Tuesday, July 26, 2005

What's that gobshite doing on TV?



I'm bored with the crap that's on TV just now - so I thought I'd watch myself instead. And I just had to wave at the CCTV camera like an 18 year old. I was watching it earlier and because my hair had grown a bit I REALLY noticed the bald bits when I was walking underneath the camera (whose idea was it to have it up there looking down?) - so I had to shave it all off again. I'll need to get rid of the moss on my face now.

The object up against the wall (with the hideous wallpaper) is a table. Strange logic behind the buying of that table. I had bought another similar (but smaller table) earlier for about £120 then I noticed this larger one for about £60 (or less). Because it was cheaper I decided to buy it as well even though I didn't need it.

Shell



Shell - if I ever find you I am going to rip your fucking tits off.

This was on the stairway leading up to my flat. It's been there a few months now but I only just decided to take a picture of it. I was worried the person in the bottom flat came out while I was taking a picture of it. Or worse, came out when I was taking a picture of my wheelie bin.

Monday, July 25, 2005

21st Birthday presents

I mentioned below about a tv I got for my 21st birthday - well, here's the picture of it.

















19 years ago it would have been worth something but nowadays you can buy them with dvd players attached and teletext as cheap as chips. As you can see from the picture, England are on their way to their first (of five) humpings in the Ashes series against Australia.

I also got a razor :
It's getting easier to add pictures now to my blog. I got this pennant for sponsoring a match once. Doh - that's why it says "Match Sponsor". The first I knew I'd sponsored the match was when I read it in the matchday programme. I think I'd been drunk a few weeks previously and agreed to it. Then they were chasing after me for money.

Duster

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My mother gave me this duster. She visited my flat one day and saw the state of it and had to give me this. Quite a handy wee thing. The place is still a mess though........but, like British Rail (an old advert) "I'm getting there".

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Sunday, July 24, 2005

Rap music

I don't dislike ALL rap music - but I'm getting pissed off the amount of times they will take a sample from a good song and then blurt their shit over the top of it. Or they will play the same bit over and over again from a really good song without completing the song - instead we have to listen to their inane drivel. Ot you will have some famous rapper blurting out crap........and at the back of the stage you will have some female singer doing the real singing but un-noticed.
The joys of being an old fart........they just don't make music like they used to.

Rabbit food

I'm sick and tired of buying "rabbit food" from the supermarket, for instance, lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, cucumber etc and then forgetting to eat it. The two or three weeks later I have to throw it all out. Why can't lettuce come in tins?
Spider
There's a freakin' huge spider in my bathroom just now. Much bigger than the one I have already posted on this blog.
New computer
When I get round to buying it I'll then be faced with a new set of problems of getting it safe again....firewall, anti-virus. Then there's all the programs I'll need to re-install. I'll have to find them on this computer and try and figure out what all the various installation programs are. Nightmare.
Hay fever
I'm suffering from hay fever again.
Cricket
Imagine wanting it to rain so as you can geta draw out of the game. It's just not cricket I tell you.

Confusing

I've used a splitter cable so that now both my main computer and my laptop both use the same set of speakers. It can get confusing at times. For instance, just there, I removed my camera which is on a cradle attached by USB to my laptop. At the same time I was typing here on the main PC. The laptop beeped to warn me of the camera being removed and I thought I'd done something wrong while typing here.
Similarly, when I'm burning a CD. Because of the ancientness of this computer it still takes around 40 minutes to burn one and strangely I can only burn 642MB on a 700MB disc. I'll start the process and then start working on my laptop. I'll make a mistake on my laptop, it'll beep and I'll automatically think there is a problem with the cd burning process as I'm tha used to the PC using the speakers.
What a complete load of drivel. No wonder I never have a girlfriend. Who in their right mind would put up with me. Maybe Luba (see post below).

Another text

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Another mysterious text that could be misinterpreted.



 



Shithole This was  a reference to the state of the flat I live in being rather untidy. I think I had mentioned I was going to take some pictuires of it as an incentive to get it a bit tidier. Back entrance This is the back entrance to this person's house which was being done up. Maybe it's just my filthy mind that read something more into this text.

