16:30 Lois og jeg ser resten af kvindefodbalds europåiske finale mellem
Holland og Danmark, en spændende kamp. Danmarks nederlag er lidt skuffende efter euforien af Danmarks
sejr over Tyskland i semifinalen.
Holland vinder imidlertid dagens
finale med 4-2, og Lois og jeg er enige i, at Holland har været det bedre hold
og fortjener deres sejr.
Det danske hold fremviser deres eufori
forleden
efter en spændende sejr over Tyskland i semifinalen...
... men i dagens finale viser Holland at
de
er det bedre hold
Som jeg skriver disse ord, ser jeg mig pludselig i et nyt lys og jeg bliver
klar over, at jeg kunne have været en sportsjournalist, som Raymond i HBOs
”Alle elsker Raymond”. Pokkers! Men det er desværre alt for sent nu – endnu en
mistet mulighed.
18:00 Vi spiser aftensmad: flæskesteg med kartofler og grønne bønner fra
vores grøntsagshave, og marv fra vores nabos grøntsagshave (dvs Bobs). Nam nam
!!!!!
Bagefter sætter Lois sig ned foran computeren. Hun har gjort en masse
forsking i dag om huller i sit familietræ. Hun forsøger at finde detaljer af
sin grandonkel Francis’s barnebarn Janet Cox, som vi tror bor på øen Bermuda,
og er på samme alder som os. Desværre kan Lois ikke finde noget spor af Janets
fødsel. Vi ved kun, at hun sejlede sammen med sin far, William, sin mor, Janet
den ældre, og sin storsøster Margaret, fra Storbritannien til Bermuda i 1948,
da Janet den yngre var 2 år gammel. Pokkers! Vi har lyst til at tage en ferie
på Bermuda, et sted, vi aldrig har besøgt. Hvor er du, Janet?????
20:00 Mens Lois er i gang med sin forskning i spisestuen, sætter jeg mig
til rette i stuen og ser lidt fjernsyn. De viser en dokumentarfilm (1. del af
2), der handler om Silicon Valley. Programmets vært er den charmerende Jamie
Bartlett.
Et interessant emne, men jeg er lidt skuffet over, Jamies tilgang til emnet
er lidt for negativ, synes jeg. Jeg føler, at han er for ivrig efter at drage i
tvivl potentielle fordele ved nye ideer som airbnb og uber.
Sam Altman (til højre), Y Combinators 32-årige præsident,
ser
hurtigt hvad slags person Jamie er – du godeste!
Det er også lidt af en skam, at Jamie, programmets vært, som sin
fremlæggelses klimaks, fokuserer så meget på et interview med en tidligere
Facebook manager, Antonion Garcia Martinez, der planlægge at bo off-grid med et
kraftfuldt gevær i et hjemmelavet indianertelt i skovene nær grænsen med
Canada, fordi han er bange for kommende sociale kaost og anarki. Du godeste –
sikke et vanvid!
Martinez, en tidligere Facebook manager, planlægger, at
bo
off-grid nær den kanadenske grænse, for det tilfælde,at
USA
degenerer til socialt kaos om et par år – du godeste, sikke et vanvid!!
Jeg lærer imidlertid mange interessante kendsgerninger fra denne
dokumentarfilm. Jeg har altid været lidt betuttet, over hvorfor nogle af disse
nye globale forretninger, såsom Amazon, airbnb osv, laver lidt eller ingen
fortjeneste. Jamie forklarer, at det vigtigste er at vise, at ens kundebase
vokser eksponentielt, snarere, end at lave en stor fortjeneste, når det kommer
til at kunne tiltrykke store investeringer.
Nu giver det mening!
21:00 Lois kommer ind og vi putter os til hinanden i sofaen. Vi ser to
gamle afsnit af ”Father Ted”, og går så i seng kl 22 – adskilte senge og
værelser igen på grund af vores forkølelser – zzzzzzz!!!!!!
04:30 Jeg står op og laver én af mine rutinemæssige danske ordforrådtest.
Jeg kigger lidt på nettet. Jeg ser, at Lois’s niece Sharon har lagt en bøn om
varmere vejr op på Facebook.
Jeg sympatiserer med Sharon, men personligt talt tror jeg ikke på noget,
jeg læser i Daily Express-overskrifter.
07:45 Jeg hopper tilbage op i sengen til Lois og vi drikker vores morgenté.
Vi går i bad, klæder os på, og står op. Vi spiser morgenmad.
Jeg føler mig lid træt og manglende i energi i dag, men jeg ved ikke præcis
hvorfor. Jeg formoder, at det kunne have kostet mig noget af min energi at
prøve at holde denne forkølelse ned, men det er jeg ikke helt sikker på.
11:30 Vi spiser frokost lidt tidligere, end normalt, og bagefter skal vi
ud. Lois har indvilliget i at hjælpe med at bemande sin kirkes pop-up shop midt
i byen Tewkesbury i eftermiddag. Jeg kører hende over til byen og sætter hende
af over for biblioteket. Jeg kører hjem.
Lois er også stadig lidt forkølet. Jeg håber, at hun vil have nok energi til at
omgås shoppens ”kunder”. Lad os håbe på, at ingen originaler smutter ind! Det
er heldigt, at Mari-Ann og Geoff også er der i eftermiddag.
13:00 Jeg kommer hjem og går i seng for at tage mig en gigantisk
eftermiddagslur – zzzzzzz!!!!
