Breakfast Included

Doing our bit for the credit crunch Marion and I decided that £15.95 each for the breakfast here at the hotel at the NEC was a bit over the top and made do with a couple of bananas and a cup of tea in the room. On our third day at the exhibition Nick (who booked the rooms) pointed out that breakfast was included in the room rate! Oh well I suppose that bananas were better for us than the fry up we had this morning.

It reminds me a little of the time that my dad wanted to watch a big boxing match on Sky TV. He subscribed to Sky Sports but felt cheated when they decided to put the match on a box office channel. To book the match you had to phone a number. Dad decided to phone the number to give them a piece of his mind and express his disgust. Unfortunately he only got through to an automated message. He sat and listened to the boxing on the radio but subsequently discovered that his complaining phone call had booked the match for him so his account was charged and while he was listening to the fight on the radio it was available for him to watch on the TV.

Sky won with a knockout.

It was quiet at the exhibition yesterday so I hope it gets a bit busier today or we will end up with every lead costing us £100. Mind you we have had some good leads so things may go well. I wish it had been quiet at the hotel last night. The fire alarm went off at 6 am. Marion and I along with everyone else at the hotel were stood in a freezing car park in bath robes and nightwear for 15 minutes so not a great start to the day. The same thing happened at this hotel 2 years ago but fortunately that was at 8pm.

Oh well better get off to the show. We've got some polishing to do before it opens.