I cannot possibly understand why this idiot has decided to attack/invade Ukraine, the reasons of anti Nazism don't make any kind of sense and as the war continues you clearly see iit is not wanting to take back old territory but genocide.
You can be pretty damn sure that the Russian people are not for this to happen but seem to be helpless. The financial restraints being imposed on the country and its rich Oligarch’s might help in the long term and it would be so easy for this to develop in to another world war. With Putin having the finger on the nuclear button they only real and safe way is for the Russian people to rise up and kill the bastard.
Many countries are offering help but the Ukrainian Army seems to have better moral than the Russian;s as television news has been showing down and out Russian soldiers who had been captured just turning on their own generals.
Chelsea losing to Brentford 1-4 at Stamford bridge yesterday ( yes Brentford that recent second division club) was terrible to watch. When we come to the States we bring out Amazon TV firestick which is already preloaded with Apps for Netflix, You tube etc but we like to watch Formula One motor racing, Premier league football and of course the Champions League and so we end up up with lots of different apps as follows, SLING, FUBO, PEACOCK, ESPN . I did try via a VPN and it worked once then it looks like that Sky recognised this was not a genuine UK IP and so were unable to watch any football and Formula One, so hence all the Apps with subscriptions, some are free for 7 or 30 days but then you pay but in the end its worth it as the TV programs on these rented houses only provide the basics.
Well its Noels 80th Birthday this August and also our 51 st Wedding Anniversary in May and the anniversary could not really celebrated last year due to covid restrictions. So we have decided to organise a big party to celebrate both Noels Birthday and our wedding anniversary but also Jennifers birthday also in August and so on the 21st August at the Runnymede Hotel we are having a big shindig with lots of family and friends invited. All the invitations have been sent by email but some of the friends invited are overseas viz New Zealand, Germany, Hong Kong etc and Covid reg’s may still be restricting travel at that time but we should have a goodly number of guests.
Talk about a busy year, we get home from Florida on 2nd May and on the 21st May we are off for our delayed 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise on Seaborn 21 st May departing Tel Aviv on 22nd May and finishing up in Istanbul after touring the Greek islands. We are planning a few extra days in Istanbul after the cruise and finally return home on 9th June which is the same day our son and daughter in law are expecting the second child. I have travelled quite a lot in my lifetime but never visited Istanbul and looking forward to it. Ironically I looked at going to Tel Aviv say a couple of days but was shocked at the Hotel prices and also transport costs and so decided to forget the idea. This then changed when Seabourn informed us the the British Airways flight we were booked on for the 22nd has been cancelled and we now have to fly on the 21st and stay overnight at their expense.
Well to finish this blog, we visited the Port Charlotte Mall which is about 20 minutes away for Jennifer to look as getting some new dresses and often you have no luck but today we found three that will be great for Beales but tomorrow we plan to return and look at JC penny and Dillard's for a further look, so while Jennifer is looking Noel will either get a haircut of have a foot massage, lets see what's open. Well the weather today is a break from the norm, there was heavy rain last night and this morning its cool, around 24 C and grey overcast but hopefully tomorrow should be a lot better and returning to the usual 28-31 C. Well that's it for the time being.
