Great Evening In Saturday

Cheap & cheerful can be fun.

What's on TV tonight not too much the Lottery & MOTD Oh early evening live Bolton v Arsenal FA Cup, earlier in the day Saints scraped an injury time win over Leicester on a drab game glad I never made the trip, (had to move wardrobes from bedroom new ones arrive Wednesday.


So that's how the afternoon started a trip to tip (Busy so went town even busier why are all these cars here why doesn't it flow just wanted to pick up the kids Jimmy Carr tickets. Then onto the Samaritans (Editor Note just understood how this link thing works still can't add photo's have to talk to Jon Doh!) Charity shop dropped of some old clothes and books. The lady receipient was so over the top in thanking us we felt obliged to stay and look around picked up 4 tumblers, Linda bought these a couple of weeks ago, but when she got home they were not in the boot, she must have left them on the counter,how good of them to wait for us to return 80p extra donation.! Then for 50p (I'm feeling really great I've got a bargain with no postage on Ebay this been known to fetch over £6 in auctions!) bought Quizzard board game its seems Random House have gone into books only. Then onto Steve's, Jordan & Megan come in covered in mud, his scooter is repaired with new belt which has taken nearly over 10 days to arrive. meet the gerbills, check on the piranas, then home for bowl of soup bitterly cold out.

Work on dismantling wardrobes tried to put them up in spare room I don't believe it,the floor to ceiling height is 2 cms shorter than our bedroom they don't fit will have get saw out, pain.
Settle down to watch Bolton emulate Saints in a pretty drab game score an excellent winner in the last 5 mins today is going well. tappas for tper (tea/supper) nachos, sausages, samosa's maltessers chocolates (Why these are surely inhabitants of Malta?).

Linda is Lotto winner WOW £100+ on bonus ball at work!!!!!

Then we open the Quizzard box an electronic fastest finger first game with quiz masters Jon & Laura what a laugh. I was give then light that didn't work (what do you expect for 50p) its okay the other 5 do.
No interst for Bedroom furniture on Freecycle.

Great Family Evening Friday

I just wish I could sleep, it's 6.30 sunday morning but I sit her listing to Coldplay, Athlete & Oasis while I write. Friday night start of the weekend time to de-stress, so with Linda & two of my sons and their girlfriends the weekend is good fun. Last night of Celebrity Big Brother and the great take away the local Chinese was the source of this feast, Corrie & Eastenders has come and gone, CBB http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/ & Davina announce that Tracey, Pete is sent spinning thank goodness, I am so confused we see a picture of his wife and boyfriend and boyfriend comes on stage to kiss and cuddle him WHAT that all about stikes up a nice debate in our house gues his gender!

Then the nice ordinary boy, Preston whats a northern town doing in CBB what is so bad about his first name, Maggot (does he like fishing?), Goldie Lookin' Chain front man. The real winner Michael Barrymore as very funny man who has been to hell and is back, brilliant. Sadly reminds me of Spike Milligan I just hope TV can give him his sanity back before it kills him. If you don't get the help at the right time Alcohol, drugs and sex will kill you what every your position & wealth you have Michael has looked over the other side and wants to come back lets welcome him as he can brighten lives and save more than he may have ruined. These housemates have all made there chance and not achieved further notority by winning.

The Bristish public has shown what a celebrity is these days by electing the Essex girl who has just tryid to become famous, Soccer AM girl prom work etc now she can live the dream as much as don't believe we should be making so much of these so called celebs getting £100,000 for just appearing on front cover of a magazine. Bizare but great I'll chill out and wish her well like any other lottery winner.

While all this was going on The Big Heist was taking place on Swindon Freecycle http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swindon_freecycle, a five minute bit of fun and still some people moan that "it is not a chat room" and they got a few emails! haven't they heard of the delete button.

I don't believe it
Derek

Continued on Sat night blog

I still don't believe it (theft)

At Swindon Pagoda Palace (ex Chinese Experience Thanks corbs83) you know by the school for giants who leave the pencils in the playground. Apparently a chap stole alcohol from the Co-op and was chased and decided to flee into the lake and swam to the Island. His chances of escape seem slim but at what cost 3 or4 fire engines and fire chief, 3 or more police cars, ambulance (the only sensible resource from the rescue services). The media were also there in force.

