http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/5383914.stm
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006
School Boy humour
On the BBC sports pages - Murray V Henman in the tennis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/5383914.stm
Scroll down to 08.20
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/5383914.stm
Scroll down to 08.20
School Boy humour
On the BBC sports pages - Murray V Henman in the tennis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/5383914.stm
Scroll down to 08.20
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/5383914.stm
Scroll down to 08.20
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Well we now have a dog called Jasper, he is 9 weeks old and is a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel. Faye picked him up last week when I off in Portugal on a stag doo.
Here he is:
Portugal was very good but don't think I am going to go on another weekend stag doo, a bit too long but at least I have a tan :-)
Max has started getting his first tooth now and is coping really well with it i.e. still sleeping through the night and not being wingey. He has started to pull himself up all the time now and quite often when we go in his bedroom he is standing up in his cot !
My mum came round the other day and we showed her a load of photos we sent over to snapfish to get printed and out of all the photos she wanted this one:
Yep a bog standard shot of big ben that I took when we took our niece out not one of her son or grandson !
Looking at for a new car as the 206 is just too small so have started to look at a MG ZT-T they look good, bit of speed (about the same as the 206 anyway) and a big boot the only thing worrying me is that there no dealers left as they are no longer in business. Other choices at the moment are A4 or 6 Avant, Volvo V70 or Saab Estate.
Here he is:
Portugal was very good but don't think I am going to go on another weekend stag doo, a bit too long but at least I have a tan :-)
Max has started getting his first tooth now and is coping really well with it i.e. still sleeping through the night and not being wingey. He has started to pull himself up all the time now and quite often when we go in his bedroom he is standing up in his cot !
My mum came round the other day and we showed her a load of photos we sent over to snapfish to get printed and out of all the photos she wanted this one:
Yep a bog standard shot of big ben that I took when we took our niece out not one of her son or grandson !
Looking at for a new car as the 206 is just too small so have started to look at a MG ZT-T they look good, bit of speed (about the same as the 206 anyway) and a big boot the only thing worrying me is that there no dealers left as they are no longer in business. Other choices at the moment are A4 or 6 Avant, Volvo V70 or Saab Estate.
new template
Have a problem that you can not see page james1972.blogspot.com from certain computers / browsers.
going to try a new template, will try and work out what OS and browsers see what, ok when going to a RSS feed and you have the full page.
going to try a new template, will try and work out what OS and browsers see what, ok when going to a RSS feed and you have the full page.
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Monday, September 11, 2006
Always double check !
Today we received our new bedroom furniture consisting of a solid oak double bed and bedside cabinet for each side.
I took down the horrible metal framed bed that we have had for the last 4 years and chucked it in the garage ready to offer on a email list I have joined (freecyclers on yahoo groups) keeping the mattress though to use for the new bed frame because we have not had time to sort out, when I say sort out I mean bounce and lie on, a nice new mattress.
Putting it up was easy because the cabinets are assembled apart from putting the handles on correctly and the bed was easy enough but it was hot.
So after sweating buckets due to the heat we grab the mattress and chuck it on.... Oh dear, it does not fit after a few huffs, puffs, lots of tape measuring and a lot of nervous laughter we confirm to each other that somehow we have managed to think that we have had a double when we actually have a kingsize, or I should say HAD a kingsize. So as I type this I sit in our bedroom, that looks a lot bigger now with the futon mattress on our new double until we sort out a new mattress. A school boy error if we have ever made one, can not believe that we never measured or double checked (do you notice that I am using the royal WE) the bed sizes. We thought about getting a kingsize but thought it was not worth it because our "double" was big enough and we didnt want to spend a small fortune on new sheets etc. At least the duvet now covers all the crap from under the bed plus I guess the new mattress will be cheaper. Faye turned round at the end and goes "I wondered why the fitted sheets never fitted" MMMMmmmmmm, Why didnt we double check?
I took down the horrible metal framed bed that we have had for the last 4 years and chucked it in the garage ready to offer on a email list I have joined (freecyclers on yahoo groups) keeping the mattress though to use for the new bed frame because we have not had time to sort out, when I say sort out I mean bounce and lie on, a nice new mattress.
