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SGB Sports
Arkwright
The Independent
Voice
W
ith all the negatives that
I want to say a
it appears increasingly popular for My letter-writing done I looked for
abound at the moment, those who can actually discern other feathers to ruffle, quite
most of which we are
big thank you to
quality or value to be wanting to literally. If Ken Livingstone could
helpless to influence, what a delight buy sports clothing which is not successfully ban pigeons from
that the days are lengthening and
darts and
overtly branded. That’s not to say Trafalgar Square then it was time my
thankfully politicians and bankers they are not reassured by a brand town chased the seagulls and
can’t interfere there even with their
snooker for
they know but I’ve found an pigeons instead of continuing to be
deft, manipulative, hollow words – increasing number, having paid for a sitting target for their guano. I
but I’m sure they would if they an item, are not inclined to then invited a falconer to come and give a
could. I feel so much better when I
providing me, and
advertise the brand through a large demonstration without recourse to
can get home in the daylight and logo nor do they feel the need for anyone else, knowing from past
don’t have to use my SAD lightbox,
I hope others,
reassurance by their peers for their experience that without decisive
saving money on electricity into the choice of brand. action some would want a meeting
bargain. Despite the snow, wind and
rain the longer days do signify that with some good
to discuss whether there should be a
They say the devil finds work for meeting to discuss the idea; by
spring will be on its way shortly and
business when
idle hands and there are probably which time our streets, shop fronts
people will be spending more time now some who are complaining that and some of us would be covered in
outdoors again. Customers (yes they it’s my hands he’s found the work another foot of pigeon poo and the
do still exist despite the best efforts
everyone is
for in the form of letter writing. To gull breeding season would be
of doom-mongers) are starting to amuse myself my pen-name varies underway. Before the hawk’s demo
talk cricket again; not that fiasco
stuck inside
depending on who the recipient of flight we enjoyed a short talk from
that’s going on in the West Indies my missive is: when I had to write the falconer describing how the
but local cricket that gives so much again to the bank about the mystery miscreant birds would be disturbed.
enjoyment to many, particularly the day's cash spends in the ether after Sure enough within minutes of the
sandwich-making WAGS. Before I parents are now blankly refused, being paid in and not arriving at the hawk landing quietly on a nearby
get too carried away with the some are given only after the child intended account, it was Yours roof the gulls were putting out
thoughts of summer I want to say a has listened attentively to an faithfully Noah Money; the MP got distress calls and other gulls
big thank you to darts and snooker economics lecture and I’ve had one one signed R U Bothered and a appeared, then more and more
for providing me, and I hope others, mother who even insisted the child supplier whose delivery was missing gathered Hitchcock style. The
with some good business when sign an IOU in her favour, here in the items when checked against the falconer said, “We should see crows
everyone is stuck inside. shop, before releasing the cash! The packing note got an email signed shortly” and as if he had an assistant
times they are a-changing and folk Ivor Shortage. To be fair I’ll give releasing them on cue crows
The credit crunch isn’t confined to are beginning to realise they don’t praise where it’s due and I don’t appeared. Just as the assembled
the banks clamping down on have to keep up with the Joneses confine myself to complaining, as is spectators were agreeing that this
lending; the old wheeze of a child any more; mainly I suppose because evident by the letter I wrote to the man and his bird clearly knew how
saying to a parent “My money is at the Joneses can’t keep up with council during the snow crisis. I said I to deal with pests who should
home, I promise I’ll pay you back” themselves due to all the financial completely understood how they’d appear round the corner but three of
(the child, the parent and I knew turbulence in the world. It’s been the slipped up when they ran out of salt the town’s troublemakers. Forget
perfectly well that wasn’t going to in thing for some time to eat locally as I hadn’t stocked up with the police, what this country needs
happen) doesn’t seem to wash so grown and organic food and turn toboggans, and ended the letter to restore order is a Falcon Force and
easily anymore. Some loans from one's attention to green issues, now 'Emma Snowdin'. a Pied Piper!
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