Heather trying on our hats in the Green Dragon
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Teslathon 2015
On Sunday we donned our glad rags and went to the Technology museum to watch Tesla coils doing their thing.
Monday 26/10/15
Pay day finally!
Up late & for breakfast at the Regal before going to M&S to get pasta.
Over to the SH around 9.15-9.20 and started taking the sales stand down. Phil turned up a bit late because he'd forgotten his badge & had to go back for it. Had everything down & packed away by about 10.30.
Ambled over to RNB & was shagged out by the time I got there. Walked over to MMS with a job that had come in on Friday that Bruce either hadn't seen or couldn't be arsed to do.
After work back into toqwn to meet Meg who was passing through on her way back to the US. It was really good to see her and we had a good chat about all sorts (including how the House of Lords & heredity works in the UK dukedoms etc).
Thence home via Sainsbury's & the Isaac.
Up late & for breakfast at the Regal before going to M&S to get pasta.
Over to the SH around 9.15-9.20 and started taking the sales stand down. Phil turned up a bit late because he'd forgotten his badge & had to go back for it. Had everything down & packed away by about 10.30.
Ambled over to RNB & was shagged out by the time I got there. Walked over to MMS with a job that had come in on Friday that Bruce either hadn't seen or couldn't be arsed to do.
After work back into toqwn to meet Meg who was passing through on her way back to the US. It was really good to see her and we had a good chat about all sorts (including how the House of Lords & heredity works in the UK dukedoms etc).
Thence home via Sainsbury's & the Isaac.
A very busy day
Well that was the last graduation of the calendar year for me & thank fucking god for that!
Getting in at 10.15 & setting up was fine. Being busy from around 11.30 till around 19.00 wasn't. Finally left at 19.30 and got home around 19.45.
At one point framing orders were backing up to a 30+ minute turn-round. Even with 4 framing we were going backwards at times.
In all we took around £38k, a £7k increase on 2014, and it bloody felt like it!
Also heard, via Andre, that the NW Cambridge Development is massively over-budget already. Like 100% over (ie double what they'd budgeted for). There's going to be a debate/session in the Regent House which should be interesting.
Getting in at 10.15 & setting up was fine. Being busy from around 11.30 till around 19.00 wasn't. Finally left at 19.30 and got home around 19.45.
At one point framing orders were backing up to a 30+ minute turn-round. Even with 4 framing we were going backwards at times.
In all we took around £38k, a £7k increase on 2014, and it bloody felt like it!
Also heard, via Andre, that the NW Cambridge Development is massively over-budget already. Like 100% over (ie double what they'd budgeted for). There's going to be a debate/session in the Regent House which should be interesting.
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Wednesday 21/10/15
It's Back To The Future Day*
A stormy meeting at work is a great start to the day! A big problem with CamSIS (applicants not able to upload photos) and John accusing people of laughing at it. Didn't go down well at all!
*the date Marty McFly & Doc Brown travelled to in BTTF2.
A stormy meeting at work is a great start to the day! A big problem with CamSIS (applicants not able to upload photos) and John accusing people of laughing at it. Didn't go down well at all!
*the date Marty McFly & Doc Brown travelled to in BTTF2.
Chinese Visas
The Government has announced that visas for Chinese tourists would go from £380 to £80.
As if we don't have enough of the buggers cluttering up the place as it is!
Cambridge to be renamed Chinbridge & Lou commented that we might as well move to China as there'll be less Chinese there than here.
As if we don't have enough of the buggers cluttering up the place as it is!
Cambridge to be renamed Chinbridge & Lou commented that we might as well move to China as there'll be less Chinese there than here.
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Tuesday 20/10/15
A nice hot shower to start: foot's not hurting so badly but still aware of it.
Finished stuff for Megan. Was going to do proof for dicksplash Daugman who always wants portrait cover on landscape printing. Had worked out a way to do it. Then Bruce decides he wants to do it. Well, I'm not going to fight him for it!
Did a complicated job for a UIS bod: 40+ documents of different lengths and requiring different quantities + all in colour. For once command workstation came into it's own.
Met Lou in the Mitre for a couple then back home for crunchy pancake things that have been in the freezer a while.
Foot still sore but getting better.
Finished stuff for Megan. Was going to do proof for dicksplash Daugman who always wants portrait cover on landscape printing. Had worked out a way to do it. Then Bruce decides he wants to do it. Well, I'm not going to fight him for it!
