Who's gonna drive you home? ..

Well, we've got a car theme going here, and it's amazing that this picture popped up whilst I was deciding which shot to use today. Having blogged about the rip-off Total garage (Total rip-off?) near Manchester Airport yesterday, I dug out this shot from my travels during the mid-nineties. This, folks, is Manchester Airport! No, really, it is! It's Manchester Airport, in New Hampshire, USA! I went there for an article I was doing when Manchester was in the bidding for the Olympic Games (Stop tittering at the back!) I bet those giants drank some juice!

Anyway, that has got absolutely nothing to do with the fact that the shots I did of new band BUG have now seen the light of day. I have a gallery of images on the band's web-site, and that clattering drill of fingernails on desktop is me waiting patiently for my byeline to appear on the site! Seriously, good luck, boys, and thanks for asking me to do your shots!

Last thing to say.. my final Wedding Fayre of the season is tomorrow (Phew!) and I'll be live and kicking at Blackburne House, near the cathedrals in Liverpool. Come on down .. if you can get hold of any petrol!

The price ain't right! ..

Pricing! Here are two stories from yesterday...

Story One

Ring, ring!
"Hello, StudioFiveFour"
"Hi, you do Weddings from £599?"
"Depending on the package, yes.."
"Hmmm! Will you take two hundred?" ....!!!

Story Two

Lesley really needs to get petrol, and decides to stop to get some on the way home from work. That involves joining the end of a panic-buying queue in Wilmslow, meaning it takes her 20 minutes to get onto a forecourt that's advertising petrol at 140.9p per litre. By the time she gets to the pump, the price has gone up to 148.9p per litre!! That petrol station is Total, on Styal Road near Manchester Airport.
They are a complete rip-off!

What is going on? When did the price become 'not the price'? Why couldn't Lesley offer the petrol station 134.9p per litre, as that's all she felt she wanted to pay? Oh, I forgot, it doesn't work like that, does it? The recession has got us by the short and curlies and there's sweet Fanny Adams we can do about it.
Keep calm and carry on?
Get real!