And There's More...

Guess which city came 9th in the most harmful drinking hotspots?!

Hardly surprising though with a several pubs on every street corner...

No Prizes

Well, it seems the worst place to live is Middlesborough...no prizes for guessing which city came second :-D

New Beginnings

Its been a couple of weeks since I last posted, this is mainly due to hectic times at work and home.

Anyway, I have a new job...I have decided to take the plunge and go contracting - basically self employed. I never blog about work on here, so those that read this and know me, will already know where Im off to and what Im doing, those that don't know yet, will know in due course!

Anyway...more posts soon :-)

Morning

Well I have re-posted the pictures below, but if it doesnt work this time I dunno what to do.

Things have been very hectic lately, and show no signs of slowing down at all. Mind you, I have been pretty good this year and have already managed to start some christmas shopping. I should be in Malvern again this year for christmas, so no doubt I will be catching up with a few of you.

I see Gordon Brown has whimped out of an early election. Chump. It made me laugh when I heard him say that he thought the public didn't want an election this autumn. How arrogant of him to know what we want! Then in the same program a poll showed that nearly 80% of people wanted an election! Well done Gordon, you certainly have your finger on the pulse of the nation you lord over.

New Camera

I have just bought a FinePix S9600, so i'll be posting a few more pics from now on! Heres some test ones I've been taking...
















This one shows the garage (Front *and* side door!) and the patio. I really need to get the roof finished off soon.
















This one shows the area by the side of the garage that has just been dug over, seeded and a pond put in
















And heres a closer look at the patio

More pictures will follow, as I get better at working out what all the buttons do!!

Saving Paper

I see that hatchet faced Harpie, Cherie Bluregh (or Booth, what ever the hell shes called) is writing her auto biography.

Thats good, Im just about out of arse wipes at my house...

More Work

I have had a patio area built at the front of my house now, as you can see from the pictures here.

I decided to get someone in to build this, rather than attempt it myself, becuase it covers quite a large area, and I didn't think I'd have the time or patience to do it myself!

These first pictures shows the area that was dug out and flattened ready for the paving stones






























And these next few show the inital pavers being laid. You can see from these pics, the drain lids. These were all on different levels, so they had to be cut down or raised up to get the right levels. Can you imagine what they would have been like if I had attempted it?!






























These last pictures here shows the whole area paved. There is a space left in the middle for a gravelled area to put tubs on etc. It should look really nice next summer (if we actually get a summer in 2008!)






























And here is a picture a few days later with it all grouted and finished off with some tubs on display too.

















Here's a couple of pictures of the Dorset Naga's. I have quite a few of them growing now...looking forward to burning my mouth out on these in a month or so :-)

X Factor

I've been watching X Factor recently and i've noticed that if you want to get through, you need to have some kind of sob story to guarentee your place in the boot camp round

Next year I have decided to borrow someones child, dress them in rags, make their faces all dirty and say:

Me : "I had to adopt little Oliver here, because his mum and dad left him on my door step when he was 1 day old"

Judges: "Awwwwww, he's so cute"

Me: "Yes its terrible, we haven't eaten in three years, but it was either us or his pet rabbitt"

(I kick the Urchin's ankles)

Urchin: "Booo Hooo"

Sharon: "Awww bless, he's crying about his rabbitt"

Me: "Yes, he's very upset - it might be a good idea not to mention his pet stick insects. He still thinks they're on holiday"

I belt out some popular tune of the day, in drunk, pub singer karoke style, and voila, a record deal lands on my lap.

Im a friggin genius, I am

Ouch

Well, that'll teach me to try and keep fit - went to the gym on Tuesday, and pulled a muscle and trapped a nerve in my back doing leg presses :-(

So, I smell of deep heat at the moment, and Im finding it hard to walk

Who said the gym was a good way to keep fit??

Last Weekends Surfing

Last week end me and my brother, took off down to Devon to get a bit of surfing in. Usually there are quite a few of us who go, but this year, due to weddings, weather, work commitments and holidays, the turn out was pretty low.

As you can see, the weather wasn't exactly great this year either! I have a brilliant knack of picking the worst weekend to go - this I certainly didn't disappoint...

Anyway, we got the tent up in good time, after fixing some of the poles, and I think this was probably the best the tent as ever been put up!
















Every year, it always rains, and invariably, the tent lets water in (well it does in force 9 gales and horizontal rain) so this year I decided to pack my camp bed - much more comfy that sleeping on a deflated airbed and in a puddle (and no, not a puddle of piss!)
















Mongy came well stocked with Cider from the Brandy Wharf centre in Waddingham




















As you can see from this picture, the chimnea was well stocked with combustibles :-)





















On Saturday we went to Woolacombe to surf. The waves were the best I have seen them in a long time, and we spent about 3 hours in the sea, catching the pipelines :-) It utterly pissed it down, but as we were in the sea, it didnt really matter...by evening time, it became quite pleasant, and we hit the bar for happy hour.

Saturday night/Sunday morning was a bit windy - I would estimate around about force 8! So by 9:30, we had packed up and headed off home. Next year, I am determined to pick a decent weekend!

Away

I've been working in Broughton this week, hence the lack of writing. It comes to something when work gets in the way of writing ones blog!

Anyway, Me and Mongy went surfing last weekend, so I have that to write about and post pics...so when I get home I'll post more - I promise!

I Got Sent This

I was sent this from a respectable mother and daughter, who shan't remain nameless! It was spotted in a DIY store. The daughter was shocked that her mother actually laughed at it, instead of being offended!

Don't worry Barbara and Helen, no one will know it was you :-D

A Round Up

Well, last weekend, I managed to get both my front and side doors on. I say *I managed*, but it was more of a team effort. Martin came over from work on Friday night to give me a hand with the front door, and Carol helped me finish it off on Saturday, and then we put the side door on.

Carol has infinitly more patience than I do :-) She is also miles better at DIY/practical stuff too. Well, anyway, the only thing I have left to do now is finish the roof off (ridge tiles) Don't worry, I'll be holding the ladder as she climbs on the roof :-D

I have pictures, which I will post as soon as I get them off my phone.

Also, Im going down to Devon this weekend to go surfing. There are a few of us going, but not as many as in previous years :-( Im really looking forward to it though - hopefully the weather should be reasonable - fingers crossed...

Doors

My garage door turns up tomorrow! I can't wait :-)

Eddies Elegant Cocks

Had a BBQ on Saturday night with some mates. Eddy has recently been to Maritius and brought back some mosquito repellant coils.

As you can see from the name of the product, I think something may have been lost in translation!














The buy one get one free cracked me up too :-)