We have electricity! Yes, gentle reader, we have good old electricity back on my boat. I mean the proper stuff that comes into the boat down a cable not that 12 volt stuff that requires the sodding engine to be run every other day and therefore disturbs my peace. And you know what this means don't you? It means that we will soon have the fridge back up and running and as a result it will be filled with all the things that I like to eat. You know, salmon fillets and roast chicken and the like. Apparently the humans have to pay for the electricity and I shall of course let them. There is a meter or something that controls it and they have to feed it pound coins in order for the supply to continue. All well and good I hear you say. Well no, not entirely.
You see, having electricity also has it's drawbacks. The main one being that the humans use it as a means of entertainment. Before you know it they'll be watching all sorts of crap on the television with the volume too loud and then there's all those dvd thingys as well. I don't want to lie on the couch with all that going on now do I? The worst of it though is when they start playing music. How much Jethro-bloody-Tull does the lummox have to play before he's satisfied. And Uriah Heep. He never plays any of the cat bands that I like. I'd love to hear a bit of Deep Purr-ple or some Iron Meowden or even a bit of Deaf Leopard. But no, we have to endure endless repetitions of his progressive rock noodlings.
So there's good and bad points for the old leccy. We have lights and the fridge and even hot water if we need it which is all fine and dandy. But then we have constant re-runs of The Naked Gun and interminable bouts of Rush and Black Sabbath which is selfish and gets on my tits. So thanks Benjamin Franklin and no thanks at the same time.
PPP x
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