My tv is about to die

My wee portable in the bedroom is about to die. It's had a good life. I first met him (or her) on my 21st birthday. He (or she) has served me well these last 19 years but I think the end is near. The good thing is I can then get a decent portable for the bedroom. God, (he (or she) is not even gone yet and I'm talking about a replacement. I also got a razor on my 21st birthday which I'm still using. Weird thing is - the hair clippers I use to trim my beard and rarely ever use on my head now. And the razor I NEVER use on my face but use to shave my head bald. No doubt this post will give me an excuse to photograph both items.
I wonder if Luba (see post below) would still want to meet me if she knew how I lived.
I half cleaned the kitchen yesterday. That floor was a flipping disgrace. I'm sure there were things growing on it. Still, the major part is now a bit cleaner.

Luba

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Is this not desperate? I mean - how bad must it be for someone to resort to this? I feel sorry for you Luba, I really do.

Saturday, July 23, 2005

The new school

A wee bit below is a post with a school on fire. Well here are three pictures of the monstrosity that took its place.
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I've just remembered - this bit above was actually an extension to the original new building.
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Friday, July 22, 2005

Going, going.....but not yet gone

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Another picture of the hotel being knocked down. If you want to know why it is such a crappy looking picture it is because it is being taken from inside the office/workshop and the windows are absolutely manky. It will probably be down to the ground by the time I get back on Wednesday.

A poet

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This is a photo of a text that was sent to me while I was at work. I won't say why it was sent and I've cropped out who actually sent it. But I don't think Robbie Williams has anything to fear when it comes to songwriting. I don't normally photograph text messages but there was no way I was not going to keep a copy of it. There is another text but I'm not sure if I should post it. I don't even understand what it means myself.

Thursday, July 21, 2005

The wee red book

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You know the new football season is about to start when the week red book appears in the newspaper shop. It's a lot bigger now than it used to be. I've got versions of this book going back to the 1950's. The original version was only 2�" x 4�" (70mm x 107mm) but now it's up to 3�" x 5�". t's now 264 pages (and was 144 pages)

Spider

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This is the spider hiding in the toilet at the workshop/office where I work a couple of days a week. The wall is absolutely manky.
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This is a photograph of a poster I made for the workshop/office toilet. It is actually a quite small spider but I zoomed in on it using the "macro focus" on my camera.

My defrag problem

I think I may have discovered why my defrag failed. I think the power may have been off in my flat for a couple of hours. Just noticed the time on my bedside alarm clock is two hours different from my computer clock which suggests the power was off for two hours. Or does it? I'm not too sure. Too tired to try and figure it out. My alarm rests to 12:00pm when the power goes out. So that's what probably buggered things up.

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

The cheap pot noodle

I have one of these as a "scooby-snack" when I'm at work. 35p from Morrisons.

It's amazing how something as disgusting looking as this
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can turn in to a delicious meal just by adding boiling water
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he says sarcastically.

Almost finished
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Finally - all gone
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a view from an angle
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a tower of pot noodles
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Cycle path

Elsewhere I posted a picture of a cycle path that ends in the middle of nowhere. Well, tonight, when cycling home I thought I'd cut across a field at roughly where this cycle path is on the main road. After jumping over three large gates I finally made it to the cycle path. It means I don't have to use the main road as much......especially in winter and the dark night. But the best thing of all is - because this cycle path is next to a yachting marina it is floodlit. There are no lights on the main road. Yippee.

Defragmenting

Started to defragment my computer at 11am today. 40 minutes later and it hasn't got beyond 10% yet. That's usually the first hurdle. So I'm guessing this is going to be a long one. I'm betting on 36 hours. From memory I think the last one was around 32 hours. I tell a lie. I did another defrag shortly after that mammoth one and it only took 8 hours or so. And that last 5% takes forever.
Update : after 47 minutes it changed to 11% and at 54 minutes it is still 11%. So by my calculation it should only take just over 7 hours. If only it were as simple as that. I wish there was something to indicate approximate time left. I'm still betting on 36 hours.
Second update : after 1 hour and 8 minutes it is 12%......getting up towards 9½ hours now if it was based on this. Thankfully I'm going to work now and won't be updating every % increase.
Think I'll need to start buying computer magazines as I prepare to buy a new computer.
Third update : I know I should have gone to work by now. At 12:54pm it reached 13% but it keeps going back to the start....although it quickly returns to where it was. Worrying when you notice it for the first time. Maybe the 36 hours prediction was too short.
Fourth and final update : Well, I get home from work about 9pm and the first thing I see is the monitor is showing the desktop - when it should be showing defrag either continuing or at most the defrag finished screen. Bugger me - it has failed. Need to try again tomorrow morning. Bugger.

