Very tired and looking forward to a few nights in the Bellagio hotel before heading out in the house on wheels. Oh my 28 foot long with a massive turning circle, that’s not the worry though, the one that does bother me is the fact that Mrs Fogg actually took 7 attempts to reverse a car in a parking bay, gave up and went to another one then took 3 more attempts to park. This all in something a quarter the length of an RV, oh well bang goes the No Claims Discount 🙂
And They’re orf.
It has been such a hectic last few months, Mrs Foggy is in charge of people again and travelling all over the place and Mr Fogg is still on contract doing what he loves so much (mmmmm).
So today has been hectic up at 6pm, and out to work for 7.15am then off to pick up Mrs Foggy from work at 3.30pm and a 4 hour drive to Gatport Airwick, luggage checked in and to the hotel for 9pm. Long Long day.
Tomorrow the plane and Vegas here we come.
Say ello to my gnashers. Me had a crown fitted now, so I asked to keep the cast of me gob and here it is.
Look at it this way when I need falsies I can just slip these bad boys in and I’m good as new!
Of all the sights to come across in Linz, I find this pair loitering near the main square. So, last night in Linz and what have I managed to achieve/learn:
1)Austrians may speak German but it’s a very different dialect to Germany with some very different words.
2)Linz is pretty dull in the rain
3)They smoke very strong cigarettes here, and a lot
4)Austrians eat HUGE lunches but snack at night
5)My heavy cold has still not gone yet. Boo
6) There are NO English channels on the TV except BBC Entertainment which is showing wall to wall old BBC dramas complete with canned laughter. Yawn.
7) I’m tired after two very long days if meetings here
8) I finally succumbed to a large glass of wine at the hotel
[Posted from Mrs Foggs super cool iphone]
And today sees Mrs Fogg off on a whirl wind tour of Manchester to Dusseldorf to Linz to Manchester then Bournemouth and finally to home.
Bags all packed, kitchen sink extracted and she’s gawn, booo. it’s going to be a hectic few days for my hardworking, uber geek.
Me and the Spikester will hold the fort until she returns in about 7 days time, no doubt the little lady will post some reviews of Linz and tell us how fantastic all the history (yawn) is.
The inventor of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle, Arthur Davidson, died and went to heaven.
At the gates, St. Peter told Arthur. ‘Since you’ve been such a good man and your motorcycles
have changed the world, your reward is, you can hang out with anyone you want to in heaven.’
Arthur thought about it for a minute and then said, ‘ I want to hang out with God.’
St. Peter took Arthur to the Throne Room, and introduced him to God.
God recognized Arthur and commented, ‘Okay, so you were the one who invented the Harley-Davidson motorcycle? ‘
Arthur said, ‘Yeah, that’s me…’
God commented: ‘Well, what’s the big deal in inventing something that’s pretty unstable, makes noise and pollution and can’t run without a road?’
Arthur was a bit embarrassed, but finally spoke, ‘Excuse me, but aren’t you the inventor of woman?’
God said, ‘Ah, yes.’
‘Well,’ said Arthur, ‘professional to professional, you have some major design flaws in your invention !
1. There’s too much inconsistency in the front-end suspension
2. It chatters constantly at high speeds
3. Most rear ends are too soft and wobble about too much
4. The intake is placed way too close to the exhaust
5. The maintenance costs are outrageous!!!!
‘Hmmmmm, you may have some good points there,’ replied God, ‘hold on.’
God went to his Celestial supercomputer, typed in a few words and waited for the results.
The computer printed out a slip of paper and God read it.
‘Well, it may be true that my invention is flawed,’ God said to Arthur, ‘but according to these numbers, more men are riding my invention than yours’.
No don’t worry, not another holiday booking, simply the end of another fantastic weekend.
Rounded off by a trip to Tokyo Joes’s in York and the Blues Brothers tribute band at the Grand Theatre.
Only 5 more days until the next weekend.
Wooo
Ah Mrs Uber Geek Fogg in full flow, give her an Internet connection and a book and that’s it, she is like Rottweiler, never lets go until the job is done.
So what is the most wonderful woman in the world up to now I hear you ask, well working out exact mileage, shopping lists, places to visit, instructions and other such goodies for the next road trip, oh god not another we hear you scream, well yes as it happens. This time we are off to Vegas (no surprises), hiring an RV, going to the Grand Canyon, Santa Fe and Roswell New Mexico (to visit the aliens and the illegal type either). Wooooooo Harrrrrrrr we cant wait.
The only thing missing is the spiral binding, but even Mrs Fogg isn’t that sad (I wonder who could be then?).
Every day an adventure, every holiday is a dream and it is all down to this fantastic woman.
Yup here is Mrs Foggy cleaning up after Man Makes Fire has again cremated some dead animal like things.
Another tough week at work has seen us devour a little falling down water and FizzyBoobly.
so the countdown is on for the next break with Mrs Fogg having to spend a week away in the south and mit der yermans (she has even bought a phrase book for the occasion).
Wooooooo Hoooooo yup the Foggies are at it again, this time a short (7 day) city break to Singapore next year.
I went in 2000 for 2 nights on work, so it will be wonderful to see it again and to take Mrs Fogg as well.
It’s a fantastic city, very beautiful and very warm. Oh and we get to visit Raffles to sample the Singapore Sling.
