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

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".

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

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

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.

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.

I've just remembered - this bit above was actually an extension to the original new building.

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

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

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.

The wee red book

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

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.

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.

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


can turn in to a delicious meal just by adding boiling water


he says sarcastically.

Almost finished


Finally - all gone


a view from an angle


a tower of pot noodles

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.

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.