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

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This was just across the road from me. I remember sitting at my bedroom window as the drama unfolded outside....then started to worry as the flames got more intense. They've since built a new modern looking school in its place. What an absolute waste.

Evening Times

I'm pissed off the Evening Times waits until 5pm before updating its site now. Used to be 2pm and sometimes I could linger about my flat until 2pm just to see the sports update before going to work. Not any more. Only another 5 minutes to wait. What am I going to do for 5 minutes. Well, I could have a........but that would still leave 4½ minutes. Oh good, just typing that has hasted one minute. 3½" minutes now. The tension is undearable. See ya later - I'm off.

Mobile phone working again

Well my mobile is working again and I'm getting all these texts from a mad person thinking I have fallen out with them because I never replied to any. Well, I haven't fallen out with you......even after you called me a fat bald freak (I knew it wasn't meant in a bad way - at least I hope it wasn't meant in a bad way). All it took was switching the phone off and then back on again. I never switch the phone off - I just bung it on re-charge when the battery is going low.
So I'm in a slightly happier mood than my usual miserable self. I even managed a bit of work yesterday and I might even do some today. But I've still to make a decision on all these monitors. A wise person would just throw them all out.

Monitor wasn't burst after all

Just got my new flat screen monitor working and it looks as though it is the computer that is faulty and not the monitor. Well, as I couldn't test any other monitors on it how was I supposed to know. So I've now got an extra 19" CRT monitor. I may replace one of my 17" monitors with it and just have the 17" one sitting about doing nothing. I already have five 15" monitors sitting about the flat gathering dust and one 13" monitor. Why can't I just throw them out? I've also got a scanner that only works on Windows 95......and none of my computers have Windows 95.

Monday, July 18, 2005

Hay fever

Suffering from hay fever just now. Sneezing like mad and rubbbing my eyes till there's nothing left of them

Sunday, July 17, 2005

TFT Monitor

Well, I've finally been forced to join the modern world and get a flat screen monitor.
BENQ FP937s 19" is the one I went for - because it had just been reviewed in PC World and was cheap. I hope I don't have any bother getting it to work on my computer. No other monitor has worked on it yet but I assume with the correct disk I should get this new one to work. I'd be better off getting a new computer. All my computers run on Windows 98SE and that's just too old.

Loud music
I had to laugh in the supermarket tonight. They had put the music on far too loud by mistake. It was only when they noticed old grannies disco dancing they thought to turn it down.

The end of the road

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This is where the cycle path comes to an end. If I did manage to get my bike over this gate (dunno if it's locked or not) I'd then have to walk with my bike some distance to get me back on the main road. maybe someday they will upgrade it and I can start to use the cycle path home instead of risking my life on the road. You see, whenever I get on my bike, I seem to become invisible to car drivers.

A tideir flat?

Why is it I can spend most of the day tidying up my flat and it hardly looks any tidier. It would help if I actually threw some things out instead of keeping them.

Like this for instance
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I have no idea what these cables are for. I bought a huge bundle of cables off Ebay and threw most of them away as they were no use......but I kept these. Nine months later and I still haven't used them yet.

Lights, camera, action

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This is my living room door of my flat. There are flashing disco lights surrounding it just now. Also in the picture is a camera pointing towards my settee. I have in the past lay on the settee and watched myself lying on the settee on the TV. Exciting life I lead.

Saturday, July 16, 2005

I really should throw things out

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This can of lager was bought two days before my 17th birthday. 29th May 1982. Scotland had just been beaten by England at Hampden and when I saw this in the "carry-out" shop after the game I juts had to buy it.

Friday, July 15, 2005

The untidy flat 2

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Second picture - On top of the wardrobe Beneath the green Safeway baskets is old neswpapers sports pages going back years. I keep the sports pages of The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald, The Ayrshire Post, The Irvine Herald and The Largs & Millport Weekly News. I've been keeping some of them since 1991 so as you can imagine it is quite a bundle to keep in my tiny flat. Next to this is my tumble drier. Next are some football magazine and then more newspapers archive in A3 Landscape Lever arch files. On top of these are a couple of computer monitors and a tiny tv/radio.

