Sunday, November13th.
I slept in and woke up to an rainy cool
morning. I worked on reports for the morning. Then I searched Gumtree
(Australia's version of Craig's List) looking for a ticket to the
James concert tomorrow night. Earlier in the week I had found people
trying to scalp the tickets for major dollars, but this morning I
found I guy who needed to sell his ticket as he had a conflict with
work and was selling it at face value. I called him and found that he
lived near my school, so I drove over there to buy it. When I got
there I found a man about fifty and we had a good chat about James,
the Smiths, Wonder Stuff and XTC. He would make a good guy to hang out
with or go to the concert with, but I bought his ticket and headed
home.
As I was driving home I came across a
local school that was having their FETE or spring fair, so I dropped
in to have a look. I was amazed at what was there. In the yard they
had three rides, a three lane – three bump slide, a four person
rock climbing wall, a small petting zoo, a live band and a bar!
Inside the school they had a craft shop, a flea market, a pizzeria
and a cafe. It was well attended and everyone seemed to be having
fun. When I got to school on Monday I related this story to Libby and
Emily and they told me that this was a normal for schools to raise
extra funds. Way over the top compared to what I've seen at home and
a whole lot of work for someone!
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