So Mr Palace Fan have you ever been called by these phone people.... Well of course I bloody have, every night at the moment !
"Hello sir have you got a mobile"
Well this is the year 2005 and just about every adult in the UK does have one, as does just about every kid over 10 so yep I do. Really you can make my payments cheaper and give me free calls each month, well I have a work mobile and I dont pay for any calls or monthly fees so I guess I win that. Yep goodbye.
"Hello sir do you have a BT phone"
MMMmmmm how do I answer this one? Well I have started saying no and they cant help so we mutually hang up. So thats a good tip.
Sometimes though I cant even understand what they are saying before I realise what is going on I'm not against Indians but can't believe that we are outsourcing marketing and cold calling to India. Well I guess I can....money
So how do we deal with them then. Well first off all register HERE , The Telephone Preference Service (TPS) is a central opt out register whereby individuals can register their wish not to receive unsolicited sales and marketing telephone calls. It is a legal requirement that companies do not make such calls to numbers registered on the TPS.
The original legislation was introduced in May 1999. It has subsequently been updated and now the relevant legislation is the Privacy and Electronic (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
BT will register you with the above service and give you caller display for free please see HERE
If it takes longer then half a second for an answer HANG UP the calls being routed from abroad.
NEVER say your on BT and dont be too rude as most of the time they are only doing it coz they need money not to annoy you.
OH and if a robot rings you to tell you that you have won a prize before getting excited and looking for a pen say to yourself I have not won and HANG UP
Baby news - Chosen one has been Kicking Mrs PF a bit less today and she says she feels like a barrel. Most days she is mostly getting a seat but some days not.
Footy News - Well it looks like my Dad and brother are going to watch the Inter Milan reserves on Wednesday. Shame all the best players stayed at home.
Todays Fact - Many people in parts of China eat insects. Some common insects are bean worms, scoprions, and locusts.
Mrs PF and I ate Cockroaches, Locusts, Frogs plus a few other things in Bangkok all deep fried in spices and they were rather nice.
On this day - 25th July 1603
James VI of Scotland is crowned James I of England.
Todays Joke - Don't knock on Death's door.
Instead, ring the bell and run. Death hates that...
Monday, July 25, 2005
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Nutters on 2 wheels
Been watching the Moto GP from Donnington today Rossi is an amazing rider, I used to watch it in my youth because my Dad is a big bike fan. I'm old enough to remember Barry Sheen and funny enough I watching today when Kenny Roberts got mentioned and I thought to myself "He cant still be racing" well nope it's Kenny Jr !!
The weather was pouring and the bikes were skidding out from them they really are great handlers of a bike.
Rossi just won, He is now 104 points ahead !!!
Baby news - Baby is moving quite a bit now and I felt my first movement yesterday :-) very happy about that.
Footy News - Palace had a 1-1 draw, Inter pulled out of the tour and have now agreed to come to London, we will wait to see. I can not go because I have a stag doo. Yep a stag doo on a Wednesday, very strange day to pick
Todays Fact - SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.
On this day - 24th July 1936
In Britain, the GPO (General Post Office) introduces TIM - the automated speaking clock using the voice of Miss Ethel Cain - a telephonist at the GPO's Victoria telephone exchange in London.
Todays Joke - Thanks to Jane from Slothblog, 1 of my fav blogs.
Two hillbillies walk into a bar. While having a shot of whiskey, they talk about their moonshine operation.
Suddenly, a woman at a nearby table, she is eating a sandwich, begins to cough. After a minute or so, it becomes apparent that she is in real distress.
One of the hillbillies looks at her and says "Kin ya swallar?" The woman shakes her head no. "Kin ya breathe?" The woman begins to turn blue and shakes her head no.
The hillbilly walks over to the woman, lifts up the back of her dress, yanks down her drawers and quickly gives her right butt cheek a lick with his tongue.
The woman is so shocked that she has violent spasm and the obstruction flies out of her mouth.
As she begins to breathe again, the hillbilly walks slowly back to the bar.
His partner says "Ya know, I'd heerd of that there "Hind Lick Maneuver." But I ain't never seed nobody do it!"
The weather was pouring and the bikes were skidding out from them they really are great handlers of a bike.
Rossi just won, He is now 104 points ahead !!!
Baby news - Baby is moving quite a bit now and I felt my first movement yesterday :-) very happy about that.
Footy News - Palace had a 1-1 draw, Inter pulled out of the tour and have now agreed to come to London, we will wait to see. I can not go because I have a stag doo. Yep a stag doo on a Wednesday, very strange day to pick
Todays Fact - SONY was originally called 'Totsuken'.
On this day - 24th July 1936
In Britain, the GPO (General Post Office) introduces TIM - the automated speaking clock using the voice of Miss Ethel Cain - a telephonist at the GPO's Victoria telephone exchange in London.
Todays Joke - Thanks to Jane from Slothblog, 1 of my fav blogs.
Two hillbillies walk into a bar. While having a shot of whiskey, they talk about their moonshine operation.
Suddenly, a woman at a nearby table, she is eating a sandwich, begins to cough. After a minute or so, it becomes apparent that she is in real distress.
One of the hillbillies looks at her and says "Kin ya swallar?" The woman shakes her head no. "Kin ya breathe?" The woman begins to turn blue and shakes her head no.
The hillbilly walks over to the woman, lifts up the back of her dress, yanks down her drawers and quickly gives her right butt cheek a lick with his tongue.
The woman is so shocked that she has violent spasm and the obstruction flies out of her mouth.
As she begins to breathe again, the hillbilly walks slowly back to the bar.
His partner says "Ya know, I'd heerd of that there "Hind Lick Maneuver." But I ain't never seed nobody do it!"
Friday, July 22, 2005
Terrorists - Whats new
Since the formation of the Metropolitan Police, (29 September 1829) many tragic events have taken place. Here is a run down of terrorist acts that occurred within the Metropolitan Police Districts.
It starts in 1867 with the fenians, then Hitler, IRA, some other less known wanabees and finally our new group the Secret Group of al Qaeda's Jihad in Europe.
There has been around 30 or so bombs going off in London since it started and not thats including the Blitz. 100's have been killed in terrorists bombs (Over 40,000 were killed in the 2nd World War) in London but we keep going. Where I live in North London during the 90's Bombs went off at Wood Green, Hampstead, Camden even in 2001 Hendon Post office was bombed twice.
Its not nice knowing that it is happening and will continue to happen. In the future I have to start thinking about moving because I will need a bigger house and can not afford to stay in London (At least in the areas I like :-0) and it's not because of bombs BUT not having the worry that something may happen to my wife and unborn child will be a relief.
I see that they have shot a suspect this morning, shame he could not be taken alive and made to talk about who's and why's. Seems strange why they shot him 5 times when they were on top of him. Guessing he must of been carrying explosives. Might be more news on this from www.bbc.co.uk after this post goes out.
QUICK EDIT - A blog I read, Another Constable, has images of the suspects, Link is on the left hand side
Quick scroll down to the joke for a laugh, all too serious here !!
Baby news - Chosen one is a wriggling but I still aint a feeling
Footy News - Palace started their pre seson tour with a loss in Germany to Czech Republic side FK Teplice with both sides reduced to ten men. We lost 2-1 and the goal was scored by AJ - shock horror a penalty :-)
Play again tomorrow
Todays Fact - The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie Psycho.
On this day - 1298
Battle of Falkirk. English troops use longbows for the first time to defeat a Scottish army.
Todays Joke - This comes a friend at work. I also have been emailed a joke from a blogger so if you have a joke email me and I will credit you when I post it.
A bloke starts his new job at the zoo and is given three tasks. The
first is to clear the exotic fish pool of weeds. As he does this, a
huge fish jumps out and bites him. To show the others who is the boss,
he beats it to death with a spade. Realizing his employer won't be best
pleased, he disposes of the fish by feeding it to the lions, as lions
will eat anything.
Moving on to the second job of clearing out the chimpanzee house, he is
attacked by the chimps that pelt him with coconuts. He swipes at two
chimps with a spade, killing them both. What can he do? Feed them to
the lions, he says to himself, because lions eat anything. He hurls the
corpses into the lion enclosure.
He moves on to the last job, which is to collect honey from the South
American Bees. As soon as he starts he is attacked and stung by the
bees.
He grabs the spade and smashes the bees to a pulp. By now he knows what
to do and throws them into the lion's cage - because lions eat anything.
Later that day a new lion arrives at the zoo. He wanders up to another
lion and says, "What's the food like here?"
The other lions say, "Absolutely brilliant. Today we had fish and chimps
with mushy bees."
It starts in 1867 with the fenians, then Hitler, IRA, some other less known wanabees and finally our new group the Secret Group of al Qaeda's Jihad in Europe.
There has been around 30 or so bombs going off in London since it started and not thats including the Blitz. 100's have been killed in terrorists bombs (Over 40,000 were killed in the 2nd World War) in London but we keep going. Where I live in North London during the 90's Bombs went off at Wood Green, Hampstead, Camden even in 2001 Hendon Post office was bombed twice.
Its not nice knowing that it is happening and will continue to happen. In the future I have to start thinking about moving because I will need a bigger house and can not afford to stay in London (At least in the areas I like :-0) and it's not because of bombs BUT not having the worry that something may happen to my wife and unborn child will be a relief.
I see that they have shot a suspect this morning, shame he could not be taken alive and made to talk about who's and why's. Seems strange why they shot him 5 times when they were on top of him. Guessing he must of been carrying explosives. Might be more news on this from www.bbc.co.uk after this post goes out.
QUICK EDIT - A blog I read, Another Constable, has images of the suspects, Link is on the left hand side
Quick scroll down to the joke for a laugh, all too serious here !!
Baby news - Chosen one is a wriggling but I still aint a feeling
Footy News - Palace started their pre seson tour with a loss in Germany to Czech Republic side FK Teplice with both sides reduced to ten men. We lost 2-1 and the goal was scored by AJ - shock horror a penalty :-)
Play again tomorrow
Todays Fact - The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in the movie Psycho.
On this day - 1298
Battle of Falkirk. English troops use longbows for the first time to defeat a Scottish army.
Todays Joke - This comes a friend at work. I also have been emailed a joke from a blogger so if you have a joke email me and I will credit you when I post it.
A bloke starts his new job at the zoo and is given three tasks. The
first is to clear the exotic fish pool of weeds. As he does this, a
huge fish jumps out and bites him. To show the others who is the boss,
he beats it to death with a spade. Realizing his employer won't be best
pleased, he disposes of the fish by feeding it to the lions, as lions
will eat anything.