Did a complicated job for a UIS bod: 40+ documents of different lengths and requiring different quantities + all in colour. For once command workstation came into it's own.
Met Lou in the Mitre for a couple then back home for crunchy pancake things that have been in the freezer a while.
Foot still sore but getting better.
Monday 19/10/15
Doncha just love coming into shitloads of work on a Monday morning (partly due to people forgetting about deadlines & lectures they are supposed to be giving) & both machines are crook?
Fist up was Richard Hey who needed 50 handouts for Wednesday. Predictably the heap-of-shit colour machine immediately broke down.
Then there were loads of prints for MSM. The mono machine promptly started printing light accross the top of the page.
Two engineers were called in.
Talked to Sue about booking VC suite and she mentioned that she'd seen a document saying we needed to find £0.5-£1M to move PandIS to RNB (building an annexe) as Cockcroft was being demolished in 2 years time. Also that Engineering were due to move to RNB in 5 years. Sue didn't write this, Phil didn't know anything & apparently it came as news to Steve R too! Steve went off to find out who did write it.
As Sue pointed out his would also affect VC Suite, the teaching rooms, the NMS helpdesk and the special exams.
Also some wee shite dropped off a job for booklets for his club never bothering to check whether we could do it. Wanted colour: Hahahaha. Changed to Mono: Hahahaha.
Once the mono was fixed I got some of the printing for Megan done.
Met Lou at the bottom of Lady Margaret Road and went to Aldi for cat food. Thence to the Isaac so Lou could pay Dick for Friday (+ to lust after the delicious Poppy).
Made haggis & pasta (with a stock cube in water for moisture) for tea.
Somehow managed to hurt my foot today as well. No idea how.
Update:
A bit dubious about the 'placeholder'.as these things often end up as the actual thing ...
Fist up was Richard Hey who needed 50 handouts for Wednesday. Predictably the heap-of-shit colour machine immediately broke down.
Then there were loads of prints for MSM. The mono machine promptly started printing light accross the top of the page.
Two engineers were called in.
Talked to Sue about booking VC suite and she mentioned that she'd seen a document saying we needed to find £0.5-£1M to move PandIS to RNB (building an annexe) as Cockcroft was being demolished in 2 years time. Also that Engineering were due to move to RNB in 5 years. Sue didn't write this, Phil didn't know anything & apparently it came as news to Steve R too! Steve went off to find out who did write it.
As Sue pointed out his would also affect VC Suite, the teaching rooms, the NMS helpdesk and the special exams.
Also some wee shite dropped off a job for booklets for his club never bothering to check whether we could do it. Wanted colour: Hahahaha. Changed to Mono: Hahahaha.
Once the mono was fixed I got some of the printing for Megan done.
Met Lou at the bottom of Lady Margaret Road and went to Aldi for cat food. Thence to the Isaac so Lou could pay Dick for Friday (+ to lust after the delicious Poppy).
Made haggis & pasta (with a stock cube in water for moisture) for tea.
Somehow managed to hurt my foot today as well. No idea how.
Update:
A bit dubious about the 'placeholder'.as these things often end up as the actual thing ...
Rugby
It was a clean sweep for the southern hemisphere sides as they knocked out all the home nations + France.
Wales: Did very well but came up short against a better South African team.
Ireland: A well battered (not helped 1 bellend called O'Brien getting himself banned for an unprovoked punch) team were stuffed by an open, attacking Argentina 15. After being 17 points down they did well to pull back but faded and were well beaten in the end.
France: were absolutely thrashed by brutal All Black team playing total rugby. At speed. Scary.
Scotland: were robbed by a a coward. Craig Joubert is the worst ref in rugby. There's corrupt officials in other sports who look professional in comparison. He shouldn't be in charge of a used match never mind an international one.
Hope a wild animal chews his face off when he gets back to SA. And then Oscar Pistorius blow his cock off by accident.
Cunt!
Wales: Did very well but came up short against a better South African team.
Ireland: A well battered (not helped 1 bellend called O'Brien getting himself banned for an unprovoked punch) team were stuffed by an open, attacking Argentina 15. After being 17 points down they did well to pull back but faded and were well beaten in the end.
France: were absolutely thrashed by brutal All Black team playing total rugby. At speed. Scary.
Scotland: were robbed by a a coward. Craig Joubert is the worst ref in rugby. There's corrupt officials in other sports who look professional in comparison. He shouldn't be in charge of a used match never mind an international one.
