Snooker and Soapy Water

The guys at the station are usually busy with their outside interests whilst we are waiting to get the call out. Can Lad Eddie is a great fan of Paris Hilton and used most of his minimum wage to write to her. Since the injunction he has reconciled himself with just looking at pictures of her in magazines.

We also have a snooker table but there are plans afoot to take it away. Even the BBC came down the station to gauge opinion. Fireman Jennings (our union rep) said, 'It's a diabolical liberty and my members will be taking this further. It's a bad break for us.' It does seem a bit rich given that we had to wait 18 months before they gave us a fire engine. We could never rely upon public transport to get us to the blaze and many times we lost a lot of water running for the now defunct 82a.

Fireman Muller has the largest break on the table although he is used to the slope as he comes from a town near the Alps. He holds the record of 33. He claims he would have gone on to a half century if there hadn't been a speck of jam on the pink.

Can Lad Eddie is no good at all, and there is a groan whenever anyone gets him as a doubles partner. It's not just his myopia and refusal to wear glasses, it's his inability to remember the rules of the game. If it wasn't for the fact that he makes good tea and that his uncle is the commissioner, I doublt if he'd have had such a glittering career.

Tomorrow is National Car Wash Day so if your Datsun is dusty, your Merc is muddy or your Trabant is something beginning with T, please come down the station and I'll get my hose out for you.

Lunchtime Funtime

Having been furnished with a whole £5 note as Mrs FT did not have any slummy, I availed myself of the culinary fare of Mr Hussein. I opted for a generous portion of turkey roast with cranberry sauce on a bin lid. For washing down purposes, I drifted towards a Mineral water with lemon twist. As I had some money left I was able to put a £1 double on Allegretto and Captain Gerrard at Doncaster.

STATS

No. of calls 13

No. of fires 0

No. of broken cues 5

No. of hobnobs 4

No. of post call-out pints 11

Random Philosophical Thingy

Discovering that Rose Royce never worked at the car wash, this set me thinking about what other lies we are being told. I'm beginning to think that David Bowie was being economical with the truth when he claimed to be Major Tom. At least we still have The Western Mail as a bastion of truth and rationality.

Anyway, I'm off to check on the hoses for the car wash extravaganza. Please make sure you don't have any fires tomorrow as we will be busy. You local Chemist may be able to help with minor incidents whilst info can be found on http://www.imtrappedinaburningbuilding.gov.org/

So, have a good day and don't burn all your bridges.

Can Lad Eddie puts his cue away