Just watched the end of our local motoring program Topgear where they ran the Porsche 911 against the Aston V8 and the BMW 9 series. In the end they settled on the 911 as being the fastest most practial choice however said that the BMW M5 would be a good competition for all of them had it been in the group (one vote for John Housego there). I did think about the Porsche myself but I had one when I was younger and, although I loved it, buying another one would feel like going back, rather than trying something new, which us petrolheads want to do. My friend Larry has a modern corvette and another american friend has a Viper but I have never seen them run against the European competitors other on a proper twisty road. The tests I have seen like that tend to come out in favour of the latest Ferrari every time I have seen them run. I never have driven a Ferrari so I think I am going to hire one for a day in the summer (you can come Kenny) and see what all the fuss is about. In Scotand people scratch Ferraris on sight so they are not a practicle proposition.
As you can probably tell by my wittering attempts to move the focus away from banjo playing cousins I am actually feeling OK today, sleepy sick and with a throat infection brewing but not in any sort of pain zone so thats another day ticked off successfully. Wednesday onward is supposed to be when the fun proper starts and recovery should happen the weekend after easter.
My day went quietly with Nick and Lee visiting, Philip, Brenda and my kids Poppy and Holly all popped on and of the webcam which was good fun for all as we tried to sort out the technology for the first time. However we are now all up and running and big fans of videoconferencing.
Kids are off to sports camp during the day tomorrow so Lee will have the chance to get up and see me and get some work done as well.
Hope you all are keeping fine
Gerry
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Hi there,
This will be about my 15th attempt to 'blog', if that's the term you young people use. Incidentally, happy 45th to both of you. Beat you to it by several days.
I just read your latest entry Gerry, in which you mentioned you used to have a Porsche, which took me back lots of years to you and Lee scooping me out of the pub in Edinburgh (after yet another rugby humping by the not-so-great Satan) and taking me to the dry ski-slope in Embra, for my first and hopefully last attempt on the piste. As I recall, I insisted on coming up on the lift to the middle level, where my wallet caught on the seat trying to dismount and I eventually fell face first onto the ground from a few feet up. Undeterred, I waltzed on to the mat and headed off, with only a vague idea how to swowplough to a stop - which of course didn't work. Thank my lucky stars I was still pissed at the time.
So what price New Zealand for a Rugby and Cricket World Cup double?
Hi Jim,
Bill and the crew do know all the words to that song as I remember, and remember you did take lee to lunch so fair do's old boy :-)
Gerry
Hi Ian,
Lee and I laughed tonight at the memory of the drunken skiiing at hillend, you were a vision of panache right up to the first crash!
Gerry
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