Did you know?????

I read an interesting fact today - apparently there are more mobile phones in the United Kingdom than there are people!!!

Now does that mean there are more handsets, and in which case I am not surprised, after all, if you are on a contract, generally after 18 or 24 months you get a free upgrade, so whats happens to the old one, yeap, back of the cupboard or drawer if you are like most people.

Or does it really mean sim cards, and at first I was a little surprised at this. I have just checked, and the population of the UK is apparently 61.4 million, so do they mean there are over 61.4 million active sim cards out there?? But then if you think about it logically, this is not as mind boggling as it sounds.

For example, technically I have two sim cards...........my own, and then hubbys, as his was a special offer type thing attached to mine, so his phone has always been in my name. Now, it means that he doesn't have one, so we are your normal average, two sim card family. However, when I think of my employers...........there about 4.5 thousand police officers in the force and they all have 'job' mobiles, and I am pretty sure that most of them also have personal mobiles as well, so there you go, I guess by the time you take into account all those people who have business / work mobiles as well as the fact that children appear to be getting them from a younger and younger age, this will more than cover the few people out there who don't have phones. Scary!!!!

I am back on nights tonight, but as I am only doing two, I don't want to try to turn my whole body clock around, so I set my alarm early this morning, went back to sleep and then got up about half past nine. Have been debating on going back to bed this evening for a few hours, but probably won't, so tomorrow I will be knackered, but I am going to try to get up about midday ish, and then if I still feel knackered, have a kip before I go back to work.

I finally finished the painting!!!!! Well, the boards round the garage.....still got to do the ones that the gutters are attached to, but as they are by the roof, I can't do them on my own - who would rescue me if I fell off the ladder!!

I have had a small attempt at domestic goddessness today. I sorted out all the washing, after spending the day ironing yesterday, did ALL the washing up, put the previous lot away and have hoovered downstairs as well as cleaned the downstairs loo and put out the recycling! Phew. it doesn't happen that often , me doing domestic goddessness type stuff, so I feel the need to mention it here. I might even go and replace the washing line in a minute............the old one keeps snapping, all the clean whites ended up on the floor yesterday (thank god I jet washed the yard last week), so I finally gave in and bought a new one in Asda. If cost me a whole pound........ I know, but sometimes you have to splash out.

Had to chuckle at my sisters facebook status up date - 'thinks monkeys are really cute, but they do become rather less endearing when they go and break your *@!#ing satellite dish!!!' . Not generally a problem to those of us in Europe (unless you live in Gibraltar), the hazards of living in Africa!!

Hubby was home ridiculously early today, half past three, just as I was cruising facebook. Still not sure I am used to him not working 14 hours plus each day, though then I remembered, while they are training Friday is POETS day - 'piss off early tomorrow's Saturday'! Anyway he has now finished type training, as they are apparently quite happy that he can drive the various types of bus they have at the depot without stuffing them into a tree or something. So on Monday more route learning then he will be driving in anger....yeap you've guessed it, driving a bus with paying passengers. Okay, they don't just give 'em a bus and say off you go, they do do a few days with a driver who actually knows what he / she is doing, a 'buddy' who will help them with the tricky stuff, like tickets. And there was me thinking that it was only the people who got to use buses for free actually used them. You mean people actually pay??!!!!