The untidy flat 1

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Ans so begins a series of untidy flat pictures. This first one is in response to Bananaman's comment asking if I really never did throw anything out. Well, apart from the football magazine in the case, on top is a dot matirx printer, a fax machine and an A3 printer. None of which I use. The fax machine does have the phone part connected - I don't know why because just out of the picture is a small phone I do use when in the bedroom. The small phone cost �1 on Ebay plus �2.25 to post it. The fax machine - there is a fax machine in the living room but the fax friend thing was fried by either lightining or the power going on and off. So if anyone wants to send me a fax they need to phone me first so I can plug the fax machine in. So the fax machine has never been used as a fax machine - just a phone. The massive roll of bubble wrap. Why do I keep that? I'm not going to send anything to anyone. Maybe I'll use in in some weirs sexual perverted game.....but that would mean kidnapping some unsuspecting woman and dragging her back to the flat. Not funny I know.

Milk carton full of rubbish

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I manage to crush most of my rubbish into a 6 pint milk carton so there is no spillage in the wheelie bin - so I get annoyed when other people use my bin and just throw their rubbish in and stinks the bin out. The metal tins are cleaned out and crushed up. I was wishing the council would have recycling bins for them but they assure me the metal is seperated out at their rubbish tips.



My untidy flat



I've been taking photos of various parts of my flat. It ios an absolute disgrace just now. I intend posting the pictures on her in the hope it will shame me into tidying the plae up.

Craigie Rock

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Craigiw Rock in Fairlie. I was just cycling by this tonight and hurriedly took a photo (I did stop). To the left of it and out of view was the old church manse - now bought by someone and used as a normal house. As a 15 and 16 year old we used to pitch our tent at the top and get legless on cider. Of all the places to park a tent. It was great for throwing things at passing cars.

Thursday, July 14, 2005

.....and from the side

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and now a view from the side

Toothbrushes 1

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A view of my old toothbrushes from above

Tiny kitchen

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This is the tiny kitchen where i make my coffe when I'm at work. In case you're wondering what the mess on the wall is, well, there was a larger water heater there before but it was removed and replaced by the smaller one. One of the concrete building blocks seems to have a face in it. Maybe not a picture of Jesus - but a face nonetheless.

Recycling envelopes


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I do my bit for the environment. I re-use envelopes. Punch holes in them and keep them together with metal clips. I have dozens of these.
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I've taken a picture of this before - on my mobile phone/camera but this is a better version. The hotel across the road from my office is being demolished. There was once three pubs/hotels in the village now there's only one. One of them wa actually quite a large hotel - obviously too large for the village.

Coffee


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I think this cup could do with a clean.
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My mother brought this down to the office/workshop tonight for me. 40 years old and my mum is still bringing me meals now and then. I took a picture of it (obviously) and I had the large size version of it on full screen on my laptop while I was typing an e-mail on my other computer. I happened to glance across and went to pick up a spoon to take a bite of it. That was a disappointment I tell you to find it wasn't real.

Clocks are big, Machines are heavy


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Only one hour 44 minutes to go and then it's home, sweet home.

Oh sugar


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So, he's spilt the sugar - what does he do next? He does what every normal person would do - he takes a picture of it then posts it on his blog. Not tidy the place up then?

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

All my tv's working now

Finally figured how to get all three tv's working with Freesat. The only problem is it is confusing that I have to aim the remote at the Magic Link Eye thing - so if I'm watching on the portable b/w tv next to my computers in the bedroom I have to aim the remote at the MLE on top of the colour portable next to the bed....even if that tv is switched off. It's just not natural I tell thee.

I've ordered another Sky remote control on Ebay as it was getting annoying leaving the remote in the bedroom.

Charity wristbands gone mad

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Alright - maybe they're not charity wristbands. How many rubber bands can you fit on one wrist?



Answers on a postcard to .........

£1 richer

I felt like I'd won the lottery tonight. I went to put my trolley back in its place at the supermarket and noticed a £1 coin in the trolley in front after I'd got my own £1 back. It confused me until I found the slotty thing and swiped the £1 for myself. Had I seen the person put the trolley there I would have shouted to them (honest) but instead I pocketed the money with a feeling of smugness.

Thunder and lightning
I think we may have some of this soon. My bedroom is like an oven just now. Really hot. The previous night I was going to leave the bedroom window wide open - but I was scared burglars would sneak in and bugger me while I was sleeping (coz that's wot they do you know). Tonight I'll take my chances. I've never tried it so I might even enjoy it if they did it to me. The only other problem is it's been boiling hot all day but dark clouds have been appearing. Knowing my luck it will start pissing it down when I've got the windows wide open.

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Cheesecake

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Just wolfed down a toffee cheesecake. 6 inch in diameter - here's a picture of the empty carton next to a sheet of A4 paper to give an idea of the size of it. I just kept nibbling away little bits at a time and before I knew it the thing was gone.