Hope a wild animal chews his face off when he gets back to SA. And then Oscar Pistorius blow his cock off by accident.
Cunt!
Friday, 16 October 2015
Isaac Newton 5-a-side champions
After winning 9 & drawing 1 the Isaac team won the championship and a trophy (which they swear was bent when they got it).
Thursday 15/10/15
A long day doing lots of proofs & printouts. BG did some stuff for zoology too (in between chatting on phone & a 90 minute lunchbreak).
Met Heather in the Isaac to watch the cricket, and Cooke's century on particular.
Popped to Aldi while Lou & PD nattered.
Met Heather in the Isaac to watch the cricket, and Cooke's century on particular.
Popped to Aldi while Lou & PD nattered.
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
Tuesday 13/10/15
Another day another MSM panic. This time it was one that I'd done a proof for & had dropped off. Turns out that, in Emma's absence yesterday, nobody had checked the proof & the lecture started at 11am!
Managed to get them done & delivered with time to spare. Did feel a bit wavy when came back - drop in sugar from carrying the box of two urgent bits over. Had some food & felt better after a while.
Meanwhile Bruce, Kate & Sue headed off to Birmingham. Part of me wished I'd said yes to the trip out but it was good that I was here otherwise the MSM cockfest that was X-ray notes wouldn't have been sorted.
As it's Tuesday it's pasta! I've missed cape doing this. Had to wait for assorted scumbags who wanted to pay for their £2 with a credit card.
Seriously every last one of them should be castrated to prevent their retarded fucknuckle DNA being passed on.
Preferably said castration will be performed with a sledgehammer by a short-sighted giant.
Managed to get them done & delivered with time to spare. Did feel a bit wavy when came back - drop in sugar from carrying the box of two urgent bits over. Had some food & felt better after a while.
Meanwhile Bruce, Kate & Sue headed off to Birmingham. Part of me wished I'd said yes to the trip out but it was good that I was here otherwise the MSM cockfest that was X-ray notes wouldn't have been sorted.
As it's Tuesday it's pasta! I've missed cape doing this. Had to wait for assorted scumbags who wanted to pay for their £2 with a credit card.
Seriously every last one of them should be castrated to prevent their retarded fucknuckle DNA being passed on.
Preferably said castration will be performed with a sledgehammer by a short-sighted giant.
Monday 12/10/15
What a fecking day!
Due to a cock-up at MSM a load of jobs hadn't been sent over by Emma (probably busy dealing with extra students who'd turned up unexpectedly). One of them was a complicated one: a mixture of single & double pages, mono & colour. Took about 90 minutes to work out a way to do it (essentially going through & telling command workstation what to do with each page). They only need 295 ...
There was also time to do several others as well.
Yes we are the MSM, not UIS, printroom ....
Was packing to go when Bruce realised that he hadn't planned which stands he wanted to visit, hadn't got nay business cards or anything to take with him to test. He seems determined to use Ricoh even though, as far as I know, they are still off the approved suppliers list. Still he's in charge.
Met Lou in the Architect and had a decent pint of titanic stout before going to the Isaac. Watched a bit of the 1st half of England v Lithuania before home to make a massive, nomtastic bean & mince bake.
Due to a cock-up at MSM a load of jobs hadn't been sent over by Emma (probably busy dealing with extra students who'd turned up unexpectedly). One of them was a complicated one: a mixture of single & double pages, mono & colour. Took about 90 minutes to work out a way to do it (essentially going through & telling command workstation what to do with each page). They only need 295 ...
There was also time to do several others as well.
Yes we are the MSM, not UIS, printroom ....
Was packing to go when Bruce realised that he hadn't planned which stands he wanted to visit, hadn't got nay business cards or anything to take with him to test. He seems determined to use Ricoh even though, as far as I know, they are still off the approved suppliers list. Still he's in charge.
Met Lou in the Architect and had a decent pint of titanic stout before going to the Isaac. Watched a bit of the 1st half of England v Lithuania before home to make a massive, nomtastic bean & mince bake.
Monday, 12 October 2015
Sunday 11/10/15
Up mid-morning & over to work to pick up charger's I'd left there on Friday. Met Lou at the Isaac around 11.40 for Russian GP.