Moving on to the second job of clearing out the chimpanzee house, he is
attacked by the chimps that pelt him with coconuts. He swipes at two
chimps with a spade, killing them both. What can he do? Feed them to
the lions, he says to himself, because lions eat anything. He hurls the
corpses into the lion enclosure.
He moves on to the last job, which is to collect honey from the South
American Bees. As soon as he starts he is attacked and stung by the
bees.
He grabs the spade and smashes the bees to a pulp. By now he knows what
to do and throws them into the lion's cage - because lions eat anything.
Later that day a new lion arrives at the zoo. He wanders up to another
lion and says, "What's the food like here?"
The other lions say, "Absolutely brilliant. Today we had fish and chimps
with mushy bees."
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Bit slow to blog
Before I go on, sorry for the lack of posts but real life is busy :-), Well the last post about a mans BBQ has gone to pot as my In-Laws have gone for a gas BBQ, yep shock horror the bricks and grill have gone and they have a really nice looking BBQ at a price that made me feel sick with envy. Lets just say it cost less then half of our gas bottle !!! (and you would get change out of a score*)
Seems to be turning into a BBQ blog recently !! but heres is a pic:
Seems to be turning into a BBQ blog recently !! but heres is a pic:
So where have the Palace Fans been, well we have been glad all over (Palace Song) at my little sisters wedding we had a great weekend up there North near Barnsley. Best thing about weddings is seeing the rest of the family Oh and of course 2 people joining together, It was a little bit like an episode of Footballers Wifes with all the mad hair of these youngsters today and cool suits. Here is a photo of my sister with her new husband (Mr Shef Wed Fan) and also of my 2 nieces that were flower girls:
Everyone looked good but the above were a cut above the rest of us.
*A score is 20 British Pounds
Baby news - Have taken a photo of the 20 week scan so hopefully you can see the baby. I never ever used to be able to see the picture of a baby when I saw a scan but I can now, must be once you have one.
Footie news - Still a bit worried that AJ is going to leave Palace but everyone sees to be going for Peter Crouch so fingers crossed. Palace have flown out to Germany today for 2 matches, 1 tomorrow and 1 Saturday
*Just seen that Liverpool are about to sign Peter Crouch
Todays Fact - A lion's roar can be heard from more than five miles away.
On this day - 1545
English warship Mary Rose, pride of the battle fleet of King Henry VIII, sinks in the Solent with the loss of 700 lives. The ship is raised on October 11, 1982 and taken to Portsmouth Dockyard.
Todays Joke - FRENCH TERROR ALERT RAISED
Prime Minister Chirac has officially raised the French terror alert from
'Run' to 'Hide'.
There are only two higher alert levels in France, which are 'Surrender' and
'Collaborate'.
The rise was precipitated by a recent fire which destroyed France's white
flag factory - effectively crippling their military capability.
Thursday, July 14, 2005
A mans BBQ
Spent last weekend at the In Laws and had a great time (Have to say that as they read the blog ;-0) We were going to club together with Bro in law and get a gas BBQ for them as a birthday present. Well, we have been told not to bother and get a wireless router because he already has a BBQ, (A router is good because then we can all use the internet when we are there on our laptops, hang on a minute... he wants the router so he can stay on his computer and not give it up to us for our internet fix :-0)
Anyway this is a mans BBQ, none of your poncy gas like mine ! (See my BBQ post from before for pic of mine)
Baby news - Had our 2nd Scan today and everything is looking good. The baby is right in the middle of the growth lines so not too big or small.
Footie news - Vieira is off, Arsenal accept Juve's Vieira , He has given 9 years to Arsenal so as a nice change from recent posts I am going to say good luck and all the best. Just hope he does not have any racist problems in Italy as before.
Palace released the squad numbers today AJ number 8 still there.
Todays Fact - There are more female than male millionaires in the United States.
On this day - 1789: Bastille stormed
On July 14, 1789, militant Parisian workers storm and dismantle the Bastille, a royal fortress in Paris. Originally constructed in the 14th century, the Bastille was first used as a state prison in the 17th century. Although the average annual number of prisoners was only about 40, the Bastille came to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. On the morning of July 14, 1789, when only seven prisoners were being held, a mob descended on the Bastille and demanded the arms and munitions stored there. When the prison governor refused, the people stormed the fortress and freed the prisoners. This dramatic action signaled the beginning of the French Revolution, a three-year reign of terror and political turmoil in which King Louis XVI was overthrown and roughly 1,000 people, including the king and his wife Marie Antoinette, were sent to the guillotine. The Bastille was demolished during the Revolution. Today, July 14--Bastille Day--is celebrated as a national holiday in France.
Todays Joke - Jimmy Carr says;
My parents are from Glasgow which means they're incredibly hard,
but I was
never smacked as a child ... well maybe one or two grams to get me
to sleep at night.
Is it fair to say that there'd be less litter in Britain if blind
people were given pointed sticks?
A lady with a clipboard stopped me in the street the other day.
She said,
"Can you spare a few minutes for cancer research?" I said, "All
right, but we're not going to get much done."
I realised I was dyslexic when I went to a toga party dressed as a
goat.
You have to remember all the trivia that your girlfriend tells
you, because eventually you get tested. She'll go: "What's my
favourite
flower?"
And you murmur to yourself: "Sh*t, I wasn't
listening...Self-raising?"
The world is a dangerous place; only yesterday I went into Boots
and punched someone in the face.
Cats have nine lives. Which makes them ideal for experimentation.
I saw that show, 50 Things To Do Before You Die. I would have
thought the obvious one was "Shout For Help".
I went out with an Irish Catholic. Very frustrating. You can take
the Girl out of Cork ...
Got a phone call today to do a gig at a fire station. Went along.
Turned out it was a bloody hoax.
Employee of the month is a good example of how somebody can be
both a winner and a loser at the same time.
The right to bear arms is slightly less ludicrous than the right
to arm bears.
My dad is Irish and my mum is Iranian, which meant that we spent
most of our family holidays in Customs.
Sleeping with prostitutes is like making your cat dance with you
on its hind legs. You know it's wrong, but you try to convince
yourself that
they're enjoying it as well.
A dog goes into a hardware store and says: "I'd like a job
please".
The hardware store owner says: "We don't hire dogs, why don't you
go
join the circus?"
The dog replies: "What would the circus want with a plumber".
I like to go into the Body Shop and shout out really loud "I've
already got one!"
It's easy to distract fat people. It's a piece of cake.
I enjoy using the comedy technique of self-deprecation - but I'm
not very good at it.
If you're being chased by a police dog, try not to go through a
tunnel, then on to a little seesaw, then jump through a hoop of
fire.
They're trained for that.
I was walking the streets of Glasgow the other week and I saw this
sign:
"This door is alarmed." I said to myself: "How do you think I
feel?"
Anyway this is a mans BBQ, none of your poncy gas like mine ! (See my BBQ post from before for pic of mine)
Baby news - Had our 2nd Scan today and everything is looking good. The baby is right in the middle of the growth lines so not too big or small.
Footie news - Vieira is off, Arsenal accept Juve's Vieira , He has given 9 years to Arsenal so as a nice change from recent posts I am going to say good luck and all the best. Just hope he does not have any racist problems in Italy as before.
Palace released the squad numbers today AJ number 8 still there.
Todays Fact - There are more female than male millionaires in the United States.
On this day - 1789: Bastille stormed
On July 14, 1789, militant Parisian workers storm and dismantle the Bastille, a royal fortress in Paris. Originally constructed in the 14th century, the Bastille was first used as a state prison in the 17th century. Although the average annual number of prisoners was only about 40, the Bastille came to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. On the morning of July 14, 1789, when only seven prisoners were being held, a mob descended on the Bastille and demanded the arms and munitions stored there. When the prison governor refused, the people stormed the fortress and freed the prisoners. This dramatic action signaled the beginning of the French Revolution, a three-year reign of terror and political turmoil in which King Louis XVI was overthrown and roughly 1,000 people, including the king and his wife Marie Antoinette, were sent to the guillotine. The Bastille was demolished during the Revolution. Today, July 14--Bastille Day--is celebrated as a national holiday in France.
Todays Joke - Jimmy Carr says;
My parents are from Glasgow which means they're incredibly hard,
but I was
never smacked as a child ... well maybe one or two grams to get me
to sleep at night.
Is it fair to say that there'd be less litter in Britain if blind
people were given pointed sticks?
A lady with a clipboard stopped me in the street the other day.
She said,
"Can you spare a few minutes for cancer research?" I said, "All
right, but we're not going to get much done."
I realised I was dyslexic when I went to a toga party dressed as a
goat.
You have to remember all the trivia that your girlfriend tells
you, because eventually you get tested. She'll go: "What's my
favourite
flower?"
And you murmur to yourself: "Sh*t, I wasn't
listening...Self-raising?"
The world is a dangerous place; only yesterday I went into Boots
and punched someone in the face.
Cats have nine lives. Which makes them ideal for experimentation.
I saw that show, 50 Things To Do Before You Die. I would have
thought the obvious one was "Shout For Help".
I went out with an Irish Catholic. Very frustrating. You can take
the Girl out of Cork ...
Got a phone call today to do a gig at a fire station. Went along.
Turned out it was a bloody hoax.
Employee of the month is a good example of how somebody can be
both a winner and a loser at the same time.
The right to bear arms is slightly less ludicrous than the right
to arm bears.
My dad is Irish and my mum is Iranian, which meant that we spent
most of our family holidays in Customs.
Sleeping with prostitutes is like making your cat dance with you
on its hind legs. You know it's wrong, but you try to convince
yourself that
they're enjoying it as well.
A dog goes into a hardware store and says: "I'd like a job
please".
The hardware store owner says: "We don't hire dogs, why don't you
go
join the circus?"
The dog replies: "What would the circus want with a plumber".
I like to go into the Body Shop and shout out really loud "I've
already got one!"
It's easy to distract fat people. It's a piece of cake.
I enjoy using the comedy technique of self-deprecation - but I'm
not very good at it.
If you're being chased by a police dog, try not to go through a
tunnel, then on to a little seesaw, then jump through a hoop of
fire.
They're trained for that.
I was walking the streets of Glasgow the other week and I saw this
sign:
"This door is alarmed." I said to myself: "How do you think I
feel?"
Monday, July 11, 2005
Cards
Today London is getting back on with it. Mrs PF said that it was still a bit quiet but OK.
I went as normal to my place of work in Rickmansworth, a place famed only as far as I can tell for being in the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy book by Douglas Adams but it never even made it into the film !
