A Damsel In Distress & A 14-1 Beauty

A massive thanks to Tranquil Tiger, Spanish Bounty (& Mini C of course for his inspired selection x), Traffic Guard (top pic) & Winker Watson (bottom pic) who may end up being on of our ante post bets for next years Classics. I myself was absolutely distraught at missing out on the moody git that is Papal Bull but got over it incredibly quickly when Spanish Bounty went it!

So after an exciting day the results stands as follows:-

1st place ----- Mini Cooper ----- 2 winners

2nd place ---- TJ ----- 2 winners

3rd place ----- Top Dog ----- 2 winners

And so Day 3 selections look like this:-

TJ:- 1.30pm Cape Hawk 2.00 Feared In Flight 2.35 Mine / Fajr (EW) 3.10 Dutch Art / Sander Camillo 3.45 Honky Tonk Sally 4.20 Nine Stories 4.55 Ameeq

Top Dog:- 1.30pm Ea 2.00 Ellmau 2.35 King of Argos 3.10 Soldier's Tale 3.45 Baraari 4.20 Runswick Bay 4.55 High Treason

Mini Cooper:- 1.30pm We'll Come 2.00 Declaration of War 2.35 Zomerlust 3.10 Prime Defender 3.45 Rockellio 4.20 Bid Art 4.55 Samurai Way

Today was quiet at work which meant we had plenty of time to discuss our topic of the day "Telephone Voices". Apparently I have a "smiley" voice but not in an annoying American way - just an irritating British way. Seriously though, I always sound happy on the phone even when I feel sad or pissed off. I also do a very good "sympathy" voice that sounds sorry but isn't patronising so if there's any bad news to be broken, I'm always nominated to do it!

Then of course a mere 20 minutes from home time & all hell breaks loose. One of the new buses' fuses all blew so its lift was stuck on the ground & it couldn't go anywhere. First of all both myself & the driver JC (I think she might be jinxed with that bus!) tried to get in touch with a skiving JK but he ignored his mobile. There were five disabled kids on the bus, whose parents I had to call to say they'd be late home. But lo & behold their contact details were locked in JK's office & I haven't any keys for it. I did point out to J at the time that I should keep the details as Im always in the office whereas everyone else goes walkabout.

So I called JC back & we decided the best course of action was to get the phone numbers off one of the kids on the bus that wasn't so severly mentally handicapped. We managed that & from his mam I got the other four contact numbers. Now you would think mams would be worried about their kids but not this lot. Everyone I spoke to was too busy laughing their heads off at the fact our new bus had broken down for the 2nd time in as many days.

Meanwhile, as we couldn't get in touch with JK for instruction I took it upon myself to send another driver up to rescue the kids with the intention of leaving the bus preferably unlocked in the hope a gang of youths would come along in the night & torch the fucker & put us all out of our misery. So I went out side to collar a hapless driver that had just returned back to base & you know what? He refused to go coz he was off home. Baring in mind it was 3.50pm & he is paid to work til 5pm. So J will hear of this disgraceful behaviour.

At this point I decided to try JK's mobile again & a woman (i presumed it was his wife) answered. He'd left his phone at home but had gone out driving. Absolutely fucking typical. When the shit hits the fan, JK isn't around & I have to fix it. And he is supposed to be in charge while of the office while our bosses are away. Anyway I managed to send another driver to the rescue at which point I gave up & went home. And to top it all off I have a bastard Dentist appointment tomorrow. On Friday 13th. I get the intense feeling something is going to go wrong.

Oh well, ciao for now

TJ