My Freesat

Well that's me got my Freesat finally with all the programmes I'm allowed. The TV installer didn't bother coming out to install the viewing card and gave me instructions to do it myself. I think he was avoiding me because I had to pay the extra £20 for the viewing card and he knows I would have complained. What could have cost me £150 from Sky has ended up costing me £259 by getting it done by a "local" person.
My Magic Link Eye thing works as well. But I can't use my portable b/w tv in the bedroom. I have two tv's in my bedroom. One next to my computers which is handy to switch channels the other is next to my bed. I can have Freesat on both of them but not through the Magic Link Eye (or is it Magic Eye Link?) or I can have the MLE on the bed tv but then the b/w tv doesn't work at all.

It's a puzzler.
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No I'm not giving some sort of nazi salute. Note my charity wristband (or is it just a blue rubber band) and look at the state of the windows falling apart.

Clothes getting dried

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Hopefully they'll be dry by the time I go to bed as they are right above my bed. I don't like hanging them outside (far healthier I know). I usually hang them in the hallway but as it's so bloody hot just now I can hang them in my bedroom and they'll be dry quicker.

Who ate all the pies


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40 years old and he has this written on his bedroom door. I give up. I am well aware that there is an "S" missing from the end of the last "pie" - I was just making sure I had used the right type of pen. ie not permanent. Below is the remainder of the hand.Image hosted by Photobucket.com

A nice smelling fly

There is a fly in my kitchen and will be smeeling a bit nicer than all the other flies. I don't have any fly killer spray but I do have some deoderant. I thought I'd skoosh the little blighter with that. I even thought I'd killed him at one point as he disappeared from sight - but the little basket case is back. Maybe even has super powers now. It's probably shitting over any food I've got left lying about just to spite me.

I'll end up dreaming I'm being chased by a large version of this sheep. (click on the picture for the full size version).

I'm famous

Post edited - maybe I'm not famous.

Where's my fecking camera? I'm getting annoyed waiting for it to arrive now. At least the have one of the camera this time and it is "on it's way" but what the hell does that mean.

I hate this heat. It must be a sign of old age moaning about the heat/cold. I've been told by a policeman friend that there are more car accidents in summer than there are in winter with the icy roads. All these pervs driving about in cars looking at 18 year old with tiny skirts and skimpy tops. There's a thought to go to my bed with now. Instead I'll probably end up dreaming of being chased over fields by giant sheep.

I am not afraid

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As a result of the bombings in London last Thursday (7/7......or as the Americans would call it, 7/7) there seems to be a lot of "We are not afraid" pictures going about. So, I think I'll add my own.

I woke up this morning and my willy was gone
Ooooo eeee chirpy chirpy cheep cheep


They don't write songs like that anymore he reminisces.

What's going on in the world today?

I can't believe what I'm hearing on the news tonight. A 14 year old is accused of raping a 7 year old, two 8 year olds and is also accused of sexually assaulting a 10 year old. Not even over a period of a few weeks - he tempted all four girls to leave the playground where they were playing to a more secluded part of the park. Also, on the day of the London bombings a 10 year old girl was found by her grandfather murdered not far from where she lived. She had been beaten to death. Police want to speak to two boys she was seen playing (football I think) with earlier. A couple of months ago a 12 year old girl was accused (in the press) of attempting to hang a 5 year old boy. I know kids have been raped/murdered (by adults) since the beginning of time but now kids are being accused of these things with greater regularity than I can remember. Maybe the reporting of these things is getting better because of faster communications but I definitely think things are getting worse.

Maybe I was just more innocent at that age - but things like that didn't even enter into my head.

Sunday, July 10, 2005

My monitor's on its last legs

I think I'll need to invest in a new monitor soon. This one is going crazy now. The only problem is this computer is very huffy about having other monitors on it. I'll need to try again to see if I can get another monitor working on it.

Why is my computer so arsey when it comes to monitors. It just won't allow another monitor to be used on it. Why is my other computers don't care what monitor is used - I can chop and change them without any hassle. This is getting right on my tits now.