I went to one of the many card shops that we have there and could not believe it when I went to locate the wedding card section, it made me smile, it went engagement cards followed by Wedding and anniversary then the one that I couldn't believe congratulations on your divorce !!! There really is a card for all occasions.
Baby news - Mrs PF is starting to feel the baby a lot more. I hope that I will feel it soon.
Looking to create a CD from my song collection for Mrs PF and the chosen one to listen to so any ideas give me a comment.
Footie news - Rio wants 120 thousand a week and has been offered 110 thousand but thats not enough !!! I have not ever swore on this blog since day 1 but Rio get a fucking real life. The 110 thousand a week is over 600 times the national minimum wage for a 37.5 week (181.87p). It's 5.75 million pound a year !! You had a crap season and won fuck all but want a pay rise, If I had a crap performance over the year I would kiss my pay rise goodbye. Sorry about the swearing but come on, whats a Nurse earn? and she saves lives not the odd goal.
Todays Fact - The word Eskimo literally means 'raw meat eater'.
I thought it was Man in cold place but there you go.
On this day - 1848 In London, the official opening of Waterloo Station
Todays Joke - FOOTBALLERS, why do I spend so much of my hard earned cash watching these jumped up Charlies !
Yep I know it's the same as before.
I went as normal to my place of work in Rickmansworth, a place famed only as far as I can tell for being in the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy book by Douglas Adams but it never even made it into the film !
I went to one of the many card shops that we have there and could not believe it when I went to locate the wedding card section, it made me smile, it went engagement cards followed by Wedding and anniversary then the one that I couldn't believe congratulations on your divorce !!! There really is a card for all occasions.
Baby news - Mrs PF is starting to feel the baby a lot more. I hope that I will feel it soon.
Looking to create a CD from my song collection for Mrs PF and the chosen one to listen to so any ideas give me a comment.
Footie news - Rio wants 120 thousand a week and has been offered 110 thousand but thats not enough !!! I have not ever swore on this blog since day 1 but Rio get a fucking real life. The 110 thousand a week is over 600 times the national minimum wage for a 37.5 week (181.87p). It's 5.75 million pound a year !! You had a crap season and won fuck all but want a pay rise, If I had a crap performance over the year I would kiss my pay rise goodbye. Sorry about the swearing but come on, whats a Nurse earn? and she saves lives not the odd goal.
Todays Fact - The word Eskimo literally means 'raw meat eater'.
I thought it was Man in cold place but there you go.
On this day - 1848 In London, the official opening of Waterloo Station
Todays Joke - FOOTBALLERS, why do I spend so much of my hard earned cash watching these jumped up Charlies !
Yep I know it's the same as before.
Thursday, July 07, 2005
You wont win
Today is a very sad day after the jubliation of yesterday. Mrs PF works near Covent Garden so got a bit stranded and had to walk quite far for almost 2 hours but did manage to grab a taxi in the end to get home. I work in Rickmansworth so I am based out of London. Have heard from most of our friends so thats good news. Our heart goes out to everyone involved.
I think that the organisation of the services was brilliant, considering that half the Met force are at G8 it was good that the army helped out. Its great that the bus and train networks are already starting to resume services.
I'm not scared as we have been waiting for it since 911. We have had it before the IRA and the terrorists will not win. I am, if being honest, glad that it was not as bad as it could of been because the death toll, although rising, could of been a lot higher.
Take care all.
I think that the organisation of the services was brilliant, considering that half the Met force are at G8 it was good that the army helped out. Its great that the bus and train networks are already starting to resume services.
I'm not scared as we have been waiting for it since 911. We have had it before the IRA and the terrorists will not win. I am, if being honest, glad that it was not as bad as it could of been because the death toll, although rising, could of been a lot higher.
Take care all.
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Olympics coming to London
Good News, London has won the race to host the Olympics.
I cant wait for this event to come to London. It really is going to be good and to all those moaning about the added costs to your council bills, think about the future that your kids are going to have with all these new facilities. Some of you may even have the next champ coming home from school today ! If you dont like it move.
Wish I bought in East London now because those houses are going to start going up!
No other post today as I am out having a beer or three tonight.
Take it easy,
Palace Fan
Oh and sorry about the rant about Steven Gerrald yesterday as it seems that he has changed his mind again and is now staying at Palace. Come on AJ now you !
I cant wait for this event to come to London. It really is going to be good and to all those moaning about the added costs to your council bills, think about the future that your kids are going to have with all these new facilities. Some of you may even have the next champ coming home from school today ! If you dont like it move.
Wish I bought in East London now because those houses are going to start going up!
No other post today as I am out having a beer or three tonight.
Take it easy,
Palace Fan
Oh and sorry about the rant about Steven Gerrald yesterday as it seems that he has changed his mind again and is now staying at Palace. Come on AJ now you !
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Rock tunes
I see today that my Blog picture is in the news after 1 of the apostles has vanished into the sea Eight left I have read somewhere that it is going to be another 1000 years before another goes though.
Upgraded my iTunes today and my iPod so I can listen to these podcasts. Seems to be a new buzz word around. Who knows maybe I will look into creating one.
Baby news - As you may of noticed there is a new bit on the top of the blog and it will tell people how pregnant Mrs PF is and how long we have left of our quiet nights :-). I hope you like it.
Footie news - Another day and another footballer has told his club that he wants to leave after saying he will stay Gerrard He has been offered a contract of £100,000 a week. Is their Captain and has just won the Champions League final Currently has 2 years left on a £60,000 a week contract and is at his boyhood club i.e. the team he supports. He wants out because they took too long to offer him a contract. What ever next, I suppose he wanted to be the player manager. If I was a Liverpool fan I would be grateful that he is off and the team will get at least 32 million to rebuild for next season.
He has waited and waited hoping that Liverpool would accept a transfer and therefore he would be due money from the fransfer and as it is now he get nowt as he has put the transfer request in.
Todays Fact - Farmers in England are required by law to provide their pigs with toys!
Mrs PF is a vegetarian and always says to me how intelligent pigs are. Will keep an eye out for completed jigsaws next time I'm on the farm.
On this day - Ooo la la
1946: Bikinis introduced
On July 5, 1946, French designer Louis Reard unveils a daring two-piece swimsuit at a swimming pool in Paris. Micheline Bernardini, a Parisian showgirl who didn’t object to appearing nearly nude in public, modeled the new fashion. Unsure of what to call his creation, Reard spontaneously dubbed it bikini, inspired by news-making U.S. nuclear tests taking place off the Bikini Atoll that week. Before long, bold young women in bikinis were causing a sensation along the Mediterranean coast. For a time in Spain and Italy, the wearing of the swimsuit on public beaches was banned.
Todays Joke - FOOTBALLERS, why do I spend so much of my hard earned cash watching these jumped up Charlies !
Upgraded my iTunes today and my iPod so I can listen to these podcasts. Seems to be a new buzz word around. Who knows maybe I will look into creating one.
Baby news - As you may of noticed there is a new bit on the top of the blog and it will tell people how pregnant Mrs PF is and how long we have left of our quiet nights :-). I hope you like it.
Footie news - Another day and another footballer has told his club that he wants to leave after saying he will stay Gerrard He has been offered a contract of £100,000 a week. Is their Captain and has just won the Champions League final Currently has 2 years left on a £60,000 a week contract and is at his boyhood club i.e. the team he supports. He wants out because they took too long to offer him a contract. What ever next, I suppose he wanted to be the player manager. If I was a Liverpool fan I would be grateful that he is off and the team will get at least 32 million to rebuild for next season.
He has waited and waited hoping that Liverpool would accept a transfer and therefore he would be due money from the fransfer and as it is now he get nowt as he has put the transfer request in.
Todays Fact - Farmers in England are required by law to provide their pigs with toys!
Mrs PF is a vegetarian and always says to me how intelligent pigs are. Will keep an eye out for completed jigsaws next time I'm on the farm.
On this day - Ooo la la
1946: Bikinis introduced
On July 5, 1946, French designer Louis Reard unveils a daring two-piece swimsuit at a swimming pool in Paris. Micheline Bernardini, a Parisian showgirl who didn’t object to appearing nearly nude in public, modeled the new fashion. Unsure of what to call his creation, Reard spontaneously dubbed it bikini, inspired by news-making U.S. nuclear tests taking place off the Bikini Atoll that week. Before long, bold young women in bikinis were causing a sensation along the Mediterranean coast. For a time in Spain and Italy, the wearing of the swimsuit on public beaches was banned.
Todays Joke - FOOTBALLERS, why do I spend so much of my hard earned cash watching these jumped up Charlies !
Monday, July 04, 2005
Guitar Blues
Gutted. Found an American Jaguar '62 reissue for only £499 on a website over the weekend so bought it but got a phone call today saying that they had messed up the discription and it should of been a Jap one :-( To be honest thats what I though because the american one is over a grand Look here it's now back to a Jap one I could of gone on and on but dont think I had a leg to stand on and the terms and conditions on the site state the following:
All prices on this website are subject to change without notice. Management reserves the right to refuse sale. Special offers subject to availability. While we try to maintain correct pricing throughout the website, errors may occur. In the case of such an error we will contact you for confirmation or cancellation of your order.
This is what the description did say and how much it should cost from another site.
Oh well SO if you know of anyone with an American Jag or Telecaster for sale please let me know I have cash waiting !!!
Baby news - Mrs PF felt the Chosen One move last night ! Happened after I talked quite loudly at the tummy. She is very happy about it.
Footie news - Looks like Everton have switch their target from AJ to Bellamy Kind of good news but I still think that AJ might go to Newcastle so it's not really good news. Still hope that he is at the Palace come the start of the season.
Todays Fact - Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
On this day - U.S. DECLARES INDEPENDENCE:
July 4, 1776
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims the independence of the United States of America from Great Britain and its king.
Todays Joke - The idiot that cut me up a treat on the way to work.
All prices on this website are subject to change without notice. Management reserves the right to refuse sale. Special offers subject to availability. While we try to maintain correct pricing throughout the website, errors may occur. In the case of such an error we will contact you for confirmation or cancellation of your order.
This is what the description did say and how much it should cost from another site.
Oh well SO if you know of anyone with an American Jag or Telecaster for sale please let me know I have cash waiting !!!
Baby news - Mrs PF felt the Chosen One move last night ! Happened after I talked quite loudly at the tummy. She is very happy about it.
Footie news - Looks like Everton have switch their target from AJ to Bellamy Kind of good news but I still think that AJ might go to Newcastle so it's not really good news. Still hope that he is at the Palace come the start of the season.
Todays Fact - Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
On this day - U.S. DECLARES INDEPENDENCE:
July 4, 1776
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims the independence of the United States of America from Great Britain and its king.