Almost unbeliveably Carlos Sainz started in the race and was doing quite well until his brakes failed. Even more madly, Button picked up some points. Mainly, this was due the huge number of cars that didn't finish due to accidents (eg Grosjean's massive crash), were taken out (Erricsson) or mechanicals (Rosberg & Sainz).
A really good race with lots of incidents. Rosberg's title challenge is over after a 'sticky' throttle meant he was stuck on full power. Funny how mechanical gremlins rarely affect Hamilton's side of the garage....
After the race turned over for the Ireland v France game. Ireland played well but lost a load of players, including Sexton & captain O'Connell, to injury. They'll most likely also loose prize twat O'Brian for punching a French guy off the ball that the ref didn't see but the cameras did. Hope he gets a 15-20 week ban for that.
Chatted with Heather before Georgie popped in & she went to talk to her. When sh came back she shocked us all by choosing her food inside 5 hours! Indeed she took 10 minutes *shocked faces all round*
Almost unbeliveably Carlos Sainz started in the race and was doing quite well until his brakes failed. Even more madly, Button picked up some points. Mainly, this was due the huge number of cars that didn't finish due to accidents (eg Grosjean's massive crash), were taken out (Erricsson) or mechanicals (Rosberg & Sainz).
A really good race with lots of incidents. Rosberg's title challenge is over after a 'sticky' throttle meant he was stuck on full power. Funny how mechanical gremlins rarely affect Hamilton's side of the garage....
After the race turned over for the Ireland v France game. Ireland played well but lost a load of players, including Sexton & captain O'Connell, to injury. They'll most likely also loose prize twat O'Brian for punching a French guy off the ball that the ref didn't see but the cameras did. Hope he gets a 15-20 week ban for that.
Chatted with Heather before Georgie popped in & she went to talk to her. When sh came back she shocked us all by choosing her food inside 5 hours! Indeed she took 10 minutes *shocked faces all round*
Saturday 10/10
Went to St Ives on the Whippet 1A service - £5.50 return (cheaper than the white elephant busway).
Had a wander about & got Lou a steampunky skirt from Oxfam for the grand price of £1.49 (plus 5p for a bag)!
Wandered round All Saints church graveyard (lots of headstones from the late 18th & 19th centuries).
Wandered to Burgess Hall for the beer festival & queued up with some very corpulent people. Had a surprise when tried to buy 1st beer: people handing out glasses forgot to mention that needed to buy vouchers to pay. Each sheet was £5 and the bar staff crossed off the amount. The bast was an 1872 porter that was yummy. Corpulent people sat next to us and promptly starting grazing on sausagesm=, crisps, fried chicken etc - they did have a cucumber but that's not fooling anybody. In between beer/cider & stuffing their faceholes thay played 'CAH'.
While we there we heard that Carlos Sainz had had a major crash. He buried the car in the tecpro barriers & had to be excavated by the marshalls. He was taken to hospital by helicopter & given loads of tests but, thankfully, they couldn't find anything wrong & he was released later in the evening.
After about 3-4 hours we pushed off to get some retsina. Love that wine shop in St Ives - where else can you get wine from Greece, the Lebanon or India?
Went to Budgen's for cat food: thought that place was supposed to be cheap - it was more expensive than Nasreen's.
Went to the White Hart and watched the end of the Scotland v Samoa match (brilliant game) and the start of the Wales v Australia match before catching the bus back to Cambridge. Went into the Isaac to watch the end of the game then home to watch TV. Lou fell asleep by 21.30.
Had a wander about & got Lou a steampunky skirt from Oxfam for the grand price of £1.49 (plus 5p for a bag)!
Wandered round All Saints church graveyard (lots of headstones from the late 18th & 19th centuries).
Wandered to Burgess Hall for the beer festival & queued up with some very corpulent people. Had a surprise when tried to buy 1st beer: people handing out glasses forgot to mention that needed to buy vouchers to pay. Each sheet was £5 and the bar staff crossed off the amount. The bast was an 1872 porter that was yummy. Corpulent people sat next to us and promptly starting grazing on sausagesm=, crisps, fried chicken etc - they did have a cucumber but that's not fooling anybody. In between beer/cider & stuffing their faceholes thay played 'CAH'.
While we there we heard that Carlos Sainz had had a major crash. He buried the car in the tecpro barriers & had to be excavated by the marshalls. He was taken to hospital by helicopter & given loads of tests but, thankfully, they couldn't find anything wrong & he was released later in the evening.
