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Nothing written today. Daughter and family arrive this evening, so helping my lady to make sure the house is in a pristine state. I personally can't see any difference with the 'after' as opposed to the 'before' ! But then again I am a man....

Hope England win tonight against Italy, but I doubt it. I think that England only have a couple of truly international players, one of them, Hart, isn't playing. I feel that with our present Premier League set up, and all the foreign players in it, it may be another decade before we compete properly with other top international countries. Incidentally, Norwich have, with the exception of one player, a completely British or Irish squad. That's the way to go, but money talks in football, and my little club will probably get relegated!.

Picture the scene. A big headed relative of mine, and his wife, joined us for dinner in a restaurant that my lady and I enjoy going to frequently. He summoned the owner, "Get that air conditioning turned up a bit, I'm melting here!" The owner looked at me, I just smiled, "Very well sir" and off he went. Ten minutes later my relative shouted at the owner, "Now it's too much, turn the blasted thing down!" The owner looked at me and we smiled at each other. A little later, "Now it's too bloody low again, turn it up!" A little later, my relative shouted out, "That's better, now keep it like that!" The owner smiled and nodded pleasantly to my relative. As we left the owner and I shook hands, and we both smiled. As we got into the car I told my relative, "That restaurant doesn't actually have air conditioning".

Back in harness tomorrow, I shall write all day...............if my wife allows it.