Todays Joke - The idiot that cut me up a treat on the way to work.
Saturday, July 02, 2005
Testing new design
A work in progress and it has taken me nearly all day messing about with it all so that I can still use blogger.com with it all.
Nearly there but some more work needed :-)
Learning lots of new stuff re coding and working out what parts to take from the original blogger design to keep all posts etc.
Eyes getting tired so not posting the normal BUT will post tomorrow about a guitar that I am trying to buy through a website, I am quite sure that they have used the wrong price on site so I bought it and called them up and it is out of stock MMmmm
Let me know what you think about the design. Think I need a better "logo"
Noticed I have lost my quick edit but hey I am not a web designer !!!! More to the point I am not even that technical anymore (I used to a computer network analyst)
Nearly there but some more work needed :-)
Learning lots of new stuff re coding and working out what parts to take from the original blogger design to keep all posts etc.
Eyes getting tired so not posting the normal BUT will post tomorrow about a guitar that I am trying to buy through a website, I am quite sure that they have used the wrong price on site so I bought it and called them up and it is out of stock MMmmm
Let me know what you think about the design. Think I need a better "logo"
Noticed I have lost my quick edit but hey I am not a web designer !!!! More to the point I am not even that technical anymore (I used to a computer network analyst)
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Burma 2
Up in the morning after a fairly good night sleep. The electric kept going but the heat was not too bad that we had to have a fan going.
Breakfast of Toast, boiled egg and coffee (this was included in the price of the room) We have seen a total of 1 Japanese bloke in our hostel and 2 Japanese girls in the other hostel up the road (Where we ate food, called Seesar)
Have decided to jump on the "mini bus" that takes you most of the way up the mountain. We got to the area where we wait and waited and waited and waited. All the kids keep coming up to us and just shout HELLO and run and then come back and shout HELLO and then run and then, you get the idea :-) We handed out some pencils to some of the kids. Had to wait about 2 hours but had fun watching the babies and toddlers being passed around to what I guess were family members. If the baby\toddler started to cry or want to go back to whoever was holding them they got a pinch. Yep you read that correctly they got a pinch to give them a reason for crying ! I now know what my Mum was doing when I was little and got smacked for crying. I was being given something to cry about and it must come from being burmese :-)
We had to wait for 2 hours for the truck to fill up and off we went, Obviously filled up does not mean full it means CRAMMED ! the truck had about 4 blanks of wood made into bench seats where everyone tried sitting down with their bags, babies and rats ! The truck starts to move up and the hill just forces you to fall back. Everyone takes great delight in Mrs PF and I struggling to stay on the seat. I had my arms wrapped around the bench seat in front and was hanging on so I never fell into the poor young woman behind me. We had an old man chatting away to us both using his hands and we think we got the message you must be mad to go up the hill !
We got dropped off at a midway point after about 20 mins of driving up the hill. Nice to get out of truck and stretch. WHAT A VIEW ! but sod that I'm just looking up to the heavens and a vast steep hill to get up, did I mention it was steep well just to say it again IT'S STEEP. Out of breath rather sweaty we finally make it up the mountain. mountain or hill who knows.
We register with the government people at the top, you have to register a few times as you go around Burma with your name and passport and pay our $6 to enter. Still a bit more of trek to get there but in 5 minutes we are there.
Its incredible to see, a huge bolder with a pagoda on top just hanging there and it should be falling and held with nothing but, according to beliefs, A lock of Buddha's hair. It has been covered in 22 caret gold leaf and you can only touch or place gold on it if you are man ! I never managed to get to touch the rock though.
We stayed and just chilled getting engulfed by the clouds and they came up it was very tranquil just sitting.
Headed back down and I decided to walk down for a bit so that I could get a couple of photos if the waterfalls on way down
luckily we were picked up after a while and paid a guy some money to take us all the way back to the base camp.
That evening we went to the Seesar and discovered that a bottle of Rum at 1000k is cheaper then a large beer 1300k the night got better and better after that :-) and get this we even watch the English football ! Managed to watch Wolves get thrashed by Chelsea 5-0. We got some good luck from the owners and had a great night.
Baby news - Now in week 18 and the chosen one is really starting to show. Keep getting asked about names but we are not going to tell anyone our names at the moment.
Footie news - Loyality is not a word that Kevin Phillips knows about. I would be gutted to be a Saints fan and have someone that you been paying his wages say he never wanted to be there
Todays Fact - The most pushups ever performed in one day was 46,001
Let you know tomorrow how many I do. Elbow is still playing up though :-)
On this day - 1936
Publication of Margaret Mitchell's novel: Gone With The Wind.
Frankly my dear I dont give a damn :-)
Todays Joke - Kevin Phillips
Breakfast of Toast, boiled egg and coffee (this was included in the price of the room) We have seen a total of 1 Japanese bloke in our hostel and 2 Japanese girls in the other hostel up the road (Where we ate food, called Seesar)
Have decided to jump on the "mini bus" that takes you most of the way up the mountain. We got to the area where we wait and waited and waited and waited. All the kids keep coming up to us and just shout HELLO and run and then come back and shout HELLO and then run and then, you get the idea :-) We handed out some pencils to some of the kids. Had to wait about 2 hours but had fun watching the babies and toddlers being passed around to what I guess were family members. If the baby\toddler started to cry or want to go back to whoever was holding them they got a pinch. Yep you read that correctly they got a pinch to give them a reason for crying ! I now know what my Mum was doing when I was little and got smacked for crying. I was being given something to cry about and it must come from being burmese :-)
We had to wait for 2 hours for the truck to fill up and off we went, Obviously filled up does not mean full it means CRAMMED ! the truck had about 4 blanks of wood made into bench seats where everyone tried sitting down with their bags, babies and rats ! The truck starts to move up and the hill just forces you to fall back. Everyone takes great delight in Mrs PF and I struggling to stay on the seat. I had my arms wrapped around the bench seat in front and was hanging on so I never fell into the poor young woman behind me. We had an old man chatting away to us both using his hands and we think we got the message you must be mad to go up the hill !
We got dropped off at a midway point after about 20 mins of driving up the hill. Nice to get out of truck and stretch. WHAT A VIEW ! but sod that I'm just looking up to the heavens and a vast steep hill to get up, did I mention it was steep well just to say it again IT'S STEEP. Out of breath rather sweaty we finally make it up the mountain. mountain or hill who knows.
We register with the government people at the top, you have to register a few times as you go around Burma with your name and passport and pay our $6 to enter. Still a bit more of trek to get there but in 5 minutes we are there.
Its incredible to see, a huge bolder with a pagoda on top just hanging there and it should be falling and held with nothing but, according to beliefs, A lock of Buddha's hair. It has been covered in 22 caret gold leaf and you can only touch or place gold on it if you are man ! I never managed to get to touch the rock though.
We stayed and just chilled getting engulfed by the clouds and they came up it was very tranquil just sitting.
Headed back down and I decided to walk down for a bit so that I could get a couple of photos if the waterfalls on way down
luckily we were picked up after a while and paid a guy some money to take us all the way back to the base camp.
That evening we went to the Seesar and discovered that a bottle of Rum at 1000k is cheaper then a large beer 1300k the night got better and better after that :-) and get this we even watch the English football ! Managed to watch Wolves get thrashed by Chelsea 5-0. We got some good luck from the owners and had a great night.
Baby news - Now in week 18 and the chosen one is really starting to show. Keep getting asked about names but we are not going to tell anyone our names at the moment.
Footie news - Loyality is not a word that Kevin Phillips knows about. I would be gutted to be a Saints fan and have someone that you been paying his wages say he never wanted to be there
Todays Fact - The most pushups ever performed in one day was 46,001
Let you know tomorrow how many I do. Elbow is still playing up though :-)
On this day - 1936
Publication of Margaret Mitchell's novel: Gone With The Wind.
Frankly my dear I dont give a damn :-)
Todays Joke - Kevin Phillips
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Burma
First off, yesterday I posted that I collected the 2 sets of keys back from the estate agents. Well today like an idiot I forgot the door keys for the first ever time and we had no spare sets as they were all in the house. DOH, Had to give the door a slight kick to get in and have spent the day ensuring that a kick will not get it through so easy next time ! At least the dead lock will stop it being so easy.
Bumped into a mate from work today in Mothercare :-0 At least I was playing with the buggies and not at the "cute" clothes, he also was looking at the buggies :-). Hope that we never have to talk about this at work when I am back on Monday.
Thought I would post a bit about my travels from last year so here goes:
This is from Mid September 2003, right at the start and we had gone from Bangkok to Burma. My Mum and her family are from Burma so it had an extra special meaning to go there.
We flew into Burma 17/9 and stayed in Yangoon for a couple of days before heading to the Golden Rock and this will be my first "story" of Burma.
We headed out at 06.30 and changed some money up ($US 40 got us 36,000 Kyat) We had our pockets full of the stuff !!! Get this though I used a monk to change the money. Headed to the Bus station and it was the maddest most dusty and busiest place we had seen and this is after going through Bangkok.
We were hustled and bustled around. Amazing the amount of attention 2 westeners get. Managed to get a bus for 4,000 to take us. The bus was mullered it was 2 each side and then they fold out seats in the middle to make another seat. We left the station at 09.00 and preceded at an unknown rate of knots but it was fast. The driver played a song on his horn that just involved leaving his hand in the middle of the steering wheel. We somehow made it to Kyaiktiyo high street where we had to make a change to a mini bus for the trip to Kinpon Base Camp. We managed to locate the right "mini bus" over here we call them pick up's. It had a plank of wood on each side and another one in the middle. When we left I counted at least 15 people plus all their shopping and of course our huge backpacks. The locals all paid 50K for the ride and we paid 100K, not that we were moaning, what was good though was one of the ladies on the ride had a right go at the guy who was collecting the money because we paid twice the amount. Works out to about 10 cents that we paid so about 6p !!
We found somewhere to stay (think it was about $10) We went to the only restaurant in town and had Soup, Curry, Rice with various side dishes for 500K also managed to get a couple of ice cold large beers. This was about 4PM There was no way that we were going to get up to the Golden Rock on this day as the bus has stopped running and the walk would take over 8 hours up and back according to the locals. Not going to attempt that !
Getting tired now, so tomorrow: Getting to the rock.
Sneak preview of the rock, For size look at the monk in the bottom right corner !
Baby news - Mrs PF got some maternity jeans today. We tried getting more but the main shops (Next and Mama and Papas in Watford) that we wanted to go to were closed due to floods !
Going there tomorrow and hope that they might have some cheap stuff there with slight water damage
Footie news - AJ still here, fingers crossed.
