This is canny old..........

If you go to around 06:39 (don't watch all of it) the last person off the bus was someone you might recognise...

Halloween

from wikipedia.........

The modern holiday of Halloween has its origins in the ancient Gaelic festival known as Samhain (pronounced /ˈsˠaunʲ/ from the Old Irish samain). The festival of Samhain is a celebration of the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture, and is sometimes erroneously^[2] regarded as the "Celtic New Year".^[3] Traditionally, the festival was a time used by the ancient pagans to take stock of supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapped and the deceased would come back to life and cause havoc such as sickness or damaged crops. The festivals would frequently involve bonfires, where the bones of slaughtered livestock were thrown. Costumes and masks were also worn at the festivals in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or placate them.^[4][5] When the Romans occupied Celtic territory, several Roman traditions were also incorporated into the festivals. Feralia, a day celebrated in late October by the Romans for the passing of the dead as well as a festival which celebrated the Roman Goddess Pomona, the goddess of fruit were incorporated into the celebrations. The symbol of Pomona was an apple, which is a proposed origin for the tradition of bobbing for apples on Halloween.^[6]

IKEA

I like shopping at IKEA (well, Emma does) but I was well impressed with their returns policy today.

We bought a rug from IKEA in Gateshead but when we got home, it didn't really fit.
That was mid July, its now October.....
Unfortunatley Emma lost the receipt too.

However IKEA were good enough to say that if I brought the item in, in original packaging, with a bank statement proving the transaction - they would give me a credit note. Therefore as I travelled north, I stopped off, did the transaction, got something we needed and everything was fine.

Their policy is they will give you a refund up to 90 days after purchase with a valid receipt. I think thats brilliant.

I DONT BELIEVE IT (NO REALLY, I DONT)

This post refers to a previous post http://montgomerys.blogspot.com/2007/06/torrid-load-of-sh.html

I am writing this in a rather nice hotel in the centre of sheffield. I have a lovely view over the main square. I had a great journey here in a nice hire car, passing by IKEA on the way and picking up a few bargains... I left the Nottingham Ikea and was travelling North and put the Radio on....

Trent FM - whereever that is.....

The voice sounded familiar, creepy - it couldn't be, is it, it was, I DONT BELIEVE IT......

YES - BLOODY GRAHAM TORRINGTON on TRENT FM......

I have to confess I swore, screemed, swerved the car and then thumped the stereo - I DIDN'T Believe IT, No really, I Didn't..... Thanks to the Lord that he provideth BBC Radio Sheffield......

PHEW, panic over.