The Meaning of "Dreckly...."

Entry posted by Granty · August 8, 2006

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Ok one of the (many) reasons I want to move west is that the 'pace of life' is, in my experience, rather less frenetic than round these parts. Ie things don't move at the pace of a greyhound on speed chasing after a rabbit running as if all beelzebubs whippets were on its heels. Yes its a cliche but there it is. And I am therefore familar with the west country concept of 'dreckly'....or as it is spelt in other parts of the country, 'directly'. Simply put, if someone says they will do something dreckly, it means it will be done anytime between 'in a couple of minutes' to 'sometime next century' Its a similar concept to when your mate says to you on Wednesday evening at Glastonbury "Im just off for a wander up to the stone circle. Back in two ticks." And you don't see them again til Monday morning, which is why I love the concept....

.....until, that is, Im trying to sort out all the things you need to sort out when trying to purchase a house and wanting it to be ready by mid September when your new job starts, and you really want everyone involved to get a move on and generally get their behinds moving rather than demonstrating their mastery of dreckly . Im being remarkably constrained. Im onlly calling people once every few days to chat about the weather, how's business etc before politely enquiring whether the survey is done yet, how's the chain shaping up, etc, when I actually feel the need to politely ask them to GET YOUR FINGER OUT AND DO SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Suspect this wouldn't go down too well though and would most likely be counter productive.

I need to chill out and practice the art of patience methinks. Luckily we're going to Cornwall this week to look at the house again and sit on a beach. Then off to Beautiful Days next week, which sounds like the perfect prescription to me And ranting to the web at large is helping too! Really starting to see the value of these blog thingummies!