Todays Fact - On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
Yer that will stop you now GET IT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, Do pencils count?
On this day - 1620
After denouncing smoking as a health hazard, King James I of England bans the growing of tobacco in Britain.
:-0
Todays Joke - Did you hear the one about the doctor, engineer, and programmer who were debating what the world's oldest profession was (other than the obvious one)?
The doctor said that medicine was the oldest because the Lord performed surgery in the removal of Adam's rib. The engineer countered that before that act, the Lord had performed feats of engineering by creating the earth and heavens from nothing.
The doctor conceded that the engineer was right and that engineering was indeed the oldest profession. But then the programmer interjected that programming was even older. He was chided by both the doctor and the engineer saying that engineering had to be the oldest, because before the Lord engineered the earth and heavens, there was nothing, only the Great Void, only Chaos!
The programmer simply smiled and said:
"Where do you think the Chaos came from?"
Bumped into a mate from work today in Mothercare :-0 At least I was playing with the buggies and not at the "cute" clothes, he also was looking at the buggies :-). Hope that we never have to talk about this at work when I am back on Monday.
Thought I would post a bit about my travels from last year so here goes:
This is from Mid September 2003, right at the start and we had gone from Bangkok to Burma. My Mum and her family are from Burma so it had an extra special meaning to go there.
We flew into Burma 17/9 and stayed in Yangoon for a couple of days before heading to the Golden Rock and this will be my first "story" of Burma.
We headed out at 06.30 and changed some money up ($US 40 got us 36,000 Kyat) We had our pockets full of the stuff !!! Get this though I used a monk to change the money. Headed to the Bus station and it was the maddest most dusty and busiest place we had seen and this is after going through Bangkok.
We were hustled and bustled around. Amazing the amount of attention 2 westeners get. Managed to get a bus for 4,000 to take us. The bus was mullered it was 2 each side and then they fold out seats in the middle to make another seat. We left the station at 09.00 and preceded at an unknown rate of knots but it was fast. The driver played a song on his horn that just involved leaving his hand in the middle of the steering wheel. We somehow made it to Kyaiktiyo high street where we had to make a change to a mini bus for the trip to Kinpon Base Camp. We managed to locate the right "mini bus" over here we call them pick up's. It had a plank of wood on each side and another one in the middle. When we left I counted at least 15 people plus all their shopping and of course our huge backpacks. The locals all paid 50K for the ride and we paid 100K, not that we were moaning, what was good though was one of the ladies on the ride had a right go at the guy who was collecting the money because we paid twice the amount. Works out to about 10 cents that we paid so about 6p !!
We found somewhere to stay (think it was about $10) We went to the only restaurant in town and had Soup, Curry, Rice with various side dishes for 500K also managed to get a couple of ice cold large beers. This was about 4PM There was no way that we were going to get up to the Golden Rock on this day as the bus has stopped running and the walk would take over 8 hours up and back according to the locals. Not going to attempt that !
Getting tired now, so tomorrow: Getting to the rock.
Sneak preview of the rock, For size look at the monk in the bottom right corner !
Baby news - Mrs PF got some maternity jeans today. We tried getting more but the main shops (Next and Mama and Papas in Watford) that we wanted to go to were closed due to floods !
Going there tomorrow and hope that they might have some cheap stuff there with slight water damage
Footie news - AJ still here, fingers crossed.
Todays Fact - On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
Yer that will stop you now GET IT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, Do pencils count?
On this day - 1620
After denouncing smoking as a health hazard, King James I of England bans the growing of tobacco in Britain.
:-0
Todays Joke - Did you hear the one about the doctor, engineer, and programmer who were debating what the world's oldest profession was (other than the obvious one)?
The doctor said that medicine was the oldest because the Lord performed surgery in the removal of Adam's rib. The engineer countered that before that act, the Lord had performed feats of engineering by creating the earth and heavens from nothing.
The doctor conceded that the engineer was right and that engineering was indeed the oldest profession. But then the programmer interjected that programming was even older. He was chided by both the doctor and the engineer saying that engineering had to be the oldest, because before the Lord engineered the earth and heavens, there was nothing, only the Great Void, only Chaos!
The programmer simply smiled and said:
"Where do you think the Chaos came from?"
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
I'm Back
Warning LONG POST:
How you all doing? Hope you have been OK without my blog. So where was I? Well Mrs PF and I loaded up the car and went off round the South West for a spot of camping. Was meant to be gone for 2 weeks but we are back early. More about that soon. SO why didn't I tell everyone I was going? To be honest do I know you just coz your reading this blog and are you dodgy? I could get my full home address from just using the clues on the site, personally I can also get it by looking at my front door but you get the idea. You then know that I am off. What you don't know is my alarm code though !
Quite lucky really coz our joke of estate agents KFH left the back door OPEN !!!! Not just unlocked but I mean ajar, Been like that since last Wednesday. We have now taken the house off the market, after 3 more viewings today \ tomorrow as they were booked while we were away. Have collected the keys though from both agents. We was going to do that anyway because with Mrs PF getting further down the baby drop date we really want to focus on making sure that we don't have to change hospitals etc. Plus next year I hope that buying a house without the need of an estate agent picks up. I hate the fact I have to pay these clowns 1.75%
We went off from smoggy London and headed off to our first stop Avebury and then Stonehenge BIG MISTAKE !! We left on the Monday 20th This happens to the day before the longest day so the area was full of Hippies and Druids we managed to have a quick look at Avebury and then skipped Stonehenge. Wont bore you all with the full tour but headed to Corfe Castle and that was good
According to the Lonely Planet this is the most photographed pub.
I can see why !
This is a bit "Arty"
Eden Project was good
So why did we head back? Well my elbow swelled up, This photo is after taking a couple of tablets to bring the swelling down.
Very strange, it might be to do with the fact that I scrapped my elbow last weekend and after seeing a really nice chemist in Lyme Regis I was sent up to the doctors for a course of tablets. These have brought the swelling down but have made my arms come up in Eczema. For those that don't know me I sometimes suffer from Eczema and have yet to find the real reason for this. So we headed back to London so I can see my doctor but can I see him NOPE have to keep calling back to try and get an appointment.
Weather was great upto Thursday night \ Friday Morning when the heavens opened and it rained all night. Woke up to the clap of thunder and being blinded by lighting. It was mental. A little scary too but I'm not going to admit that hey ! sent a Text to my mate who was in Glastenbury to see if he had the bad weather as well but never had anything back but found out why when driving off listening to the news after we packed up the tent to our next stop, the mobile masts had been hit by lighting.
We did spoil ourselves that Friday night and stayed HERE !! Yes the sauna, steam room, jucuzzi, swimming pool and a rather good meal. Was very very good. Mrs PF just had a long hot bath rather then a sauna as you can not do that with Chosen One.
Had 1 night in St Ives before cutting it short and going on to Bristol to see our mate that gave birth to a son last week and Bro in law at his new pad. Very flash flat and then back to home to North London.
Heard a bloke on the mobile phone and it made me smile. "hello.. hello.. I cant hear you.. Can you hear me..hello can you hear me, i guess not" hangs up. Did he really expect to hear an answer back if he cant hear a thing !
Also managed to get shat on by a Seagull, prob make all Brighton fans laugh. What is lucky about getting shat on by a great big bird. Just as a warning to all partners out there. It is not funny to do what Mrs PF wanted to do and thats grab the camera and take a photo and stick it on the blog. So sorry everyone no photo !!
Baby news -
Going to have to sell the car now and get a larger one. Anyone interested in a Pug 206 GTI let me know. I will be putting details up soon. Any ideas for a car? Has to be at least 4 doors cost about 4K and be easy to throw around London. Not too nice as it will only get scratched in London.
We have got some dates through for Antenatal classes and will have to go twice a week for the whole of September. We have decided to pay for the classes as the class will be smaller etc. Is this snobby? Its also so we don't have to go and sit with little 16 year old kids !!! Might also mean that we meet people a bit more like us i.e. a bit older.
Footie news - Fixture list is out now so I have but them all in my calendar and published it so if you have an apple mac and want the Palace fixture list let me know and I will give you the URL to it.
Luton home to kick off the season and Chosen one is due between Luton away and Millwall Home
Todays Fact - Boys who have unusual first names are more likely to have mental problems than boys with conventional names. Girls don't seem to have this problem.
What about a boy who is given an unusual girls name? MMMmmmm could be fun
On this day - 1838
Queen Victoria is crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey in London at the age of 19.
Gawd bless er
Todays Joke - A lady approaches a priest and tells him, "Father, I have a problem. I have two female talking parrots, but they only know how to say one thing."
"What do they say?" the priest inquired.
"They only know how to say, 'Hi, we're prostitutes. Do you want to have some fun?", she replied.
"That's terrible!" the priest exclaims, "but I have a solution to your problem. Bring your two female parrots to my house and I will put them with my two male talking parrots who I taught to pray and read the bible." "My parrots will teach your parrots to stop saying that terrible phrase and will learn to praise and worship."
"Thank you!" the woman responded.
The next day, the lady brings her female parrots to the priest's house. His two male parrots are holding rosary beads and praying in their cage. The lady puts her female parrots in with the male parrots and the female parrots say, "Hi, we're prostitutes. Do you want to have some fun?"
One male parrot looks at the other male parrot and exclaims, "Put the beads away, our prayers have been answered.
How you all doing? Hope you have been OK without my blog. So where was I? Well Mrs PF and I loaded up the car and went off round the South West for a spot of camping. Was meant to be gone for 2 weeks but we are back early. More about that soon. SO why didn't I tell everyone I was going? To be honest do I know you just coz your reading this blog and are you dodgy? I could get my full home address from just using the clues on the site, personally I can also get it by looking at my front door but you get the idea. You then know that I am off. What you don't know is my alarm code though !
Quite lucky really coz our joke of estate agents KFH left the back door OPEN !!!! Not just unlocked but I mean ajar, Been like that since last Wednesday. We have now taken the house off the market, after 3 more viewings today \ tomorrow as they were booked while we were away. Have collected the keys though from both agents. We was going to do that anyway because with Mrs PF getting further down the baby drop date we really want to focus on making sure that we don't have to change hospitals etc. Plus next year I hope that buying a house without the need of an estate agent picks up. I hate the fact I have to pay these clowns 1.75%
We went off from smoggy London and headed off to our first stop Avebury and then Stonehenge BIG MISTAKE !! We left on the Monday 20th This happens to the day before the longest day so the area was full of Hippies and Druids we managed to have a quick look at Avebury and then skipped Stonehenge. Wont bore you all with the full tour but headed to Corfe Castle and that was good
According to the Lonely Planet this is the most photographed pub.