15:00 Jeg står op og går i gang med at organisere fotoerne, Lois og jeg tog
i Danmark, da vi i juni besøgte vores datter Alison, og hendes familie. Vi
passede på vores 3 børnebørn, mens Alison og Ed var væk i Hong Kong i nogle
dage.
Jeg uploader alle ca. 120 fotos til snapfish-webstedet og vælger de 66
bedste fotos (efter min mening), som jeg vil bruge for at kompilere 3
fotobøger.
Lois er ikke dukket op endnu. Pop-up shoppen lukker kl 16:30, og Mari-Ann
vil køre hende hjem, hvilket vil spare mig for en 45-minutters kørsel der og
tilbage – hurra! Uha, jeg bliver så doven nu
til dags!!!!
English translation
16:30 Lois and I see the rest of
the women's European final between Holland and Denmark, an exciting match.
Denmark's defeat is a bit disappointing after the euphoria of Denmark's victory
over Germany in the semifinals. Holland, however, win today's final by 4-2,
and Lois and I agree that Holland have been the better team and deserve their
victory.
The Danish team
show their euphoria
the other day after an exciting victory over
Germany in the semifinals ...
... but in
today's final, Holland show that
they are the better team
As I write these words, I
suddenly see myself in a new light and I realise that I could have been a
sports journalist like Raymond in HBO's "Everyone Loves Raymond".
Damn! But it is sadly too late now - another lost opportunity.
18:00 We eat dinner: roast pork,
with potatoes and green beans from our vegetable patch, and marrow from our
neighbour's vegetable patch (ie Bob's). Yum yum!!!!
Afterwards Lois sits herself down
in front of the computer. She has been doing a lot of research today about
holes in her family tree. She is trying to find details of her great uncle
Francis's granddaughter Janet Cox, who we believe lives on the island of
Bermuda, and is the same age as us. Unfortunately, Lois cannot find any trace
of Jan's birth. We only know that she sailed with her father, William, her
mother, Janet Sr, and her big sister Margaret, from Britain to Bermuda in 1948,
when Janet Jr was 2 years old. Damn! We feel like having a vacation on Bermuda,
a place we have never visited. Where are you, Janet ?????
20:00 While Lois is doing her
research in the dining room, I settle down in the living room and watch a bit
of television. A documentary is on (1st part of 2), all about Silicon Valley.
The host of the program is the charming Jamie Bartlett.
An interesting subject, but I'm a
little disappointed that Jamie's approach to the topic is a little too
negative, I think. I feel he is too keen to throw doubt on the potential benefits of new ideas
like airbnb and uber.
Sam Altman (right), Y
Combinator's 32-year-old president,
quickly sees what kind of person Jamie is -
my goodness!
It is also a shame that Jamie,
the host of the program, as the climax of his presentation, focuses so much on
an interview with a former Facebook manager, Antonio Garcia Martinez, who
plans to live off-grid with a powerful gun in a homemade tepee in the woods
near the Canadian border because he is afraid of future social chaos and
anarchy. Good grief - what madness!
Martinez, a former Facebook manager,
plans to
live off-grid near the Canadian border, in
case the
USA degenerates into social chaos in a
couple of years' time –
good grief, what madness !!
However, I learn many interesting
facts from this documentary. I've always been a little bit puzzled over why
some of these new global businesses, like Amazon, airbnb, etc., make little or
no profit. Jamie explains that the most important thing is to show that one's
customer base is growing exponentially, rather than to make a big profit, if you are trying to attracting big investments.
Now it makes sense!
21:00 Lois comes in and we
snuggle up on the sofa. We see two old episodes of "Father Ted" and
then go to bed at 10pm, separate beds and rooms again because of our colds -
zzzzzzz !!!!!!
04:30 I get up and do one of my
routine Danish vocabulary tests.
I take a little look online. I
see that Lois's niece Sharon has posted a plea for warmer weather on Facebook.
I sympathise with Sharon, but
personally I would not believe anything I read in Daily Express headlines!
07:45 I hop back into bed with
Lois and we drink our morning tea. We go in the shower, get dressed and get up.
We eat breakfast.
I feel tired and lacking in
energy today, but I do not know exactly why. I suppose it may have cost me some
of my energy to try to fight off this cold, but I'm not entirely sure about
that.
11:30 We eat lunch a little
earlier than usual and afterwards we have to go out. Lois has agreed to help
with manning her church's pop-up shop in the middle of Tewkesbury again this
afternoon. I drive her over to the town and drop her off opposite the library. I drive
home. Lois still has a bit of a cold. I hope she has enough energy to deal with
the shop's "customers". Let's hope that no weirdos pop in! Luckily,
Mari-Ann and Geoff are also there this afternoon.
13:00 I come home and go to bed
for a gigantic afternoon nap - zzzzzzz !!!!
15:00 I get up and organise the
photos Lois and I took in Denmark when we visited our daughter Alison
and her family in June. We looked after our 3 grandchildren while Alison and Ed
were away in Hong Kong for a few days.
I upload all the approx. 120
photos to the snapfish website and choose the 66 best photos (in my opinion)
that I would like to use for compiling 3 photo books.
Lois has not appeared yet. The
pop-up shop closes at 4:30pm, and Mari-Ann is going to drive her home, which
will save me a total of a 45-minute drive there and back - hurrah! Oh dear, I'm getting so lazy nowadays !!!!
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