Putting it up was easy because the cabinets are assembled apart from putting the handles on correctly and the bed was easy enough but it was hot.
So after sweating buckets due to the heat we grab the mattress and chuck it on.... Oh dear, it does not fit after a few huffs, puffs, lots of tape measuring and a lot of nervous laughter we confirm to each other that somehow we have managed to think that we have had a double when we actually have a kingsize, or I should say HAD a kingsize. So as I type this I sit in our bedroom, that looks a lot bigger now with the futon mattress on our new double until we sort out a new mattress. A school boy error if we have ever made one, can not believe that we never measured or double checked (do you notice that I am using the royal WE) the bed sizes. We thought about getting a kingsize but thought it was not worth it because our "double" was big enough and we didnt want to spend a small fortune on new sheets etc. At least the duvet now covers all the crap from under the bed plus I guess the new mattress will be cheaper. Faye turned round at the end and goes "I wondered why the fitted sheets never fitted" MMMMmmmmmm, Why didnt we double check?
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Back to work
Well tomorrow is my first day back in the office for a couple of weeks, seems strange because I would usually be coming back with a tan or at least some stories on how good or bad some country is BUT this time I go back and have nothing really to chat about.
Managed to get a few things done on the house but nothing that great, cleaned the garage out ready for the builder to smack a great big hole in it, moved a TV point. Also noticed that the TV cables to each room are quite poor quality so need to get CT100 cable and hopefully my picture will improve (at least thats the plan but want to test with a small amount of cable before buying lots). Sorted out a big hole in the floor where a load of woodlice were coming in to shelter, did our bedroom (well Faye did most of it) and ordered new furniture that comes end of the week and did a few other bits and bobs. Was hard really doing anything other then play with Max BUT hey thats what dads are meant to do.
Will have to take another week off now though to actually decorate the downstairs but going to wait until the door to the garage and new fireplace have been done.
My wireless has gone bang, Had an Apple Airport Express but it is dead now and after reading around on the web it seems as though it is very common for them to die. I am not sure that I will bother with another apple one. I loved the fact that I could stream my music downstairs to the amp from my iMac but I never really used it that much so need to work out the money and see if I am just better off buying a cheaper one for the laptop.
Oh and this cat that kept creeping and craping around our house is back. We thought we had finally solved the problem with Coffee granules but then we remembered that the owners had gone on holiday so the cat was probably in a cattery. Turns out it was so will see if the coffee granules work. We used some "proper" stuff and apart from costing lots never worked that well. My mum said about orange peel today so will give that a go as well. Any other suggestions?
Managed to get a few things done on the house but nothing that great, cleaned the garage out ready for the builder to smack a great big hole in it, moved a TV point. Also noticed that the TV cables to each room are quite poor quality so need to get CT100 cable and hopefully my picture will improve (at least thats the plan but want to test with a small amount of cable before buying lots). Sorted out a big hole in the floor where a load of woodlice were coming in to shelter, did our bedroom (well Faye did most of it) and ordered new furniture that comes end of the week and did a few other bits and bobs. Was hard really doing anything other then play with Max BUT hey thats what dads are meant to do.
Will have to take another week off now though to actually decorate the downstairs but going to wait until the door to the garage and new fireplace have been done.
My wireless has gone bang, Had an Apple Airport Express but it is dead now and after reading around on the web it seems as though it is very common for them to die. I am not sure that I will bother with another apple one. I loved the fact that I could stream my music downstairs to the amp from my iMac but I never really used it that much so need to work out the money and see if I am just better off buying a cheaper one for the laptop.
Oh and this cat that kept creeping and craping around our house is back. We thought we had finally solved the problem with Coffee granules but then we remembered that the owners had gone on holiday so the cat was probably in a cattery. Turns out it was so will see if the coffee granules work. We used some "proper" stuff and apart from costing lots never worked that well. My mum said about orange peel today so will give that a go as well. Any other suggestions?
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