Tuesday, November 6, 2012

7 November 2012 - Shady Willows Holiday Park, Batemans Bay, NSW


The rain set in soon after dinner last night and didn’t let up all night. Today there have been frequent showers, enough to make us feel vindicated about staying indoors.

We did pop out early this morning. I was waiting outside the hair salon when the doors opened and came away with months of growth lopped off and looking a whole lot more presentable. Chris in the meantime did the grocery shopping, managing to come out of the supermarket with very few extras. I could never trust him to do this in the past; retirement on a restricted income obviously has its upsides.

The rest of the day was spent glued to the television, watching the election results from the United States of America coming in; nail biting stuff.

At one point of the action, we were distracted by that of a more local nature. A caravan rig sped into the park and round into a site within view of ours. There was a crash, then another, then a rather jolly fat chap poked around with a power pole now very loose on the ground. Then out of the driver seat came his wife, with much arm gesticulation and discussion. We took delight in guessing at what was being said, none of which was particularly amorous or tender. The fat chap, now not at all jolly, poked and prodded the pole while his wife returned to the mechanics of unhitching which she appeared to do with great efficiency. We decided that we would not pop over to meet and greet them; why waste a habit of a lifetime? However we do hope to go have a sneaky peak at the damage at some later time if we see them go out.

As the afternoon continued to unfold, it seemed that the incumbent would remain in the White House. Had we taken a phantom bet as we did yesterday on the Melbourne Cup, we would have done better today. But as to whether this is good for the States or the world, our jury is out on that.

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