Tangent

Due to the onset of more icy conditions, this morning we travelled in convoy to Ashburton to train. After throwing a few weights around in Steve's gym with the team I jumped in with 'Toddy', who is back for a few day's training, and we headed off down the A38 . Training itself was really good considering the weather but something had to go wrong. As we were entering the school Toddy noticed that his tyre was flat, so, after training, to calm his nerves and avoid the AA being called out, I turned into Phil Mitchel and whipped the wheel off. Only Toddy could have me changing a tyre in full T.U.F.C kit whilst onlooking students giggled away, thanks for that mate.
A quick change and it was off to Plymouth to talk football with Natalie. I have really enjoyed the 'punditry' slot and hopefully I can expand the role to roving reporter - Keith Chegwin here we come!.
Away from 'footy' and I bought the Sunday Times at the weekend (one tries ones best old chap) - to be fair though it is a weeks worth of decent reading and I can fit the News of the World inside it.
Anyway, firstly I noticed that the director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, is about to reveal his 100 artefact's that best illustrate the ascent of man - in a nutshell a history of the world in 100 objects - from 7th century helmets and Egyptian Mummy's to Woodcarvings and Chronometer's (A big clock used by Darwin and the like!) With all these historic pieces to marvel over, or not, it is amazing how controversial his 100th choice will be. In the running, to name just a few, are the iphone, an Zimbabwean zillion dollar note, an hallucinogenic drug, and a wind turbine. How times change! Some big names in the world of writing, art, and history were asked to choose their most influential objects, good or bad. No surprise that a writer chooses the ballpoint pen or that a poet chose a printing press, but Max Hastings, a journalist, chose an AK-47 Kalashnikov! His points are strong to support it though. There are 70m Kalashnikov's in active use worldwide, from street gangs, to pirates, and his view that it has caused more deaths than any other weapon in history may well be a strong case to put forward. In his words "It is as much a global product, and as significant in it's impact on humanity as the laptop" - of which I am on now!.
Yes, I have gone of on a rare old tangent there, and to those who have turned off and gone to bed apologises, I will now lighten the mood. Same paper though.
Quotes of the week;

"A lady at the library asked me if my parents were "1960s' people".

Regina Gardner, a shopworker, reveals reaction to her changing her name to Deathstroke Regina Chester Jeff Dave Dum Dee Dum Tumblepot

Go on girl you show em!

CH