This heat is killing me

Well yesterday I spent the day like a slob - unable to get off my settee - I just slept there most of the time. And now my back is in agony as a result. I also stabbed my left foot with a kitchen knife. It was lying on the floor. My left foot stood on the blade. My right foot stood on the handle and slid the blade into my left foot. I have little feeling in my right foot because of a back operation about 9 or 10 years ago so I couldn't stop it. Actually, it was a mountain out of a molehill. There was bugger all wrong with my left foot. A big fucking Jessie is all I am. I've just been reading about someone else that has had to go to hospital last night because of them cutting themself that bad and I'm worrying about a pin prick.

Saturday, July 09, 2005

My camera can't be far off now

I'm expecting my camera to be delivered any day now and I can start posting more pointless pictures on my blog again. Then the thing will be left as the novelty wears off.

Update :
Well my camera willl be far off now. The memory card arrived today so I went to check the website to see if the camera had been sent out yet.......low and behold - nothing. No mention of a camera. It had vanished into thin air. I went to check my e-mails to see if there was any mention of it and I found an e-mail dated the 5th July saying they couldn't find any supplies of the camera. Fucking marvelous Amazon.co.uk. That's the last time I'll be buying anything from you. You took from the 26th June to the 5th July to find out you didn't have any stock of the camera. Anyway - I've ordered another one....this time I paid the £9.80 to have i delivered quicker and it's still going to be £19 cheaper than Amazon. I only went with Amazon as I thought they'd be more reliable than going with a company I'd never heard of.
So this morning I'm grumpy and tired (as well as fat and bald).

Cornflakes, biscuits and pot noodles

How long can someone live on cornflakes, biscuits and pot noodles? I'm just too tired the last few days to eat. I did make an attempt at a meal the other night, but it looked disgusting, tasted worse ands despite me flushing it down the toilet I'm sure the smell is lingering around to remind me.

Not recognising people (#17)
At the supermarket tonight there were only two tills being used and one of those was the "baskets only" till. I had a trolley - but the nice looking girl directed me to that till as I didn't have that many items. Just as it was my turn I noticed the person behind me had only one item (a huge box of beer bottles) so I said he could jump in, in front of me and he replied "Thanks Longshot Kickdebucket". It was only then I noticed that the person live in one of the flats below mine and I have probably known him for about 20 or more years.

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Woken up by five helicopters

Went to my bed at 2am and decided to get back up and post on SAUK at 6am until about 11am then went back to my bed - pointless as I knew I would be back up at noon. I was then woken up by what I thought at the time was one really loud helicopter right outside my window (absurd I know). But I found out later there were actually five of the beggars buzzing about. What am I going to be woken up by next.

Raging at the cost of my Freesat
It is advertised on the Sky website as costing £150. I saw a local TV shop advertise in my football teams match day programme the same thing for £199 so I'd rather go for someone that advertises in there even though it was £49 dearer. I then had to wait 6 months and after it's installed I'm told it will actually cost £239. There was no viewing card with it and so after about another 10 days of the TV shop guy saying it is a computer glitch to blame (I wonder if it was the same computer glitch that delayed the installation by 6 months) he then phones me up, gives me a phone number and I've to order the thing myself. Another £20. £259 I've spent on it so far. £109 more than if I'd gone direct to Sky. Fuck loyalty to my football team - I'll go for the cheap option in future.

Saturday, July 02, 2005

Whatever happened to Roxette?

I was listening to a song on one of my Freesat channels and I thought that sounds like Roxette. At the end of the song the title came up as something like "Roxette versus blah blah blah". I hate that. What's this versus all about? Is she having an arm wrestling competition with the person? No. She is singing on the same song as this person. So what did happen to Roxette. I really mean - whatever happened to Marie Fredriksson from Roxette.

Friday, July 01, 2005

Could I be about to BUY some music

Ever since I got broadband (and probably before) I have this reluctance to actually buy music.It's pretty easy to find most of what I'm looking for on Usenet and it takes less time than the song is to download. But I've saw a Dido dvd that has a free audio cd as well and I think I may just buy it. Old habits die hard as I've already downloaded the audio cd off of Usenet but there are another five tracks on the dvd. Dido has become like Dire Straits (Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo?) She was massive once, like Dire Straits and now it has become fashionable to knock her, like Dire Straits. Ah well, I like them both.

Hearing knocking at the door
Very early this morning I thought I heard a knock at my door. As I'm expecting a large football book to be delivered (actually a book about one of my own club's rivals) I got up to see if the knock at the door was the postie. There was a policeman at my neighbours door and I asked him if he had knocked on my door. It must have been the knocking at my neighbour's door I heard. Still, I suppose it's better than getting up to answer a knock at the door and the knock was actually in my dream.