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Fri, 27 Jan, 2012 Newsletter 39 (open)
My dad certainly wore the trousers in our household.....
.......as I've just found out that my mother has never worn a pair in her life! Oh, the sheer joy of hearing that. My 81 year old ma's 'Living in the last century' podium is now complete with the bronze medal going to her never having driven a car (not bad but many out there) closely followed by her never having a bank account (solid). But this trouserless malarky is different gravy and laughs in the face of the other two shameful efforts. I still can't get over it and, joyously, never will. Bless her cotton hello-theres.
Apologies for the following self-indulgent behaviour but I love the fact that she worships cricket as much as I do. Here is a top example.....it's 8am on the morning of the 1999 World Cup Final (Australia v Pakistan), she draws back the curtains, looks up at the overcast conditions and says to my father who has just returned from the land of nod....'Ooo, good toss to win Pete.'
I am not worthy.
The post script of England not being involved in the game only adds to this superb shout.
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