This morning I woke up and it was a little bit too icy for a run I thought maybe as the day went on it might soften however, it stayed just as bad. I fell on a sheet of ice outside the boatshed so maybe if it is like this tomorrow it will be time for snow chains on my boots and studs in my running shoes!

I spent the day finishing off rebuilding the Mariner and tested it out much to my surprise it ran like a champ!

Shelves of spare boat parts in our boatshed.

Also the annual indent is due mid month so I started going through all our stocks.

In the evening I went for a walk instead there are icicles all along the track and hanging off the grating going across Gull Lake dam. For a short period we had a small patch of blue sky and sun but it didn’t last very long. It is not getting light now till around 8am and gets dark just after sunset at 5pm.

The walk helped me walk off some frustration I had with a comment from someone about Americans reactions to Osama’s death as being rude. I bit my tongue and reminded myself that I am on a British base and the person making the comment was a teenager in 2001 maybe not able to comprehend the devastation of 911 to many families especially New Yorkers.

Some people find the Darryl Worley song distateful but it shows the sentiments of many Americans including my family members in the US Military.

I hear people saying we don’t need this war
But, I say there’s some things worth fighting for
What about our freedom and this piece of ground
We didn’t get to keep ’em by backing down
They say we don’t realize the mess we’re getting in
Before you start your preaching let me ask you this my friend

Have you forgotten how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell
And you say we shouldn’t worry ’bout bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

They took all the footage off my T.V.
Said it’s too disturbing for you and me
It’ll just breed anger that’s what the experts say
If it was up to me I’d show it everyday
Some say this country’s just out looking for a fight
Well, after 9/11 man I’d have to say that’s right

Have you forgotten how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell
And we vowed to get the one’s behind bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

I’ve been there with the soldiers
Who’ve gone away to war
And you can bet that they remember
Just what they’re fighting for

Have you forgotten all the people killed?
Yeah, some went down like heroes in that Pennsylvania field
Have you forgotten about our Pentagon?
All the loved ones that we lost and those left to carry on
Don’t you tell me not to worry about bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

Have you forgotten?
Have you forgotten?

It is sad to see how divisive the incident has been within my group of friends outside South Georgia. As the British primeminster said his death was ‘justified, lawful and right’. Enough politics as that is not why people read my blog.