After about 3-4 hours we pushed off to get some retsina. Love that wine shop in St Ives - where else can you get wine from Greece, the Lebanon or India?
Went to Budgen's for cat food: thought that place was supposed to be cheap - it was more expensive than Nasreen's.
Went to the White Hart and watched the end of the Scotland v Samoa match (brilliant game) and the start of the Wales v Australia match before catching the bus back to Cambridge. Went into the Isaac to watch the end of the game then home to watch TV. Lou fell asleep by 21.30.
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Governing the Titanic way
The government's approach to society is straight from the Titanic: women, children, the sick & poor over the side first.
#nolifeboats
#nolifeboats
Wednesday 07/10/15
A somewhat frustrating day. Took stuff over to MSM and then dropped cards off at the Cavendish lab. Woman on reception (where I've left them before) directed me to their stores to leave them. That's what you get for trying to do a favour: next time I'll send them via UMS!
Emma's urgent stuff finally came in around 14.00. No proofs required as no time. Did the 1st one & then an engineer turned up. He did some fiddling but didn't have one of the parts.
Printed 2nd one for Emma. Wondered why masses of space. Upon checking it was because the twat had got a P cover but L pages. Sorted & printed (and no time so bollox to fact logo running off page). Delivered by 16.00.
On one of the trips to MSM saw 3 home delivery vans which prompted me to do a bit of research comparing stores. It's a bit hard as even notionally the same items are labelled differently (eg 80gm in 1 v 100g in another ). Add the bewildering delivery charges and that's a recipe for confusion. That said, if we went to Asda or Tesco's we'd be paying ca £8 in taxi fares anyway. One of the most surprising things was that Tesco's came out far more expensive than I'd anticipated.
Went home & had remains of pasta while listening to the last couple of episodes of "The News Quiz' then reading.
Emma's urgent stuff finally came in around 14.00. No proofs required as no time. Did the 1st one & then an engineer turned up. He did some fiddling but didn't have one of the parts.
Printed 2nd one for Emma. Wondered why masses of space. Upon checking it was because the twat had got a P cover but L pages. Sorted & printed (and no time so bollox to fact logo running off page). Delivered by 16.00.
On one of the trips to MSM saw 3 home delivery vans which prompted me to do a bit of research comparing stores. It's a bit hard as even notionally the same items are labelled differently (eg 80gm in 1 v 100g in another ). Add the bewildering delivery charges and that's a recipe for confusion. That said, if we went to Asda or Tesco's we'd be paying ca £8 in taxi fares anyway. One of the most surprising things was that Tesco's came out far more expensive than I'd anticipated.
Went home & had remains of pasta while listening to the last couple of episodes of "The News Quiz' then reading.
More farce at FIFA - Blatter & Platinin (probably) suspended
There are reports that both Blatter & Platini have been 'suspended' from 'all football related activity.'
Their replacements don't actually inspire confidence,: according to the Telegraph:
Their replacements don't actually inspire confidence,: according to the Telegraph:
Blatter [will be] replaced temporarily by senior vice-president Issa Hayatou, who has previously been censured by the International Olympic Committee over bribery claims.
Deputising for Platini at Uefa would be the Spaniard Ángel María Villar Llona, who is under investigation by Fifa’s ethics committee for refusing to cooperate with its inquiry into the award of the next two World Cups.
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Tuesday 06/10/15
Early breakkie then printing last of 1B jobs for Emma. Took them over & woman at reception (who I've seen 3-4times) claimed not to have seen me before.
Emma said that she had 2 more for Thursday AM that she'd send over in the afternoon. Nothing like doing stuff at the last minute...
Did loads of stuff for Megan but no sign of the other stuff.
Met Lou @ home and made a massive pasta dish. Nomtastic for me but Lou found it a tad too spicy.
Emma said that she had 2 more for Thursday AM that she'd send over in the afternoon. Nothing like doing stuff at the last minute...
Did loads of stuff for Megan but no sign of the other stuff.
Met Lou @ home and made a massive pasta dish. Nomtastic for me but Lou found it a tad too spicy.
Monday 05/10/15
Redundancy Ramifications of Rogers Reign Remain
Or some such nonesense in all the papers etc.
Honestly, you'd think that a football mamager had never been given the order of the spanish archer before!
Away from fevered speculation about which Jurgen Klopp would take over there was also specualtion about 'chaos' as people had to pay 5p for a plastic carrier bag. Unlike Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland etc where they managed to adjust to the change without resorting to killing shop-workers or each other!
