Plenty of touch points there Betty. Maybe I've actually been to my last Leeds game, I just haven't yet realised how lucky I am :-)
Sent from my iPad > On 7 Feb 2016, at 06:47, John Boo ok <[email protected]> wrote: > > I met Niggy, Nick and Dave Dowden pre match for a soft drink at the Northern > Monk and as they left for the match I sat in the car and listened to the > Forsyte Saga on Radio Four. I had considered joining them at Elland Road but > to be honest I think I was the winner with Soames, Jolyon and Irene. > > Later on I was standing outside Morrisons in the Merrion Centre waiting for > my niece who was enjoying the shopping delights of the city. As I checked > the days results using Morrisons free wifi (why on earth you need wifi to > shop for groceries is beyond me) I realised that the current situation which > is born of the demise of Ridsdale and his band of free marketeers shows where > football has gone in all its disgusting detail. > > A bloke stood next to me (waiting for his missus to buy the makings of their > Sunday dinner) asked me if I'd "heard the score?". When I told him he said > "There was a time when I would have known the score because I would have been > there. Not now though it's a shambles" > > My niece appeared and we set off to drive home. I half heartedly listened to > reports on Radio Leeds and Radio five but in the end opted for radio silence > and the tale of an afternoon's shopping. It's come to that. And to be honest > if it hadn't have been for the niece's insistence on shopping (she lives in > Brisbane where I believe shops are a rare thing) I would have been out > walking with sometime lister, Alan Dellow at Cow Green. > > The common thread in all this, for me, is the list. A group of people who I > enjoy a drink with, who I enjoy talking with, who I would enjoy the outdoors > with but who I currently can't bring myself to go to a football match with. > > Have a good Sunday my friends. > > Betty > > Sent from the middle of a big field > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
