It’s hard to believe no one else has blogged about our big time at Six Flags on Friday. Ian works for Pepsi/Frito Lay and they hold an annual employee picnic where they rent out the whole park which is otherwise closed to the public. The employees can invite friends, etc so we pay what amounts to regular (~$30) for tickets, which includes $10 in park cash (“Daffy Dollars”) that we usually use to eat dinner. As an added bonus, there are stations throughout the park offering free bags of Frito Lay products and cold Pepsi products. So we gorge ourselves on junk food and ride the rides. This year’s group consisted of Bobby & Ian, James & I and Layton.
UK Friends
I spoke with one of our UK friends, Duncan, on the phone and they are fine. Dunc is in Chester and ‘bat has gone off camping in Wales. They have given up their flat in London, and as they always have impeccable timing, they just gave it up last week.
When he answered the phone I said, “you survived!” Dunc said, “we weren’t in London.” I said, “no, I meant George Bush’s visit! He hasn’t crashed into you on his bicycle has he?” Dunc laughed and said, “well he hasn’t left yet.”
Now we just need to hear from Ed Deluzain, my high school English teacher who has just gone over there for a visit.