A Rip Off it Seems

Some friends of mine recently stayed at the Holme House in Penarth. They booked the trip on last minute, and were, quite naturally, looking forward to a relaxing break away in this so called 5 star hotel.

However, when they got there, they were told they couldn't use the gym or the spa or the pool without paying fifteen pounds for the privilege.

When they asked why, they were told it was because they had booked through a third party website, and as such, this didn't include the use of the gym etc. Despite showing the hotel manager the Lastminute booking, which said nothing about having to pay to use the facilities, they still weren't allowed to use anything.

What a con

This Would be Funny

If it wasn't such a serious issue.

Has anyone else almost vomited every time they see those patronising bastards in the Nat West advert? Its the one where the Nat West employees (not for long - Im sure they'll all be out of a job soon!) are giving shit advice to their customers. One of them even has the audacity to suggest that one of her customers cuts down on food to save money because he's too fat! I would have slapped the bitch!

Well, let me point out that Nat West are owned by The Royal Bank of Scotland. This is the same bank that has recently announced losses of around 7-8 billion quid - the group also announced writedowns on assets (primarily linked to the ill advised take over of ABN-Ambro) of around twenty billion pounds. The combined total of £28 billion is the biggest ever annual loss in UK corporate history.

So, excuse me if I scoff at the advert that tries to advise us on what to do with our cash!

Good Advice

So, yesterday I had my Doctors appointment. Well it was a nurse - a kind of checkup. I was really nervous - I haven't been to the doc's for 22 years, not since they did a rubbish job of removing my big toe nails

Anyway, I have been keeping a log of my fasting blood sugars, my weight and my blood pressure. My pressure has been normal all the time I have been taking it at home (about 124/75), but of course, because I was so nervous in the Dr's it was 164/96! White coat hypertension.

We talked about the high glucose readings I had over xmas, and I told her that I had been exercising to reduce it etc. I also told her that I didn't smoke, and that I only have maybe 2 glasses of wine a week. She actually said it was ok to have a glass a night with meals, which I thought went against current government persecution guidlines of the middle classes, of no mid week drinking?

Ho-Hum...

Anyway, she then tested my piss sample, which showed no glucose in, but elevated keytones, which (as I told her!) was a by product of a heavy diet and exercise regime

So, her overall advice to me was "Eat more and exercise less!" So, on doctors orders I will be mostly sitting on my arse this weekend and doing nothing :-)

A Result? Or a 'Cop' Out?

Well I actually got a reply back from PC Plod regarding the complaint I made about the speeding police man.

Im not going to re-print here the text of the e mail, as I haven't asked for permission from Lincoln police, but the the gyst of it was that they would like to assure me they had carried out a thorough investigation, and the policeman who I complained about was driving an alleged violent criminal from a domestic (reading between the lines, a wife beater) dispute from Gainsborough to Lincoln. However, the policeman in question couldn't recollect the incident, as it was a few week since it took place (about 3 weeks). They assure me that they will continue to monitor the officer in questions driving ability.

Well thats just great isn't it?! The last time I got a ticket was when I was late for my Grandads funeral...I wonder if I would have got anywhere with that as my defence?!

So, next time you get a ticket, it seems all you have to do is say it happened so long ago you have 'no recollection' of the *alleged* incident, and wave my e mail under their noses

I wonder how far that will get you?

Ah well, at least I got a response...

Another Pop Icon Sucks Satans Cock

Following hot on the heels of Johnny Rotten, Iggy 'Plop' is now reduced to hocking car insurance on TV to fund his pension.

Wwwwhhhyyyy?! Why would any celeb of Iggy's popularity and with his bank balance want to become a salesman?
Well I wont be buying any insurance from this particular company

Shove that scaly pecker down your throat, Iggy

UFO? I Don't Think So....

So, they are saying that a UFO caused the damage to this wind turbine in Lincolnshire

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/7817378.stm

I happen to think it might have been something else. On Sunday evening, I was travelling along the A1500 again, it was in the evening, so it was dark, when all of a sudden I saw a streak across the sky

At first I thought it was a shooting star, but then I saw it burn up and fizzle out, so it was obviously a meteor. I imagine then, that one of its buddies came down to earth a few hours later and took out the turbine. I wonder if they have been looking for meteor debris?

I Have to Get Fit

Well, my 2009 fitness regime has started already. I have been down the gym just about everyday since the 29th December.

The reason for this isn't solely an attempt to keep any stupid new years resolution, it is down to trying to get my blood sugar levels down. I found out on Christmas eve, purely by accident, that my blood sugar is higher than it should be :-(

I have been checking it first thing in the morning, before I have eaten anything, and it has already come down 3 mmo/l points

However, it looks like Im going to have to go to the Doctors, which means it will be the first time in 22 years I have stepped inside a surgery - I can't say Im looking forward to it :-(

I have spoken to a friend who has diabetes and he said its just one of those things that can happen to middle aged men, with a family history of it.

Me? Middle aged? Pah! The very thought of it makes me laugh! I think Im only about 20 or so

Oh well :-(

This was my Idea!

Check out this link....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7796215.stm

This was my idea, but people told me it wouldn't work (I may have even blogged about it on here!)

Im way ahead of my time...note to self 'never listen to anyone who says something won't work'

Humph

Wont be Going There Anymore

I was out in Lincoln today, which, by the way, is a lovely city, but its just not designed for the volume of traffic that tries to pass through it - anyway, that's a different story.

I was very hungry, so we (me and Carol) decided to have a cup of tea, and a sandwich in BHS's restaurant. We joined the queue, and I was just about to pick up a tomato and mozzarella pannini, when I noticed the price

3.60!

We quickly retreated to Subway!

That wasn't much better either. I asked for a 6" tuna in wholemeal bread. The moron behind the counter cut the bread in such a way that I only had about 4"

I pulled him up on that, but his supervisor said they were average sizes

Bollocks I said, how would they react when I offered them 2 quid at the checkout and explained it was the average of the cash I had in my wallet?

Carol ordered a melt, which by its very nature has cheese in it. Moron number two asked if she would like some cheese with it!

Eleven years of compulsory education, and this is the standard our education system is turning out. I despair sometimes, I really do!

Anyway, I wont be going to Subway anymore - rip off bastards!

One Rule for Them, One Rule For Us

There I was, driving my car on the A1500 between Marton and Scampton, when I looked in my rear view mirror, and saw a cop car. Of course, I was already driving within the speed limit, but I made sure I kept my eye on it.

By now the copper was right up my arse, but I slowed to 30mph as we passed through a village, I then sped up to 60 as we left. With that, the copper over took me and proceeded at around 80mph - right up the arse of the car in front

Luckily, I managed to get his number plate, and I have written to Lincs police to dob him in

Will anything happen? Will it f**k!

Bastard coppers...