Thursday, June 09, 2005

More jobs and then tennis in the heat of the day

I spend all the morning zapping weeds. It takes forever and it's a constant battle. There must be a business in weed growing. They grow so easily with no need for water or any other attention. The area under the fruit trees, which I mow like a lawn, resembles a lawn from a distance, but it is all weed. There's a business opportunity here but I need to think about it carefully.

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A nice lunch followed by tennis from Queen's Club. Lunch is simplicity itself but oh so tasty. The Italians call it 'pane e pomodoro'. Here's your free recipe. Take some old chunky bread (not slices), rub it generously with garlic and then drizzle olive oil all over until it's soft. Take your oldest, ripest, squashiest tomatoes and roughly chop them over the bread. Add salt to taste. Thank you mama.

The tennis so far this week has been good and as usual the tournament has attracted a good field. Interestingly, Nadal who has just won the French Open, was knocked out in the first round at a grass court tournament at Halle in Germany. There is not enough time between the end of the major clay events and the start of the grass court season, but even so, it shows how skilful you have to be to play on different surfaces.

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We nip to a new dentist in Quissac because mum has a small dental problem. My regular dentist can't fit us in until July, which is just downright stupid. Surely they can organise themselves better than that. Don't get me going about customer service in this part of the world. Anyway, we give the new man a try. After a brief examination, he said that he would complete a temporary job and could we call back on Saturday afternoon? I might have to eat my words about service after all.

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