The Complaints Department is open 365 days a year, for those that want me to change, but I learned a long time ago, you can't change people, they are what they are and you live or let die.
And it is all the theory of relativity. On the Sports Personality of the Year programme recently some poor bloke got an award on his retirement as a broadcaster cos he had Motor Neurone disease, This guy had been a captain for his England at Cricket and Rugby in his former glory, and his speech was all about gratitude for what he had achieved in his life, not what life had cursed him with now. I thought that was truly commendable. True there are people worse off all over the world including Ethiopia.
I was Deputy Editor of BBCTV Watchdog for 3 years, that was me age 40 something. At least I got that high up the ladder, yes 2nd again. I have done a lot, I only wish I had opportunities to do more of the same now.
It does make me grumpy, but not in my mind a miserable old git, just someone who takes a look at life all around him and makes comments. Now the Sharpe name has its origins in medieval England and was given to people with the characteristic of cunning and wit. So there you go, that's me, well I think so anyway, even if I grump it's with a sense of humour, and if the listener has not got humour on their wave length, then they miss the joke, miss the boat and miss the opportunity.
C'est la vie.
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