Thought for today:
" A very Happy Easter from West Yorkshire, England, especially to all our friends and family across the pond in dear old Australia. What a wonderful country England is with its totally unexpected weather pattern changes from drought to floods to excessive snow etc. What a difference in weather this Easter from that of a sunnier Easter one year ago. We want you Aussies to understand that it is such weather changes that make us tougher than you. We don't whinge whenever our partner asks us to fetch a loaf of bread from the village store just because of a bit of snow covering the ground and disguising the location of the shops. Even our bus drivers aren't given their heavy goods driving licences until they can demonstrate that they can pass each other in opposite directions along one of our normal roads during snowy conditions. When our youngsters speak out of turn, we make them eat their own words and teach them a few manners. And when we have arranged to have a barbecue and have bought the steaks and it decides to snow, we don't cancel the event. Instead we just bring it on and have fun. Happy Easter all x" William Forde: March 31st, 2013.
" A very Happy Easter from West Yorkshire, England, especially to all our friends and family across the pond in dear old Australia. What a wonderful country England is with its totally unexpected weather pattern changes from drought to floods to excessive snow etc. What a difference in weather this Easter from that of a sunnier Easter one year ago. We want you Aussies to understand that it is such weather changes that make us tougher than you. We don't whinge whenever our partner asks us to fetch a loaf of bread from the village store just because of a bit of snow covering the ground and disguising the location of the shops. Even our bus drivers aren't given their heavy goods driving licences until they can demonstrate that they can pass each other in opposite directions along one of our normal roads during snowy conditions. When our youngsters speak out of turn, we make them eat their own words and teach them a few manners. And when we have arranged to have a barbecue and have bought the steaks and it decides to snow, we don't cancel the event. Instead we just bring it on and have fun. Happy Easter all x" William Forde: March 31st, 2013.
