Another oil slick from the sunken tanker has reached the shores of Spain today. A retired fisherman from the resort affected commented that, "Once da sea was alive anna we made our living from eet. Now eet eesa dead."
Oh dear, how sad. Still, at least they know what it feels like now. The Spanish illegally trawled the seas off Britain to extinction back in the 80s. During those years, through the use of massive nets, they reduced Fleetwood's own trawling fleet from seventy plus vessels to less than ten. Further more the over-fishing brought the size of an average cod down from at least three feet to the same length as an Elvis impersonater's dick. Such is life. At least now they've got plenty of oil to smear all over their greasy heads.
According to Channel 5 news earlier, in Britain a shop keeper is attacked once every hour. The poor bastard. You'd think he'd pack it in and look for an alternative career wouldn't you?
Closer to home and our washing machine has finally gone into its death throes. This afternoon we were forced to visit Fleetwood launderette. It's good to see that traditions don't die easily in these places. The yellow colour scheme is still in evidence as it was back in the 1950s. The posters on the walls still show the customers how to perform the Heimlich Manoeuvre in case one of them swallows a washing machine, and others remind people that 'Careless Talk Costs Lives'. The ashtrays are stapled to the formica benches. And the dry-cleaning machine appears to have broken in 1902, never to be attended. What an easy investement launderettes must have been eh? A one off payment and then money for old rope ever since. Once every thirty years the engineers are called out to add a bit of solder to the coin-slots due to the ever diminishing size of coins and that's it. Mind you, it's understandable why nothing ever changes in these workhouses. Temporal progression has different rules here. A half hour washing spree seems to take at least four months and, judging by their appearance, most of the customers have been waiting for the dryers to complete their cycles since 1951.
