Friday, July 28, 2006
Test Match Special
July 28th.
One of the the great pleasures in life is listening to Test Match Special. For various reasons i find it very difficult to get this programme except on my car radio or using the Digi-box of the television at home ,so it is a bit limiting in where I can be during a test and still receive the programme. At least I can get home to watch the highlights on Channel 5 at 7.15 which is also a good time to be eating. While I am on the subject, I have a chance to moan that it is not shoown in its entirity on BBC who, apart from the open Golf, only show minority sports such as tennis ans swimming and occasionally athletics. Someone should explain to the controllers and to the deluded Steve Cram that watching a few unknown athletes running round a track just isn't interesting. Furthermore, I do wonder why lottery money should be used to boost the career of a few professional athletes. I'm afraid we're in for some concentrated rubbish from the so called pundits, sports writers and Lord Coe as the London Olympics gets closer but the fact remains that we Brits are good at accepting sporting defeat and actually don't care how many medals we win. Actually the fewer the better since they won't become commentators in the future. Another thing they haven't twigged yet is that success on the track or the football pitch doesn't make you articulate or even coherent.
During last night's cricket highlights I consumed a lot of ham, cheese,tomatoes, two apples and a yogurt. There will be more runners this weekend. I read a letter in the Guardian today that many people have noticed that their beans have done a runner(his joke, not mine) and have had a lot of flower but it hasn't set. I am not completely sure that I understand what this means but presumably it is in some ways related to climate, watering, possibly chemicals affecting pollenation or bad luck. Mine, I'm pleased to boast, are fine.
As I am about to press the 'publish' button I see that England are 272-3.
One of the the great pleasures in life is listening to Test Match Special. For various reasons i find it very difficult to get this programme except on my car radio or using the Digi-box of the television at home ,so it is a bit limiting in where I can be during a test and still receive the programme. At least I can get home to watch the highlights on Channel 5 at 7.15 which is also a good time to be eating. While I am on the subject, I have a chance to moan that it is not shoown in its entirity on BBC who, apart from the open Golf, only show minority sports such as tennis ans swimming and occasionally athletics. Someone should explain to the controllers and to the deluded Steve Cram that watching a few unknown athletes running round a track just isn't interesting. Furthermore, I do wonder why lottery money should be used to boost the career of a few professional athletes. I'm afraid we're in for some concentrated rubbish from the so called pundits, sports writers and Lord Coe as the London Olympics gets closer but the fact remains that we Brits are good at accepting sporting defeat and actually don't care how many medals we win. Actually the fewer the better since they won't become commentators in the future. Another thing they haven't twigged yet is that success on the track or the football pitch doesn't make you articulate or even coherent.
During last night's cricket highlights I consumed a lot of ham, cheese,tomatoes, two apples and a yogurt. There will be more runners this weekend. I read a letter in the Guardian today that many people have noticed that their beans have done a runner(his joke, not mine) and have had a lot of flower but it hasn't set. I am not completely sure that I understand what this means but presumably it is in some ways related to climate, watering, possibly chemicals affecting pollenation or bad luck. Mine, I'm pleased to boast, are fine.
As I am about to press the 'publish' button I see that England are 272-3.
# posted by Bob @ 1:00 pm 