I can see why !
This is a bit "Arty"
Eden Project was good
So why did we head back? Well my elbow swelled up, This photo is after taking a couple of tablets to bring the swelling down.
Very strange, it might be to do with the fact that I scrapped my elbow last weekend and after seeing a really nice chemist in Lyme Regis I was sent up to the doctors for a course of tablets. These have brought the swelling down but have made my arms come up in Eczema. For those that don't know me I sometimes suffer from Eczema and have yet to find the real reason for this. So we headed back to London so I can see my doctor but can I see him NOPE have to keep calling back to try and get an appointment.
Weather was great upto Thursday night \ Friday Morning when the heavens opened and it rained all night. Woke up to the clap of thunder and being blinded by lighting. It was mental. A little scary too but I'm not going to admit that hey ! sent a Text to my mate who was in Glastenbury to see if he had the bad weather as well but never had anything back but found out why when driving off listening to the news after we packed up the tent to our next stop, the mobile masts had been hit by lighting.
We did spoil ourselves that Friday night and stayed HERE !! Yes the sauna, steam room, jucuzzi, swimming pool and a rather good meal. Was very very good. Mrs PF just had a long hot bath rather then a sauna as you can not do that with Chosen One.
Had 1 night in St Ives before cutting it short and going on to Bristol to see our mate that gave birth to a son last week and Bro in law at his new pad. Very flash flat and then back to home to North London.
Heard a bloke on the mobile phone and it made me smile. "hello.. hello.. I cant hear you.. Can you hear me..hello can you hear me, i guess not" hangs up. Did he really expect to hear an answer back if he cant hear a thing !
Also managed to get shat on by a Seagull, prob make all Brighton fans laugh. What is lucky about getting shat on by a great big bird. Just as a warning to all partners out there. It is not funny to do what Mrs PF wanted to do and thats grab the camera and take a photo and stick it on the blog. So sorry everyone no photo !!
Baby news -
Going to have to sell the car now and get a larger one. Anyone interested in a Pug 206 GTI let me know. I will be putting details up soon. Any ideas for a car? Has to be at least 4 doors cost about 4K and be easy to throw around London. Not too nice as it will only get scratched in London.
We have got some dates through for Antenatal classes and will have to go twice a week for the whole of September. We have decided to pay for the classes as the class will be smaller etc. Is this snobby? Its also so we don't have to go and sit with little 16 year old kids !!! Might also mean that we meet people a bit more like us i.e. a bit older.
Footie news - Fixture list is out now so I have but them all in my calendar and published it so if you have an apple mac and want the Palace fixture list let me know and I will give you the URL to it.
Luton home to kick off the season and Chosen one is due between Luton away and Millwall Home
Todays Fact - Boys who have unusual first names are more likely to have mental problems than boys with conventional names. Girls don't seem to have this problem.
What about a boy who is given an unusual girls name? MMMmmmm could be fun
On this day - 1838
Queen Victoria is crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey in London at the age of 19.
Gawd bless er
Todays Joke - A lady approaches a priest and tells him, "Father, I have a problem. I have two female talking parrots, but they only know how to say one thing."
"What do they say?" the priest inquired.
"They only know how to say, 'Hi, we're prostitutes. Do you want to have some fun?", she replied.
"That's terrible!" the priest exclaims, "but I have a solution to your problem. Bring your two female parrots to my house and I will put them with my two male talking parrots who I taught to pray and read the bible." "My parrots will teach your parrots to stop saying that terrible phrase and will learn to praise and worship."
"Thank you!" the woman responded.
The next day, the lady brings her female parrots to the priest's house. His two male parrots are holding rosary beads and praying in their cage. The lady puts her female parrots in with the male parrots and the female parrots say, "Hi, we're prostitutes. Do you want to have some fun?"
One male parrot looks at the other male parrot and exclaims, "Put the beads away, our prayers have been answered.
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Yummy
Bit big for just us 2 but yummy. My burgers, Veg sausages for Mrs PF, Sweet potato sliced, chilies and veg kabab. Only bad thing with Gas BBQ is that we have to do our jacket potatoes in oven.
HOT HOT HOT
How nice is this weekend? bloody great it is. Spent the day yesterday relaxing and drinking lots of beer on a boat turned into a pub by Embankment on the Thames with a couple of mates. Saw some of my relatives, was walking out of the tube and saw my cousin and she was going off to meet some of my other cousins and aunt for my Sisters hen doo. Small world hey !
London was packed out yesterday. The tube was smelly. Come on people have a shower. The driver on the tube said a message over the tanoy system asking people to stop playing with the doors. At that point everyone looks at me standing by the door, it was the same all along i.e. anyone by the door was getting stared at and like fools we start shaking our heads and shruging as to say not me.
While on the subject of tubes. It is worth pointing out to everyone that getting on the tube from Leicester Square to Convent Garden takes more effort changing and walking to the platforms then it does actullay walking there ! Check the overground map and you will be shocked how close tube stations are. Look here
Feel sorry for you all in this heat but good luck to all those doing the London Brighton bike ride. Hope your OK Dan and Lucy !!!
Real Life is going to be keeping me busy for the next 2 weeks so next post will be around 3rd July. Try to keep it together without me.
Right now I'm sitting in the garden with a wireless laptop :-) Next job is to get BBQ out I think and chill some beers.
Baby news - Mrs PF went out for my sisters hen doo yesterday in town. Chosen One was getting patted a lot. Not sure Mrs PF liked her belly being patted but that wont stop my Sister and her friends. Heard that Mum is saying that she has 3 grandchildren. She has 2 that are walking this land, the 3rd is the chosen one. The Chosen One is getting bigger.
Footie news - Bye bye AJ I Must leave
Is it really about his England chances or that he can get lots more money. Lets be honest he is behind Owen, Rooney, Defoe maybe even Smith and a fit Heskey who has got back in the frame. He would have better luck scoring the goals in the fizzy pop league to get us to the top of the league then he would in the prem league for the following reasons. The defenders in the Prem league learnt to deal with him and the refs were not giving him anything for falling over.
Is it his agent? his agent will not get fee if he can not get AJ a move. I really hate agents. Jordan is saying that he will not sell him. Fair play but lets get some money for him. I dont think he is England class and have been saying that all season. I knew this would happen as soon as he got a call up to the England team.
Yep goodbye Mr I'm no big time Charlie and will stay to get Palace back up.
Todays Fact - Babies start dreaming even before they're born.
What about?
On this day - Rosenbergs executed
On June 19, 1953, despite international pleas for clemency, U.S. civilians Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed in the electric chair in Ossining, New York. Known for their communist leanings, they were convicted of assisting a Los Alamos spy pass atomic secrets to the Soviets. Occurring at the height of red menace hysteria in the United States in the 1950s, evidence suggests that the government was not certain whether the Rosenbergs were guilty. In one of her last letters before being executed, Ethel Rosenberg wrote, my husband and I must be vindicated by history; we are the first victims of American Fascism.
Todays Joke - I like these ones:
GREAT MOMENTS IN COURT
These are from a book called Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments
in Courtroom History, and are things people actually said in Court, word for
word, taken down and now published by Court reporters who had the torment of
staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
Q: Are you sexually active?
A: No, I just lie there.
Q: What is your date of birth?
A: July 15th
Q: What year?
A: Every year.
Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
Q: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
A: Yes
Q: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
A: I forget.
Q: You forget? Can you give us an example of something that you've
forgotten?
Q: How old is your son, the one living with you?
A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
Q: How long has he lived with you?
A: Forty-five years.
Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke up that
morning?
A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
Q: And why did that upset you?
A: My name is Susan.
Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo or the
occult?
A: We both do.
Q: Voodoo?
A: We do.
Q: You do?
A: Yes, voodoo.
Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he
doesn't know about it until the next morning?
A: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?
Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
A: Yes
Q: And what were you doing at the time?
Q: She had three children, right?
A: Yes
Q: How many were boys?
A: None.
Q: Were there any girls?
Q: How was your first marriage terminated?
A: By death.
Q: And by whose death was it terminated?
Q: Can you describe the individual?
A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
Q: Was this a male, or a female?
Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice
which I sent to your attorney?
A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
Q: ALL your responses MUST be oral, okay?
Q: What school did you go to?
A: Oral.
Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
A: The autopsy started around 8:30 pm.
Q: And Mr Dennington was dead at the time?
A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.
Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for breathing?
A: No.
Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the
autopsy?
A: No.
Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Q: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law
somewhere.
London was packed out yesterday. The tube was smelly. Come on people have a shower. The driver on the tube said a message over the tanoy system asking people to stop playing with the doors. At that point everyone looks at me standing by the door, it was the same all along i.e. anyone by the door was getting stared at and like fools we start shaking our heads and shruging as to say not me.
While on the subject of tubes. It is worth pointing out to everyone that getting on the tube from Leicester Square to Convent Garden takes more effort changing and walking to the platforms then it does actullay walking there ! Check the overground map and you will be shocked how close tube stations are. Look here
Feel sorry for you all in this heat but good luck to all those doing the London Brighton bike ride. Hope your OK Dan and Lucy !!!
Real Life is going to be keeping me busy for the next 2 weeks so next post will be around 3rd July. Try to keep it together without me.
Right now I'm sitting in the garden with a wireless laptop :-) Next job is to get BBQ out I think and chill some beers.
Baby news - Mrs PF went out for my sisters hen doo yesterday in town. Chosen One was getting patted a lot. Not sure Mrs PF liked her belly being patted but that wont stop my Sister and her friends. Heard that Mum is saying that she has 3 grandchildren. She has 2 that are walking this land, the 3rd is the chosen one. The Chosen One is getting bigger.
Footie news - Bye bye AJ I Must leave
Is it really about his England chances or that he can get lots more money. Lets be honest he is behind Owen, Rooney, Defoe maybe even Smith and a fit Heskey who has got back in the frame. He would have better luck scoring the goals in the fizzy pop league to get us to the top of the league then he would in the prem league for the following reasons. The defenders in the Prem league learnt to deal with him and the refs were not giving him anything for falling over.
Is it his agent? his agent will not get fee if he can not get AJ a move. I really hate agents. Jordan is saying that he will not sell him. Fair play but lets get some money for him. I dont think he is England class and have been saying that all season. I knew this would happen as soon as he got a call up to the England team.
Yep goodbye Mr I'm no big time Charlie and will stay to get Palace back up.
Todays Fact - Babies start dreaming even before they're born.
What about?