Took the large load of handbooks to MSM & a couple of boxes to CL too.
Met Lou in the Isaac. Read my book while sipping Guinness. Also read the dignified statement from Rogers released via the LMA: http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/195215-brendan-rodgers-lma-statement
Also Lou was telling me how, despite the deadline being last week, and despite the materials being printed, 3 fuck-brained bum-smears came in and asked if it was too late to make changes to their lecture notes. Honestly they are as bad as the witless cock-suckers who pay £9k a year.
Or some such nonesense in all the papers etc.
Honestly, you'd think that a football mamager had never been given the order of the spanish archer before!
Away from fevered speculation about which Jurgen Klopp would take over there was also specualtion about 'chaos' as people had to pay 5p for a plastic carrier bag. Unlike Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland etc where they managed to adjust to the change without resorting to killing shop-workers or each other!
Took the large load of handbooks to MSM & a couple of boxes to CL too.
Met Lou in the Isaac. Read my book while sipping Guinness. Also read the dignified statement from Rogers released via the LMA: http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/195215-brendan-rodgers-lma-statement
Also Lou was telling me how, despite the deadline being last week, and despite the materials being printed, 3 fuck-brained bum-smears came in and asked if it was too late to make changes to their lecture notes. Honestly they are as bad as the witless cock-suckers who pay £9k a year.
Monday, 5 October 2015
Sunday 04/10/15
Up late and straight over to the Isaac for the Derby match & lunch.
Lou had booked one of the Lamb specials: Lamb steak with mediterranean couscous, tzatziki & roasted vine tomatoes. She said it was delicious and all the flavours went together. Had a try of the couscous & tzatziki & agree they were tasty.
LFC are like the England team: look good on paper but awful on grass. Everton over-ran us in midfield (Phil was hardly seen) but Ings scored a good goal. Then, after some excellent saves from Simon, we hit the self-destruct button again. Emre Can's attempted clearance hit Martin S and fell at the feet of Lukaku who hit an instinctive shot into the net a couple of minutes before half-time.
The second half was a bit dull though there was another round of handbags (Can & Barkley had started it) when Lukaku bravely/rashly decided to have a go at Sahko.
In the end a point a piece was probably a fair result.
Heather came in & ordered the lamb as well & both agreed that it might be one of the best specials they'd had.
Watched the Arsenal v ManU. The Gunners hit 2 goals in as many minutes & were 3-0 inside 20 minutes. Saw some ManU fans (who were all strangely quiet) slink away. ManU were better in the 2nd half, wouldn't have been difficult but couldn't get even one back.
Which isn't funny.
Was browsing twitter around 18.30 when news broke that Brendan Rogers had been fired!
There are some stories that FSG had taken the decision in the week but didin't want to destabilise preparations for the derby and that even a win wouldn't have saved him.
Looking back it was probably inevitable, though should have gone in May/June. It's never nice to see a guy lose his job and he got closer than any manager for decades to winning the title. On the downside, he was 1 of only 2 LFC managers to win nothing (the other is Woy Hodgeson).
I'm sure he was devastated but you can't argue with performances and results. The obvious candidates are Jurgen Klopp & Carlo Ancelotti. FSG have the taken advantage of the international break to recruit the new man & get him in before our next game.
Lou had booked one of the Lamb specials: Lamb steak with mediterranean couscous, tzatziki & roasted vine tomatoes. She said it was delicious and all the flavours went together. Had a try of the couscous & tzatziki & agree they were tasty.
LFC are like the England team: look good on paper but awful on grass. Everton over-ran us in midfield (Phil was hardly seen) but Ings scored a good goal. Then, after some excellent saves from Simon, we hit the self-destruct button again. Emre Can's attempted clearance hit Martin S and fell at the feet of Lukaku who hit an instinctive shot into the net a couple of minutes before half-time.
The second half was a bit dull though there was another round of handbags (Can & Barkley had started it) when Lukaku bravely/rashly decided to have a go at Sahko.
In the end a point a piece was probably a fair result.
Heather came in & ordered the lamb as well & both agreed that it might be one of the best specials they'd had.
Watched the Arsenal v ManU. The Gunners hit 2 goals in as many minutes & were 3-0 inside 20 minutes. Saw some ManU fans (who were all strangely quiet) slink away. ManU were better in the 2nd half, wouldn't have been difficult but couldn't get even one back.
