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TALES FROM THE HARDWARE STORE September 2011 will certainly be remembered for frequent heavy showers in East Lancashire. Many patrons of The Hardware Store have expressed concern regarding our apparent inability to retain our rain water – how come we get all this rain but regularly have issues regarding water supply? It seems crazy that we might ever be short of water in this area. Someone suggested last week that we must be selling it off down south. I wonder….? Someone else reminded me that I haven’t mentioned Burnley FC in recent columns. I promise I will just as soon as it gets passionate and emotional again, and it will do soon I’m sure, once Eddie and the boys get things together. Anybody who has a dog called Eric is all right by me. Anyway, talking of emotional, X Factor is back and it seems we’re all watching it. Most of us prefer the auditions to the live finals, all that sobbing and flapping hands in front of faces to dry tears, talk about clever TV. There’s nothing like real-life though and my friend and I recently went to see a live band at a local Working Men’s Club. It’s a long story as to how and why we went to see this particular band, but the reason for mentioning it is this …. we paid just £1 each to go in (yes that’s right just £1) but bizarrely, there weren’t many people there at all, although the band were really very good. Now to be perfectly honest I don’t get out much these days, but how sad that here we have such brilliant value for money on the door step, but very few punters. Much more exciting than watching X Factor on a Saturday night and nobody burst into tears. If you haven’t seen a live band in a while make yourself a promise that you will go and see at least one local band before the end of 2011. The band we went to see was ‘Neurode Surface’. They played a terrific mix of music and were very entertaining, and also came complete with a smoke machine. Yes all that for just £1 – I still can’t believe what good value it was. They are in the area again during October – so if you get chance go and see them. One thing I must mention this month is the importance of being prepared for winter. I have it on good authority (forget the Met Office, Tony from next door is a fisherman and takes an active interest in all things meteorological) that the bad weather will be coming earlier this year, so please, please make sure you have everything you need for a safe, warm time. As you know our snow shovels have been steadily selling during the summer and at the time of writing we have plenty, but if last year is anything to go by we might sell out after a few days leaving too many people disappointed. Paraffin, candles, hot water bottles, and de-icer are other items that will be in short supply should we be hit by a severe cold spell, so please give some thought now to what you might need. More importantly, having these essential items ready at your disposal, means that you don’t need to make unnecessary journeys in bad weather to buy them! As we brace ourselves for October, I’m reminded that it doesn’t seem 5 minutes since we enjoyed those hot days in April! The general opinion of our customers seems to be that as we get older the time just goes faster and faster. It will be Christmas before we know it! With that in mind make sure you cram as much into life as you can! And don’t forget to go and see some live music. Here’s to real life! Carol Broadbelt
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An elderly man is stopped by the police around 1 a.m. and is asked where he is going at this time of night. The man replies, "I am going to a lecture about alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human body." The officer then asks, "Really? Who is giving that lecture at this time of night?
The man replies, "That would be my wife."
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