Wimbledon

I love tennis! My love affair started inthe 1960's when I was supposed to be revising for exams; I loved Chris Drsydale asnd Marty Reissen, not becausethey were fantastic tennis players you understand! Then along came John Newcombe, Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe was fun at times! I appreciate John McEnroe much more now he is a commentator - his observations are so acute! Bjorn Borg and Boris Becker were fun to watch, Pete Sampras became an acquired taste! By now of course the tennis is much more important that the other factors that drew me to the sport!

Today saw the end of an epic match - Isner (american) against Mahut (french)! Did it get television news country anywhere else inthe world besides here? We spent more time watching them than any of the top seeds or football!

I have been very disciplined today - I have been working at home tryingto finish a book chapter I am writing, and I worked solidly on the computer until 7pm despite the tennis being available! I can now bore for England on Rheumatoid Arthrits! Did you know - there are over 200 different types of arthrits! No!!!! Nor did I! I haven't written about all of them - needless to say!

The other day I discovered Charles V of Habsburg - back in the 1550's abdicated (I think he was an Emporer in Europe - well most of it) because he had a severe bout of gout!!!!

I don't think our Queen has ever had gout and she doesn't look like abdicating - thank goodness! Old though she may be, she is certainly more astute than her sons or grandsons!

The purpose of this ramble??? Well I'm not sure! Baz is in bed - snoring and i'm still awake! I guess you are now all convinced I'm nuts! Night Night XXXX Be seeing you all soon - how exciting!

World Cup Football Fever

Wow - time is flying by!!! I stared introducing various members of the family but seem to have gone off the boil for a while!!! I can't believe I last put anything up back in May!!!

Well its world cup season - which pleases our youngest son Jon!!! For those of you interested in football - his team is Liverpool and in the picture he is actually sitting in the players changing room
at Anfiled! Jon has been a fan since he was a tiny tot and has a collectin of football shirts going back years! When we were in Australia, Gordon sent Jon an Australian shirt - which thrilled him to bits!

In the other picture Jon is with his girlfriend Clare. They have been dating for a year now. Clare is a teacher! Jon and Clare have known each other since school days.

Back to football- aren't England playing badly!!! and fancy America being in the same group!

Not only is football taking up so much time on television but its competing with Wimbledon!!! I became a tennis fan back inthe 60's - never could play it - my eye to hand co-ordination was never good enough! But I love watching it! My money is on Federa again but who knows!!!