{"id":11555,"date":"2019-01-12T22:43:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T22:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=11555"},"modified":"2019-02-10T09:53:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T09:53:50","slug":"saturday-12th-january-2019-ive-done-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=11555","title":{"rendered":"Saturday 12th January 2019 – I’VE DONE SOMETHING …"},"content":{"rendered":"

… today that I haven’t done for more than 25 years.<\/p>\n

And that is …. to buy some batteries.<\/p>\n

I don’t mean rechargeable batteries. I buy quite a few of those here and there and of course I buy batteries for Caliburn and for solar energy systems. But I wouldn’t ever buy a throwaway battery – until today.<\/p>\n

There are two pieces of equipment round here – the pre-amp in the Ibanez acoustic guitar and the tuner foot-pedal – which take PP3-size batteries and both are flat. I have some rechargeable ones, but I left them in the Auvergne and I didn’t bring the PP3 recharger with me either. So when I saw a couple on sale in NOZ at \u20ac0:99, I set my scruples aside for the moment.<\/p>\n

After the problems of yesterday, I ended up not being able to sleep, and doesn’t that always happen? But I did go off to sleep at one point and even managed to go off on my travels. My phone had been cut off and I had to telephone the supplier. We ended up having quite an argument and my French started to break up. The person on the other end made a remark so I asked him what he expected when I had just awoken at 06:00. I asked for an appointment so he replied that he would fix one for me – one and that was all and I had better be there. I replied that it wasn’t much good ringing about it and telling me the time and expecting me to be there if the phone had been disconnected so I wouldn’t receive the call. he told me that that was my problem – I’d get one, and one only.<\/p>\n

At this point the alarm went off and I awoke.<\/p>\n

It was a struggle to leave the bed and having a good shower didn’t make me feel much better. Nevertheless, I headed off to the shops regardless.<\/p>\n

No-one produced anything special, although the bill at LeClerc was more than it might have been due to the necessity of buying a load of coffee. And I forgot which coffee it was that I am currently drinking that is really nice. I bet I have the wrong one.<\/p>\n

Just for a change I also called in at the Biocoop because I forgot to buy some vegan sausages at the Loving Hut in Leuven and I fancy some for tea some time.<\/p>\n

Back here, I didn’t have the strength to put away the shopping. I just had a coffee and sat down.<\/p>\n

After lunch, I tried to sit down and do some work but in the end I gave up and went to bed. And there I stayed for a good two hours too.<\/p>\n

\"football<\/a>Nevertheless, I struggled up to the Stade Louis Dior (and it was a struggle too) to watch US Granville play FC Nantes.<\/p>\n

And if you think that the score 5-2 to FC Nantes reflects a one-sided game, you might be right. Regular readers of this rubbish will recall that I have been criticising Granville’s defence on a regular basis for its somewhat casual approach to defending. Today they were up against a really clinical team that made them pay for it.<\/p>\n

2 goals flattered Granville. Unless there was something that I missed, the player who scored Granville’s second goal looked about a mile offside to me.
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Back here, there was more football. Y Bala v Caernarfon in the Welsh Premier League. I have never seen so many misses from so close to the goal in one match as I have in this game. And Alex Ramsey, who didn’t impress me all that much when he played for Rhyl a few years ago, had a blinder in the Caernarfon goal and rightly won the man-of-the-match.<\/p>\n

Bala, and in particular Henry Jones, ran all over Caernarfon in the first half and could have had half a dozen. And they will look long and hard at that period too and wonder how they went in for their cuppa at 1-1.<\/p>\n

But in the last 15 minutes a couple of inspired Caernarfon substitutions transformed the game. They clamped right down on Henry Jones and scored two late goals to win 3-1.<\/p>\n

Tea was out of a tin at half-time, so now I’m ready for bed. But whether I go to sleep is another matter.<\/p>\n

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