On this day - Rosenbergs executed
On June 19, 1953, despite international pleas for clemency, U.S. civilians Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed in the electric chair in Ossining, New York. Known for their communist leanings, they were convicted of assisting a Los Alamos spy pass atomic secrets to the Soviets. Occurring at the height of red menace hysteria in the United States in the 1950s, evidence suggests that the government was not certain whether the Rosenbergs were guilty. In one of her last letters before being executed, Ethel Rosenberg wrote, my husband and I must be vindicated by history; we are the first victims of American Fascism.
Todays Joke - I like these ones:
GREAT MOMENTS IN COURT
These are from a book called Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments
in Courtroom History, and are things people actually said in Court, word for
word, taken down and now published by Court reporters who had the torment of
staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
Q: Are you sexually active?
A: No, I just lie there.
Q: What is your date of birth?
A: July 15th
Q: What year?
A: Every year.
Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
Q: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
A: Yes
Q: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
A: I forget.
Q: You forget? Can you give us an example of something that you've
forgotten?
Q: How old is your son, the one living with you?
A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
Q: How long has he lived with you?
A: Forty-five years.
Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke up that
morning?
A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
Q: And why did that upset you?
A: My name is Susan.
Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo or the
occult?
A: We both do.
Q: Voodoo?
A: We do.
Q: You do?
A: Yes, voodoo.
Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he
doesn't know about it until the next morning?
A: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?
Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
A: Yes
Q: And what were you doing at the time?
Q: She had three children, right?
A: Yes
Q: How many were boys?
A: None.
Q: Were there any girls?
Q: How was your first marriage terminated?
A: By death.
Q: And by whose death was it terminated?
Q: Can you describe the individual?
A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
Q: Was this a male, or a female?
Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice
which I sent to your attorney?
A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
Q: ALL your responses MUST be oral, okay?
Q: What school did you go to?
A: Oral.
Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
A: The autopsy started around 8:30 pm.
Q: And Mr Dennington was dead at the time?
A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.
Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for breathing?
A: No.
Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the
autopsy?
A: No.
Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Q: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law
somewhere.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Porn :-0
Back from Hull and Mrs PF is back from Brussels. I got a nice present of some different hoegaarden Beers
Never got Mrs PF anything as never went out in Hull but will be there again soon so was thinking of a lottery ticket as all the winners seem to be from up there north !
Hotel is the normal one that I spend my time in when I am up there and its good but when I went to sleep all I could hear from the next room was the gentle moaning of SEX !! Well I am guessing that it was the porn channel at least I hope so but there is nothing worse then trying to sleep when you can hear OOOOoooooo OOOOWWWwww AR ar ar blah blah blah :-)
Baby news - Got a horrible feeling that my belly is growing bigger then Mrs PF at the moment. Dont know why because I dont think I am eating anymore. Going to start exercising.
Footie news - What is it with these footy players? There is something wrong with a lot players and I'm not saying that Van Persie is guilty BUT yet again a high profile footballer is in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Todays Fact - Another baby one !! On average, it takes 660 days from conception for an elephant to give birth.
We were quite a bit quicker then that !
On this day - FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE:
On June 16, 1963, aboard Vostok 6, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman to travel into space. After 48 orbits and 71 hours, she returned to earth, having spent more time in space than all U.S. astronauts combined to that date.
Todays Joke - Little Johnny was passing his parents' bedroom in the middle of the night, in search of a glass of water. Hearing a lot of moaning and thumping, he peeked in and caught his folks in The Act.
Before his dad could even react, Little Johnny exclaimed, "Oh, boy! Horsie ride! Daddy, can I ride on your back?" Relieved that Johnny was not asking more uncomfortable questions, and seeing the opportunity not to break his stride, Daddy agreed.
Johnny hopped on and Daddy started going to town. Pretty soon Mommy started moaning and gasping.
Johnny cried out, "Hang on tight, Daddy! This is the part where me and the milkman usually get bucked off!"
Never got Mrs PF anything as never went out in Hull but will be there again soon so was thinking of a lottery ticket as all the winners seem to be from up there north !
Hotel is the normal one that I spend my time in when I am up there and its good but when I went to sleep all I could hear from the next room was the gentle moaning of SEX !! Well I am guessing that it was the porn channel at least I hope so but there is nothing worse then trying to sleep when you can hear OOOOoooooo OOOOWWWwww AR ar ar blah blah blah :-)
Baby news - Got a horrible feeling that my belly is growing bigger then Mrs PF at the moment. Dont know why because I dont think I am eating anymore. Going to start exercising.
Footie news - What is it with these footy players? There is something wrong with a lot players and I'm not saying that Van Persie is guilty BUT yet again a high profile footballer is in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Todays Fact - Another baby one !! On average, it takes 660 days from conception for an elephant to give birth.
We were quite a bit quicker then that !
On this day - FIRST WOMAN IN SPACE:
On June 16, 1963, aboard Vostok 6, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman to travel into space. After 48 orbits and 71 hours, she returned to earth, having spent more time in space than all U.S. astronauts combined to that date.
Todays Joke - Little Johnny was passing his parents' bedroom in the middle of the night, in search of a glass of water. Hearing a lot of moaning and thumping, he peeked in and caught his folks in The Act.
Before his dad could even react, Little Johnny exclaimed, "Oh, boy! Horsie ride! Daddy, can I ride on your back?" Relieved that Johnny was not asking more uncomfortable questions, and seeing the opportunity not to break his stride, Daddy agreed.
Johnny hopped on and Daddy started going to town. Pretty soon Mommy started moaning and gasping.
Johnny cried out, "Hang on tight, Daddy! This is the part where me and the milkman usually get bucked off!"
Monday, June 13, 2005
How many people have seen this?
I have now put 2 counters on the blog because I think 1 is counting site visits and with this one you have to page refresh or at least go to a new page to register a hit and the other I think is doing just page visits. Going to keep them both going for a while to get an idea. The site meter site though gives a lot more information. I'm guessing that the page visit is a better idea of people going to the site.
On another blog that I read Slothblog, Jane was talking about the pain of hitting the next blog button at the top and getting a corporate blog. I tend to agree and thats why I will be using links on this site soon. I also tend to go off from links on sites that I enjoy. Although I will still keep the bar across the top because what winds me up more is when it is removed and you have to halt your browsing to go back and press the next blog again.
Hopefully my blog links will be there by the end of the day.
I am up in Hull tomorrow for work so may not get a chance to update
Baby news - Mrs PF has flown off again, this time to Brussels. Back tomorrow though but I'm off to Hull :-( at least I can get my links on the blog updated :-)
Footie news - Not a lot of news just a good luck to Mr Nice Lineker
Todays Fact - A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After 50 the chances of having twins is 1 in 9.
Just the one for us. We are both under 35 though.
On this day - 13th June 232BC: Alexander the Great dies
Alexander the Great, the young Macedonian military genius who forged an empire that stretched from the eastern Mediterranean to India, dies in Babylon at the age of 33. The son of King Philip II of Macedonia, Alexander received a classical education from famed philosopher Aristotle. At the age of 16, he led his first troops into battle. In 336 B.C., Alexander ascended to the throne upon his father's assassination and two years later set off to conquer the world. In all his great campaigns, he never lost a single battle. Within his empire, he founded lasting cities, such as Alexandria in Egypt, and brought about sweeping changes based on Greek models. During the return from an eastern campaign, he fell sick with a fever and died. He had not selected a successor, and his giant empire rapidly broke apart.
At 16 I worrying about the GCSE's I had to study for ! An interesting personal fact is that I was the first year to take the GCSE. Now work out how old I am :-)
Todays Joke - One Smart Puppy
A local business was looking for office help. They put a sign in the window stating the following: "Help wanted. Must be able to type, must be good with a computer, and must be bilingual. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer."
A short time afterward, a dog trotted up to the window, saw the sign and went inside. He looked at the receptionist and wagged his tail, then walked over to the sign, looked at it and whined.
Getting the idea, the receptionist got the office manager. The office manager looked at the dog and was surprised to say the least. However, the dog looked determined, so he lead him into the office. Inside, the dog jumped up on the chair and stared at the manager.
The manager said, "I can't hire you. The sign says you have to be able to type." The dog jumped down, went to the typewriter, and proceeded to type out a perfect letter. He took out the page and trotted over to the manager and gave it to him, then jumped back on the chair. The manager was stunned but then told the dog, "The sign says you have to be good with a computer."
The dog jumped down and went to the computer. The dog proceeded to enter and execute a perfect program that worked flawlessly the first time. By this time, the manager was totally dumbfounded.
He looked at the dog and said, "I realize that you are a very intelligent dog and have some interesting abilities. However, I still can't give you the job."
The dog jumped down and went to a copy of the sign and put his paw on the sentence about being an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The manager said, "Yes, but the sign also says that you have to be bilingual." The dog looked at the manager calmly and said, "Meow!"
On another blog that I read Slothblog, Jane was talking about the pain of hitting the next blog button at the top and getting a corporate blog. I tend to agree and thats why I will be using links on this site soon. I also tend to go off from links on sites that I enjoy. Although I will still keep the bar across the top because what winds me up more is when it is removed and you have to halt your browsing to go back and press the next blog again.
Hopefully my blog links will be there by the end of the day.
I am up in Hull tomorrow for work so may not get a chance to update
Baby news - Mrs PF has flown off again, this time to Brussels. Back tomorrow though but I'm off to Hull :-( at least I can get my links on the blog updated :-)
Footie news - Not a lot of news just a good luck to Mr Nice Lineker
Todays Fact - A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After 50 the chances of having twins is 1 in 9.
Just the one for us. We are both under 35 though.
On this day - 13th June 232BC: Alexander the Great dies
Alexander the Great, the young Macedonian military genius who forged an empire that stretched from the eastern Mediterranean to India, dies in Babylon at the age of 33. The son of King Philip II of Macedonia, Alexander received a classical education from famed philosopher Aristotle. At the age of 16, he led his first troops into battle. In 336 B.C., Alexander ascended to the throne upon his father's assassination and two years later set off to conquer the world. In all his great campaigns, he never lost a single battle. Within his empire, he founded lasting cities, such as Alexandria in Egypt, and brought about sweeping changes based on Greek models. During the return from an eastern campaign, he fell sick with a fever and died. He had not selected a successor, and his giant empire rapidly broke apart.
At 16 I worrying about the GCSE's I had to study for ! An interesting personal fact is that I was the first year to take the GCSE. Now work out how old I am :-)
Todays Joke - One Smart Puppy
A local business was looking for office help. They put a sign in the window stating the following: "Help wanted. Must be able to type, must be good with a computer, and must be bilingual. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer."