Which isn't funny.
Was browsing twitter around 18.30 when news broke that Brendan Rogers had been fired!
There are some stories that FSG had taken the decision in the week but didin't want to destabilise preparations for the derby and that even a win wouldn't have saved him.
Looking back it was probably inevitable, though should have gone in May/June. It's never nice to see a guy lose his job and he got closer than any manager for decades to winning the title. On the downside, he was 1 of only 2 LFC managers to win nothing (the other is Woy Hodgeson).
I'm sure he was devastated but you can't argue with performances and results. The obvious candidates are Jurgen Klopp & Carlo Ancelotti. FSG have the taken advantage of the international break to recruit the new man & get him in before our next game.
Saturday 03/10
Up for breakfast relatively early. Went to the Regal but there was a large queue & only 1 guy working (& he was dicking about). Went to Jo's instead.
Went over to thr Grafton to look in charity dshops etc. Lou got 2 necklaces & a hat from Primark. Saw some nice coats. Also saw a kid who was maybe 12 trying a size 18-22 coat on. She was so obese she couldn't actually do it up!
Ambled back into town. Stopped in Oxfam on the bridge & found a really nice waterproof coat that fitted Lou well, was brand new & was only £15. Bargain!
Wen to the pub for a few hours to kill time & at 16.00 set off for the Food Park Night Market. We were 1st in the queue. Found that there was a "Gin Den' serving 'Pinkster' which was lovely. Had a pizza 1st then a rosti
Left around 19.00 as it was getting cold and went to the Isaac. Consoled Heather after Chelsea lost again (missed 'The Special Once' giving a 7 minute monologue).
Watched England v Australia. We were utterly outplayed & the least bad area was the line-out. And that wasn't great. Australia by comparison were better in every department.
A load of cunts from Churchill came in, including1 screeching harpy who brought her own wine & fell over. Hope she gets the pox.
Away from assorted rude fuckers (God may have mercy on them but I certainly wouldn't) England made history for the wrong reasons. We were mounting something of a fightback when Owen Farrel was binned (with 10 minutes to go) for a high tackle. That ensured Lancaster's team are the 1st host nation in RWC history to be eliminated in the group stage!
That's England's football, cricket & rugby teams who have been eliminated in the group stages of each of their respective sport's world cups.
Not good....
Went over to thr Grafton to look in charity dshops etc. Lou got 2 necklaces & a hat from Primark. Saw some nice coats. Also saw a kid who was maybe 12 trying a size 18-22 coat on. She was so obese she couldn't actually do it up!
Ambled back into town. Stopped in Oxfam on the bridge & found a really nice waterproof coat that fitted Lou well, was brand new & was only £15. Bargain!
Wen to the pub for a few hours to kill time & at 16.00 set off for the Food Park Night Market. We were 1st in the queue. Found that there was a "Gin Den' serving 'Pinkster' which was lovely. Had a pizza 1st then a rosti
Left around 19.00 as it was getting cold and went to the Isaac. Consoled Heather after Chelsea lost again (missed 'The Special Once' giving a 7 minute monologue).
Watched England v Australia. We were utterly outplayed & the least bad area was the line-out. And that wasn't great. Australia by comparison were better in every department.
A load of cunts from Churchill came in, including1 screeching harpy who brought her own wine & fell over. Hope she gets the pox.
Away from assorted rude fuckers (God may have mercy on them but I certainly wouldn't) England made history for the wrong reasons. We were mounting something of a fightback when Owen Farrel was binned (with 10 minutes to go) for a high tackle. That ensured Lancaster's team are the 1st host nation in RWC history to be eliminated in the group stage!
That's England's football, cricket & rugby teams who have been eliminated in the group stages of each of their respective sport's world cups.
Not good....
Friday, 2 October 2015
Thursday 01/10/15
What a day!
Lots of work done and packed up for MSM & the lab. Nearly out of paper as it didn't turn up.
Another day of lovely warm weather - I approve of this October so far.
Had the following from Mum:
Dad had another attack during breakfast so I rang 111. He had a very bad attack whilst the paramedic was here. He asked for an urgent ambulance immediately and we got to A&E very quickly. They had trouble stabilising the heart beat and he had two very bad attacks and a few minor ones during the course of the morning. After lunch, not that we got any, various doctors and two specialists came to see him and it was decided to implant a pacemaker today. Up we went to the Cardiac unit, more things stuck into him and around 3.15 he was taken off for the procedure. His specialist said it can take up to two hours, well he's been trouble all morning, their words not mine, so I have come home for food. I have to ring around 6.45 and I have a number you can ring and maybe speak to him, 01244 366529. I have no idea if I can go back but they are keeping him in overnight to monitor him.