How much is it going to cost us tax payers to arrest this man surely cheaper just leave him there and starve him out better than any prison.. Perhaps they are afraid he may escape by digging a tunnel, building a raft, disguise himself as some floating debris and run off. I hardly think he is that bright wading into freezing lake at 9pm in January. Surely he could have hidden behind the pencils that would have provided plenty of cover.
I hope no one was in danger from a fire tonight.

I don't believe it despite all this activity and being in the middle of the lake he escaped what a waste of public resources for no gain.

Celebrity status?

I am so fed up with people (a loose definition in some cases) becoming celebrities and in a money generating upward spiral but have done nothing special. They have not made a contribution to the general well being of the country (I must say that as it doesn't seem like that around the world).

Celebrity Big Brother inhabitants Jodie Marsh, Pete Burns (one hit wonder), Traci some beach babe, Chantelle a celeb in waiting, Fire alarm the FA bit of ..... George Galloway MP who should be disciplined for breach of contract not turning up for work, hasn't filed his accounts on time an offence fine up to £5,000 I'm not wasting any more blog space on the rest and previous contestants who have contributed nothing but have a status and wealth far in excess of what they are worth even in entertainment value.

Justified Celebrity status Theo Walcott sad to see him leave my team Southampton but business is money sell him now potential £12m a few months time £0 due to FA bizzare rules.

Nice to see Swindon FC can't spot a pot of gold even when given to them, Theo was on their books as an 11 year old only 5 years ago as it was his nearest pro club.!

His dad has a the ability to be able to change his hours of work to drive him to training 2/3 times a week and young Theo always says thanks dad nice family reaping the rewards great.

A whale in the Thames has celebrity status sadly it looks as if it is not well or mankind has so poluted (by noise) his/her environment it is lost. It surely won't get any direction from swimming past the Houses of Parliament.

Football Ruined by Poor Referees & Stupid Rules

QPR v Southampton, within 5 mins Mr (who looked more like master) M L Jones the referee had undermined the confidence of the Saints team. He gave a corner for a ball that clearly went for throw after hitting the flag and rolling off to the side, then fort he resulting corner the ball was clearly outside the Quadrant.
Later a dubious penalty was awarded he proceded to give a lecture to each and every player on the edge of the box I assume about encroachment, his estimation of 10 yards varied dramatically for every free kick & no chance of a quick free kick.

Then when we were given a penalty, he allowed a QPR player to mouth off at Quashie until he finally walked away to allow the penalty to be taken. Yes it was missed but not a surprise on the day. The ground from a comfort and health & safety point of view was very poor. the seats were ex school plastic seats cut in half with the legs sawn off and replaced with a welded tilt mechanism.
The lack of leg room and the passage to the refreshments, toilets and exits were very narrow taking us 10 minutes to leave the ground. When are football clubs going to provide enough toilet facilities especially for the ladies.

On a good point cost of the refreshments £2 pies, hot dogs £2.50.

Today Sunday 15 Jan Chelsea's Robbin was sent off for celebrating his goal, that's what the whole game is about, the fans and players should be allowed (within certain rules) be allowed to celebrate the whole point of the game. Sky would love it, a chance for more adverts, come on FIFA run the game as an entertainment provide decent refs and allow us to enjoy the game.

where does time go?

I can't believe it's Thursday I nearly forgot to put the refuse/recycle stuff out. H & S work took up all the morning a life story nearly made me miss an important lunch date, with Head of Tech Dev & Personnel Consultant. The Check Inn provided a quiet venue but gave the all to familiar level of service these days. No tuna to do jacket / tuna mayonaise surely the Co-op nearby must have stacks of tins! The chilli option was chosen instead however when the waitress returned with plates she could not remember who out of the 3 diners who had been forced to change their order, then when asked for mayo and butter as the potato was a bit dry, only brought out the butter forgot mayo.
Talk was about the CE view of HR in Personnel Today, not very complimentary, "they are bit fluffy" oh my job looks to becoming more of a chellenge.
Afternoon was taken up by discussion about managers not being respectful , Blair would not approve.
Family appeared in audience of tonights Noel Edmunds "Deal or no Deal" fast becoming the new Countdown with its cult following.
They are going again tomorrow must remember to pick up Grandchildren