland beacuse he was waiting for his car to come out of the repair shop? Did Saddam delay going into Kuwait as he had tickets for the ballet that night. At least our Fijian chap had the courtesy to wait for me to get off his forsaken island, and thankfully he's managed to keep the element of surprise!
Adelaide has a distinctly backward feel to it. It aspiring to be a modern city, but somehow has that "stuck in the 1950s" feel to it. However like all Aussie cities it has a superb public transport system, where you can get eveywhere quickly and cheaply and as importantly you can get a decent meal and a pint for less than a tenner. It does nark me that you have to pay at least 50% more in our country for these basics even when you're basically buying the same stuff. I guess that the spectre of Thatcher's legacy still haunts us after all these years.
My old mucker Lloydy gets into town on Friday morning so I'm looking forward to sipping a couple of amber nectars and throwing some prawns on the barbie with Chobham's overseas player of a couple of years back. He tells me that he has been working on a new mystery delivery that he couldn't master in English conditions...it's called the straight one!
Most disconcertingly I need to report that I found a book in a bookshop in Adelaide called "Matthew Hayden's oriental cookbook". I really can't believe that book ever found a publisher. Whatever next? Flyfishing with IT Botham?
Finally Happy birthdays this weekend to Jo and Wilts. Paul, I hope you enjoy your 40th, make sure you keeping the back warmed up, I don't want you going all stiff on me again next summer. Also fixtures for the 2nd XI have been published and will be circulated by Noviss at some point soon.
Up the Monty
posted by Ant | 7:04 am
2 Comments:
Good to see that your global tour of internet cafes is continuing apace Anthony. I do hope you are getting to see more of the world than just the FFL website and your usual taste in internet fare while abroad.
The Adelaide Oval is my favourite cricket ground in Convictland. The only big downer is the standard of the local beer on sale. If you thought XXXX at the Gabba was bad wait until you sample the joys of West End...
I'd thoroughly recommend the Bradman museum while you are in town. Have a cold one on me and see what you can do to help us win the toss please!
Good to see that your global tour of internet cafes continues apace. I do hope you get to see more of the world than just the FFL website and your usual taste in internet fare.
Very jealous of your trip, especially as the Adelaide Oval is my favourite ground in Convictland. One watchpoint - the beer at the ground is atrocious (West End) - even worse than the XXXX at the Gabba. Given the beer, the weather and your pasty skin in will probably be best to stick to water.
The Bradman Museum is well worth a look if you get the time. Enjoy the test and see if you can engineer the toss in our favour eh?
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