From a very shaken Mum
Lots of work done and packed up for MSM & the lab. Nearly out of paper as it didn't turn up.
Another day of lovely warm weather - I approve of this October so far.
Had the following from Mum:
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Hi
Dad had another attack during breakfast so I rang 111. He had a very bad attack whilst the paramedic was here. He asked for an urgent ambulance immediately and we got to A&E very quickly. They had trouble stabilising the heart beat and he had two very bad attacks and a few minor ones during the course of the morning. After lunch, not that we got any, various doctors and two specialists came to see him and it was decided to implant a pacemaker today. Up we went to the Cardiac unit, more things stuck into him and around 3.15 he was taken off for the procedure. His specialist said it can take up to two hours, well he's been trouble all morning, their words not mine, so I have come home for food. I have to ring around 6.45 and I have a number you can ring and maybe speak to him, 01244 366529. I have no idea if I can go back but they are keeping him in overnight to monitor him.
From a very shaken Mum
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I called her before I left and she was still quite upset but had got home as no point hanging about.
Met Lou in the Isaac & she poped out to call mum as well & check she was OK.
Watched Wales edge past Fiji & then hold off the late surge. Callled Tim at half time & got told he was watching it on catch-up, was 13 minutes in, didn't want to know what happened & told to go away....
Called Mum about 19.30 and she'd decided not to go to see Dad as he was having his tea (plus buses rubbish). I suggested that she went to the club for a drink & to be with friends. Plus she could fill everybody in at once rather than hammering the phone.
The I called Dad. He seemed a light brighter and happier. The operation was a success and he was already feeling a lot better which was good news. They were keeping him overnight to make sure it was working properly.
Watched Liverpool play like excrement against Swiss minnows FC Sion (who held up a bannner demanding 'Justice Pour Le 96") managing a draw.
Long past time for Rogers to collect his P45 and play like that against Everton & he will be getting it.
Thursday, 1 October 2015
Thursday 01/10/15
How the fuck has 3/4 of the year gone already?!?
Didn't have a good start as 1 phone dead & 1 sickly as the stupid bint I married decided to unplug them from the chargers as 'the light was irritating' her.
Of course I didn't find this out until 07.10 when I went to pick up the S4 to check on the weather.
Grrrrrr!
A busy morning completing all the bollocks for Emma at MSM.
Mum emailed at 11.30 to say that Dad was back in A&E waiting for the pacemaker to be fitted later today.
Didn't have a good start as 1 phone dead & 1 sickly as the stupid bint I married decided to unplug them from the chargers as 'the light was irritating' her.
Of course I didn't find this out until 07.10 when I went to pick up the S4 to check on the weather.
Grrrrrr!
A busy morning completing all the bollocks for Emma at MSM.
Mum emailed at 11.30 to say that Dad was back in A&E waiting for the pacemaker to be fitted later today.
Wdnesday 30/09/15
Got good news about dad at lunchtime - Gordon DM'd me to say that he'd been released from hospital . They think the problem is that his heart occasionally slows down so they think that a pacemaker would help. No date when the op will be but as it's a simple procedure (day surgery effectively) that shouldn't be too much of a problem.
A very busy day not helped by Emma at MSM suddenly announcing that they needed 395 booklets doing for Friday AM. This is becuase they need to be taken to Chemistry in town and they people who were supposed to do it next week now can't.
Went over to the Food Park (via MSM) - there were loads of people but by the time I got there most had ordered. Got a halloumi & aubergine thing from Tin Kitchen. It didn't even last as far as the Computer Lab.
Met Lou in the Isaac and watched the ManU game with Will.
A very busy day not helped by Emma at MSM suddenly announcing that they needed 395 booklets doing for Friday AM. This is becuase they need to be taken to Chemistry in town and they people who were supposed to do it next week now can't.
Went over to the Food Park (via MSM) - there were loads of people but by the time I got there most had ordered. Got a halloumi & aubergine thing from Tin Kitchen. It didn't even last as far as the Computer Lab.
Met Lou in the Isaac and watched the ManU game with Will.
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