Suicide

When taking a stroll around the lovely city of Vancouver the last thing you want to see is a guy sitting on the edge of a wall eight stories up from the ground wanting to jump off.
I walked right passed him and very close, then out or nowhere about 8 Canadian policemen and women appeared and we were all asked to vacate the area, but as usual i had my camera handy and caught this great photo of a well trained policeman casually chatting to the young man and trying to persuade him to think things over.


As i walked back to the hotel i witnessed a movie being filmed, not sure who was in it but they had simulated a car crash and the guy in the saloon car who seems to looking right at me seemed familiar, maybe someone out there recognises him.

Also died today age 62 after a long fight with cancer but her death has been overshadowed by that of Michael Jackson with the press.

Michael Jackson 1958-2009

ROBBED

My trip to Cairo was something i was really looking forward too, one meal service , short flight, and a day off, the flight there was so busy and i alone took £1680.00 in duty free, i had also been to the cash point to get the money to pay for the joiner who was to start doing work for me when i got home.
As usual i stayed in when i got there, i sorted out the money and checked it was correct, i placed it in the grey wallet and put it in my crew bag alongside my two wallets, one with foreign currency of dollars and Euros left over from ,my holiday and one with £300.00 in Sterling.!
The next day i slept until lunch time and thought i would wander down to the pool for 30 minutes or so and see who was there, i knew it would be too hot for me so was not into staying long.
I arrived at 1350 and left for my room at 1415 at the latest, i had room service and went to bed, it was not until i was checking out the next morning that when i come to pay my bill i realised my wallets were empty, i immediately searched for the duty free money which had also gone, i almost passed out with shock, i called the in charge crew member and Captain, the hotel manager was summonds and we left for the airport on time, but during the flight i had to fill in the incident form.
Within 25 minutes of leaving my room the previous day someone had stripped me of over £2000.00....i have not really slept properly since and feel sick everytime i see my wallets knowing someone has rummaged through and stolen from them, it is an awful feeling, similar to burglary or even rape!!!

A Nice Story

Lucky Dog....



Anyone who has pets will really like this. You'll like it even if you
don't and you may even decide you need one!
Mary and her husband Jim had a dog named 'Lucky.'

Lucky was a real character. Whenever Mary and Jim had company come for a
weekend visit they would warn their friends to not leave their luggage
open because Lucky would help himself to whatever struck his fancy.

Inevitably, someone would forget and something would come up missing.Mary or Jim would go to Lucky's toy box in the basement and there the
treasure would be, amid all of Lucky's other favorite toys Lucky always stashed his finds in his toy box and he was very particular that his
toys stay in the box.

It happened that Mary found out she had breast cancer. Something told
her she was going to die of this disease....in fact; she was just sure
it was fatal.

She scheduled the double mastectomy, fear riding her shoulders. The
night before she was to go to the hospital she cuddled with Lucky... A
thought struck her...what would happen to Lucky? Although the
three-year-old dog liked Jim, he was Mary's dog through and through. If
I die, Lucky will be abandoned, Mary thought He won't understand that I
didn't want to leave him!
The thought made her sadder than thinking of her own death.
The double mastectomy was harder on Mary than her doctors had
anticipated and Mary was hospitalized for over two weeks. Jim took Lucky
for his evening walk faithfully, but the little dog just drooped,
whining and miserable.

Finally the day came for Mary to leave the hospital. When she arrived
home, Mary was so exhausted she couldn't even make it up the steps to
her bedroom.
Jim made his wife comfortable on the couch and left her to nap.
Lucky stood watching Mary but he didn't come to her when she called It
made Mary sad but sleep soon overcame her and she dozed.
When Mary woke for a second she couldn't understand what was wrong. She
couldn't move her head and her body felt heavy and hot. But panic soon
gave way to laughter when Mary realized the problem. She was covered,
literally blanketed, with every treasure Lucky owned! While she had
slept, the sorrowing dog had made trip after trip to the basement
bringing his beloved mistress all his favorite things in life.

He had covered her with his love.

Mary forgot about dying. Instead she and Lucky began living again,
walking further and further together every day. It's been 12 years now
and Mary is still cancer-free. Lucky He still steals treasures and
stashes them in his toy box but Mary remains his greatest treasure.

Remember....live every day to the fullest. Each minute is a blessing
from God. And never forget....the people who make a difference in our
lives are not the ones with the most Credentials, the most money, or the
most awards.
They are the ones that care for us.
If you see someone without a smile today give them one of yours! Live
simply. Love seriously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God



Dear God, I pray for the cure of cancer.

Amen

16th June 2009

Not sure why i am writing anything today, sometimes it is just to put into writing what is on my mind as no one to talk too.
Boring day really, went to see Sue and had a cup of tea in her garden, Megan got too hot and lay under the table,(megan is a dog by the way).
Need to sort the house out for my visitors on Friday, also having fitted wardrobes put into spare room on Tuesday next week so need to sort that out and then i can have the crumbling wall re-plastered and start to re decorate and hang the new curtains, going for a duck egg blue theme.
I will post a photo of the way the room is now and i will repost a new one when it is finished, dont hold your breath as with my job it will take months.



I feel very sorry for my good friend Angus Kindley who's wife is very very ill with Cancer and has not long to live, he struggles to work each day, support all his children and look after his wife, it is a damn shame, some people get away with murder in this world and the good people always seem to be the ones to die before their time is up. He calls me regular and i often get him upgraded when travelling, along with his sister and mum and dad. He is like a brother to me and generally cares for my wellbeing and what happens in my life, something i have never had from a true sibling but something i would never want from them.
He used the words Caniving Bitch in our conversation, now i wonder who he was talking about!!!!

Cape Town 11th-15th June

I was unaware when i was rostered this trip that British Airways were the official sponsor of the Lions rugy tour in South Africa, although i was working in First class where the clientele are a little more refined i did go to help down the back and it was hell, everyone was standing in the aisles, the crew had already ran out of beers and wine and we were only 3 hours into an 11 hour flight, the aircraft cabins were overheating due to a fault, oh my goodness, this had to go down as one of my worst flights ever in my 21 year history.




Three nights in Cape Town in a 5* hotel all expenses paid sounds very nice indeed, well try going in June/July , middle of winter, freezing cold, non stop rain,deserted pool area and hotel with a miserable feel about it is enough to put anyone off, i am lucky to have experienced this beautiful place in the summer so i know the difference.




After all the headache and job losses it was nice to see Woolworths still exists in South Africa,it never traded under the same brand as the old Woolies in the Uk, was more like an M&S and still similar