23rd December 2017
Drove into Bath for my first haircut since I got back. Mike, the hairdresser handed me a bucks fizz and toasted my return.
He asked me how many cuts I had in the US, and laying it on a bit thick, I told him only one, but the shampoo and head massage was amazing. I suggested he adopted the same approach, so that all the “old dears” who have been his regulars for thirty-odd years, would have a sensual experience. He joked that he hadn’t had any of his customers die in his chair so far, but I added if he marketed his “magic fingers” approach,he might drum up more trade amongst the older lady set.
The City was very quiet, not the usual frantic crowds getting their last minute presents. There were some areas where the Big Issue sellers out-numbered the shoppers.
I have noticed that a large number of sellers are foreign, possibly Eastern European, now far be it for me to judge, and I am very sympathetic to the plight of the homeless, but how can this happen? Immigrants have to demonstrate some means of support before they are allowed to enter the UK, and those who claim asylum get housing help, so why do we “import” homeless people from abroad ? This bothers me a little.
I had a response from Sean the builder to say he couldn’t do the job in my required time, at this rate it will be a six month project rather than three.
Another Lifetime to go 