24 January - For one week only
It’s only a week since Bexley’s Highways
Manager announced that the work around Abbey Wood station was pretty much completed. Earlier the same day I had
photographed Gayton Road (Photo 1) almost
clear of the obstructions that had blighted it since October 2018. A finish date
of June 2018 had been promised originally.
It seemed more than likely that it would be fully finished only a year after
the revised completion date. The Manager said that a few trees would be
planted to disrupt pavement parking so when I saw holes being dug I thought
that might be happening except that one hole was in the middle of a parking bay.
In fact it is UK Power Networks “installing service lamp”. Could no one have forecast that need?
It will be interesting to see how well the restoration work is done, many of the blocks have been badly damaged.
Finally a postscript to
yesterday’s blog. One of Mr. Thorogood’s Finance Fans
asked if his sidekick Nickie Morris said anything to justify her expensive
appointment. No, not a word. I don’t know what Mr. Thorogood has done to upset
finance people but one goes on to ask why he doesn’t shave. “His financial
incompetence is second only to his ability to be smart.” His associates really have it in
for him but I am a little sympathetic. I recently remarked on
the rubbish
quality of Gillette razor blades but now I find you cannot buy shaving soap in sticks for love nor money.
I should perhaps add that there is a Female Finance Fan who really likes Paul’s stubble
and implies she would like to be closer to it.
Shaving soap in ‘stick’ form was never easy to find, the local Sainsbury’s has never stocked it and when I found it elsewhere I would buy half a dozen or more.
The last batch 50 pence each in Wilkos and they lasted more than a year but now the shelves are empty and Google tells me
that the last two remaining manufacturers gave up on it early in 2019.
Hmmm. Now what?