Last time there weren't a lot of people there and there was just a low hum of conversation; this time there were loads of people and noise. I shouted - or rather I did what is the closest I come to shouting - 'Good evening!'
One or two people looked at me and everyone else continued talking.
Then a man at the bar, not one of our regulars, yelled, 'SHUT UP!' That did the trick.
But the important thing is that I tried. The fact that I have a naturally quiet voice is just one of those things. Query: can one have a naturally quiet voice? Or has it never been tested? Perhaps I shall go somewhere lonely and try shouting. That would be a novel experience. Do I have a loud voice just waiting to be released? Could this be a major changing point in my life?
'All these questions and more will be answered on next week's episode of Soap.' Do you remember that programme? I think it began the career of Billy Crystal.
It's strange the way things suddenly pop into your head. Speaking of which let me share my ear-worms with you. Perhaps it will rid me of them.
When we went on holiday the song I couldn't be shot of was, 'I saw a mouse, where, there on the stairs etc'
Then it became, 'High on a hill stood a lonely goatherd.'
It's currently, 'It's coming home.' Yes, I'm late to the football party.
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The weather has continued to be very good. Not as hot as the south-east of England has it for which I'm grateful. Yesterday I swam in the sea at Mumbles, something I haven't done for years. It was strangely both warm and cold but very enjoyable.
