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On being here, and things....
2 Jun 2007 10:33 pmWell it's a busy time on LJ - or it would be if the damned thing was not moving like a sloth on Valium.
I will make an effort to keep up with things over on GJ, which is where my second journal is, but despite everything I will keep posting here until everyone I know has left! I have said, as a comment on someone else's journal, that LJ is my spiritual home on the internet - it is a bit like citizenship - we might disagree strongly with the way we are being governed but it is hard to emigrate and actually give up your nationality totally!
So - around here it is the Centenary TT - there are almost 50,000 extra people on the island - our population is usually about 80,000 - so this is a big increase! It becomes very much the Isle of Man as most of the extras are male!
D-d is home for the weekend - she couldn't bear to think of TT without being here. Her 'boyfriend-on-hold' is here too - they are not currently 'in a relationship' as from a few days ago, but are 'best friends' - goodness knows what they'll be next week, but he is a nice young man, and they both seem happy enough which is what is important.
Unfortunately today was the only racing they would see - and all racing was cancelled because it was damp on the mountain part of the circuit and misty - and it is not good to travel over mountain roads in the mist at speed which touch 180mph! However I took them out around much of the course this morning by car for B-o-h to get a feel of the place, and he was quite fascinated by just how many motor bikes were on the road and how many people were sitting in all the hedges waiting for the (soon to be cancelled) racing.
I think that they are currently in the beer tent!
I will make an effort to keep up with things over on GJ, which is where my second journal is, but despite everything I will keep posting here until everyone I know has left! I have said, as a comment on someone else's journal, that LJ is my spiritual home on the internet - it is a bit like citizenship - we might disagree strongly with the way we are being governed but it is hard to emigrate and actually give up your nationality totally!
So - around here it is the Centenary TT - there are almost 50,000 extra people on the island - our population is usually about 80,000 - so this is a big increase! It becomes very much the Isle of Man as most of the extras are male!
D-d is home for the weekend - she couldn't bear to think of TT without being here. Her 'boyfriend-on-hold' is here too - they are not currently 'in a relationship' as from a few days ago, but are 'best friends' - goodness knows what they'll be next week, but he is a nice young man, and they both seem happy enough which is what is important.
Unfortunately today was the only racing they would see - and all racing was cancelled because it was damp on the mountain part of the circuit and misty - and it is not good to travel over mountain roads in the mist at speed which touch 180mph! However I took them out around much of the course this morning by car for B-o-h to get a feel of the place, and he was quite fascinated by just how many motor bikes were on the road and how many people were sitting in all the hedges waiting for the (soon to be cancelled) racing.
I think that they are currently in the beer tent!