A short time afterward, a dog trotted up to the window, saw the sign and went inside. He looked at the receptionist and wagged his tail, then walked over to the sign, looked at it and whined.
Getting the idea, the receptionist got the office manager. The office manager looked at the dog and was surprised to say the least. However, the dog looked determined, so he lead him into the office. Inside, the dog jumped up on the chair and stared at the manager.
The manager said, "I can't hire you. The sign says you have to be able to type." The dog jumped down, went to the typewriter, and proceeded to type out a perfect letter. He took out the page and trotted over to the manager and gave it to him, then jumped back on the chair. The manager was stunned but then told the dog, "The sign says you have to be good with a computer."
The dog jumped down and went to the computer. The dog proceeded to enter and execute a perfect program that worked flawlessly the first time. By this time, the manager was totally dumbfounded.
He looked at the dog and said, "I realize that you are a very intelligent dog and have some interesting abilities. However, I still can't give you the job."
The dog jumped down and went to a copy of the sign and put his paw on the sentence about being an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The manager said, "Yes, but the sign also says that you have to be bilingual." The dog looked at the manager calmly and said, "Meow!"
Sunday, June 12, 2005
BBQ's
Well have had a good weekend. Not done a lot, yesterday went out to the baby stores at the Watford retail parks :-0 We went to get an idea on the kit out there and what we need. Had to pay a quid for a brochure from Mammas and Pappas. Quite funny when you go in because all the woman start moving to the right of the shop where the clothes are and all the blokes go to the left and start pushing buttons and levers on the pushchairs, well I call them pushchairs but they are these giant transformer style things that turn into about 3 different things. They are huge and now I know why they are going for the 4x4's.
Had my sister, her hubby to be, niece and my Dad up today for a BBQ. Went out a couple of weeks ago and treated ourselves to a new BBQ (we have been using a tiny £5 one and before that a large rusty bin) got a very good 3 burner gas one, my mate gets a very good discount from a rather large DIY store so took him along. GAS I hear you tutting. Well yep after using them quite a bit round Oz there was only one way to go when we bought our next one. Today I prepared all the food got the BBQ out of the shed and turned it on and in 5 mins we were away and cooking right next to the back door because it was not that hot most people stayed in the kitchen. Now the old one I would of had to go out prior to sorting out the food. Get dirty loading the coals in and sorting out the best places for the firelighters. Finger in the air for the wind direction and speed of said wind, light the match, get another match and try again and again and again. Go in and get the lighter fluid. Light match, WHOOSH and RUN, let the flames die down and move BBQ away from the tree and the house to the back of the garden and wait 30 mins for the coals to burn down while stinking of an arsonist. Then go and prepare the food with my new lighter fluid hands for extra taste.
Yep tut tut a gas BBQ.
Baby news - Mrs PF thinks that last night she felt a flutter in the belly. She thinks that it was the baby and not the madras so Euston (For the Americans this is very similar place to Houston, well sounds a bit like it) we have lift off. Will be a long time before I'm able to feel the baby.
Footie news - AJ to Everton is the latest rumour. Can not wait to 31/8 and the transfer window is closed.
Todays Fact - The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.
If you include the births from North London Indians it would also include the population of New Zealand :-)
On this day - 12th June 1839
Abner Doubleday is credited with inventing the game of baseball by drawing up the official rules in Cooperstown, New York - now the site of the United States National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
The World Series, have to keep reminding our friends over the pond that there is a world outside of the states.
Todays Joke - The Italian Virgin
Maria had just got married and being a traditional Italian, she was still a virgin. So, on her wedding night, staying at her mother's house, she was nervous.
But her mother reassured her. "Don't worry, Maria. Tony's a good man. Go upstairs and he'll take care of you."
So up she went. When she got upstairs, Tony took off his shirt and exposed his hairy chest. Maria ran downstairs to her mother and says, "Mama, Mama, Tony's got a big hairy chest."
"Don't worry, Maria," says the mother," all good men have hairy chests. Go upstairs. He'll take good care of you."
So, up she went again. When she got up in the bedroom, Tony took off his pants exposing his hairylegs. Again, Maria ran downstairs to her mother. "Mama, Mama, Tony took off his pants and he's got hairy legs!"
"Don't worry. All good men have hairy legs. Tony's a good man. Go upstairs and he'll take good care of you."
So up she went again. When she got up there, Tony took off his socks and on his left foot he was missing three toes. When Maria saw this, she ran downstairs. "Mama, Mama, Tony's got a foot and a half!"
"Stay here and stir the pasta," says the mother. "This is a job for Mama."
Had my sister, her hubby to be, niece and my Dad up today for a BBQ. Went out a couple of weeks ago and treated ourselves to a new BBQ (we have been using a tiny £5 one and before that a large rusty bin) got a very good 3 burner gas one, my mate gets a very good discount from a rather large DIY store so took him along. GAS I hear you tutting. Well yep after using them quite a bit round Oz there was only one way to go when we bought our next one. Today I prepared all the food got the BBQ out of the shed and turned it on and in 5 mins we were away and cooking right next to the back door because it was not that hot most people stayed in the kitchen. Now the old one I would of had to go out prior to sorting out the food. Get dirty loading the coals in and sorting out the best places for the firelighters. Finger in the air for the wind direction and speed of said wind, light the match, get another match and try again and again and again. Go in and get the lighter fluid. Light match, WHOOSH and RUN, let the flames die down and move BBQ away from the tree and the house to the back of the garden and wait 30 mins for the coals to burn down while stinking of an arsonist. Then go and prepare the food with my new lighter fluid hands for extra taste.
Yep tut tut a gas BBQ.
Baby news - Mrs PF thinks that last night she felt a flutter in the belly. She thinks that it was the baby and not the madras so Euston (For the Americans this is very similar place to Houston, well sounds a bit like it) we have lift off. Will be a long time before I'm able to feel the baby.
Footie news - AJ to Everton is the latest rumour. Can not wait to 31/8 and the transfer window is closed.
Todays Fact - The number of births that occur in India each year is higher than the entire population of Australia.
If you include the births from North London Indians it would also include the population of New Zealand :-)
On this day - 12th June 1839
Abner Doubleday is credited with inventing the game of baseball by drawing up the official rules in Cooperstown, New York - now the site of the United States National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
The World Series, have to keep reminding our friends over the pond that there is a world outside of the states.
Todays Joke - The Italian Virgin
Maria had just got married and being a traditional Italian, she was still a virgin. So, on her wedding night, staying at her mother's house, she was nervous.
But her mother reassured her. "Don't worry, Maria. Tony's a good man. Go upstairs and he'll take care of you."
So up she went. When she got upstairs, Tony took off his shirt and exposed his hairy chest. Maria ran downstairs to her mother and says, "Mama, Mama, Tony's got a big hairy chest."
"Don't worry, Maria," says the mother," all good men have hairy chests. Go upstairs. He'll take good care of you."
So, up she went again. When she got up in the bedroom, Tony took off his pants exposing his hairylegs. Again, Maria ran downstairs to her mother. "Mama, Mama, Tony took off his pants and he's got hairy legs!"
"Don't worry. All good men have hairy legs. Tony's a good man. Go upstairs and he'll take good care of you."
So up she went again. When she got up there, Tony took off his socks and on his left foot he was missing three toes. When Maria saw this, she ran downstairs. "Mama, Mama, Tony's got a foot and a half!"
"Stay here and stir the pasta," says the mother. "This is a job for Mama."
Friday, June 10, 2005
Had my day off work today. What did I do..well sad as it seems but I spent 3 hours trying to get me apple mac to connect to the work network over the internet. Turned out to be a "silly" mistake for those techy people out there.....It was a DNS error as we have just changed network provider at work and after lots of investigating I remembered changing the host file on the mac during testing. Not as easy as changing the mac file as it is on a windoze PC.
Baby news - Got it wrong it's 7 years but she was pleased that I got date right. I have to remember the day we met, day we got engaged, day we selected the ring to get engaged, Day we married, Mrs PF's birthday and now I am going to have to remember a baby birthday. Thanks to recurring diary appointments I should be OK :-0
Footie news - Palace have released their new kit. Very nice.
Spurs will not complain to the Premier League about Chelsea's approach for sporting director Frank Arnesen if they receive "significant compensation" Well thats really going to stop Chelsea when they are being bankrolled by one of the richest guys in the world !!! Is it all about money these days. YEP I GUESS IT IS.
Todays Fact - The strongest human bite force ever recorded: 350 pounds. The strongest shark bite force ever recorded: 132 pounds! - yep shark fin soup is a piece of cake to eat.......but fishy
On this day - 10th June 1793
In Paris, the opening of the world's first public zoo - the Jardin des Plantes.
I do like zoos but the conditions have to be good. We went to great zoo in Singapore and also saw Steve Irwin The crocodile hunter there and also popped into his zoo while in OZ last year when traveling.
Todays Joke - How many Field Service Engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
Well the diagnostics don't show a problem, it must be a hardware problem.
How long does it take?
That depends on how many spare bulbs they brought with them.
What if you have two dead bulbs?
They replace your fusebox.
IF ANYONE CAN GET TELL ME A DECENT JOKE SITE THAT WILL BE GREAT ;-)
Baby news - Got it wrong it's 7 years but she was pleased that I got date right. I have to remember the day we met, day we got engaged, day we selected the ring to get engaged, Day we married, Mrs PF's birthday and now I am going to have to remember a baby birthday. Thanks to recurring diary appointments I should be OK :-0
Footie news - Palace have released their new kit. Very nice.
Spurs will not complain to the Premier League about Chelsea's approach for sporting director Frank Arnesen if they receive "significant compensation" Well thats really going to stop Chelsea when they are being bankrolled by one of the richest guys in the world !!! Is it all about money these days. YEP I GUESS IT IS.
Todays Fact - The strongest human bite force ever recorded: 350 pounds. The strongest shark bite force ever recorded: 132 pounds! - yep shark fin soup is a piece of cake to eat.......but fishy
On this day - 10th June 1793
In Paris, the opening of the world's first public zoo - the Jardin des Plantes.
I do like zoos but the conditions have to be good. We went to great zoo in Singapore and also saw Steve Irwin The crocodile hunter there and also popped into his zoo while in OZ last year when traveling.
Todays Joke - How many Field Service Engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
Well the diagnostics don't show a problem, it must be a hardware problem.
How long does it take?
That depends on how many spare bulbs they brought with them.
What if you have two dead bulbs?
They replace your fusebox.
IF ANYONE CAN GET TELL ME A DECENT JOKE SITE THAT WILL BE GREAT ;-)
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