WHAT WORCESTER WOMAN WANTS

In addition to being a fan of the Droitwich Lido, Janet likes the Worcester History Centre and Library. She was, therefore, delighted to find a document on the city streets this morning which she hopes to deposit later as a social archive. In the meantime, here’s an extract from the “Shopping & To Do List” which Janet has called “What Worcester Woman Wants”:

Card for loan
Hair pieces !
Euros
Call/pay Littlewoods
Book haircut
Change Orange contract
Call Thomas Cook

What might an economist read into this we wonder ?

DAY TRIP TO DROITWICH SPA

At the Droitwich Spa Lido, June 2011: http//ladyofthewaters.wordpress.com

 

A WESTERN WEEKEND AT THE ROCCO RANCH

Just joking, but Mog’s home is beginning to remind Janet of her days as a jilleroo in Australia, and Rocco loves a good western (classic and spaghetti, of course). We shall be returning to the western theme, but thank goodness for old fashioned English weather today.

A N Wilson on his English-made bike

Great piece by A N Wilson in last weekend’s Financial Times on the bicycle theme. A N has an English-made Pashley:  not the one shown above, but we are keeping this in mind for the Cafe Rocco (www.caferocco.com)

A flavour of the article is provided in the following quotation:

“Throughout the period when the bicycle was being pioneered so, too, was the internal combustion engine, with its greed for oil. Ninety per cent of the world’s sorrows, including modern wars, came from this fatal hunger…”

WHY IT PAYS TO BE POSH

Derived from the seafaring expression “port outward, starboard home”, and originally used to describe preferentially located ship’s cabins, Janet’s bicycle – purchased as a kit* from Woolworth for £69 in 2008 before the store closed down - was yesterday implicated as POSH by a nerdy-looking male cyclist (or was he referring to her !)

* Janet’s  ”Universal Mystique” was subsquently assembled at Lewis’s Worcester cycle shop.

ROCCO SAYS LET’S CAMP IT UP

He just loves being a New Media Mog…

Please join us both transmogrified @  http://janetrocco.blogspot.com

We also love the Animalarium blog

Please see http://theanimalarium.blogspot.com/

Boris The Cat Is A Friend Of Ours

Boris the Cat from “Tails of 2 Nations” is a friend of ours, so we like this extract from the Urban Dictionary @ www.urbandictionary.com

“Boris the cat is a person who will go way out of their way to help you, they will do anything they possibly can to make you feel better about yourself, or your situation. This particular person was brought up to be your guidance, and to help you through anything you need help with. This is a one a in a million person, who always looks on the bright side, always walks around with a smile, always makes a joke out of everything, and tries to laugh it off. This is the person you will love, and you know that they will not judge you, no matter what you’ve done for what reason, they will always be there for you, no matter what. If you do get close enough to that person, as a friend, they will even get themselves into fights just to protect you, just to be that friend, that missing link, that older brother, that guardian angle you’ve always wanted as a child. That best friend. This person will never leave you. They will listen, they will understand, they will talk you through your problems, they won’t say anything if you don’t want, or they will try give you advice and help you through it. If you ever meet a person as great as this, never let them go.

 You happen to be going through trouble at home, and at school. You feel there is no where you can go to for advice, or a shoulder to lean or cry on, then you remember that one special person that you can turn to, no matter what time of night or day, no matter how big or small your “problem” is, or even if you just want a chit chat because you’re feeling down, this person will know, and will be there. Boris the cat will be the best thing that will come into your life, a person that you will never forget.”

We also like Boris the Cat’s blog @ http://boristhecat.blogspot.com

IT’S TIME TO ROCCO’N ROLL AGAIN

We will be back !

Pope Receives Message From Oratory Cat

The Pope’s visit to Britain last month to beatify Cardinal John Newman also brought Papal blessings for the Birmingham Oratory cat called Pushkin. As a cat lover, the Pope was clearly delighted to meet part-Persian Pushkin, but what deeper meaning might this encounter contain. Pushkin’s feline ancestry reminds us of enlightened Islam, and his name belongs to one of Russia’s greatest writers: both associations a reminder of the importance of combining religious belief with intellectual freedom, something Cardinal Newman would certainly have supported.